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7 July
1924 'Tom Watson' wins bronze for New Zealand
The character in the Academy Award-winning film Chariots of fire (1981) was based on Arthur Porritt, who won a bronze medal for New Zealand in the 100 m at the 1924 Paris Olympics. more...
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- Arthur Porritt (NZOC)
- Arthur Porritt (Wikipedia)
- Chariots of Fire (Wikipedia)
- Porritt, Arthur Espie (DNZB)
1916 NZ Labour Party founded
This country's oldest existing political party, the New Zealand Labour Party emerged from a joint conference of the United Federation of Labour and the Social Democratic Party in Wellington. more...
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- Labour Party (1966 encyclopaedia)
- Social Democratic Party (1966 encyclopaedia)
- Liberal to labour (Te Ara)
- Harry Holland biography (DNZB)
- Peter Fraser biography (DNZB)
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