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The New Zealand Amateur Championship had been played since 1893 and at the 1906 championship meeting in Christchurch it was decided to hold a 36-hole Open Championship at the championship meeting in 1907, "open to any professional or amateur in any part of the world" with prizes of £25 and £10 for the leading professionals. [5]
The inaugural New Zealand Open was played in 1907 and the 36-hole event was won by Arthur Duncan who won his fifth Amateur Championship a few days later. Up to 1907 the event was a pure match-play event. However, with the expansion of the New Zealand Open to 72 holes and the increasing number of entries, a change was made in 1908. The final two ...
The 1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Great Britain, France and Canada was a tour undertaken by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks). The series consisted of 17 matches, four of Test status against international opposition. The New Zealand team finished the tour undefeated, the first time they had achieved this in the ...
An Australian national side tours New Zealand, beating the home team heavily in all three internationals: [12] 4 July, Dunedin: NZ 1–7 Australia; 11 July, Wellington: NZ 0–10 Australia; 18 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Australia; The Chatham Cup is won by Western of Christchurch who beat Auckland Thistle 3–2 in the final. [13] Provincial ...
22 October – Magnum Photo Supplies Ltd v Viko New Zealand Ltd, [1999] (1 NZLR 395) case is decided. [3] [4] 27-30 October – Heavy rainfall and flooding in western New Zealand costs over $2 million in insurance payouts. [5] New Zealand appoints a resident ambassador to Argentina and establishes an embassy in Buenos Aires. [6]
Island Bay is a coastal suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city centre.. Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays off Cook Strait and west of Lyall Bay. 500m offshore in Island Bay lies Tapu Te Ranga Island, which forms a natural breakwater and provides a sheltered anchorage for local fishing boats.
[2] [9] Before 1 February 2011 Archives New Zealand was a separate government department. [9] In 2018, the Christchurch office moved to a new location in Wigram near the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. [10] [11] The New Zealand Archivist Vol 3 No 1 pages 5–10 includes a more comprehensive history of archives in New Zealand. [12]
New Zealand International Stakes. The International Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Te Rapa Racecourse in Hamilton in early February every year. The race is now run as the Herbie Dyke Stakes . The 2010 running was sponsored by the connections of stallion Darci Brahma, after being sponsored for many years by Cambridge Stud and ...