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Biography: Wigley, Henry Rodolph

Henry Rodolph Wigley, about 1940

Henry Rodolph Wigley, about 1940
Aviator Henry Rodolph Wigley was also a champion skier, and as manager of the Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Company helped establish new skifields at Coronet Peak and Lake Ohau after the Second World War.

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D. E. Drake. 'Wigley, Henry Rodolph', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2079/henry-rodolph-wigley-about-1940 (accessed 4 June 2026).