Former Christchurch Star photographer John McCombe, regarded as an "institution" among this country’s news snappers, died at his home last week, aged 75. John McCombe relaxes at home in Whangamata in 2015. The family later moved, first to Hawkes Bay and then to Thames as Bob was transferred through his job with New Zealand Post. Away from his work, McCombe was a man of many interests, chief of those being his family. John McCombe's infamous photo of eight-year-old Canterbury rugby fan Dean Anderson.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 07, 2021 18:00 UTC