Bob Jones dead

[Lilith7]

He was 85
 Colourful is perhaps the best description of him...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5597...dead-at-85



Racist might be another...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4113...enae-maihi

[zqwerty]

Former TV reporter Rod Vaughan, who was once punched by Bob Jones, dies

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35039560...jones-dies

A few more pictures

[Oh_hunnihunni]

For a minute there I thought they'd managed to synchronise...

Well, the Tongariro will be a safer place to fish.


You lived well, Sir Robert...

[heisenberg]

Racist might be another...

i suspect he had done more for maori, asians and every other minority than you have ever done, whats it like in your hate filled world?

if you want to list a few racists theres plenty to pick from why not put a few names down, im sure you have a list

https://nopunchespulled.com/2020/12/14/a...ttle-turd/

[Oh_hunnihunni]

We fished alongside Bob Jones. Had a few conversations back in our Taupo days. He was exceedingly well read, deeply opinionated, and very very clever. He was also one of the most arrogant people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, and very quick with a witty response. He left Winston for dead on that score. In business he was dangerously competitive, and for him everything about life was business.

Which is how people become a billionaire when inheritance is not a starting point. But I don't think he was ever content, except when he was in his library, or on the water. But really, that's a pretty good life compared to many. RIP.

[Lilith7]

Racist might be another...

i suspect he had done more for maori, asians and every other minority than you have ever done, whats it like in your hate filled world?

if you want to list a few racists theres plenty to pick from why not put a few names down, im sure you have a list

https://nopunchespulled.com/2020/12/14/a...ttle-turd/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4113...enae-maihi

[king1]

Racist might be another...

i suspect he had done more for maori, asians and every other minority than you have ever done, whats it like in your hate filled world?

if you want to list a few racists theres plenty to pick from why not put a few names down, im sure you have a list

https://nopunchespulled.com/2020/12/14/a...ttle-turd/

There is a lot of hate and vitriol in that link you posted...  

and someone throwing copious amounts of money around in itself has no bearing on the personality traits of the said individual.  One would have to understand the motivations for their gifting to know who/what they really are...

For me, I always get suspicious when people start using terms like "colourful" to describe someone

[Olive]

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For me, I always get suspicious when people start using terms like "colourful" to describe someone

In this case "nasty piece of work" is more apt.   Jones was a deeply unpleasant person.   I have heard many stories of his truly horrible machinations (sometimes described sycophantically as "pranks") inflicted on lawyers and legal staff for no reason other than to humiliate them and waste their time.   His sporadic charitable donations do  nothing to balance out his sadism.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Yes, he was determinedly aggressive, and dangerous with it. Even when fishing. Best to let him go ahead and follow along once he was well down the river...