1. Colin Kay was the 34th Mayor of Auckland City, elected for one term serving from 1980 to 1983, and chairman of the Auckland Regional Council from 1986 to 1992.
15 Facts About Colin Kay
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Colin Kay was the triple jump champion of New Zealand in 1950 and 1951, and represented New Zealand at the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland.
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The family lived in Remuera, and Colin Kay attended King's College, Auckland from 1939 to 1943, where he was a house prefect, and won a tennis championship and an intercollegiate high jump competition.
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Colin Kay's mother supported his sports, attending all his sports meetings, and telling him to dig a pit in part of the family tennis court so he could practice his jumping.
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Colin Kay later enrolled in accounting at the University of Auckland, while not completing his studies he was active in athletics and played rugby.
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Colin Kay worked at and later purchased his father's business.
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Colin Kay competed in the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, coming 8th in the hop step and jump at 13.91m.
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Colin Kay was the New Zealand triple jump champion in 1950 with a jump of 14.14m, and in 1951 with a jump of 14.31m.
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Colin Kay achieved a goal to raise $150,000 for the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, and was on the board of directors for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
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Colin Kay founded the Auckland Joggers Club with Arthur Lydiard in 1962, and the annual Auckland Round the Bays fun run in 1973.
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Colin Kay was a founder and the chairman of the Peter Snell Institute of Sport in 2000, and organisation with the objective of finding and promoting sporting talent in New Zealand.
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Colin Kay was first elected to the Auckland City Council in 1971, and was later elected mayor of Auckland in 1980, succeeding Dove-Myer Robinson.
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Colin Kay was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1990 New Year Honours, for services to local government, sport and the community.
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Colin Kay died in 2008, more than one year after suffering a major stroke, and was survived by his wife and three sons.
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The main stand of Mt Smart Stadium was named the Colin Kay stand in his honour.