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Sir Peter Blake awards: Dame Margaret Bazley

Blake Medal winner
Over a five-decade career, Dame Margaret Bazley has never been bored in a job.

The 73-year-old is seen by many as the country's most respected public servant and problem-solver.

From taking down the barriers surrounding mental health patients to pushing for equal employment policies, she has tirelessly blazed a trail for others to follow.

To Dame Margaret, leadership is a necessity.

"People just meander along if someone doesn't paint the picture for the future and give the direction to how it can be achieved. Leadership is about making sure it happens."

Dame Margaret was last night named the seventh recipient of the Blake medal, the Sir Peter Blake Leadership's highest honour.

"I'm absolutely overwhelmed. I didn't ever expect to get anything like this. I feel humbled."

She joins valued New Zealanders who have picked up the award in past years, including Sir Ray Avery, Dr John Hood and Sir Murray Halberg.

Dame Margaret's CV boasts a number of notable positions. She was the female Commissioner of the State Services Commission, the Ministry of Transport chief executive, the director-general of Social Welfare.

The most surprising job, she said, was the Commission of Inquiry into police conduct.

The Wellingtonian's week is now split as the chair of Environment Canterbury, the New Zealand Fire Service Commission and the Registrar of MPs' Pecuniary Interests - despite being "retired".

"If people ask me to do things that I find interesting, I do them. I don't do near as much as when I was in a full-time job."

Dame Margaret remains humble, despite the winding list of accolades and titles.

"I think it's about valuing people and understanding people. I have never seen myself as a leader. I see myself as someone who really loves working with people to do things."

Past Blake Medal winners
2005: Sir John Anderson, businessman.
2006: Sir Stephen Tindall, businessman.
2007: Professor Sir Paul Callaghan, scientist.
2008: Sir Murray Halberg, athlete.
2009: Dr John Hood, academic.
2010: Sir Ray Avery, scientist.

Best of the 2000's - #8 Jimmy Clausen - Notre Dame Football | UHND.com

Our countdown continues with perhaps a bit of a surprise.  Not necessarily with the inclusion of the player, but with the ranking itself.  Our #8 player on the countdown probably would have owned every meaningful passing record at Notre Dame if he stayed for four years, but with a three year body of work, Jimmy Clausen checks in in the eight spot on our countdown.

Jimmy Clausen was and still is the most heralded recruit to come to Notre Dame since Ron Powlus, and his introduction to the college football world at the College Football Hall of Fame will forever live in infamy in the college football world.  Once he arrived on campus though, Clausen quickly ascended the quarterback depth chart as a true freshman in 2007.  An injury set him back briefly in fall camp so Clausen didn’t start the season opener against Georgia Tech, but by week two of his freshman season Clausen was starting under center in front of 100,000+ fans in Beaver Stadium against Penn State.  Despite leading a clearly overmatched offense, Clausen was solid in his debut with a steady diet of dinks and dunks.  The Irish offense under Clausen’s guidance was unable to reach the end zone , however, in that first start.

Clausen and the Irish offense would struggle to find any semblance of consistency that season and Notre Dame won just one of Clausen’s first six career starts – the lowly UCLA game in which neither team looked capable of putting much offense together.  By the Boston College game in ’07 the constant barrage of hits took its toll on Clausen and he was replaced by Evan Sharpley for the rest of the game as well as the next two games against USC and Navy.  Clausen was back in the starting lineup when Air Force came to town for the 10th game of the season.  Despite a losing effort, Clausen started to show some signs of life in that game and he would end up leading Notre Dame to back to back wins against Duke and Stanford to close the season.

Heading into his sophomore year, expectations began to rise for Clausen and the Irish offense.  That 2008 season got off to an OK start with back to back wins against San Diego State and Michigan.  The Michigan game in particular gave a glimpse of Clausen’s talents.  Despite not throwing the ball much at all in the second half amid a rain storm, Clausen threw for 147 yards and 2 touchdowns including a couple deep throws to Golden Tate.   A week later though, the Irish offense reverted to its struggling ways and scored just 7 points against Michigan State.  That type of inconsistency would be characteristic of the 2008 season for Clausen and the Irish offense.  At times the offense clicked and put up points only to follow solid performances with clunkers like the Boston College and USC games.

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