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Chivalry in action

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Chivalry in action

Mark Shaw, who was a flanker for the All Blacks (New Zealand's national rugby team) in the 1980s and had a reputation for toughness, showed he could also be courteous when he escorted this elderly, partially sighted woman across the road in New Plymouth.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Manners and social behaviour – Defining manners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40228/chivalry-in-action (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 3 December 2012.