Sentences with phrase «zealand gold fields»

The Luminaries is a very different, but equally compelling, novel — a meaty historical set in the 1860s New Zealand gold fields.

Not exact matches

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

The Englishman was the best - place home nations rider in a strong field, finishing 1:38 behind race winner Samuel Gaze of New Zealand, who pipped teammate Anton Cooper to gold in a photo finish in a time of 1:17.36.