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Welcome to the World Cup of Sportspeople! With the Women's Football World Cup in full swing just finished and the Men's World Cup being a resounding success last year, we'll be following on with a tournament, not of countries, but of the sports-men and women themselves. This contest is designed to select the greatest sportspeople from each continent through a number of rounds, selecting the best of the best, and pitting them together to show who we really think is the best sportsperson of them all!

This is the Voting stage for Oceania. We received 33 different nominations in all - taking away our auto-qualifier, Valerie Adams, this gives us a single group of 32 players. Here's how this stage is going to work.

- You can vote for up to 20 sportspeople, but you must vote for at least 10.
- You must rank your votes in order of preference, either by numbering or by the standard Buzzjack +20, +19 ... +1 (Or down to however many you vote for)
- You must vote for sportspeople from at least three different sports
- You must vote for at least one male and one female sportsperson.
- Each sportsperson has been given a short description of their major achievements to make it easier for you to make up your mind.
- The four sportspeople with the most votes in this group will advance to the Final. Everyone else will be booted out.

Chris Amon (New Zealand - Motor Racing - 11 Grand Prix podiums, won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966)
Jack Bauer (New Zealand - Cycling - Won National Road Race championships in 2010 and National Time Trial championships in 2017)
Trent Boult (New Zealand - Cricket - Joint lead wicket-taker at 2015 World Cup, first New Zealand bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup)
Lisa Carrington (New Zealand - Rowing - 2 Olympic golds, 8 World Championship golds)
Dan Carter (New Zealand - Rugby - Named International Rugby Board Player of the Year three times, won nine Rugby Championships with New Zealand)
Martin Crowe (New Zealand - Cricket - Player of the Tournament in the 1992 World Cup, broke record for highest Test score by a New Zealander)
Scott Dixon (New Zealand - Motor Racing - 45 IndyCar wins, won series 5 times)
Ian Ferguson (New Zealand - Canoeing - 4 Olympic golds, two World Championship golds)
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand - Cricket - New Zealand's most successful captain, led the side to 28 victories)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand - Cricket - Chosen by Wisden as second greatest bowler of all time)
Denny Hulme (New Zealand - Motor Racing - Won 1967 Championship, 8 Grand Prix wins)
Lydia Ko (New Zealand - Golf - Won two major championships, 20 professional wins)
Jonah Lomu (New Zealand - Rugby - Scored 37 international tries, 63 caps)
Richie McCaw (New Zealand - Rugby - Captained New Zealand in 110 matches, won two Rugby World Cups, won World Rugby Player a record three times)
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand - Cricket - Recorded fastest century of all time, first New Zealander to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year)
Bruce McLaren (New Zealand - Motor Racing - 4 Grand Prix wins, won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966)
Leone Nakarawa (Fiji - Rugby - Won 2016 Olympic Gold with Fiji, won 2018 European Professional of the Year)
Ele Opeloge (Samoa - Weightlifting - Won 2008 Olympic silver, 2010 Commonwealth Gold, three Pacific Games golds)
Nico Porteous (New Zealand - Skiing - 2018 Winter Olympic bronze, 2019 Winter X Games bronze)
Akapusi Quera (Fiji - Rugby - Captained Fiji national side, voted Fiji Rugby Player of the Year in 2007)
Kieran Reed (New Zealand - Rugby - Current captain of New Zealand, won 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup)
Winston Reid (New Zealand - Football - Captains New Zealand national team, 2014 New Zealand Footballer of the Year)
Vijay Singh (Fiji - Golf - Won 3 Major championships, 64 professional wins)
Tim Southee (New Zealand - Cricket - Third-highest wicket taker at the 2015 World Cup, current vice-captain of New Zealand)
Mark Todd (New Zealand - Equestrian - Two Olympic golds, two World Championship golds)
Glenn Turner (New Zealand - Cricket - Holds the record of highest percentage of runs scored in any completed innnings, first to score an ODI 150
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand - Cricket - Captained New Zealand, most capped test cricketer)
John Walker (New Zealand - Athletics - 1976 Olympic gold, two Commonwealth silvers)
Sarah Walker (New Zealand - Cycling - 2012 Olympic silver, three World Championship golds)
Ali Williams (New Zealand - Rugby - Played for New Zealand for 10 years and three World Cups)
Kane Williamson (New Zealand - Cricket - Scored 20 Test and 13 ODI centuries)
Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga - Boxing - 1996 Olympic silver, 1994 Commonwealth bronze)

The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 18th August. Get voting!