Dick Steere (rugby Union)
Edward Richard George Steere (10 July 1908 – 1 June 1967) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A Rugby union positions#Locks, lock, Steere represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 1928 and 1932. He played 21 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals, and captained the team in two matches on their 1932 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia, 1932 tour of Australia. He scored one try for New Zealand, against Newcastle at Newcastle on the 1932 tour. Steere was also known as a sprinter and shot putter, and finished second in the shot put at the 1934 New Zealand athletics championships. He married Bessie Owen on 17 August 1936, at St John's Church, Napier, New Zealand, Napier. References

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Raetihi
Raetihi, a small town in the center of New Zealand's North Island, is located at the junction of State Highways 4 and 49 in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. It lies in a valley between Tongariro and Whanganui National Parks, 11 kilometres west of Ohakune's ski fields. Early history and economy Evidence of Māori people living here in the fourteenth century has been found. Ngāti Uenuku dwelled at Raetihi and Waimarino (known now as National Park, located approximately 35 kilometers/22 miles north on Highway 4). There is little evidence of large permanent settlements but hunting parties were common during warmer months. In 1887 the Government purchased the Waimarino block from local Māori, and the first European settlement, at Karioi, involved setting sheep to graze on open tussock land. Between 1908 and 1947 the area provided 700 million superficial feet of building timber. The remnants of 150 sawmills have been discovered, and the milling of rimu, tōtara, kahikatea, māt ...
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