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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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Mona Blades vanishes

1975 Mona Blades vanishes

Eighteen-year-old Mona Blades was last seen sitting in the back seat of an orange Datsun station wagon. Her body was never found and her disappearance has never been explained. more...

External links

  • Suspect quizzed again (NZ Herald)
  • Hitchhikers keep going (NZ Herald)
  • The mystery of Mona Blades (Rotorua Daily Post)
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