Stanley Frank "Tiny" Hill MBE (born 9 April 1927) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and selector. A lock and flanker, Hill represented Canterbury and Counties at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1955 to 1959. He played 19 matches for the All Blacks, two of which were as captain, including 11 internationals. After retiring as a player, Hill served as New Zealand Army and Canterbury selector, and as an All Black selector from 1981 to 1986.

In the 1996 New Year Honours Hill was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to rugby. Hill's sons Stan and John were both New Zealand basketball representatives

Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster (15 November 1903 – 14 February 1974) was a New Zealand Test cricketer and coach. As well as representing New Zealand, he also played for Wellington, Scotland, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.

From a young age, artist Rudolf Boelee has been hugely affected by film and this interest has influenced a large part of his work. His images seem like stills from 1940's "Film Noir" or "Nouvelle Vague" - "New Wave" from the 1960's, the grainy appearance of his works enhances this effect. Inspired by the vitality of the Hollywood B movies, originating in the United States, employing heavy shadows and patterns of darkness, in which the protagonist dies, meets defeat, or achieves meaningless victory in the end. The painted grid works for "I Want What She's Got!" are a continuation on similar themes explored in the multimedia "The Ambiguous Image" series of projects.

Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin.