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    Kate Edger

    On 11 July 1877 Kate Edger (Evans) graduated with a BA in Latin and Mathematics from the University of New Zealand. She became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a BA

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‘The greatest middle distance race of all time’

1974 ‘The greatest middle distance race of all time’

In an amazing Commonwealth Games 1500-m final, New Zealand’s John Walker broke the world record yet finished second. Tanzanian Filbert Bayi won in a new world record time of 3 minutes 32.16 seconds. more...

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John Walker1974 - key events

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  • Filbert Bayi (Wikipedia)
  • John Walker (Wikipedia)
  • British Commonwealth Games (CGF)
  • The ten greatest Commonwealth Games moments (The Observer)
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