{"id":493304,"date":"2026-06-24T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/493304\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:59:13","slug":"bob-blair-new-zealand-cricket-legend-who-played-through-tangiwai-grief-dies-at-94-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/493304\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Blair, New Zealand cricket legend who played through Tangiwai grief, dies at 94 &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNTDVFd0FQcFBGeUtST1drckxJdnB2N1l6WFc0RlVUSXdNOWdYREpsd3pZempWV2dDRlZzY3NKQVRZUTlESXAwMnBnWHNoRW9hM0IxMExzTWpPSlNBVkVGbk1Kb0JXTXVmLUtSclhtSkR1VkhzRWFLc0lUQktjaGNROGVDUW5DNlFtRFhMcTlWN1V4NU1ncE5NeThOa2duaDRGUEdJMXZ3aFI3TU1SQlF2SDBzSEIyVjlIVlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bob Blair, New Zealand cricket legend who played through Tangiwai grief, dies at 94<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxOVTF3Q0U3ZmMxM0FBMWliSGNhYTJibXdmczJnRFFrOC1CbXFDVEw1b29fWHV0RWNHUHZkX2pXY0l1bVlxcTI0Mm93ZEpxdm9KWkZvMl9GTmxtdVFPZDNkYXhuUGljdmhpZ3VIZERpLUZ1VTZwSzZyWmNxakI0Ti1wbWFwVFhjU3pNRkRmWDdMM0FlVlM5X2lETUVORm5YNUluR3Z1QTEtTzJ5V1haSVI5QjNVOG1JN2MyYzlYMDNBMkxzNzZFT1R4bXJ1WGZVQzlXM2JBeExXdVNoYkdVSUplOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cricketer Bob Blair dies aged 94 after life marked by Tangiwai tragedy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTFBncm5vNEwxTmZZdGhwSUNtaHlCbl9vV3JKY3JTcVZwMEdhYVlkQUtONmJna0E2REIzVURuTG9VWktVOVFEZ0VHM2UwSnJuSk9YU0lHRTdMNGNqOG5xOTktSHRxWlg0WEVTTU1CUGdEMlozZkQ2aVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cricketing hero Bob Blair remembered<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxNaHNMRXdwZVI1T3h0X2dyYV9MbC1jX2JZeGpmVy1Qd00yRU41a1BCRmo4WWREWDlReXdiVkZhT01vR25rNnBwNGpKN1M3dlhMdGpuaDZ4LTZiRC1uY3pFcldtQ2ZMZjNtd3hxNjMyMEVCSmpJdmpTMWZhZzVndlhOaDBFdjA3QzJvYjVRRmhjeUZnMEd5dlJDbkNkY3I2Zzc1ZDVCOHlHTlJrRjdGVGxtLVBJMVozRUxDN3A2N19sRDB2VTRYZmlZZ1ZjdW8zdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Zealand cricket icon Bob Blair, who lost his fiancee in the Tangiwai tragedy, dies on 94th birthday<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE9FQ0RwYy1WUWtKN2REcXZDbUVvLWpPRHJFT3hRd2xzblNqREFrV25GSjVpRi1aRERFa1NySHRGRndnR1lHcm1YVkI3QmV3TmxBRnIzcTYzWndfVWh0MmhPaXZJMk0wcENESExFWUZJNG95QkVvNUMyM2pQbmxKdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cricket Wellington Mourns the Passing of Bob Blair<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Wellington Cricket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Blair, New Zealand cricket legend who played through Tangiwai grief, dies at 94&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffCricketer Bob Blair dies aged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1763,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-493304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-article","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}