Peter Becker (curler)
Peter Becker (born 9 June 1949 in Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand curler and curling coach. At the international level, he is a two-time bronze medallist (, , , , ) of Pacific Curling Championships. At the national level, he is a three-time New Zealand men's champion curler (1999, 2000, 2013) and 2013 New Zealand senior men's champion curler. In 2022 he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame. Teams and events Men's Mixed doubles Record as a coach of national teams Personal life Becker's family is well known as a curling family in New Zealand. Peter's wife, two sons, daughter and father have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. His father William Becker was one of the first men who began curling in New Zealand. Peter's older son, Sean, is one of most successful and well known New Zealand curlers. Younger son, Scott, is competitive curler too, he was skip of New Zealand men's team on 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. Daughter, B ...
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Otago
Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government region. Its population was The name "Otago" is the local southern Māori dialect pronunciation of "Ōtākou", the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour. The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay which is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to Otakou. The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland, notable for its adoption of the principle that ordinary people, not the landowner, should choose the ministe ...
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