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__ NZ Famous People Project __ Famous NZers of Days Gone By What is New Zealand Famous For? - Alphabetical List

=List of famous New Zealanders=

Film and TV

 * [|Peter Arnett] - TV journalist
 * [|Jane Campion] - film director
 * [|Keisha Castle-Hughes] - actress
 * [|John Clarke] - actor, comedian (moved to Australia)
 * [|Russell Crowe] - actor (born in New Zealand, but moved to [|Australia] at age 4)
 * [|Peter Jackson] - film director
 * [|Phil Keoghan] - TV presenter (born in New Zealand)
 * [|Lucy Lawless] - actress ( Warrior Princess)
 * [|Temuera Morrison] - actor
 * [|Ian Mune] - actor, director, screenwriter
 * [|Sam Neill] - actor
 * [|Karl Urban] - actor

Inventors

 * [|John Britten] - designer of the Britten motorcycle
 * [|Bill Hamilton] - developed the modern jetboat
 * [|Richard Pearse] - outstanding early aviator/inventor

Literary

 * [|Fleur Adcock] - poet
 * [|Sylvia Ashton-Warner] - author
 * [|James K. Baxter] - poet
 * [|A. R. D. Fairburn] - poet
 * [|Janet Frame] - author
 * [|Sam Hunt] - poet
 * [|Wihi Ihimaera] - author
 * [|Katherine Mansfield] - author
 * [|Ngaio Marsh] - author
 * [|Frank Sargeson] - author
 * [|Maurice Shadbolt] - author
 * [|C K Stead] - author

Military

 * [|Bernard, Lord Freyberg] of Wellington - General, and [|Victoria Cross] winner
 * [|Alfred Hulme] - awarded the Victoria Cross
 * [|"Cobber" Kain] - RAF fighter ace (first pilot to win a DFC in WW II)
 * Sir [|Keith Park]- RAF sector commander during the [|Battle of Britain]
 * [|Lloyd Alan Trigg] - World War II pilot, (only person awarded the VC on recommendation of the enemy)
 * [|Charles Upham] - [|World War II] soldier (only combat soldier to win the [|Victoria Cross] twice)
 * [|Nancy Wake] - the most decorated servicewoman of [|World War II]

Music

 * [|Jack Body] - composer
 * [|Dave Dobbyn] - singer, songwriter
 * [|Neil Finn] - singer, songwriter
 * [|Tim Finn] - singer, songwriter
 * [|Marc Hunter] - singer
 * Dame [|Kiri Te Kanawa] - opera singer
 * [|Chris Knox] - singer, songwriter
 * [|Douglas Lilburn] - composer, educator
 * [|Jenny Morris] - singer, songwriter
 * [|Hayley Westenra] - singer

Politics

 * [|Georgina Beyer] - world's first transsexual MP
 * [|Jim Bolger] - Prime Minister
 * [|Helen Clark] - New Zealand Prime Minister ([|1999] - )
 * [|Don McKinnon] - Secretary General of the Commonwealth
 * [|Garnet Hercules Mackley] - MP
 * [|Mike Moore] - Prime Minister and Director-General of the World Trade Organization
 * [|Michael Joseph Savage] - Prime Minister
 * [|Richard Seddon] - Prime Minister
 * [|Jenny Shipley] - Prime Minister 1997 - 1999 (NZ's first female prime minister)
 * [|Julius Vogel] - Prime Minister

Science

 * [|Harold Gillies] - pioneering plastic surgeon
 * [|Ernest, Lord Rutherford] of Nelson - scientist and winner of the [|Nobel Prize]
 * [|Maurice Wilkins] - received the Nobel Prize for his part in the discovery of DNA

