NEW ZEALAND

A full list of all
NZ national champions is given on the preceding page of 'major
speedway nations', included in which is Jack Hunt, (seen left,) the first post-war NZ champion, with successes in both 1945 and '48.
Below are listed the
winners of the NZ Grand Prix, (introduced in the '80s,) and the two islands' championships. On South Island Larry Ross
dominated the event in the '70s/'80s with 12 wins, and in the North,
where a wider range of venues has been used, Mich Shirra has the most
wins with 5. Both have been multiple New Zealand national champions
and had a NZ Long Track championship success each.
New Zealand Golden
Helmet holders, between 1929 and the present 21st century, are to be
found in the GH Supplement , sheet 5.
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