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    Yvette Williams

    The sports writer Peter Heidenstrom rated Yvette Williams as his 'New Zealand Athlete of the Century'. There is no doubt that she was one of our greatest-ever athletes - and probably the most versatile. 

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'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington

1844 'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington

Two Wellington lawyers, W.V. Brewer and H. Ross, drew pistols over a legal difference in Wellington. Brewer fired into the air but was shot in the groin. He died a week later. more...

External links

  • Duels (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Duelling (Papers Past)
  • Duelling inquest (Papers Past)
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