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Bio

Born in 1963 in Auckland, New Zealand.
B.A. in Geography and Anthropology and M.A. in Anthropology (Archaeology) from Auckland University.
Past editor of Craccum.
Interests: Athletics, Olympics, History (Military, Aviation, Technology, New Zealand), Archaeology (Neolithic/Bronze Age/Iron Age Britain).
Qualified IAAF Official and Coach.
Fan of Derby County Football Club.

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For outstanding optimization of WikiProject Years. Orion11M87 (talk) 20:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Current Nothing specific, too busy in the real world!

To-do List

Adding NZ sports history. All data available to before 1900, first decade if started after 1900.

Lists of Bishops for NZ Dioceses
Lists of winners of major NZ Horse races
Profiles for NZ Olympic competitors (starting from earliest)
Profiles for NZ Commonwealth Games medalists and competitors
Profiles for early NZ pioneers e.g. Philip Tapsell, James Caddell, John Guard
Profiles for notable Māori in early contact period (1800 - 1815) e.g. Tuki, Huru, Te Pahi, Te Morenga
Profiles for people and places in NZ 1820s - 1840s e.g. Rawiri Taiwhanga
Add medal and award winners to years in NZ before 1900 (eg VC, GC etc)
NZ history of post, telegraph, telephone, radio and television services
NZ history of steamer, train, automobile and aircraft development
Tidy up years 1900 - 1909 for international and historical notability (done: 1908)

Previously

Added Bishops and Archbishop of NZ to years before 1900.
Added Main Centre Mayors to Years in New Zealand before 1900
Improved profile for Dave Gerrard to more than a stub.
2008 - Began a general tidyup, leading to the eastablishment of WP:RY.
2008 in music - Tried to get it tidied up, then gave up. Amazingly a huge amount of non-notable info has now gone!
List of longest lived state leaders - new page separated from Lists of notable state leaders
New Zealand Olympic medallists - created profiles for all redlinks
Years in New Zealand starter pages for 1899 to 1800
WWII military vehicles - various
Aviation history - 1905 - 1909 and associated people
Radio history - 1920 - 1922