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Historical Events
Results 1 - 87 of 87
1346-01-15 - Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand
1349-01-05 - Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
1417-05-31 - Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen
1421-11-18 - Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
1425-07-19 - Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good
1532-11-02 - Zealand/South Holland flooded
1534-11-06 - -7] Zealand hit by heavy storm
1559-08-09 - Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht
1573-07-16 - Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland
1581-07-24 - States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange
1582-12-14 - Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25
1582-12-25 - Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th
1625-06-02 - Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1642-03-12 - Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1642-12-13 - New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
1672-07-09 - Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1747-04-25 - Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
1747-11-30 - Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women
1795-02-05 - Zealand Neth surrenders to French general Michaud
1827-03-07 - Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
1835-12-21 - HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
1835-12-25 - Charles Darwins company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand
1840-01-22 - British colonists reach New Zealand.
1845-03-11 - The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
1848-03-23 - The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
1850-12-16 - History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton.
1856-07-31 - Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
1860-08-03 - The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
1861-03-19 - The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
1863-02-07 - HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1863-10-31 - The Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato.
1864-06-21 - New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.
1865-03-02 - Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
1868-11-02 - Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
1886-07-10 - Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)
1886-08-01 - Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand
1893-11-28 - Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
1901-06-11 - Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
1907-09-26 - New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
1907-12-11 - New Zealand Parliament Buildings almost completely destroyed by fire.
1914-12-23 - World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
1917-05-11 - Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
1923-07-30 - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1931-01-07 - Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
1935-03-25 - 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
1936-05-26 - 1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends
1936-06-13 - 2nd Belgian govt of Van Zealand forms
1937-10-25 - Belgian govt of Zealand falls due to black money
1937-12-29 - Pan Am starts San Francisco-to-Auckland, New Zealand service
1940-05-10 - French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
1944-04-13 - The diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1944-09-06 - Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand
1947-11-25 - New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
1949-01-01 - Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
1951-09-01 - US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty
1953-12-25 - Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)
1959-05-30 - The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened today in Auckland, New Zealand.
1962-01-01 - Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa
1964-04-13 - New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
1965-08-04 - Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
1967-04-19 - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
1967-12-24 - Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand
1968-04-10 - Ferry Wahine sinks in Wellington harbour, New Zealand on route from Lyttelton (51 killed)
1974-10-19 - Niue becomes self-govering colony of New Zealand
1976-07-17 - The opening of the Summer Olympics is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
1979-11-28 - Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
1981-08-16 - Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1983-08-01 - New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England
1985-01-25 - Test debut of Wasim Akram, v New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
1987-06-08 - New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels. This makes New Zealand the first and (as of June 2006) only nation to ban these things from its territory.
1988-01-24 - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup
1989-03-28 - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
1990-11-13 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shot dead 13 people, in what became known as the Aramoana Massacre.
1993-08-10 - An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
1995-05-13 - New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
1995-11-26 - New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs v India in Nagpur ODI
1997-03-03 - The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
1999-11-27 - The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
2000-01-01 - Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millenium
2004-06-12 - A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries.
2004-11-11 - New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
2006-04-06 - NZSL (New Zealand sign language) is made an official language of New Zealand
2006-05-16 - A large earthquake (7.4 on the Richter scale) occurs near New Zealand.
2006-08-04 - Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and is replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who is sworn in on 23 August.
2006-11-11 - The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
2007-10-15 - 17 Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand arrested in the country's first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids across the country.
2009-07-15 - A 7.9 Magnitude earthquake registers 160km west of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 152
1410-04-27 - John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1628-04-16 - Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
1655-01-22 - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)
1730-11-16 - Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician
1744-12-19 - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland
1757-11-12 - Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
1833-01-01 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
1843-12-21 - Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1847-03-10 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
1856-04-26 - Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
1858-07-21 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (d. 1941)
1865-01-17 - Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)
1871-08-30 - Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist and father of nuclear physics
1877-02-24 - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
1878-02-03 - Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
1893-08-15 - Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950)
1894-02-06 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979)
1895-04-15 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980)
1895-04-23 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)
1896-01-09 - Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971)
1899-03-25 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
1903-03-11 - Ronald Syme, New Zealand classicist and historian (d. 1989)
1904-02-11 - Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)
1905-04-25 - George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986)
1908-03-12 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
1912-08-30 - Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent
1914-12-25 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (d. 2007)
1915-06-04 - Walter Hadlee, cricketer (father of Richard & Dayle), New Zealand batsman 40's
1916-07-09 - Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
1917-07-06 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (d. 2004)
1919-07-17 - Alex Moir, cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59)
1926-11-27 - Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author
1930-08-25 - Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
1932-06-04 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
1933-07-07 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934-02-10 - Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
1934-04-09 - Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
1934-08-29 - John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
1934-11-13 - Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist
1935-05-31 - Jim Bolger, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1935-08-18 - Howard Morrison, New Zealand entertainer
1936-03-14 - Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
1936-06-03 - Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player
1937-03-04 - Graeme Dowling, cricketer (New Zealand, 239 v India 1968)
1937-08-30 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970)
1941-01-05 - Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)
1941-01-17 - Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist
1945-09-17 - Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
1947-02-19 - Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
1947-05-06 - Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
1948-01-16 - Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
