About six months ago I announced that my partner Kirsty had become an Auntie, and what's more I disagreed with her assertion that I was now an Uncle.

It's funny how fate had a way of making her right. A few months down the track I am now absolutely, undeniably, an Uncle. Introducing Elizabeth Lilly Hogan.

Elizabeth was born at 4:16am on Monday the 8th. She is the first child of my brother Philip and his fiancée Samantha. Kirsty and I will be going down to visit them in Greymouth later this month.

I wish them all the best and a bright, happy future together.