Facts: - order: 25th mayor of hamilton - successor: mike minogue - death date: 07 december 1987 - predecessor: roderick braithwaite - spouse: helen wyn-hesse - term end: october 1968 - term start: december 1959 - birth date: 30 september 1917 - name: denis rogers - relations: rufus rogers -lrb- brother -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of denis rogers .
denis rogers -lrb- 30 september 1917 -- 7 december 1987 -rrb- was a new zealand doctor and local-body politician .