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Ray Bennett reminisces about his busy life serving in the South Canterbury community and memories of Timaru during the war.
As the region prepares to welcome in a new year, former Timaru mayor and identity Ray Bennett looks back on his life serving the community, as Esther Ashby-Coventry reports. Ray Bennett has lived in the same Timaru house his entire life and has no regrets.
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Ray Bennett stands in front of the Timaru home he has lived in for all his 88 years. The 88-year-old said the reason he had remained in the town, in the same house, was because he had wanted to be a councillor which tied him down to the district.