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    Godfrey Bowen

    Bowen helped establish sheep shearing as a legitimate sport and a form of entertainment. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Nazi sabotage hoax

1942 Nazi sabotage hoax

Career criminal Sydney Ross convinced the New Zealand government that a Nazi sabotage cell was operating in New Zealand. 
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Sydney Ross

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  • The Home Front Volume II (NZETC)
  • Sydney Ross (DNZB)
  • Bob Semple (DNZB)
  • Peter Fraser (DNZB)
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