- Brooke Fraser
Brooke Gabrielle Fraser (born December 15, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an award-winning New Zealand singer-songwriter. <s>Strike-through text</s>==Biography== - Nicky Hager
Nicky Hager is an author and investigative journalist who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Hager generally writes about issues involving intelligence networks, environmental issues and politics. He has degrees in physics and philosophy. He has been described as "New Zealand's leading investigative journalist". - 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. - Sala Baker
Sala Baker (born September 22, 1976) is an actor and stuntman from Wellington, New Zealand. Originally hired as one of several stunt performers for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, he ended up landing the part of Sauron, the trilogy's title role. In addition, he also played several Orcs, a Gondorian, and a Rohirrim. Outside of the trilogy, Baker has performed in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, … - Roger Kerr
Roger Kerr is the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, a free-market think-tank based in Wellington, New Zealand. - Peter Davis
Professor Peter Davis (BA S'ton, MSc Lond, PhD) is the husband of New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. The couple married in 1981 after her campaign for Parliament. His specialty is in medical sociology, and he is currently Head of Department and Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland, with part-time appointments in the School of Population Health and the Department of Statistics, also at the University of Auckland. - Alistair Campbell
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June, 1925) is a poet and novelist. He was born on Rarotonga, Cook Islands but has resident for most of his life in New Zealand mainly around the Wellington region, and most recently in Pukerua Bay, Porirua. Born Alistair Campbell but later added 'Te Ariki' after going back to the Cook Islands and discovering his grandfather had ties to chiefdom. So in honour he added Te Ariki or "the chief" to his name. - Kerry Fox
Kerry Fox (born July 30, 1966) is a New Zealand actress from Wellington, New Zealand. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie "An Angel at My Table" directed by Jane Campion, which garnered her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards. Fox has gone on to build a truly international career, working far and wide in quality independent films and on television. - Niki Caro
Niki Caro (born 1967) is a film director and screenwriter who was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her most significant film to date is "Whale Rider" from 2002. It was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals. - Tom Larkin
Tom Larkin (born in Wellington, New Zealand on September 18, 1971) is a member of the New Zealand band Shihad. He plays the drums, sings background vocals and manipulates samplers (in live settings). Tom plays DW drums and uses Sabian cymbals. When playing live, Tom always performs the final sound check on his drum kit himself. - Simon Elliott
Simon Elliott (born June 10, 1974 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a football (soccer) player from New Zealand, who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Fulham of the English Premier League. He is also a regular on the New Zealand national team. Elliott played college soccer at Stanford University, where he scored 13 goals and 12 assists in four years between 1995 and 1998. Undrafted by Major League Soccer, he signed with Boston Bulldogs. - Peter Lynds
Peter Lynds (born May 17, 1975) is a New Zealander who drew sudden attention in 2003 with the publication of a physics paper about time, mechanics and Zeno's paradoxes. Lynds attended university for only 6 months. His career as a physicist began in 2001 with his submission of an article entitled "Time and Classical and Quantum Mechanics: Indeterminacy vs. Discontinuity" to the journal "Foundations of Physics Letters". - Duncan Oughton
Duncan Oughton (born June 14, 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Oughton played college soccer at Cal State Fullerton from 1997 to 2000. Before joining CS Fullerton, he played at Otago University in New Zealand. As a senior as CS Fullerton, he scored 17 goals and 8 assists. Upon graduating, Oughton was selected 10th overall in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. - Clive Revill
Clive Selsby Revill (born April 18, 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an experienced character actor who has made more than 50 films and TV movies and whose work has ranged from blockbuster films to stage classics. Among his film roles were two notable films for Billy Wilder, "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" in 1970 and "Avanti!" in 1972. He also played dour Finlay Perkin in the blockbuster 1978 American miniseries "Centennial". - William Mason
