Former mayor and regional councillor Hugh Vercoe dies
He wasn’t a man to mince words and the former artilleryman always liked to be a straight shooter.
Tributes have been paid to former Matamata-Piako mayor, regional councillor and Waikato Mayoral Forum chairperson Hugh Vercoe who died in Morrinsville over the weekend after a long battle with cancer.
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