That was 15 year old Violet Walrond who finished 5th in the women's 100 meter freestyle at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. Click on the 'Violet Walrond' link below to read about her and see her picture.
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Captain Cook did not settle in New Zealand. He made three voyages to the Pacific and visited New Zealand on four separate occasions. He led the first British expedition to discover New Zealand and the first to set foot on new Zealand. Abel Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand but did not land there. Captain James Cook was the first to circumnavigate and map New Zealand.
Officially, the first day of Summer in New Zealand is the 1st of December.
No, the Maori were the first people to settle the islands we now call New Zealand.