- Anand Satyanand
Anand "Satch" Satyanand, PCNZM born (22 July 1944 in Auckland) is the Governor-General of New Zealand. He previously worked as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman. - Witi Ihimaera
Professor Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler DCNZM QSM (born 7 February, 1944), generally known as Witi Ihimaera, is a New Zealand author, and is often regarded as the most prominent Māori writer alive today. - Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which he, along with Fran Walsh, his long time partner, and Philippa Boyens, adapted from the novels by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of "King Kong". Jackson first gained attention with his "splatstick" horror comedies, … - Silvia Cartwright
Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE, QSO ("née" Poulter) (born November 7 1943) was New Zealand's second female Governor-General. She is a graduate of the University of Otago, where she gained her LL.B in 1967. - Lloyd Geering
Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering ONZ, PCNZM, CBE (born 1918) is a New Zealand theologian. He is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He holds a D.D. from the University of Otago, a Masters Degree in Mathematics and is a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and turned to theological teaching in 1956. - Ruben Wiki
Ruben Wiki, ONZM (born January 25 1973 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. Wiki is contracted with the Warriors until the end of the 2008 season. He also previously played with the Canberra Raiders for over 10 years playing alongside such greats ad Mal Meninga, … - Michael Campbell
Michael Shane Campbell CNZM (born February 23, 1969) is a New Zealand golfer who is best-known for having won the 2005 US Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour. Ethnically, he is predominantly Māori, from the Ngati Ruanui (father's side) and Nga Rauru (mother's side) iwi. He also has some Scottish ancestry, being a great-great-great-grandson of John Logan Campbell, … - Bob Charles
Sir Robert James "Bob" Charles, KNZM, CBE, (born March 14, 1936) is one of the world’s greatest left handed golfers, winner of more than 70 titles and first lefty to win one of golf’s Majors. Born in Carterton, a small town in the Wairarapa district on New Zealand’s North Island, Charles lived in Masterton where he worked as a bank teller and demonstrated great golfing potential. - Bic Runga
Briolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM (born 13 January, 1976) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter whose first solo album, "Drive", debuted at number one in the New Zealand charts, and has since become one of the highest-selling New Zealand artists of our time. Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, the Republic of Ireland and to some extent in the UK. Regarding the pronunciation of "Bic": "'You say it Bec, … - Sam Neill
Sam Neill, DCNZM, OBE (born 14 September, 1947) is a New Zealand film and television actor, and owner of the Two Paddocks winery in Central Otago. He is best known for his role in "Reilly, Ace of Spies" and playing paleontologist Doctor Alan Grant in "Jurassic Park" and "Jurassic Park III". - Bill Manhire
Professor Bill Manhire CNZM, (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. His work has won the New Zealand Book Awards poetry prize five times, in 1978, 1985, 1992,1996 and his most recent work "Lifted" received the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Poetry Prize. Manhire has been a strong promoter of local poetry and other writing, acting as editor of several compilations of New Zealand short stories, … - Stacey Jones
Stacey Jones ONZM (born May 7 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby league player for Les Catalans Dragons in the European Super League competition. He usually plays halfback, but has briefly played five-eighth during his distinguished career, which includes 41 Tests for New Zealand (1995-2006). Stacey Jones is the first and only life member of the New Zealand Warriors. - Jonah Lomu
Jonah Tali Lomu, MNZM (born May 12, 1975) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who has played 73 times (63 caps) as an All Black after debuting in 1994. Lomu was born in Auckland, New Zealand of Tongan descent. He grew up in South Auckland and attended Wesley College, Pukekohe. He is generally regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby union, and one of the sport's most intimidating players on the pitch, and has had a huge impact on the game. - Michael Hardie Boys
Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO (born 1931) is a New Zealand jurist and was the country's 17th Governor-General, from 1996 to 2001. - Patricia Grace
Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, (born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1937) is a notable Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She currently lives in Hongoeka Bay, Plimmerton. She was awarded the Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours. Under the old system she would have held the title of Dame until the order was reformed in 2001.. Grace is a patron of the Coalition for Open Government. - Fran Walsh
