Urban Legend - Sir Dove-Myer Robinson

Every Aucklander of a certain age knows that we should have listened to Mayor Robbie back in the 1970s'' - Labour Party MP Phil Twyford. But who was he? And why is he still relevant today? From a working class Jewish boy in Sheffield to long serving Mayor of Auckland (1959-1980), Sir Dove-Myer Robinson''s life followed an unusual path. A slight, bespectacled man whose tiny stature was offset by a ...