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On 7 August 1991, born William Taitoko, the multi-
talented musician toured the world with the Maori
Volcanics Showband in the 1970s. He adopted the
stage name Billy T James because Australians could
not pronounce his surname correctly. He died of
heart failure at 43 years old.
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On 12 August 1816, New Zealand’s first missionary
school opened. The simple building measured about
10m x 6m and included an area for Māori students
Each month we celebrate birthdays with a to sleep and a cordoned-off platform for teachers
and Pākehā students. It was constructed of
combined celebration in the Clubhouse. See dates
kahikatea boards pit-sawn by mission workers. A
below. fireplace with a brick chimney provided for heating
and cooking.
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On 3 September 1958, pioneering heart surgeon
Happy Birthday To:
Hugh Ramage, Sharon Gibb, Roger Craig, Joan Porteous, Brian Barratt-Boyes performed the first surgery
Barry Cox, Raymond Walsh, Sue Rowe, Rod Kirk, Marie using a heart-lung bypass machine. The procedure,
Caesar, Don Edwards, Mary Clarke, Tina Macdonald, at Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, was carried out
Diane Franklin, David Costello, Gus Gale, Malcolm on an 11-year-old girl with a hole in her heart.
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Graham, Bruce Bridges, Lorraine Logan, Maurice On 6 September 1948, the British Nationality and
Holstein, Tony Barron, John Brorens, Graham Hollobon, New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 gave New
Phil O’Malley, Mary Miller Zealand citizenship to all current residents who had
been either born British subjects or later naturalised
August Birthday Celebration: CLUBHOUSE (granted citizenship).
5pm, Wednesday 14 August On 8th September 1906, Janet Meikle became the
first person in New Zealand to be killed in an
accident caused directly by a car when her 8-hp De
Dion Bouton – the most common model in the
September colony at the time – went over a bank on the family
farm, Table Downs, in the Washdyke Valley about 5
Happy Birthday To: km from Timaru.
Valerie Harris, Alma Calder, Sandy Stokes, Jim Wakefield,
Hilda Meadows, Mike Foster, Dave Morrison, Caroline
Walsh, Ross Fountain, Ann Penno, Mary Stevenson, Rena Frog Rock, Weka Pass, 1 September 1937
Williamson, John Gregory, Gwyneth Boyd, Terry Agnew,
Rhonda Levien, Neale McPherson, Gordon Arps, Denis
Lander, Jude Matena, Ian Gamble, Graham Lowery,
Graham Andreassend, Lynette Foster, Gail Eastgate,
Murray Bugler, Derek Withers, Helen Campbell, Wayne
Reynolds, Mary Salt, Dawn Bates, Lance Clarkson, Judith
McNicholl, Judith Walker, Margaret McLauchlan, Alison
Innes, Graham Grdigeman

September Birthday Celebration: CLUBHOUSE
5pm, Wednesday 11 September