Les Harris was born in the small town of Pirongia in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand on the 26th of February 1925. Before he settled into a professional career he moved around a lot but had lived on the family farm in Harris Road, Pokuru, King Country, which is still in the family today.
Having many different jobs over the years including owning and managing the Thames and Waihi rubbish run, general carrier with a couple of handy trucks, mechanic in various places including Citroen motors in Thames, working on the wharves in Wellington in the 1950’s, driving buses in Auckland for many years after an unsuccessful attempt at owning a fish ‘n chip shop in Epsom and café in Queen Street before retiring at 65. He built his own house in Mt Roskill, and invested in a few houses over the years, being a landlord and working and maintaining on those properties until he was around 80 years young.
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