Tuck originated from Gisborne, a small city on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The East Cost is a very strong beef and sheep area of the country. Tuck grew up on his parents farm and started shepherding when he left school in 1983. He began competitive trialing with Border Collies and Huntaways at the age of 18. He has continued to work with Border Collies and Huntaways in mustering and trialing since. In 1990 a spell was spent in Scotland as a shepherd, with another spell in Hertfordshire in 1998 milking cows and feeding stock. Tuck made a permanent moved to the UK in 2002 with his wife Ali and took up a position on an open farm.

Tuck and his dogs currently hold displays during the open farm's season with sheep trials and an entertaining duck trial as well as general work with the stock to bring them in at the start of the day and return them to pasture at the end of the day.