• Sir Woolf Fisher (20 May 1912 – 12 January 1975) was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist who along with Maurice Paykel co-founded Fisher & Paykel...
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  • Australia Pty Ltd. "1934, Woolf Fisher and Maurice Paykel". NZ Herald. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2024. "Fisher and Paykel". Better by Design...
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    Adeline Virginia Woolf (/wʊlf/; née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist...
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  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple...
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    Drop Foundation, the centre was subsequently renamed. Sir Woolf Fisher Arena The Sir Woolf Fisher Arena has an end theatre stage capacity of 3,000 people...
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  • Woolf is a masculine given name which may refer to: Woolf Barnato (1895–1948), British financier and racing driver Woolf Fisher (1912–1975), New Zealand...
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    Leonard Sidney Woolf (/ˈwʊlf/; (1880-11-25)25 November 1880 – (1969-08-14)14 August 1969) was a British political theorist, author, publisher, and civil...
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    Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films...
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  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (FPH) is a manufacturer, designer and marketer of products and systems for use in respiratory care, acute...
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    Teacher Prize in 2014, and the same year Esme Danielsen (Maths) received a Woolf Fisher Fellowship. Onslow students won The Prime Minister's Future Scientist...
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  • became an engineering cadet at Fisher & Paykel, the appliance manufacturing company co-founded in 1934 by his uncle, Woolf Fisher, and rose to become factory...
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  • Trusts Arena 4,901 Un­known The Powerstation 1,000 April 16, 2005 Sir Woolf Fisher Arena 3,000 September 9, 1990 Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre 2,139 1967 Go Media...
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  • American activist Wilbur Fisher (1894–1960), American baseball player William Fisher (disambiguation), multiple people Woolf Fisher (1912–1975), New Zealand...
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  • Montvel Cohen, businessman Edward D. Taussig, Governor of Guam (1899) Sir Woolf Fisher, industrialist Bendix Hallenstein, clothing manufacturer and merchant...
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    Cummings (2012) – trainer Shane Dye (2016) – jockey Jim Ellis (2012) Sir Woolf Fisher (2018) Sir James Fletcher (2021) – breeder, owner and racing administrator...
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  • Year Laureate Field(s) 1994 Woolf Fisher Whiteware manufacturing James Fletcher Construction William Goodfellow Dairy industry Jack Newman Transport Bryan...
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    Shrew (1967), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Taylor received the best reviews of her career for Woolf, winning her second Academy Award and several...
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    Excellence in food science based in Palmerston North, and Secretary of the Woolf Fisher Trust. McCutcheon was born in Wellington on 10 November 1954, and was...
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    the Chabad community to rebuild. In 2019, with the assistance of the Woolf Fisher Trust, the Auckland Hebrew Congregation purchased the campus of Saint...
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    and the city's only kosher café. In 2019, with the assistance of the Woolf Fisher Trust, the congregation purchased the campus of Saint Kentigern Girls'...
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  • Carrie Fisher was an American actress and writer. During her almost five-decade-long career, she had appearances in over 50 films, as well as various television...
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    for a year, and worked for Robert Kerridge at Rank/Hanimex and Woolf Fisher at Fisher & Paykel, before joining the family business. Wallace joined his...
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  • Remuera. Auckland Hebrew Congregation (AHC), with the assistance of the Woolf Fisher Trust, purchased the site in 2019. Schools and Jewish organisations are...
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    Gus was eight years younger than his eldest brother Sir Woolf Fisher, co-founder of Fisher and Paykel, the very successful whiteware company. At 15,...
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    Minister of New Zealand 1975 – 1984 Mac Price – Diplomat Sir Woolf Fisher – Co-Founder of Fisher & Paykel Chris Liddell – Former Chief Financial Officer at...
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    focus on students". In 2016, the principal Sheryll Ofner won the 2017 Woolf Fisher Award for Education and Excellence which included an 11 week trip to...
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  • delivered his lecture titled Stories Out Loud. He has also received the Woolf Fisher Memorial Award for services to education and the New Zealand Institute...
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    She was the wife of the biographer Leslie Stephen and mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, members of the Bloomsbury Group. Julia Prinsep Jackson...
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    late 1820s. From the 1960s, Highbrook was the estate of Sir Woolf Fisher, founder of Fisher & Paykel. The area was known as the Ra Ora Stud and was used...
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    Maramatanga Centre of Research Excellence, and associate director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre. Webber is on the editorial board of a number of journals...
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