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Sir Clifford Skeggs, ‘the boy from Bluff’, dies aged 94

The NBR Rich List Skeggs Group founder was a pioneer private investor in deepwater fishing.

David Skeggs with his parents Lady Marie Skeggs and Sir Clifford Skeggs.

NBR Staff Fri, 13 Jun 2025

Skeggs family patriarch Sir Clifford George Skeggs has died at the age of 94.

The “boy from Bluff” and his family featured in this week’s NBR Rich List, with an estimated $220 million net worth.

The former Dunedin mayor, between 1977 and 1989, was knighted in 1987 and inducted into the New

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NBR Staff Fri, 13 Jun 2025
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