William Mason (1810-1897) architect, born in Ipswich, England, he learnt his profession under various architects: Thomas Telford, Peter Nicholson & Edward Blore. He practised architecture in his native town before emigrating to New South Wales in 1838, where he was employed by the colonial architect. In 1840 he set sail for New Zealand as a member of Governor William Hobson's party, thus becoming the first professionally trained architect in New Zealand. - James Napier
James Napier (born March 24, 1982 in Wellington, New Zealand) has appeared in several television programmes including "The Tribe", "Power Rangers" and "Shortland Street". He is sometimes credited under the name James Robertson. This happened when he appeared in "Shortland Street" in 1992 as Glenn McNulty and again in 2001 when he appeared as Jared Preston in "Being Eve". - Phil Knight
Philip Roydon Knight (born in Wellington, New Zealand) is a member of the New Zealand band Shihad. He plays guitars, keyboards and sings background vocals. <br><br> - Fleur Beale
Fleur Beale (born February 22, 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer is best known for her novel "I am not Esther", which has been published worldwide. Beale was one of six children of a dairy farmer and of a teacher and author Estelle Corney. She was born in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand, on the farm where her father was born. Beale grew up in the town before attending Victoria University, Wellington and Christchurch Teachers’ College, where she met her husband. - Barbara Anderson
Barbara Anderson (born 1926) is a New Zealand writer who has become internationally recognised, despite only starting her writing career in her late fifties. Born in Hastings, New Zealand, she was educated at Otago University where she graduated with a BSc degree in 1947. After a career as a medical technologist and teacher, she went back to university in Wellington where she graduated with a BA degree from Victoria University of Wellington in 1984. - Brian Brake
John Brian Brake (1927 - 1988) was a New Zealand photographer. Born in Wellington. Brian Brake was the adopted son of John Samuel Brake and his wife Jennie Brake (nee Chiplin. He was raised between Arthurs Pass, where is father owned the General Store, and Christchurch, where he attended school at Christchurch Boys High School. Brian Brake trained with Spencer Digby from 1945, joining the National Film Unit in 1947, directing "Snows of Aorangi" in 1950. - Charles Heaphy
Major Charles Heaphy VC (1820 - August 3, 1881) was a New Zealand explorer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Charles Heaphy was just seventeen years old when he was appointed as resident Artist and Surveyor to the first New Zealand Company expedition to New Zealand, … - John Cawte Beaglehole
Professor John Cawte Beaglehole OM CMG (June 13, 1901-October 10, 1971) was a New Zealand historian whose greatest scholastic achievement was the editing of James Cook’s three journals of exploration, together with the writing of an acclaimed biography of Cook, published posthumously. - Jeff Whittington
Jeff Whittington was a teenager who was murdered by two men in an anti-gay hate crime in Wellington, New Zealand, prompting widespread shock and outrage. It is speculation as to whether Whittington was gay, but his murderers believed him to be, and as such the murder was classified as a homophobic hate crime. Jeff Whittington was beaten by Jason Morris Meads and Stephen Smith, suffering severe facial injuries and a perforated bowel. - Rosita Vai
Rosita Vai (born June 4, 1981 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a singer who rose to popularity after winning the second season on "NZ Idol". On "NZ Idol" she was not in the bottom 3 in the whole competition. After she had won NZ idol, NZ entertainer Sir Howard Morrison made comments about Vai's large body size, saying it would affect her career and give the wrong image to her fans. Morrison and Vai reconciled on the television show "Close Up", … - Barry Soper
Barry Soper (born in Gore, New Zealand) is a New Zealand political journalist, and has featured regularly on radio and television since the 1970s. Currently, Soper's main role is that of political editor of Newstalk ZB, a radio network in New Zealand. Through its agreement with Prime Television, Soper appears as the political editor for the TV network on its nightly broadcasts. He is also one of the 'You've Got Male' panellists on TV One's "Good Morning", … - Paul Whatuira
Paul Khan Whatuira (born July 31 1981 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition. Whatuira previously played for the Penrith Panthers, Melbourne Storm and the New Zealand Warriors. He has also represented the New Zealand national team in 2004, 2005 and 2006. His position of choice is at Centre. He has won two premierships with two different teams in three years. - David Faiumu
David Faiumu (born April 30 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. He has also represented the New Zealand national team, making his debut in 2005 against Australia. Faimu plays second row but he can also play hooker and he is talented at both of these positions. He had a good season in 2006 scoring 2 tries, … - Robert Burchfield
