Replacement sought for New Zealand's official wizard

New Zealand's official wizard is retiring as he approaches his 70th birthday.

New Zealand's official wizard is retiring as he approaches his 70th birthday.

Ian Brackenbury Channell was made Wizard of Christchurch in 1980 and appointed the country's first wizard a decade later by then prime minister Mike Moore.

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