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Karena Doig - Conquerer of Cook Strait
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:51:21+00:00In 1989 Horowhenua college pupil Karena Doig, at the age of 15, became the youngest woman to swim Cook Strait.
This topic recounts her achievement.
| Date of birth | 31/01/1972 |
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