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Brendon Timmins
Brendon Paul Timmins (born 22 August 1970 in Dannevirke) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player. A lock, Timmins was a New Zealand Universities representative player during the early 1990s and captained the side to victory against Fiji in 1994. At club level, Timmins represented Dunedin-based teams Otago University and Zingari-Richmond, and also Invercargill's Eastern Hawks (now Pirates Oldboys). Timmins competed for the Highlanders between 1996 and 2002, making 42 Super 12 appearances, including the 1999 final loss to the Crusaders. At provincial level, Timmins played 74 games for Otago and captained Southland for two seasons, before coaching professional rugby in Japan. Since retiring from rugby, Timmins has continued in sport, competing in the New Zealand Masters Games at both basketball and waka ama. During his time at the University of Otago, Timmins completed a degree and postgraduate diploma in Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. He is a Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dannevirke
Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is) is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the main centre of the Tararua District. The surrounding area, a catchment and source of the Manawatū River (approximately 20 Min drive north of town) has developed into dairy, beef cattle and sheep farming, which now provides the major income for the town's population of . History Before European settlers arrived in the 1870s, the line of descent for Māori in the area was from the Kurahaupō waka. The tribe of the area is Rangitāne, with geographic distinction to Te Rangiwhakaewa in the immediate Dannevirke region. The first known 'Aotea' meeting house was established approximately 15 generations ago (from 2010) followed by the building of a marae at Makirikiri near Dannevirke at about the same time as the first Nordic settlers arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Masters Games
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean media company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlanders (rugby Union) Players
Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures * Boykos, an ethnolinguistic Rusyn subgroup living in the Carpathian Mountains * Gorals (lit. ''Highlanders''), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia * Gorani people (lit. ''Highlanders''), a group inhabiting the triangle between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia * Hill people, who live in hills and mountains * Kurds, ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in West Asia * Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar * Montagnard (Vietnam), various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam * Pahari people (other), various ethnic groups from the Himalayas * Malësor or Malok (lit. ''Highlanders''), a person from Malësia (highlands) in Albania * a person from the Ethiopian Highlands * a person from the Scottish Highlands * Montañés (lit. ''Highlanders''), the people of Cantabria in northern Spain * Southern Highlanders, the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southland Rugby Union Players
Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region, one of New Zealand's sixteen regions, the primary tier of local government * Southland District, part of the wider Southland Region, the secondary tier of local government * Southland Plains, an area of low lying geography within the Southland Region * Southland County, a former New Zealand county, existing between 1876 and 1989 United States * Chicago Southland * Greater Los Angeles area * Southern United States * Southland, Texas Fictional places * Southland (Shannara), a region in the fictional world of Terry Brooks' ''Shannara'' series * The Southlands (''Warhammer''), a mythical location in the ''Warhammer'' universe * The Southlands (''Lord of the Rings''), a location in Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy book series * Southern California in the alternate universe of '' Southland Tales'' Buildings * Southland Astronomical Society Observat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago Rugby Union Players
Otago (, ; ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island and administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government region. Its population was The name "Otago" is the local southern Māori dialect pronunciation of " Ōtākou", the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour. The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay that is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to Otakou. The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland, notable for its adoption of the principle that ordinary people, not the landowner, should choose the ministers. Maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union Locks
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Both codes *** Tag rugby * Rugby fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court * Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Rugby Union Players
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album '' Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * New (film), ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Timmins
Samuel Timmins (born 23 May 1997) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Southland Sharks of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. In 2022, he helped the Otago Nuggets win the NZNBL championship. Early life and career Timmins was born in Dunedin. His father, Brendon Timmins, played rugby in Otago during the 1990s and in Southland in the early 2000s. While living in Southland, Sam played rugby for Eastern Hawks and Star. When he was 11 years old, his family moved to Japan after his father became a rugby coach for the Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars. Back in Dunedin, he was heavily involved in rugby until age 12, playing as a lock and Number 8 for the Kaikorai club. He grew up playing social basketball, but only began to take the game seriously after arriving at Otago Boys' High School. In 2013, Timmins joined the Otago Nuggets and made his New Zealand National Basketball League (NZN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic is a public Education in New Zealand#Tertiary education, New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with additional campuses in Cromwell, New Zealand, Cromwell and Auckland. Otago Polytechnic provides career-focused education and training, offering a range of New Zealand accredited postgraduate qualifications, degrees, diplomas and certificates at levels 2–10. In November 2022, it became a business unit of the national mega polytechnic Te Pūkenga (the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology), ending its existence as an independent entity. History Origins Otago Polytechnic traces its ancestry back to the King Edward Technical College, Dunedin Technical School, which was established in 1889 to provide evening classes for working people. In 1909 it expanded to offer day classes for secondary school pupils. In 1914 the name was changed to the King Edward Technical College. In 1921 the college took over the Dunedin School of Art, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