Frances Walsh, MNZM, (born 1959), is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and film producer and also a musician. She has been the partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson since 1987. They have two children, Billy Jackson and Katie Jackson. Fran has contributed to all of Jackson's films since they met at the end of "Bad Taste". - Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes CNZM (born April 29 1950) is a radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. He is the breakfast host on radio talkback station Newstalk ZB, hosting New Zealand's number one rating breakfast show. He also hosts a weekly show on Prime Television. - John Kirwan
John James Patrick Kirwan ONZM MBE (born 16 December 1964) is a New Zealand born rugby union footballer turned coach. Kirwan, who played as at wing, played 96 times (including 63 test matches) as an All Black from 1984 until 1994. He played rugby league for two seasons in the ARL (Australian Rugby League Premiership) for the Auckland Warriors before finishing his playing career with the NEC club in Japan. - Midge Marsden
Keith Douglas "Midge" Marsden MNZM (born 1945) is a popular New Zealand blues and R&B guitarist, harmonica-player, and singer. Marsden was born and brought up in New Plymouth, Taranaki, the son of Les and Elaine Marsden. He has two children, Paul and Kate Marsden. His musical education started on the piano, and included singing in church, though his first musical love was rock and roll. As a teenager he took guitar lessons from a New Plymouth musician called Leo Davies, … - Sian Elias
Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias, GNZM, QC (born March 12 1949) is the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and is therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She is the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. As Chief Justice, she also acts as Administrator of Government (acting Governor-General) when the position of Governor-General is vacant. She has held this position twice, first from 22 March 2001 until 4 April 2001, … - Gillian Whitehead
Gillian Karawe Whitehead MNZM (born 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She studied at the University of Auckland from 1959-62, and Victoria University of Wellington in 1963, graduating BMus Hons in 1964. She then studied composition at the University of Sydney with Peter Sculthorpe from 1964-65, graduating MMus in 1966. That same year she attended a composition course given by Peter Maxwell Davies in Adelaide and in 1967 travelled to England to continue studying with him. - Jenny Shipley
Jenny Shipley, DCNZM, PC, (b. 4 February 1952, Gore, New Zealand), Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1997 to December 1999, was New Zealand's first female Prime Minister. - Andrew Adamson
Andrew Adamson MNZM (b. December 1, 1966) is a New Zealand film director based mainly in Los Angeles, California, USA, where he made the blockbuster animation films, "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for C. S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". Shooting took place in New Zealand, primarily in and around Auckland, … - Stephen Tindall
Stephen Robert Tindall, (born May 1951), is the founder of New Zealand retailer, The Warehouse and considered the Bill Gates of New Zealand. In 1995 he and his wife set up the Tindall Foundation, to give himself and The Warehouse a better image. "The New Zealand Herald" named him Business Person of the Year for 1997, the year he became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. - Russell Coutts
Russell Coutts, DCNZM, CBE, born March 1, 1962 in Wellington New Zealand is a competitive sailor who is considered by many to be the best match racer in the world. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup three times and various sailing world championships. In 2004 he only competed twice on the Swedish Match Tour, but won both events convincingly. - Steve Williams
Steve Williams, MNZM (born 29 December 1963 in Wellington) is a New Zealander who has served as caddy for several top professional golfers. Since 1999, he has been the regular caddy for Tiger Woods, who has been the top-ranked golfer in the world for much of Williams' tenure as caddy. - Vincent Ward
Vincent Ward, ONZM (born Greytown, New Zealand, in 1956) is a film director and screenwriter. He currently works for a New Zealand based production company called The Sweet Shop. - Peter Snell
Peter George Snell, DCNZM, OBE (born December 17 1938 in Opunake) is a New Zealand former athlete. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s ‘Sports Champion Of The (20th) Century’. A protege of the great New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell is known for the three Olympic gold medals he won, but is also respected not so much because of what he achieved, … - Brian Lochore