Robert William Burchfield CNZM CBE (January 27, 1923 - July 5, 2004) was a scholar, writer, and lexicographer. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, he studied at Victoria University in Wellington and, later, at Magdalen College, Oxford University in England on a Rhodes Scholarship, where he was mentored by J.R.R. Tolkien. From 1957 to 1986 he edited the second Supplement to the "Oxford English Dictionary". - Sandra Lee-Vercoe
Sandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe (née Lee) QSO (8 August 1952 -) is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader (and briefly leader) of the Alliance party, and was later High Commissioner to Niue. - Pua Magasiva
Pua Magasiva (born on August 10, 1980 in Apia, Samoa) is an actor, who is perhaps best known for his roles as Shane Clarke, the Red Ranger from "Power Rangers: Ninja Storm", and Nurse Vinnie Kruse in New Zealand soap "Shortland Street". He was born in Apia, Samoa, but raised in Wellington, New Zealand since he was two years old. He is the younger brother of famous New Zealand actor, Robbie Magasiva. It was Robbie who inspired Pua to become an actor, … - Liddy Holloway
Liddy Holloway (March 27, 1947-December 29, 2004) was an actress born in Wellington, New Zealand. The daughter of a cabinet minister, Holloway originally worked as a journalist. She switched to acting and had a long career in the theater. She also acted in Australia in the early 1980s, with acting roles in feature films "Squizzy Taylor" and "The Clinic". - Murray Chandler
Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born chess player and grandmaster who, having acquired British citizenship in the early 1980s, now represents England internationally. Chandler won the New Zealand chess championship in 1975-76, and qualified as an International Master in 1977. He represented New Zealand at the Chess Olympiads of 1976, 1978 and 1980 but then switched allegiance to England. - Simon Davis
Simon Peter Davis (born November 8, 1959, Brighton, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test match and 39 ODIs from 1986 to 1988. Davis played Minor Counties cricket for Durham in 1982 and 1983, once taking 7-32 for them in the Nat West Trophy one day competition. Davis made his debut for Victoria in 1983-84. He impressed as an economical medium-fast in-swing bowler and, … - Edward Hunter
Edward Hunter (also known as "Billy Banjo") June 2, 1885 - December 6, 1959 was a Scottish born socialist active in both Scotland and New Zealand. He was a trade union organiser, politician and a writer, and played a considerable role in the development of socialism in New Zealand. Born in Lanarkshire he was the son of a miner, which he would later become himself at the age of 12 after receiving little formal education. - Eric Saindon
Eric Saindon (born December 5, 1969) born in Bangor, Maine is an American visual effects supervisor for several movies, including "Fantastic Four", "Night at the Museum", "X-Men: The Last Stand" and worked on others such as, "King Kong", "I, Robot", "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Little Vampire", … - Andrew Niccol
Andrew M. Niccol (born 1964) is a screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed "Gattaca", "S1m0ne", and "Lord of War". He also wrote and co-produced "The Truman Show", which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay in 1999. Niccol was born in Paraparaumu, New Zealand and grew up in Auckland. He left New Zealand at age 21 and began directing commercials in London, England. - Cherry Wilder
Cherry Wilder (September 3, 1930 - March 14, 2002) was the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand and spent much of her time in Australia and Germany. She chose the pseudonym when she began to write science fiction in 1974. She published over fifty short stories and novels. She died on March 14, 2002, in Wellington, New Zealand from cancer, aged 71. - Lani Tupu
Lani John Tupu is a New Zealand actor, best known for his portrayal of Bialar Crais on the hit TV series Farscape (he also provided the voice of the Pilot in that show; hence, he was featured in nearly every episode). He trained as a teacher at the Teachers’ Training College in Wellington, New Zealand, but had had a long interest in acting. He originally became well known in New Zealand as the lead, Dr Miller, in the prime-time soap "Country GP" (1984–5), … - Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait (aka Mary Gayle Sims) is a former chief executive of the Women's Refuge organisation of New Zealand. She also stood as a candidate for Parliament, serving briefly as deputy leader of the small Christian Heritage Party. Raukawa-Tait was born in Feilding, New Zealand. She has worked in a number of jobs, both in New Zealand and in Zurich, Switzerland. - Clarrie Grimmett
Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (December 25, 1891 - May 2, 1980) was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper. Grimmett was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, on Christmas Day. A schoolmaster encouraged him to concentrate on spin bowling rather than fast bowling.
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