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Ngaire Barraclough
Ngaire (pronounced ny-ree), sometimes spelt Nyree, is a feminine given name, most often found in New Zealand. Its specific origins and meaning are unclear, except that it probably has Polynesian origins. In the Māori language it is spelt Ngaere, like the town, and means "swamp" or "wetlands", or possibly "rolling sea", or "necklace shell", or "flax flower". It may refer to: People Ngaire * Ngaiire (born 1984), Papua New Guinean singer, also known as Ngaire Joseph * Ngaire Blankenberg (born 1971/72), South African-Canadian museum director * Ngaire Drake (born 1949), New Zealand marathon runner * Ngaire Fuata, New Zealand singer known as simply Ngaire * Ngaire Kerse, New Zealand medical academic * Ngaire Lane (1925–2021), New Zealand Olympic swimmer * Ngaire Pigram, Australian singer, dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director * Ngaire Smith (born 1979), Australian hockey player * Ngaire Thomas (1943–2012), New Zealand author * Ngaire Woods (born 1962/63), New Zealand academic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polynesians
Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean. They trace their early prehistoric origins to Island Southeast Asia and are part of the larger Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, with an Urheimat in Taiwan. They speak the Polynesian languages, a branch of the Oceanic subfamily within the Austronesian language family. The Indigenous Māori people form the largest Polynesian population, followed by Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tongans, and Cook Islands Māori. , there were an estimated 2 million ethnic Polynesians (both full and part) worldwide. The vast majority either inhabit independent Polynesian nation-states (Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu) or form minorities in countries such as Australia, Chile (Easter Island), New Zealand, France (French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna), and the United States (Hawaii and Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Smith
Ngaire Smith (born 18 April 1979 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey midfield and forward player from Australia, who earned a total number of 97 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 22 goals. Nicknamed ''Nige'', she made her debut for the Australian Senior Team at the 2001 East Asian Games. In the AHL Smith played for the Azuma Vipers. International senior competitions * 2001 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen, Netherlands (3rd) * 2002 – Commonwealth Games, Manchester, United Kingdom (3rd) * 2002 – Champions Trophy, Macau, China (4th) * 2002 – World Cup, Perth, Australia (4th) * 2003 – Champions Trophy, Sydney, Australia (1st) * 2004 – Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams. Inaugurat ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salty (album)
''Salty'' is the second album by the New Zealand rock band The Mutton Birds, released in 1994. Four songs — "The Heater", "Anchor Me", "In My Room" and "Ngaire" — reached the top 20 in the New Zealand singles chart with "The Heater" reaching No.1. "Don't Fight it, Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both of Us" was originally recorded by an earlier band of McGlashan's, Blam Blam Blam. "The Heater" is used as a plot device in the Christopher Brookmyre novel ''Be My Enemy''; two central characters bond over it, and it is used as a contrast against the manufactured pop music made by a minor villain. Track listing (All songs by Don McGlashan except where noted) #"The Heater" – 4.22 #"Ngaire" – 3.52 #"When the Wind Comes Round" – 5.30 #"You Will Return" – 4.32 #"Wellington" (Alan Gregg (musician), Alan Gregg) – 3.07 #"In My Room" – 4.35 #"Queen's English" – 7.07 #"Salty My Dear" – 1.22 #"There's a Limit" (Gregg) – 4.13 #"Esther" (Gregg) – 2.45 #"No Telling When" – 5.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Thompson
Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera that has been broadcast on TV2 since 25 May 1992. The show centres on the title hospital and its staff and their families. The following characters currently appear in the soap opera. Characters who have been portrayed by more than one actor, are listed, with the most recent actor at the top of the list. Main Characters Recurring Characters Lists of characters by year of introduction * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 * 2015 * 2016 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2020 * 2021 * 2022 * 2023 * 2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shortland Street characters Fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westside (New Zealand TV Series)
''Westside'' is a New Zealand comedy drama television series created by Rachel Lang and James Griffin for South Pacific Pictures. It is a prequel to '' Outrageous Fortune'', and chronicles the lives of Ted and Rita West. The show aired from 31 May 2015 to 16 November 2020 on Three, formerly known as TV3. Series 4 premiered on 9 July 2018. On 21 July 2018 NZ on Air announced funding for a fifth series which will consist of 10 episodes. On 19 July 2019, NZ on Air announced funding for a sixth and final series of ''Westside''. Plot The first series is set in the 1970s, it features a Westie couple, and stars Antonia Prebble and David de Lautour as Rita and Ted West. In the first episode, set in 1974, it features John Walker beating Rod Dixon in the 1500 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Each episode covers one year, from 1974 to 1979, with events like the Muldoon election, dawn raids on overstayers, carless days, and the birth of the punk rock scene in Auckland. The seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series)
''Outrageous Fortune'' is a New Zealand family comedy crime drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl ( Robyn Malcolm), decided the family should go straight and abide by the law. The show was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and produced by South Pacific Pictures. Like the show itself, episodes took their names from Shakespeare quotations. The show concluded after 6 seasons and 107 episodes making it the longest running drama series made in New Zealand. The primary cast for the show's run consisted of Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Siobhan Marshall, Antonia Prebble, Frank Whitten and Kirk Torrance; Grant Bowler appeared in a sporadic role throughout the show's first five seasons. The show premiered on 12 July 2005 and was welcomed by high acclaim. It won many of the major categories in the New Zealand television awards for its fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyree Roberts