1949-12-05 - Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
1953-06-14 - Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
1954-04-30 - Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
1954-11-18 - Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
1955-03-31 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
1956-03-03 - John F Reid, cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's)
1956-04-13 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand rally driver (d. 2003)
1956-05-23 - Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
1958-10-25 - Dipak Patel, cricketer (in Kenya New Zealand off-spin all-rounder)
1959-01-10 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1960-12-26 - Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
1961-08-09 - John Key, New Zealand politician
1961-08-12 - Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
1961-10-05 - David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1961-10-31 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
1963-03-16 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)
1963-04-11 - Billy Bowden, New Zealand umpire
1964-03-03 - Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand 1994)
1964-04-07 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor
1966-03-19 - Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour)
1966-06-30 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
1966-12-13 - Ross Burden, New Zealand celebrity chef
1967-05-31 - Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television personality
1967-08-30 - Justin Vaughan, cricketer (New Zealand all-rounder 1992-)
1967-09-04 - Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
1967-10-26 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
1968-01-29 - Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990)
1968-03-29 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
1968-04-17 - Roger Twose, cricketer (Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995)
1971-02-15 - Ray Sefo, New Zealand kick boxer
1971-06-15 - Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer (batsman), Test debut v Zimbabwe in 1996
1971-06-18 - Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)
1971-07-18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
1971-09-26 - Patterson Thompson, cricketer (WI Test fast bowler v New Zealand 1996)
1972-06-03 - Robert Kennedy, cricketer (New Zealand opening bowler 1996)
1972-06-07 - Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
1972-09-26 - Mark Haslam, cricketer (New Zealand slow left-armer 1992)
1972-12-16 - Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
1974-01-10 - Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
1974-08-27 - Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
1974-10-02 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
1974-10-09 - Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor
1975-01-02 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
1975-01-05 - Kylie Bax, New Zealand model
1975-05-12 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1975-07-17 - Andre Adams, Former New Zealand Cricketer
1975-08-03 - Chris Nevin, Former New Zealand cricketer
1975-12-13 - Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996)
1976-02-12 - Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 95 of 95
1337-06-07 - Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49
1345-09-26 - Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27
1425-01-05 - John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
1436-10-09 - Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35
1456-05-01 - Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
1493-03-18 - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
1574-03-05 - Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies
1600-08-02 - Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70
1679-09-20 - Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
1711-01-08 - Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
1721-07-25 - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66
1824-03-09 - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
1865-03-02 - Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
1884-12-01 - William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1898-02-16 - Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
1902-12-03 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
1907-01-14 - Sir James Fergusson, British politician, and governor of South Australia, New Zealand and Bombay (b. 1832)
1915-05-19 - John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
1934-09-02 - James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player, All Black (b. 1860)
1936-09-17 - Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand activist (b. 1877)
1940-03-27 - Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
1941-07-27 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1947-05-17 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
1950-12-11 - Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
1961-08-05 - Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67
1963-07-04 - Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
1970-01-27 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)
1970-06-02 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and founder of eponymous race team (b. 1937)
1971-10-10 - John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian (b. 1901)
1974-08-31 - Norman Kirk, New Zealand prime minister (b. 1923
1975-12-08 - Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948)
1976-07-20 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
1978-01-06 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1979-04-23 - Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
1980-04-12 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
1986-06-27 - George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
1987-06-19 - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
1989-09-04 - Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
1989-09-15 - Harry Cave, cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies
1989-10-26 - Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies
1990-08-16 - Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)
1993-02-10 - Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
1994-01-04 - Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48
1996-05-23 - Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber (b. 1941)
1999-04-13 - Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player (b. 1924)
2001-07-08 - John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
2001-12-06 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand yachtsman & winner of numerous Whitbread and America's Cup sailing contests, killed by pirates on the Amazon River at age 53
2002-02-15 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2002-03-14 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2003-04-13 - Possum Bourne, New Zealand rally car driver (b. 1956
2003-04-30 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2003-07-21 - John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. 1938)
2003-11-12 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
2004-01-29 - Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
2004-03-15 - Sir William Pickering, New Zealand-born space scientist (b. 1910)
2004-03-30 - Michael King, New Zealand historian (b. 1945)
2004-08-14 - Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (b. 1918)
2004-10-05 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004-10-10 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (b. 1932)
2004-12-11 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)
2004-12-29 - Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (b. 1947)
2005-01-19 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
2005-08-13 - David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2005-11-05 - Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957)
2005-11-06 - Rod Donald, New Zealand Politician, Green Party Co-leader (b. 1957)
2005-12-04 - Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
2006-01-04 - Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (b. 1914)
2006-01-19 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921)
2006-02-01 - Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)
2006-03-08 - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2006-04-23 - Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
2006-05-30 - David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (b. 1938)
2006-06-11 - Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
2006-06-15 - Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
2006-08-30 - Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (b. 1926)
2006-09-29 - Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
2006-10-08 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975)
2007-04-16 - Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
2007-04-29 - Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)
2007-05-02 - Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
2007-05-19 - Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
2007-06-20 - Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
2007-07-22 - Jarrod Cunningham New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
2007-08-07 - Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1919)
2007-08-15 - Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
2007-08-28 - Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
2007-08-29 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
2007-09-01 - Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
2007-09-13 - Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand clergyman (b. 1928)
2007-10-24 - Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist (b. 1928)
2007-11-21 - Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
2007-11-23 - Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1936)
2008-01-11 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the 1st person to climb Mt Everest in 1953 (b. 1919)
2008-10-02 - Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
2008-12-13 - John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1959)