Sir Brian James Lochore, ONZ, KNZM, OBE (born 3 September 1940 in Masterton, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played 68 matches (25 Tests) for the All Blacks between 1963 and 1971. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the side 46 times (18 of those tests). In 1999, Lochore was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. Sir Brian played senior rugby for the Masterton club and representative rugby for Wairarapa-Bush, … - Peter Cosgrove
General Peter John Cosgrove, AC, MC (born 28 July 1947) is an Australian general. He was the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 3 July 2002 to July 2005, when he retired from active service. He was educated at Waverley College - Anne Geddes
"Marketing the incredible imagery of my wife, Anne, has become one of the most satisfying and fulfilling jobs of my life. To be able to realise the potential and ambitions of the pre-eminent children's photographer in the world market has resulted in a terrific sense of personal satisfaction, added to my joy and pride in her accomplishments," comments Kel. - Colin Meads
Colin Earl Meads, DCNZM, MBE (born June 3, 1936 in Cambridge, New Zealand) nicknamed "Pinetree", is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played 133 times (55 of these were test matches) as an All Black from 1957 until 1971. His role in New Zealand rugby has been nothing short of iconic, and he was named Player of the Century at the NZRFU Awards dinner in 1999. He captained the All Blacks several times, mostly as a lock forward. - Philippa Boyens
Philippa Boyens, MNZM, is an Academy Award winning New Zealand screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for Peter Jackson's film series "The Lord of the Rings " with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, for which the trio won an Oscar at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. Boyens worked with the same collaborators on the screenplay for Jackson's version of "King Kong" (2005). - Grahame Sydney
Grahame Sydney ONZM is a New Zealand artist, based in the southern South Island region of Otago. His landscapes, which concentrate largely on sparse elements of human impact on Otago's wild natural beauty and the loneliness of individuals in this scenery, possess a style which could be described as magic realism, and have been compared to works by artists such as Edward Hopper. His work encompasses many media - oils, watercolours, etchings, tempera and lithographs. - Joy Cowley
Joy Cowley DCNZM, OBE, (born in Levin, August 7, 1936) is a New Zealand author of novels, short stories, and children's fiction. Her first novel, "Nest in a Fallen Tree" (1967), was converted into the 1971 film "The Night Digger" by Roald Dahl. Following its success in the United States, Cowley wrote several works for adults: her novels "Man of Straw" (1972), "Of Men and Angels" (1972), "The Mandrake Root" (1975), … - Dick Hubbard
Dick Hubbard ONZM, B.Tech. (Food Tech.), DSc (Honoris causa), founder and principal of Hubbards Foods in Auckland, New Zealand, and Mayor of Auckland (2004-?). His management of Hubbard Foods gained some prominence for its participation in and promotion of socially responsible business perspectives. - Neil Cherry
Neil Cherry (29 September 1946 - 24 May 2003) was a New Zealand environmental scientist. Cherry specialised most recently in the effects of electromagnetic radiation on human health, following his earlier work in meteorology and wind energy. He was also a Councillor on the Canterbury Regional Council, and was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002 for his outstanding service to environmental science, local government and the community. - Mark Inglis
Mark Joseph Inglis (born September 27, 1959) is a mountaineer, researcher, winemaker and motivational speaker. He holds a degree in Human Biochemistry from Lincoln University, New Zealand, and has conducted research in leukemia. He won a silver medal at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. He currently resides in Hanmer Springs, New Zealand with his wife Anne and their three children. In addition to being a goodwill ambassador for the Everest Rescue Trust, … - James Belich
Professor James Belich ONZM is a New Zealand historian known for his work on the New Zealand Wars. Of Yugoslav descent, he was born in 1956 in Wellington, the son of Sir James Belich, who later became the Labour Mayor of Wellington. He gained an M.A. in history at Victoria University before travelling to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship to complete his D.Phil. He lectured at Victoria University for several years before moving to the University of Auckland, … - Danyon Loader
Danyon Joseph Loader ONZM (born on April 21, 1975 in Timaru) is a swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at three Commonwealth Games; 1990, 1994 and 1998 and two Olympic Games; 1992 and 1996. In 1992, at Barcelona, he won a silver medal in the 200m Butterfly. In 1996, he won two gold medals in Atlanta, in the 200m and 400m freestyle races.
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