John Cocks (builder)
{{Short description|New Zealand celebrity builder}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John Mark 'Cocksy' Cocks
| image = JohnCocks2017.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1966|08|23}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|02|06|1966|08|23}}
| death_place = Tairua, New Zealand
| nationality = New Zealand
| occupation = Celebrity Builder
| years_active = 1998–2019
| spouse = {{marriage|Dana Coote|2017|2019}}
| partner =
| children = 3
| website =
}}
John Mark Cocks (23 August 1966 – 6 February 2019), also known as 'Cocksy', was a New Zealand celebrity builder and television presenter. He was most notable for working on the My House My Castle{{Cite news|url=http://bnzgoodhome.co.nz/john-cocks|title=BNZ GoodHome|work=BNZ GoodHome|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171140/http://bnzgoodhome.co.nz/john-cocks|archive-date=5 April 2017|url-status=dead}} series in the 1990s for New Zealand's TV2.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0609/S00070/cocksy-helps-ford-and-variety-to-help-nz-children.htm|title=Cocksy Helps Ford and Variety to Help NZ Children {{!}} Scoop News|website=www.scoop.co.nz|access-date=5 April 2017}} Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Cocks was a prominent face on New Zealand television as Cocksy, New Zealand's favourite tradesman.
Television career
File:MyHouseMyCastle2009.jpg, Cocks and Robert Harte on My House My Castle in 2009]]
Cocks started his career in television in the late 1990s. His prominent role on television is a builder and renovator, though he has worked on other projects that are not related to building in his career. One of the earliest TV shows that he appeared on was April's Angels. He appeared on this show alongside April Ieremia in 1998. After this Cocks then started appearing on the popular New Zealand home renovation TV show My House My Castle as the building consultant and builder.{{Cite web|url=http://www.captiveaudience.co.nz/speakers/john-cocks-cocksy|title=John Cocks – "Cocksy" {{!}} Captive Audience|website=www.captiveaudience.co.nz|language=en|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407233049/http://www.captiveaudience.co.nz/speakers/john-cocks-cocksy|url-status=dead}} This show ran from 1999 until 2009.
During the early 2000s, Cocks also appeared on several reality shows including City Celebrity Country Nobody and Celebrity Treasure Island to which he won on Season One of the show.{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/443555.xml|title=The Celebrity Contestants|website=TVNZ Ondemand|access-date=5 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/553641.xml|title=Episode 3 Recap|website=TVNZ Ondemand|access-date=7 April 2017}}
Cocks was also the voice and face of the Carters Building Supplies commercials in the early 2000s. Cocks appeared on television again in 2013 for the TV show How Did You Do That?{{Cite news|url=http://archive.channelmag.co.nz/community-mainmenu-35/webpage-3312/how-did-you-do-that-as-seen-on-living-channel|title=How Did You Do That? – As seen on Living Channel|work=North Shore's Monthly Magazine {{!}} Channel|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145022/http://archive.channelmag.co.nz/community-mainmenu-35/webpage-3312/how-did-you-do-that-as-seen-on-living-channel|archive-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead}} alongside Amy Schaeffer and later in 2015 on My Dream Room: Kids Edition with television and radio host Mel Homer.
Television work
- April's Angels (1998)
- My House My Castle (1999–2009) {{cite web|title=My House My Castle|url=http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/catalogues/moving-image-catalogue/media/carters-my-house-my-castle-bach-special-episode-01-f62415?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=2025|website=ngataonga.org.nz|publisher=ngataonga.org.nz}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=About My House My Castle|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/my-house-my-castle/my-house-castle-2790639|website=TVNZ|publisher=TVNZ|accessdate=17 September 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/2784385.xml|title=John "Cocksy" Cocks|website=TVNZ Ondemand|access-date=5 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/82762499/the-five-kiwi-diy-reality-shows|title=The Five: Kiwi DIY reality shows|website=Stuff |access-date=5 April 2017}}
- City Celebrity Country Nobody (2004){{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/444698.xml|title=About the show|website=TVNZ Ondemand|access-date=5 April 2017}}
- Celebrity Treasure Island (2005){{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/494884.xml|title=John 'Cocksy' Cocks|website=TVNZ Ondemand|access-date=5 April 2017}}
- Cocksys Day Off (2005) {{Cite web|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/licensing/programme-sales/programmes-by-genre/cocksy-s-day-off.html|title=Cocksy's Day Off|last=TVNZ|website=TVNZ Licensing|access-date=5 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/604423.xml|title=Cocksy's Day Off|website=TVNZ Ondemand|access-date=5 April 2017}}
- Jack of All Trades (2008){{Cite news|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown-lakes/lunch-celebrity-builder-john-cocks|title=Lunch with . . . celebrity builder John Cocks|date=27 August 2008|work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=5 April 2017|language=en}}
- My Dream Room: Kids Edition (2015) {{Cite web|url=https://www.2tuiproductions.co.nz/our-shows|title=2 Tui Television Production|website=2 Tui Television Production|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406020327/https://www.2tuiproductions.co.nz/our-shows|archive-date=6 April 2017|url-status=dead}}
- How Did You Do That? (2013–2017){{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11488130|title=Teen's heavenly haven revealed|date=28 July 2015|work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=5 April 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}
Personal life
In June 2017, Cocks married Dana Coote;{{Cite news|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/06/terminally-ill-john-cocksy-cocks-weds-in-coromandel.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604055641/http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/06/terminally-ill-john-cocksy-cocks-weds-in-coromandel.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2017|title=Terminally ill John 'Cocksy' Cocks weds in Coromandel|date=6 April 2017|work=Newshub |access-date=5 June 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/93322341/terminally-ill-celebrity-builder-john-cocksy-cocks-ties-the-knot|title=Terminally ill celebrity builder John 'Cocksy' Cocks ties the knot|website=Stuff |access-date=5 June 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11867752|title='She looked radiant': TV star John 'Cocksy' Cocks marries sweetheart|last=Meng-Yee|first=Carolyne|date=4 June 2017|work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=5 June 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} he had three daughters from a previous marriage.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2019/02/tv-handyman-john-cocksy-cocks-has-died.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207125818/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2019/02/tv-handyman-john-cocksy-cocks-has-died.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2019|title=TV handyman John 'Cocksy' Cocks has died|date=2019-07-02|work=Newshub |access-date=2019-02-08|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/weird-sound-feel-happy-kiwi-tv-builder-john-cocksy-cocks-philosophical-he-faces-terminal-cancer|title='As weird as that will sound, I feel happy' – Kiwi TV builder John 'Cocksy' Cocks philosophical as he faces terminal cancer|website=1 NEWS NOW|access-date=5 April 2017}}
In 2016, Cocks was diagnosed with renal cancer,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12040548|title=Reality TV star John 'Cocksy' Cocks' brave battle with terminal cancer|last=Meng-Yee|first=Carolyne |date=5 May 2018|work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=7 May 2018|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11820935|title=Exclusive: TV builder Cocksy's terminal cancer battle|last=Meng-Yee|first=Carolyne|date=19 March 2017|work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=5 April 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} and he died on 6 February 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12201717|title=Popular TV star builder John 'Cocksy' Cocks dies after battle with kidney cancer|date=7 February 2019|access-date=7 February 2019|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/110440777/popular-tv-show-builder-john-cocksy-cocks-has-died|title=Popular TV show builder John 'Cocksy' Cocks has died|website=Stuff |language=en|access-date=7 February 2019}}
References
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