He writes and illustrates the popular Little Kiwi series of children's books (first published 2001), for which he received the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award in 2015.
[1][2] Darroch's cartoons have appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Whangarei Report, Hutt News, Napier Daily Telegraph, Christchurch Star and Timaru Herald.
[5] In 2017, McDonald's New Zealand began offering one of his books as a part of the Happy Meal menu.
[6] He started work for the Timaru Herald's advertising department in 1959 as his first job out of high school.
[7] Darroch has had many books published, these include:[8] This article about a New Zealand artist is a stub.