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In the eight days leading up to the Olympic 1500-m final Snell had already run five races: the heats, semi-final and final of the 800 m – in which he won gold – and the heats and semi-final of the 1500 m. Joining him in the 1500-m final was Kiwi teammate John Davies, who just made it through his semi-final, placing third. Snell’s time of 3 minutes 38.1 seconds was 2.5 seconds outside the world record held by the previous Olympic champion, Australian Herb Elliott. Following the race Elliott’s coach, Percy Cerutty, criticised Snell for not trying to ‘smash the wo He trained as a doctor, specialising in exercise physiology, and became an Associate Professor at the Southwestern Medical Centre, University of Texas. He remains the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 m and the 1500 m at the same Olympic Games. Three women have performed this double since a 1500-m race was added to their Olympic programme in 1972: Tatyana Kazankina of the Soviet Union at Montreal in 1976, Russian Svetlana Masterkova at Atlanta in 1996, and Great Britain’s Kelly Holmes at Athens in 2004.

Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements when delivering judgment in the case Prendergast was attorney-general from 1865 to 1875, and then chief justice of the Supreme Court until 1899. Though Prendergast’s ruling was essentially based on earlier Court of Appeal decisions of Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington would influence decision-making on Treaty of Waitangi issues for decades.

Jean Batten, 1934 (Alexander Turnbull Library, Jean Batten left for New Zealand from Kent, England, Batten had installed two extra petrol tanks in her Percival. Batten then set off to tour the country by car and train

Anti-terror.

 Act, police arrested 18 people in raids linked to alleged weapons-training camps near the Bay of Plenty township of Rūātoki. 


in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington after 12 months. 


in february 2012  2½ years in prison.