*First award

*No record – course short.

†Record.

The following cycling records as at 30 April 1964 have been recognised by the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association.

New Zealand cyclists have competed in the World Cycling Championships on several occasions since 1948. At the 1958 World Championships in Paris, W. D. H. Dalton took fourth place in the 4,000 m. individual pursuit race, and showed the second best time. At the Canterbury Centennial Games at Christchurch, 1950, and at the Malayan Merdeka (Independence) Games at Kuala Lumpur, 1957, New Zealand teams participated with considerable success.

Since the formation of the Association, a number of top-ranking overseas cyclists have competed in New Zealand. These have included riders from Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Caledonia, Rhodesia, the British Isles, and the United States.

New Zealand cyclists have competed in all Olympic and Empire Games held since 1932 and, although unsuccessful in the former, have won several medals in the latter.

The governing body of amateur cycling in New Zealand is the New Zealand Council of the NZACA. This is composed of members representing the eight centres, or districts, into which the country is divided. The following centres – Auckland, Waikato, West Coast North Island, Hawke's Bay – Poverty Bay, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland – arrange the fixtures within their respective territories. The Association's headquarters are in Wellington.

By April 1964 there were 78 amateur cycling clubs affiliated to the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association, with a total membership of 1,185, including 12 women cyclists.

Until 1932 the sport of amateur cycling in New Zealand was controlled by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, and the national championships for cycling events were held in conjunction with the national athletic championships. The NZAAA, however, was not affiliated to the French Union Cycliste Internationale, the world-governing body of cycling, and New Zealand cyclists were not eligible to enter international competitions. In 1929 a rival amateur body, the New Zealand Union of Cyclists, was formed in Auckland. Both applied for international affiliation which was refused by the UCI on the ground that only one such affiliation could be granted to each country. Although protracted negotiations took place between the NZAAA and NZUC, little progress was made towards establishing unified control of the sport. In 1932, therefore, the NZAAA decided to relinquish all control over cycling. As a result of this the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association was formed.

(1822–83).

Politician and newspaper proprietor.

William Henry Cutten was born on 10 April 1822 at London, the son of Charles Cutten and Rebecca, née Davis. He studied law for three years and was afterwards employed in the office of the English Commissioner for Bankruptcy. When, however, he became interested in the Free Church settlement scheme, he decided to emigrate to Otago. On 23 March 1848 Cutten arrived at Port Chalmers in the John Wickliffe and commenced business in Dunedin as a merchant and auctioneer. Almost from the first he occupied positions which kept him in the public eye. In 1849 he was appointed local immigration agent for the New Zealand Company; and, following the demise of the Otago News in December 1850, Cutten was one of the group who launched the Otago Witness in February 1851. Shortly afterwards he became editor and, eventually, sole owner of the paper. In September 1853 he was elected to the first Provincial Council and, for several months in 1854, served on Cargill's executive. He was returned to the first House of Representatives in 1853, but resigned two years later because of the difficulty of attending sessions at Auckland. About this time he ran counter to Cargill, his father-in-law, over whether Scottish immigrants should be preferred to English, and Cutten brought the whole force of the Otago Witness against the Superintendent. Cutten and Hyde Harris also found themselves opposed to the small Free Church coterie with whom Cargill surrounded himself and they denounced this “jobbery” to such effect that the Superintendent was obliged to dismiss Macandrew and bring Cutten back on to the executive. In 1861 when the opening of the Otago goldfields made it necessary that there should be a daily paper in the province, Cutten and his associates founded the Otago Daily Times and engaged Vogel and B. L. Farjeon to handle the editorial and printing sides of the venture. Concurrently with his membership of the Provincial Council, Cutten was the General Government's Commissioner of Crown Lands in Otago. In 1863, when the Provincial Council resolved to debar members from holding office under the General Government, he resigned his seat and continued as Commissioner until 1867. On 13 March 1871 he was again elected to the Provincial Council and served on Donald Reid's executive (1871–72). He introduced resolutions in the Council to provide for Otago settlers to purchase their land by deferred payments. He thus anticipated the liberal land measures of Rolleston. Cutten retired from the Council in 1873 and visited England where he remained for the next two years. In July 1878 he succeeded Reid as member of Parliament for Taieri and remained in Parliament until the collapse of the Grey administration in 1879. Cutten contested the Peninsula seat unsuccessfully in November 1881.

On 14 May 1850, in Dunedin, Cutten married Christiana Dorothea, daughter of Captain Cargill. He died at Andersons Bay on 30 June 1883 and was survived by his widow, seven sons, and four daughters.

by Bernard John Foster, M.A., Research Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

• The History of Otago, McLintock, A. H. (1949)
• Otago Daily Times, 2 Jul 1883 (Obit)
• The Morning Herald (Dunedin), 2 Jul 1883 (Obit).