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Balclutha, New Zealand

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Balclutha (Iwikatea) is a town in Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. [1]

54 relations: Aaron Gale, Aubrey Begg, Balclutha Road Bridge, Barbara Tilden, Bonhill, Clive Matthewson, Clutha District, Clutha River, Concrete, Cricket, Debbie White, Dunbartonshire, Dunedin, Field hockey, Hone Kouka, Ian Murray Mackerras, Invercargill, Iwi, Jan Mortimer, John Barr (poet), Kaka Point, Lake Tuakitoto, Lincoln University (New Zealand), Main South Line, Māori language, Morgan Endicott-Davies, Netball, New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand State Highway 1, Ngāi Tahu, Otago, Paul Grant (rugby union), Phillipa Finch, Port Chalmers, Postcodes in New Zealand, Rachel Pullar, Robbie Johnston, Robert Webster (virologist), Ronald Algie, Rugby sevens, Sarah Tsukigawa, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, South Island, South Island Main Trunk Railway, South Otago, South Otago High School, Southern Scenic Route, Steriogram, Telford (Lincoln University), ..., The Catlins, Tony Brown (rugby union), Waikato River, Yellow-eyed penguin. Expand index (4 more) »

Aaron Gale

Aaron James Gale (born 8 April 1970 in Balclutha, Otago) is a former New Zealand cricketer.

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Aubrey Begg

Aubrey Wilbert Begg (9 April 1929 – 7 November 1988) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament, for Awarua in Southland.

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Balclutha Road Bridge

The Balclutha Road Bridge, which spans the Clutha River in Balclutha, South Otago, New Zealand, is one of the best-known road bridges in New Zealand's South Island.

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Barbara Tilden

Barbara Diane Tilden (born 26 November 1955 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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Bonhill

Bonhill (B'nill in Scots and Both an Uillt in Gaelic) is a town in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Clive Matthewson

Clive Denby Matthewson (born 1944) is a New Zealand civil engineer and former politician.

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Clutha District

Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha.

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Clutha River

The Clutha River / Mata-Au is the second longest river in New Zealand and the longest in the South Island.

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Concrete

Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens over time—most frequently a lime-based cement binder, such as Portland cement, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Debbie White

Debbie White (born 23 April 1978 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player.

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Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Field hockey

Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family.

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Hone Kouka

Hone Kouka is a New Zealand playwright.

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Ian Murray Mackerras

Ian Murray Mackerras (19 September 1898 – 21 March 1980) was an Australian zoologist.

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Invercargill

Invercargill (Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world.

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Iwi

Iwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.

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Jan Mortimer

Jan Mortimer (born 1952 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is a draughts or checkers player who entered the game late in life.

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John Barr (poet)

John Barr of Craigilee (24 October 1809 – 18 September 1889) was a Scottish-New Zealand poet.

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Kaka Point

Kaka Point is a small settlement at the northern edge of The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand.

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Lake Tuakitoto

Lake Tuakitoto is a small lake in South Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Lincoln University (New Zealand)

Lincoln University (Māori: Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki) is a New Zealand university that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury.

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Main South Line

The Main South Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railroad line that runs north and south from Lyttelton in New Zealand through Christchurch and along the east coast of the South Island to Invercargill via Dunedin.

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Māori language

Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.

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Morgan Endicott-Davies

Morgan Endicott-Davies is an Australian Olympic judo competitor.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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New Zealand State Highway 1

State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand roading network, running the length of both main islands.

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Ngāi Tahu

Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand.

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Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council.

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Paul Grant (rugby union)

Paul Grant (born October 27, 1987 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player.

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Phillipa Finch

Phillipa Finch (née Duncan; born 24 December 1981 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player.

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Port Chalmers

Port Chalmers is a suburb and the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, with a population of 3,000.

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Postcodes in New Zealand

Postcodes in New Zealand consist of four digits, the first two of which specify the area, the third the type of delivery (street, PO Box, Private Bag, or Rural delivery), and the last the specific lobby, RD (rural delivery) number, or suburb.

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Rachel Pullar

Rachel Jane Pullar (born 3 June 1977 in Balclutha) is a former international cricketer for New Zealand.

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Robbie Johnston

Robert ("Robbie") Ian Johnston (born 21 August 1967 in Balclutha) is a former long-distance runner from New Zealand who competed twice at the Summer Olympic Games and once at the Commonwealth Games.

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Robert Webster (virologist)

Robert Gordon (Rob) Webster (born 5 July 1932 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is an avian influenza authority who correctly posited that pandemic strains of flu arise from genes in flu virus strains in nonhumans; for example, via a reassortment of genetic segments (antigenic shift) between viruses in humans and nonhumans (especially birds) rather than by mutations (antigenic drift) in annual human flu strains.

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Ronald Algie

Sir Ronald Macmillan Algie (22 October 1888 – 23 July 1978) was a New Zealand politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for six years in the 1960s.

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Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens), and originally known as Seven-a-side rugby is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40 minute halves.

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Sarah Tsukigawa

Sarah Jane Tsukigawa (born 16 January 1982 in Balclutha) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the White Ferns and the Otago Sparks in the State League.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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South Island Main Trunk Railway

The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the Main South Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred-to collectively as the South Island Main Trunk Railway (SIMT).

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South Otago

South Otago lies in the south east of the South Island of New Zealand.

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South Otago High School

South Otago High School is situated in Balclutha, Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Southern Scenic Route

The Southern Scenic Route is a tourist highway in New Zealand linking Queenstown, Fiordland, Te Anau and the iconic Milford Road to Dunedin via, Riverton, Invercargill and The Catlins.

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Steriogram

Steriogram are a Grammy Award-nominated punk band from New Zealand that formed in Auckland in 1999.

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Telford (Lincoln University)

Telford / Te Whare Wanaka o Puerua – a Division of Lincoln University is a public Tertiary Education Institution. Its campus is in Otanomomo, just south of Balclutha, South Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. In 2010, a merger of the Polytechnic with Lincoln University was proposed. On 18 November 2010, it was confirmed that a merger between Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic would go ahead, with the merger taking effect on 1 January 2011. Telford Rural Polytechnic is now officially known as "Telford / Te Whare Wanaka o Puerua – a Division of Lincoln University".

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The Catlins

The Catlins (sometimes referred to as The Catlins Coast) comprises an area in the southeastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Tony Brown (rugby union)

Tony Eion Brown (born 17 January 1975) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer, who played mainly at first five-eighth (fly half).

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Waikato River

The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand, running for through the North Island.

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Yellow-eyed penguin

The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) or hoiho is a penguin native to New Zealand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha,_New_Zealand

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