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Len Lye

Len Lye is a controversial figure in New Zealand art, an internationally renowned and influential film-maker and kinetic sculptor who is seen by some as an outsider whose art has little relevance to the local tradition

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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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NZ's first Olympic century 1924 - key events

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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...