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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:

Boxing Personalities: Mullet, Don, 1942-1972

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/276
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Photographs of New Zealand boxer Don Mullet.

Dates: 1942-1972

Boxing Personalities: Mundine, Tony, 1974-1984

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/277
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Photographs of Australian boxer Tony Mundine. Two of the photographs are action shots, one of which depicts Mundine competing against New Zealand's Alex Sua for the Australasian light-heavyweight title.

Dates: 1974-1984

Boxing Personalities: Muphy, Dion, 1959-1992

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/278
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Photographs relating to Canterbury bantamweight boxer Dion Murphy. Six of the photographs are action shots and six are portraits of Murphy. People identified in the photographs include Laurie Ny; Bobby Daldy; Kimpo Amarfio; D. Morris; and Cecile Murphy.

Dates: 1959-1992

Boxing Personalities: Murphy, Bos, 1946-1968

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/279
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Photographs relating to New Zealand middleweight boxer Bos Murphy. Murphy won both the title of middleweight champion of New Zealand and of the British Empire. People identified in the photographs include Dick Turpin; Vince Hawkins; Roy Peterson; and Vic Patrick.

Dates: 1946-1968

Boxing Personalities: Mwale, Lottie, 1979-1982

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/280
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Photographs of Zambian/British light-heavyweight boxer Lotte Mwale. Three of the photographs are action shots, depicting Mwale competing for various Commonwealth titles. Competitor Jesse Burnett also features in two of the photographs.

Dates: 1979-1982

Boxing Personalities: Napoles, Jose, 1969-1972

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/281
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Photographs relating to Mexican welterweight boxer Jose Napoles. Three of the photographs are action shots and three are portraits of Napoles. Other people identified in the photographs include Ralph Charles and Curtis Cokes.

Dates: 1969-1972

Boxing Personalities: Needham, David, 1974, 1978

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/282
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Action shots of British boxer, Dave Needham, competing for both the bantam and featherweight titles. Competitors Paddy Maguire and Alan Richardson also feature in the photographs.

Dates: 1974, 1978

Boxing Personalities: Neill, Bobby, 1959

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/283
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Photograph of British featherweight boxer Bobby Neill.

Dates: 1959

Boxing Personalities: Neilson, Jason, 1990

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/284
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Photographs of Christchurch youth boxer Jason Neilson.

Dates: 1990

Boxing Personalities: Neither, Mark, 1990

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/285
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Photograph of Canterbury lightweight boxer, Mark Neither, being weighed at the New Zealand boxing championships in Christchurch. Leading boxer Dean Calvert looks on.

Dates: 1990