1 NZ runner Peter Snell broke the World Record for running this distance in a race at Whanganui on 27 January 1962. (4)
3 Opening on 25 January 1974, the Commonwealth Games held at Christchurch were known as the "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Games". (8)
9/10 This watercourse drains Lake Wakatipu at Frankton and passes through a steep gorge on the way to Lake Dunstan. (7,5)
11 Out of practice, or impaired in skill or knowledge by inaction or neglect. (5)
12 Expel air from the lungs. (6)
14 In terms of medals won, this has been New Zealand's most successful sport at the Olympic Games. (6)
16 Inability to see distant objects clearly because the images are focused in front of the retina instead of on it. (6)
19 Now seldom used, a term used in formal writing to refer to the previous month (usually abbreviated to its first 3 letters). (6)
21 The male protagonist of the Shakespeare tragedy about two rival Houses, the Montagues and the Capulets. (5)
24 A person who travels across snow on long thin runners. (5)
25 Any means of inflicting severe punishment, suffering, or vengeance. (7)
26 Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four compartments. (8)
27 See 20 Down
1 This river flows into the northern end of Lake Wānaka and is a principal tributary of the lake. (8)
2 The _ _ _ _ _ Pass is the northernmost of the three main mountain passes through the Southern Alps of Aotearoa/New Zealand. (5)
4 A device that allows data to be moved efficiently through a computer network. (6)
5 The fifth largest planet in the Solar System. (5)
6 Treat photographic film, plate or paper with chemical solutions in order to produce a visible image. (7)
7 According to the English nursery rhyme, this Duke was inclined to march large numbers of soldiers up and down hills. (4)
8 A coloured stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing. (6)
13 In George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm, this character is the main antagonist and is based on Joseph Stalin. (8)
15/18 Auckland Anniversary Day, officially 29 January, commemorates the arrival in the Bay of Islands in 1840 of this future Governor of NZ. (7,6)
17 Native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, this plant is commonly found in NZ pastures and lawns. (6)
18 See 15
20/27 Former Pakistan cricketer and Prime Minister _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was recently sentenced to a 14 year prison term for corruption. (5,4)
22 In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, the title character is warned by a soothsayer to beware the Ides of this month. (5)
23 With origins in the October Revolution of 1917, this country (abbreviation) was formally dissolved in 1991. (4)
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