Denis Clive Hulme was a New Zealand racing driver who won the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his final race in the 1974 US Grand Prix,he started 112 Grands Prix,resulting in eight victories and 33 podiums. He also finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972.
Gore is a town and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. It has a resident population of around 8,000 people. Gore is known for its country music scene and hosts an annual country music festival. The town is also surrounded by farmland and is an important centre for agriculture in the region.
Mataura is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Mataura has a meat processing plant,and until 2000 it was the site of a large pulp and paper mill.
Eric Wilbur Roy is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the National Party. He was first elected in 1993 and served,with one three-year break,until 2014.
Sir Timothy Richard Shadbolt is a New Zealand politician. He was the Mayor of Invercargill and previously Mayor of Waitemata City.
Paul Radisich is a retired New Zealand racing driver and businessman of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years —both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New Zealand.
Patric Denis O'Brien,commonly known as Paddy O'Brien,is a New Zealand international rugby union referee,and former head of the International Rugby Board's Referee Board.
John McIntyre is a New Zealand racecar driver who competes in the V8SuperTourer championship and is a co-driver for Ford Performance Racing in the V8 Supercar Series at Sandown and Bathurst.
Brady Kennett is a racing car driver from New Zealand. He has raced Formula Ford,Formula Holden,V8 Touring Cars,V8 Utes,Super Trucks and Production Cars.
Nathan Phillip Cohen is a New Zealand rower. He is a two-time world champion,and won a gold medal in the Olympics. In 2006,rowing a single scull,he won a gold medal at the World University Games. In doing so,he became the first New Zealander to win a gold medal at the World University Games in any sport. Cohen and his rowing partner,Joseph Sullivan,won back-to-back gold medals in the men's double sculls at both the 2010 and 2011 World Rowing Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics,he and his partner won the gold medal in the men's double sculls,after breaking the Olympic best time in the heats. In 2013,Cohen was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to rowing.
Damon Leitch is a New Zealand racing driver. He competed in the Toyota Racing Series from 2011 to 2014.
Eve Poole was a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Invercargill from 1983 until her death in 1992. She was the first woman and Jew to hold this position.
The 2004 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders,and to celebrate the passing of 2003 and the beginning of 2004. They were announced on 31 December 2003.
The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District in New Zealand's South Island. Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989,the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough.
The 2000 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders,and to celebrate the passing of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. They were announced on 31 December 1999.
Penelope Elsie Simmonds is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party. She previously served as the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology.
Mary Elizabeth Ogg was a New Zealand local politician. She served as the mayor of Gore from 1995 until 2001,and was the first woman to hold that position.
The 2022 Invercargill mayoral election took place on 8 October 2022 as part of the New Zealand local elections. Incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt unsuccessfully sought a tenth term against nine other candidates,losing to his deputy Nobby Clark.
Blossom Lady was a leading New Zealand Standardbred racehorse. Affectionately known as "The Bloss" she is most noted for winning the 1992 New Zealand Trotting Cup and New Zealand Free-For-All double. She also won the 1994 and 1995 A G Hunter Cup in Melbourne,Victoria and in total she won eight Group 1 races.
