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List of New Zealand inventors
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The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions.
Godfrey Bowen - developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique
John Britten - designer of the Britten motorcycle
Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson - refrigerated shipping pioneers
Morton W. Coutts - invented the revolutionary continuous fermentation method of brewing
Bill Gallagher - developer of the electric fence and founder of Gallagher Group Limited
A J Hackett - Bungy creator
Bill Hamilton - developed the modern jetboat
John Ashley Hart, inventor of the thermette (Benghasi Boiler)
Len Light - invented the EasyYo do-it-yourself yoghurt maker[1]
Peter Lynn - leading kitemaker, aeronautical theoretician and inventor of the tipping blade portable sawmill
Colin Murdoch - inventor of the disposable syringe and the tranquilliser gun
Richard Pearse - inventor of the first powered flying machine
Alan Pritchard - pioneer of aerial topdressing
Leon Styles - inventor of the "Rocking Trigger" and operating systems for paintball guns
Daniel Thomson - inventor of the "Circuband" which is used for exercise and physiotherapy[2]