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Christchurch Star

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1868 - Present

Biography

The Christchurch Star newspaper was a local daily paper which ran from 1868-1990 and since then has run as a free paper, currently produced once a week.

Found in 5830 Collections and/or Records:

Basketball Personalities: Wise, Charlie, 1984

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/237
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Photograph of Otago basketball player and coach Charlie wise with a basketball.

Dates: 1984

Basketball Personalities: Wooden, John, 1970

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/238
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Portrait of American basketball coach John Wooden.

Dates: 1970

Basketball Personalities: Wrathall, Deslea, 1982

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/239
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Action shot of Deslea Wrathall, basketball player for Auckland, and Hutt Valley guard Peggy Robertson during a match at Cowles Stadium.

Dates: 1982

Basketball Personalities: Wright, Fred, 1962

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/240
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Portrait of basketball coach and former wrestler Fred Wright.

Dates: 1962

Basketball Personalities: Wright, John, 1976

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/241
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Portrait of basketball personality John Wright.

Dates: 1976

Basketball Personalities: Young, Chris, 1981

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/242
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Action shot from a game between the Rebels and Christchurch United. It shows Rebels players Chris Young and Linda Eddington, and Christchurch United player Ann Harliwich.

Dates: 1981

Basketball Personalities: Young, Valerie (Mrs), 1961-1963

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/243
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Action shots of Valerie Young, shot put and discuss representative for New Zealand at the Olympic and Empire games, who also played basketball.

Dates: 1961-1963

Basketball: Russia Tours in NZ 1987, 1987

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/6
Scope and Contents Photographs relating to the Soviet Union men's national basketball team during its New Zealand tour. Matches between the Soviet Union and New Zealand, the Soviet Union and Australia, and the Soviet Union and the American All Stars are seen. Soviet players identified in photographs include Valerii Tikhonenko; Valerii Goborov; Val Demaras; Tiij Sook; George Rescov; Gundars Vetra; Alexandr Volkov; Vladimir Tkachenko; and Valdemaras Khomicus. New Zealand players Byron Vaetoe, Glen Denham, Mark...
Dates: 1987

Basketball: US Men's Team, 1962-1975

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/2/12
Scope and Contents Photographs relating to American men's basketball teams including San Jose College; Venture for Victory; Oregon State University; Baker Nunn; Mercer Island; and the Boston Celtics. Most were taken during these teams visits to New Zealand. Players identified in photographs include Lester Lane; Clarence Denzor; Vic Bartoleme; W. Gibbs; B. Cox; Marty Matilla; Gary Nelson; Dave Lashua; Jim Savage; John Havlicek; Arnold 'Red' Auerbach; and John Keating. Other people include Ambrosio Padilla...
Dates: 1962-1975

Bicycle Motocross: General, 1980-1990

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/2/3/1
Scope and Contents Photographs relating to bicycle motor-cross (BMX), including various events and races across the South Island. Most participants are children and teenagers. People identified in photographs include Robert Kennison; Kirsty Saunders; Robert Felton; Craig Adair; John Armstrong; Matthew MacAlister; Peter Fleming; Jonathan Pagan; Darryl Mitchell; Hamish MacKenzie; Allan Ramage; Grant Ramage; Morris Chiles; Darryl Grundy; James Hill; Keith Morrison; Steven Cross; Phillip Ling; Jeremy Millichip;...
Dates: 1980-1990