Oar of NZ's first official Olympic medallist returned to Auckland rowing club
A rowing oar that belonged to the first Olympic medallist for New Zealand in the early 1900s has been returned to its rightful home – a rowing club in West Auckland.
Kiwi rower Darcy Hadfield was a member of Waitematā Rowing Club, located in Auckland’s Te Atatū Peninsula, when he won a bronze medal at the 1920 Olympics.
He was the country’s eighth Olympian but its first official winner, with all New Zealand winners having previously represented Australasia.
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Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
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