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Haurongo: Blake, Peter James

Peter Blake with Lion New Zealand

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Peter Blake with Lion New Zealand

In 1984 Peter Blake and his crew won line honours on Lion New Zealand in the Sydney to Hobart race. He is seen in front of the yacht, moored at Queen’s Wharf in Wellington in February 1985.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1985/0682/4-F

Photograph by Merv Griffiths

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Stephanie Gibson. 'Blake, Peter James', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26320/peter-blake-with-lion-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).