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In 1989 he increased his majority, defeating challenger John
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Poynter was born in 1939. As a boy, he was "inquisitive, totally mischievous" and "always the leader and organiser". He was a bookseller—a business he inherited from his father and located in
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strongly objected to it. Poynter’s children also rejected this proposal believing their father would also object to the name change being disrespectful to the iwi. The proposal did not go ahead.
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of 20 October 1992). Dahya challenged him twice more, in 1995 and 1998, but
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