Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Myer Robinson – review

By Len Brown In Books

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11th August, 2012
John Edgar’s well-crafted book is a balanced portrait of Dove-Myer Robinson, the politician and the private man. But it is also an all-too-vivid illustration of the “Auckland disease”. For decades, Auckland has been victim to parochialism and infighting. Robbie saw the challenges and pitfalls of a city governed by 32 territorial and special-purpose bodies. It was virtually impossible to make progress on regional decisions or infrastructure, and that must have been a source of immense frustration for him, a visionary ahead of his time. As well as being a man of vision, Robbie was a man of ...

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