Pamela Bellwood is an American actress best known for her role as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington on the 1980s prime time soap opera, Dynasty.
Charlotte Jane was one of the First Four Ships in 1850 to carry emigrants from England to the new colony of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Yvette Winifred Williams is a former New Zealand athlete. She became the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and hold the world record in the women's long jump. In the 100th anniversary of Athletics New Zealand in 1987, she was named "Athlete of the Century".
Lorraine Mary Moller is a former athlete from New Zealand, who competed in track athletics and later specialised in the marathon. Moller's international career lasted over 20 years and included winning a silver medal in the marathon at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona at the age of 37. A four-time Olympian, she also completed the marathon at the 1984, 1988 and 1996 games. Her other marathon victories included the 1984 Boston Marathon and being a three-time winner (1986,87,89) of the Osaka International Ladies Marathon.
Geoffrey "Geoff" William Fleetwood Thompson is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
The New Zealand Coaches Hall of Fame is sponsored by Athletics New Zealand and the Athletics Coaches Association of New Zealand. Founded in 2006, the purpose of the Hall of Fame is to "increase the recognition and status of coaches." It is the first coaching Hall of Fame established in Australasia.
Grey and Bell was a Taranaki electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 to 1881.
Peter Stafford Bellwood is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. He received his PhD from King's College in Cambridge in 1980. His areas of specialization include the prehistory of Southeast Asia and the Pacific from archaeological, linguistic and biological perspectives; origins of agriculture and resulting cultural, linguistic and biological developments (worldwide); interdisciplinary connections between archaeology, linguistics and human biology. He is currently involved in archaeological fieldwork projects in the Philippines and Vietnam.
James George Leckie was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Peter James Belliss MBE is a former lawn bowls player for New Zealand.
Rowan James Brassey is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.
Robert Pharazyn was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.
Charles Beard Izard was a 19th-century Member of Parliament and lawyer in Wellington, New Zealand.
Jackson Gill is a New Zealand track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. Gill throws with his right hand, using the spin technique. In 2010, he won gold in the shot put at the World Junior Championships at the age of 15 years, 213 days, which made him the youngest ever male gold medalist at the World Junior Championships. In 2012, he defended his title at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Peter Taylor is a New Zealand rower.
Quentin Rew is a race walker from New Zealand. At the 2011 World Athletics Championships Rew finished 24th in the 50 kilometres race walk. He represented New Zealand in the 50 km race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, originally finishing 30th. With the subsequent ban for a doping offence of Igor Yerokhin Rew's placing would be raised to 29th. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Rew finished 10th in the 50 kilometres walk in 3:48:48. At the XXI Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Rew finished 5th in the Men's 20 kilometres walk, with a time of 1:21:47.
Sarah Cowley is a New Zealand track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.
The 1856 Motueka and Massacre Bay by-election was a by-election held in the Motueka and Massacre Bay electorate during the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, on 19 May 1856.
Tomas "Tom" Walsh is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put. He is the current national record holder both outdoors and indoors for the event, and the current (2017) world champion. His personal best of 22.67 m, set at in Waitakere City, 25 March 2018, is also the Oceanian record.
