David James Bishop (born 13 September 1948) is a former New Zealand international

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referee, who controlled 26 international matches between 1986 and 1995, including at the first three

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tournaments. Bishop was born in

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on 13 September 1948, the son of James and Myra Bishop, and educated at Geraldine High School. He married Alison Zanders in 1979, and the couple had two children. In 1990, he was awarded the

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