Thomas Brunner

Thomas Brunner

male, deceased (1874)
Surveyor, maori, explorer, English, Explorer of New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand…New Zealand Company, WestCoast, NewZealand, Greymouth, New Zealand, Hokitika, New Zealand, western coast
Thomas Brunner (baptised August 22, 1821, in Oxford, England; died April 22, 1874 in Nelson, New Zealand) was an English-born surveyor and explorer...
Keri Hulme

Keri Hulme

female, 62 years old
Okarito, English, Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Book Award for Fiction, Westland, New Zealand, Okarito Lagoon…WestCoast, NewZealand, Republicanism in New Zealand
Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer, best known for "The Bone People", her only novel. Hulme was born in Christchurch, in New Zealand's South...
Rick Barker

Rick Barker

male, 58 years old
Member of the Cabinet of New Zealand, trade unions, New Zealand Labour Party MP, Hastings, New Zealand, New Zealand Cabinet, Greymouth…New Zealand Customs Service, WestCoast, NewZealand, west coast, New Zealand Labour Party
Richard John Barker (27 October 1951 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and currently serves as a middle-ranking...
Mark Priest

Mark Priest

male, 48 years old
odi, Greymouth, WestCoast, NewZealand, ODI cricketer, One-day International, Test cricket
Mark Wellings Priest (born August 12, 1961, Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 18 ODIs...

Leonard Cockayne

male, deceased (1934)
Botanist, west coast, wesley college, Otira, dunedin, From sheffield…WestCoast, NewZealand, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand Institute of Horticulture
Dr Leonard Cockayne (7 April 1855 - 8 July 1934) was born in Sheffield, England where he attended Wesley College. He travelled to Australia in 1877...
Damien O'Connor

Damien O'Connor

male
Roman Catholic, Irish New Zealander, Member of the Cabinet of New Zealand, New Zealand Labour Party MP, sco Damien O'Connor, New Zealand National Party…west coast, WestCoast, NewZealand, New Zealand Labour Party
Damien Peter O'Connor is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections,...
Mac Anderson

Mac Anderson

male, deceased (1979)
canterbury, Canterbury cricketer, cricketer, Christchurch, test cricketer, Test cricket…Canterbury, New Zealand, WestCoast, NewZealand
William McDougall Anderson (born October 8, 1919, West Coast, New Zealand, died December 21, 1979, Christchurch, Canterbury) was a New Zealand...
Kerry Burke

Kerry Burke

male, 67 years old
Member of the Cabinet of New Zealand, New Zealand Labour Party MP, Local political office-holders in New Zealand, Greymouth, New Zealand, Greymouth, Sir Thomas Kerry Burke…New Zealand Parliament, Rangiora, New Zealand, WestCoast, NewZealand, Christchurch, New Zealand, west coast
Sir Thomas Kerry Burke (born March 24 1942) served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990. He was a member of the...
Stevan Eldred-Grigg

Stevan Eldred-Grigg

male, 57 years old
University of Canterbury alumni, Blackball, New Zealand, WestCoast, NewZealand, Australian National University alumni, Greymouth, Gold rushes…New Zealand author, A New History of Canterbury, west coast, New Zealand literature
Stevan Treleaven Eldred-Grigg Born 1952 is the New Zealand author of nine novels, five history books and several short stories. Born in Greymouth,...
Toss Woollaston

Toss Woollaston

male, deceased (1998)
painter, Toko, World War II, artist, west coast, nelson…Nelson, New Zealand, WestCoast, NewZealand
Sir Mountford Tosswill "Toss" Woollaston (1910-1998) was one of the most important New Zealand painters of the 20th century. Born in Toko, Taranaki...