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7 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

McRae has died https://www.velocitynews.co.nz/graham-mcrae-passes-away/

 

Can also be posted in the chequered flag thread but once is enough.

I remember when I found out about this guy I spent hours finding out if he was somehow related to legendary rally driver Colin McRae, Never found anything to prove it though.

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15 minutes ago, TheSpinosaurus said:

I remember when I found out about this guy I spent hours finding out if he was somehow related to legendary rally driver Colin McRae, Never found anything to prove it though.

He wasn't.

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On 20/06/2021 at 05:41, Perhaps said:

Sir Michael Cullen releasing a book about his boring life.

 

Article includes video footage of him, the first I've seen since his retirement due to his diagnosis. On top of his stage 4 cancer, he's also been diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

Sir Michael Cullen dead: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300387274/former-labour-deputy-prime-minister-sir-michael-cullen-dies

 

DDP Pick.

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5 minutes ago, msc said:

Aye, for me!

 

Six month personal drought ends.

Huh, only six months? A mere drop in the ocean (the Southern Pacific to be precise), ha!

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8 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Huh, only six months? A mere drop in the ocean (the Southern Pacific to be precise), ha!

Not when you write all the obits hah. I now refer to a six month period as "7 Gooseberry Crumble hits"! :lol:

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Just now, YoungWillz said:

Earle Wells, winner of the Gold Medal of the Flying Dutchman class in sailing at the 1964 Olympics for New Zealand, dead at 87: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/former-olympic-gold-medallist-earle-wells-dies-aged-87/Z5L7A6GNKM7LGRR4A3NDXOULTM/

 

He's a Scavenger Hunt miss.

Cross posting Earle Wells' death report here, as he was mentioned in the OP.

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A former New Zealand First MP has died.  Richard Prosser represented the party as a list MP based in Waimakariri between 2011 and 2017. A statement released by the party said he passed away suddenly in the UK.

He was 55 years old.

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On 16/05/2018 at 23:41, Heef said:

New Zealand may be included in the Australian constitution, but despite his close mateship with Malcolm Turnbull, I'm certain our former PM John Key will agree that we pursue a thoroughly independent set of policies, despite the huge Kiwi diaspora in the East of the West Island.

 

As such, I thought it was about due to have a new thread for us. I mean, no self-respecting Kiwi says 'Hooroo mate'. It's all 'chur bro' and 'aaaah, she'll be right' and 'oi'll hive sex scoops uvv fush and chups, cuz'

 

So, without further ado, here's some of the NZ great and good to keep an eye on:

 

 

Cricket Captains

 

John R Reid (3 June 1928)

Barry Sinclair (23 October 1936)

Graham Dowling (4 March 1937)

Glenn Turner (26 May 1947)

Mark Burgess (17 July 1944)

Geoff Howarth (29 March 1951)Dan 

Jeremy Coney (21 June 1952)

Jeff Crowe (14 September 1958)

John Wright (5 July 1954)

Ken Rutherford (26 October 1965)

Lee Germon (4 November 1968)

Stephen Fleming (1 April 1973)

Daniel Vettori (27 January 1979)

Ross Taylor (8 March 1984)

Brendan McCullum (27 September 1981)

Kane Williamson (8 August 1990)

 

Barry Sinclair, Test cricketer, hit for six: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-new-zealand-captain-barry-sinclair-dies-aged-85-1324065

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Sir Miles Warren, NZ architect (Warren and Mahoney, Christchurch Town Hall) and gardener (Ohinetahi) mentioned here before, dead at 93.

 

Also a Member of the Order of New Zealand and one of the Twelve Local Heroes of Christchurch (2004-2009). Only three are still alive, 7 have died since the project started in 2004. Living ones:

Frank Dickson (ca. 1932) former Canterbury Savings Bank chief executive

Sir Tipene O'Regan (1939) Maori leader, academic

Sir Richard Hadlee (1951) Cricketer.

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Marshall Napier, New Zealand born actor with a list of credits as long as your arm encompassing theatre, TV and cinema, has died aged 70, from brain cancer. Appeared in many NZ/Aus TV programmes.

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New Zealand Māori leader Maanu Paul has died age 83. 

 

 

https://waateanews.com/2022/09/15/maanu-paul-a-fighter-for-maori-rights/

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10 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Sir Murray Halberg, um lendário atleta da Nova Zelândia e medalhista de ouro em 1960, morreu. Ele tinha 89 anos.

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/sir-murray-halberg-dies-aged-89/P5UBSYZQ7FFRPEOU22QCFBFUWM/

He was the champion of this modality that had won the title for the longest time, now it is Bob Schull, from the USA, who was champion in the following games, in 1964. He is 85 years old

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Ehm... South Africa.

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