Nyree Khadijah Roberts (born March 10, 1976) is an American professional women's basketball player. As a forward/center at Old Dominion University, Roberts was named to the Final Four All Tournament team in 1997. Roberts played in the WNBA from 1998 to 1999 as a member of the Houston Comets and Washington Mystics. She was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, where she attended and played prep basketball at St. Anthony High School. Career statistics WNBA Regular season , - , align="left" , 1998 , align="left" , Houston , 14, , 0, , 3.9, , 85.7, , 0.0, , 57.1, , 0.7, , 0.1, , 0.1, , 0.0, , 0.3, , 1.1 , - , align="left" rowspan=2 , 1999 , align="left" , Houston , 4, , 0, , 4.3, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 50.0, , 0.5, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.3, , 0.3 , - , align="left" , Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyree Dawn Porter
Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born Ngaire Dawn Porter; 22 January 1936 – 10 April 2001) was a New Zealand–British actress. She started performing on stage in New Zealand, moving to the UK in 1958. She is best known for her role as Irene in the BBC series ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1967). Early life and education Ngaire Dawn Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 22 January 1936. She changed her name after moving to England in 1958, so that English people could pronounce it. Career Stage Porter's first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in ''The Merchant of Venice'' and Juliet in '' Romanoff and Juliet''. She also performed in revues and musicals, including a local Napier production of '' The Desert Song'' in 1955. She moved to Britain in 1958 after winning a Miss Cinema talent competition for young actresses organised by Rank, with the prize of a round-the-world trip and a film test in London. Although t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyree Kindred
Nyree Elise Kindred MBE (''née'' Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in Rhondda, Wales) is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions winning ten medals. Early life Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having been taken to a swimming pool by her aunt. Kindred has a form of cerebral palsy and therefore competes in the S6 (butterfly, backstroke, freestyle), SM6 ( medley) and SB5 (breaststroke) classifications. Paralympic career Kindred's first appearance at a Paralympics came at the 2000 Games in Sydney, where she won 3 medals, 2 silver and a bronze. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics Kindred won her first Paralympic gold medal in the S6 100 metres backstroke event, in a new Paralympic record time of 1:32.03. She followed this up with another gold in the 4×50 m medley 20 pts relay, silver medals in both the 100 m breaststroke SB5 and 200 m SM6 individual medley, and a bronze in the 400 m freestyle S6. In the 100&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Woods
Ngaire Tui Woods ( ; born 13 February 1963) is the founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and professor of Global Economic Governance at the University of Oxford. As an accomplished academic and researcher, she specializes in global economic governance, globalization challenges, global development, and the role of international institutions. Woods was appointed Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 New Year's Honours for services to higher education and public policy. Education and early life Woods was born in New Zealand and grew up in Torbay, Auckland. She is the fourth of five children and was brought up by her mother. Woods attended Rangitoto College in Mairangi Bay, Auckland, where she was head girl in 1980. She began working at the age of 12 and worked in various jobs including working in a restaurant and volunteering on a helpline for women in abusive relationships. She then attended th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Thomas
Ngaire Ruth Thomas (194317 March 2012, first name pronounced ''Nyree'') was a New Zealand author who wrote the book ''Behind Closed Doors'' about her life in a conservative Christian sect, the Exclusive branch of the Plymouth Brethren. It details the abuse she suffered within the church and her eventual excommunication. The second edition was edited to avoid legal action threatened by the Brethren. Life Thomas was born into the Exclusive Brethren. At the age of 15 Thomas was approached by elders: "they came to me because they’d heard that there was something between me and my cousin and when they asked me if I had committed fornication, I said oh yes, I suppose so, because I knew I had kissed and cuddled my cousin down in the bushes down behind his house and nobody had explained to me what they were talking about. And I could tell by their very concerned faces that this just wasn’t a good answer. And of course I was put in my room on my own for several days and just sort ffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngaire Pigram
Ngaire Pigram (born ) is an Aboriginal Australian singer, dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director from Western Australia. She has worked on stage and in film and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Leonie in season two of ''Mystery Road'', and as Grace in the 2022 feature film '' Sweet As''. Early life and education Ngaire Pirgram was born in Broome, Western Australia in , the daughter of Stephen Pigram. She is a Yawuru woman. After attaining a Certificate IV in Aboriginal Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Broome, Pigram was accepted into the three-year diploma course at WAAPA, and in 2004 moved to Perth to pursue further studies in acting. Career Pigram is a singer, dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Film and television Pigram played Debbie in the short film ''Broken Bonds'', directed by Ashley Sillifant in the first of the ABC's ''Deadly Yarns'' anthology series. One of her earliest film roles was playing the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
