| Name |
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Field |
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| ALLWRIGHT |
Graeme |
Folk singer (site in french) |
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| BATTEN * |
Jean |
Aviator |
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| BLAKE |
Peter, Sir |
Navigator |
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| BUCK (Te Rangihiroa)* |
Peter Henry Sir |
Anthropologist |
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| CAMPION |
Jane |
Film director |
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| FRAME |
Janet |
Writer |
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| GOLDIE * |
Charles Frederick |
Artist |
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| HILLARY |
Edmund, Sir |
Conqueror of Mt Everest |
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| JACKSON |
Peter |
Film Director/actor |
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| KING * |
Frederic Truby |
Plunket
Society founder |
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| LINDAUER * |
Gottfried |
Artist |
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| McCLAREN
|
Bruce |
Motor racer |
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| MANSFIELD * |
Katherine |
Writer |
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| MARSH * |
Edith Ngaio, Dame |
Writer |
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| MUNRO |
Herbert J. (Burt) |
Motorcycle land-speed record-holder. |
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| NGATA * |
Apirana Sir |
Māori leader |
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| POMARE * |
Maui Sir |
Māori Leader |
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| RANGI* (Dennan) |
Rangitiaria (Guide Rangi) |
Tourist guide, cultural ambassador |
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| RUTHERFORD * |
Ernest |
Scientist |
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| SHEPPARD * |
Kate |
Womens suffragist |
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| SNELL |
Peter |
Athlete |
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| TE
KANAWA |
Kiri |
Opera singer |
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| TE WIATA * |
Inia |
Opera singer |
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|
| Empire Games,
Canada, 1930 |
| |
|
| J. Savidan |
Six miles |
| S.Lay |
Javelin |
| Brough, Olson, MacDonald, Sandos
and Eastwood |
Rowing 4 with cox |
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|
| Empire Games,
London, 1934 |
| |
|
| Jack Lovelock |
One mile |
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|
| Empire Games,
Sydney, 1938 |
| |
|
| V.P. Boot |
880 yards |
| C.H. Mathews |
Three miles and six miles |
| Whittaker, Robertson, Jury, Bremner
|
Bowling fours |
| Macey, Dennison |
Bowling pairs |
| |
| Empire Games
Auckland, 1950 |
| (long break
because of World War 2) |
| |
|
| W. Nelson |
Six miles |
| Yvette Williams |
Long jump |
| J. Pirret |
Lawn bowls singles |
| R. Henry, E. Exelby |
Lawn bowling pairs |
| F. Creagh |
Heavyweight boxing |
| Johnson, O'Brien, James, Carroll,
Johnstone |
Coxed four rowing |
| Barry, Lucas, Chambers, Amos |
880 yards relay swimming |
| R. Cleghorn |
Heavyweight weightlifting |
| J. Armitt |
Featherweight wrestling |
| D. Mudgeway |
Bantam weight wrestling |
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| British Commonwealth
Games, Cardiff, 1958 |
| |
|
| Murray Halberg |
Three miles |
| Valerie Sloper |
Women's shotput |
| R. Douglas, R. Parker |
Coxless pairs |
| J. Morris, R. Pilkington |
Lawn bowls pairs |
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|
| British Commonwealth
Games, Perth, 1962 |
| |
|
| Murray Halberg |
Three miles |
| Peter Snell |
880 yards and one mile |
| Valerie Young |
Shotput and discus |
| W. Coe |
Welterweight boxing |
| M. Coleman |
Individual foil, fencing |
| H. Robson, R McDonald |
Lawn bowls pairs |
| J. Hill |
Singles sculls |
| G. Paterson, K. Heselwood, H.
Smedley, W. Stephens, D. Pulman |
Coxed fours |
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| British Commonwealth
Games, Kingston, 1966 |
| |
|
| Leslie Mills |
Discus |
| R. Welsh |
3.000m steeplechase |
| Roy Williams |
Decathlon |
| Valerie Young (née Sloper) |
Shotput and discus |
| W. Kini |
Heavyweight boxing |
| David Gerrard |
220 yards butterfly |
| Donald Oliver |
Heavyweight weightlifting |
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| British Commonwealth
Games, Edinburgh, 1970 |
| |
|
| B. Biddle |
Cycling road race |
| H. Kent |
1000m cycling time trial |
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|
| Commonwealth
Games, Christchurch, 1974 |
| Robin Tait |
Discus |
| Richard Taylor |
10.000m |
| D. Baldwin, P. Clark, D. Jolly,
J. Somerville |
Lawn bowls fours |
| M. Gordon |
Rifle shooting |
| J. Parkhouse |
800m freestyle swimming |
| M. Treffers |
400m individual swimming medley |
| A. Ebert |
Middle weight lifting |
| G. May |
Super heavy weight lifting |
| D. Aspin |
82kg wrestling class |
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| Commonwealth
Games, Edmonton, 1978 |
| |
|
| Michael Richards |
Individual pursuit cycling |
| John Woolley |
Skeet shooting |
| Gary Hurring |
200m backstroke |
| Rebecca Perrott |
200m freestyle |
| Precious McKenzie |
56kg weightlifting division |
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|
| Commonwealth
Games, Brisbane, 1982 |
| |
|
| Anne Audain |
3.000 m |
| Mike O'Rourke |
Javelin |
| Neroli Fairhall |
Archery |
| Craig Adair |
1.000m cycling time trial |
| John Woolley |
Skeet shooting |
| |
|
| Commonwealth
Games, Edinburgh 1986 |
| (boycotted
by 31 teams) |
| |
|
| I. Dickison |
Bowls |
| Stephanie Foster |
Single sculls |
| Stephanie Foster, Robin Clark |
Double sculls |
| G. Yelavich |
Free pistol and air pistol shooting |
| Anthony Mosse |
200 m butterfly |
| Sylvia Hume |
100 m backstroke |
| J. Peau |
Heavyweight boxing |
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| Commonwealth
Games, Auckland, 1990 |
| |
|
| Tania Murray |
High jump |
| Judy Howat, P. Watson |
Lawn bowls women's pairs |
| Michael Kenny |
Boxing super heavy weight |
| Ian Richards, Graeme Miller, Brian
Fowler, Gavin Stevens |
Men's cycling 100 km time trial |
| Graeme Miller |
First individual cycling road
race |
| Nigel Donnelly, Glenn McLeay,
Stuart Williams, Gary Anderson |
Men's cycling 4000 m team pursuit |
| Gary Anderson |
Men's cycling 400 m individual
pursuit |
| Gary Anderson |
Men's cycling ten miles scratch
race |
| Madonna Harris |
Women's cycling 3.000 m individual
pursuit |
| A. Walker |
Women's rythmic rope gymnastics |
| Nikki Jenkins |
Women's vault gymnastics |
| B. Cooper |
Men's under 65 kg judo |
| R. Harvey |
50m individual free rifle shooting
(prone) |
| S. Patterson, R. Harvey |
50 m pairs free rifle prone |
| P. Carmine, A. Clarke |
10 m pairs running target shooting |
| Anna Simcic |
Women's 200m backstroke |
| A. Mosse |
Men's 200m butterfly |
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| Commonwealth
Games, Victoria, Canada, 1994 |
| |
|
| Danyon Loader |
200m butterfly |
| Mark Rendell |
Cycle road race |
| Stephen Petterson |
Individual smallbore |
| Lindsay Arthur |
Smallbore pair |
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