Sports

 * [|Todd Blackadder] - rugby player
 * Sir [|Peter Blake] - champion yachtsman
 * [|Possum Bourne] - rally driver
 * [|Don Clarke] - rugby player
 * [|Christian Cullen] - rugby player
 * [|Scott Dixon] - racing driver
 * [|Ian Ferguson] - [|kayaker]
 * [|Bob Fitzsimmons] - world boxing heavyweight champion (born in UK, raised in NZ)
 * Sir [|Richard Hadlee] - cricketer
 * Sir [|Edmund Hillary] - mountaineer
 * [|Denny Hulme] - world champion racing driver
 * [|Jonah Lomu] - rugby player
 * [|Jack Lovelock] - runner
 * [|Arthur Lydiard] - running coach
 * [|Bruce McLaren] - racing driver
 * [|Colin Meads] - rugby player
 * [|Stan Meads] - rugby player; younger brother of Colin
 * [|Peter Snell] - runner
 * [|Mark Todd] - horseman
 * [|John Walker] - runner

Other
See also: [|List of people by nationality],
 * [|Alexander Aitken] - mathematician / soldier
 * [|Rewi Alley] - friend of China
 * [|Jean Batten] - Aviator
 * [|Thomas Bracken] - author of [|God Defend New Zealand] and first to publish the phrase [|God's Own Country]
 * [|Ian Brackenbury Channell] - [|The Wizard of Christchurch] and of [|New Zealand]
 * [|Charles Goldie] - artist
 * [|Eve van Grafhorst], (born Australia) [|AIDS] patient and activist
 * [|Dr Fred Hollows] - eye surgeon (moved to Australia)
 * [|Hone Heke] - Māori activist
 * [|Rachel Hunter] - supermodel
 * [|Vaughan Jones] - mathematician (Field's medallist)
 * [|Len Lye] - artist/film maker
 * [|Ngaio Marsh] - author and theatrical director
 * [|Kate Sheppard] - suffragist
 * [|Te Kooti] - Māori leader

Other Lists

 * [|Prime Minister of New Zealand].
 * [|Culture of New Zealand] (for a list of Iconic Characters),
 * [|New Zealand cinema] (for a list of related people),
 * [|New Zealand literature] (for a list of New Zealand writers)

Sports and explorers
@http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/atoz.asp All Blacks A to Z. Provides brief biographies of famous All Blacks. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. @http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=5673 A searchable resource with brief pr of iles of all Olympic athletes. Suitable for both children and adults. @http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1212_wirepeterblake_1.html An international Herald Tribune article reprinted in National Geographic after Peter Blake's death. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students.

Inventors and scientists
@http://www.hamiltonjet.co.nz/about_hamiltonjet/sir_william_hamilton Information about Sir William Hamilton, inventor of the Hamilton jet boat. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. @http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=381 The American Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum's tribute to Burt Munro.Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. @http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/hil0bio-1 Brief biography, interview and photos of Sir Edmund Hillary. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. http://www.rutherford.org.nz A very comprehensive site covering Ernest Rutherford's life and works. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. The National Library has several online resources relating to Veronika Meduna and Rebecca Priestly's exhibition covering 200 years of New Zealand science:
 * Early explorers and collectors (including Walter Buller and Joseph Banks)
 * First professional scientists (including James Hector and Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa)
 * 20th century scientists (including Rutherford, Kathleen Curtis and Joan Metge

Arts
@http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=369&c=2 Biographical information about Kiri Te Kanawa. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. @http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/margaretmahy A biography of Margaret Mahy (including awards and reviews of some of her books) about the life and work of this illustrious children's writer. Suitable for both children and adults. @http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Information/Introduction.htm The Book Council has list s of biographies of New Zealand authors - just click on the first letter of the surname.Suitable for both secondary students and adults.

Many biographies of famous New Zealanders under headings such as optimists, designers, speedsters, stars, scientists, inventors and more. Suitable for both children and adults.
===http://www.dnzb.govt.nz The online Dictionary of New Zealand Biography contains biographies of New Zealanders who 'made their mark on this country'. It does not contain biographies of people who are still living. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. @http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Kids/FamousNewZealanders A comprehensive list of famous New Zealanders list ed by occupation/sport. Suitable for primary and intermediate students. http://www.nzterritory.com This website has links to famous New Zealanders such as Kate Sheppard Ernest Rutherford, Katherine Mansfield, Richard Pearse and Margaret Mahy.Suitable for primary and intermediate students. @http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ Biography Resource Centre on available through EPIC. Contains over 800 biographies of famous New Zealanders.Suitable for both secondary students and adults.===