Bob White (mayor)
Robert Howard White was a New Zealand local-body politician.Biography
Born in Auckland on 25 December 1914, White was the son of Amy Charlotte and Alfred Horace White. He was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College from 1927 to 1930. In 1941, he married Kitty Gwendolyn Mawkes, and the couple went on to have three children.
White served in the RNZAF. He was mayor of Papatoetoe from 1965 to 1986.
In the 1982 New Year Honours, White was made a Queen's Service Order for public services. In 1975 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John, and in 1985 he was promoted to Commander of the Order of St John. In 1990, White was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
