Replacement sought for New Zealand's official wizard

New Zealand's official wizard is retiring as he approaches his 70th birthday.

Replacement sought for New Zealand's official wizard
Sat, 24 Aug, 2002 - 17:39

New Zealand's official wizard is retiring as he approaches his 70th birthday.

Ian Brackenbury Channell was made Wizard of Christchurch in 1980 and appointed the country's first wizard a decade later by then prime minister Mike Moore.

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