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Haurongo: Crump, Barry

Relationships: Barry and Robin

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Relationships: Barry and Robin

In 1979 Barry married Robin Hughes, who was about half his age. The partnership lasted 12 years, but after she left him Hughes wrote a book which described her experience of domestic abuse at his hands.

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Reference: Colin Hogg, A life in loose strides: the story of Barry Crump. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 2000.

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Brigid Magner. 'Crump, Barry', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2011, whakahou November 2012. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34495/relationships-barry-and-robin (accessed 4 June 2026).