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LONG-DISTANCE walker Lynda Hanson will walk 150km from Wellington to Palmerston North at the weekend to raise funds for the Arohanui Hospice. Mrs Hanson, 40, from Palmerston North, said she wanted to make the walk as a tribute to her mother, Joyce Smith, and her mother-in-law, Ruth Hanson. They both died of cancer after being [...]
Blenheim to Picton – 1885 (Laurie) 12 hour Walking Race – 1885 50 mile walking race – 1885 24 hr race – 1885 Crofts versus Bedford – 1885
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http://www.coolrunning.com.au/ultra/1997031.shtml New Zealand at World 100Km Championships Things did not go as well as they might have for New Zealand’s running team at the 100 km World Road Race Championships held in Holland on Saturday September 13. Dysentery hit the team on the day leading into the Mce forcing the withdrawal from the race of [...]
http://www.coolrunning.com.au/ultra/1998001.shtml 28 March 1998 The New Zealand 100km Road Race Championships at Blenheim were run in ideal conditions on a flat 10km circuit – a winding course through picturesque wine country. John Thirkettle won the men’s title in 7:31:59 while Lilac Flay and Wynnie Wu Cosgrove tied for the women’s title in 7:58:26. “The race [...]
Excellant summary article on Joe Scott found in Google books. Web link
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4j2/1 Esther Marion Pretoria James was remarkable for the diversity of her achievements, and in the 1930s became a national celebrity during a sponsored walk of the length of New Zealand. She was born at Pahiatua on 5 November 1900, the seventh of ten children of Thomas Joseph James and his wife, Eliza Jane Whitmore. [...]
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