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New Zealander of the year 2012
NZer of the Year Finalist: Tamati Kruger
Tuhoe chief negotiator Tamati Kruger is the first to admit that in the midst of the raw anger of 2010 it seemed impossible…
NZer of the Year Finalist: Helen Winkelmann
In her own words, the job of Chief High Court Judge Justice Helen Winkelmann required her to walk the harder road. She…
New Zealander of the Year Finalist: Juliana Venning
She's a feminist, an activist and a self-titled "good samaritan", so when Juliana Venning heard that Mike Tyson planned…
NZer of the Year Finalist: Diana Crossan
As a woman who rebelled against the glass ceiling and promoted equal opportunities in state services, Diana Crossan will…
NZer of the Year Finalist: Mike Williams
Mike Williams, a counsellor at Edgewater College in Pakuranga, is one of our nominees for New Zealander of the Year because…
NZer of the Year Finalist: Dr Russell Wills
Suggest to the Children's Commissioner that his baby - a report on solutions to child poverty - is destined to go the way…
NZer of the Year Finalist: Jan Wright
Civil servants as a rule keep their opinions to themselves and make their ministers' lives comfortable.
New Zealanders of the Year
Who is your New Zealander of the year?
With 2012 nearly at an end, who is your pick for New Zealander of the Year? In the arts, it's been a…
NZer of the Year Finalist: Tevita Ngalu
Tevita Ngalu shut out the excruciating pain in his injured leg, calmed his thoughts and gave it one last shot for his teammate. To…
Business Leader of the Year 2011 Winner: Don Braid
Dogged determination, drive and eternal optimism - they're all qualities Don Braid exudes. Mainfreight's straight-talking…
New Zealander of the Year 2011 Finalist: Brooke Fraser
Even with hit tracks that have made her a favourite at home and overseas, award-winning singer-songwriter Brooke Fraser…
New Zealander of the Year 2011 Finalist: Bernie Monk
The last thing Bernie Monk wanted after his son's death in the Pike River mine was to get into a routine…
Business Leader of the Year 2011 Finalist: Mark Weldon
When Mark Weldon steps down as the chief executive of NZX next year he will have spent a decade at the helm of the Wellington-based…
Business Leader of the Year 2011 Finalist: Jennifer Holmgren
Jennifer Holmgren may have only become LanzaTech's chief executive in June last year, but since then the pioneering clean-energy…
Sporting Achievement of the Year 2011 Finalists: Bond and Murray
They don't finish each other's sentences and when one's had a rough day the other won't have left a vase of fresh-cut flowers…
Sporting Achievement of the Year 2011 Finalists: Warriors
"He's over there, sitting on a mat," was coach Ivan Cleary's dead-panned response when quizzed on the whereabouts of Krisnan…
New Zealander of the Year 2011 Finalist: Helen Clark
If it's November it must be Uruguay. Or Cambodia, Korea, London or even a bakery in Harlem. So goes Helen Clark's diary…
Cycling
Cycling: N-Duro back where it belongs
The N-duro 24 mountainbike race is returning to Rotorua next weekend after a four-year break. It was an event that was…
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