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 | | Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha and Ngai Tahu; guide, soldier, launch and tug master, factory manager, community leader |
 | | Robert Agrippa Moengaroa Waitiri (later Whaitiri), commonly known as Bob, was born in Bluff, Southland, on 9 May 1916. |
 | | Through his parents, Robert Agrippa Waitiri, an oysterman, and his wife, Mariam (Miriam) Effie Te Aroha Topi Patuki, he could claim links with Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha and Ngai Tahu, and was related to the Whaitiri family of the Chatham Islands. |
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