[davidppp]

All of my heroes are fellow New Zealanders:

Ernest Rutherford - Discovered the proton and originated the orbital theory of the atom. Director of a lab that launched the careers of many other famous physicists.

William Pickering - Director of NASA's JPL during the moon years. Held the position for 22 years.

Peter Jackson - Created a movie industry out of nothing in a country thousands of miles away from Hollywood.

Sir Edmund Hillary - Helped build hundreds of schools and hospitals in Nepal. Climbed Everest. Crossed the Antarctic in a hacked together tractor. Jet-boated up the Ganges.

Charles Upham - Won the Victoria's Cross twice during WW II.