Michael Walker

Michael Walker

male
Michael Walker is an outstanding young New Zealand jockey of Māori ancestry who has confounded horse racing aficionados with skills that permit h...
Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

female, deceased (1984)
Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner, New Zealand writer, poet and educator, was born on December 17, 1908, in Stratford, New Zealand. She spent many...
Hugh Kawharu

Hugh Kawharu

male, deceased (2006)
Sir Ian Hugh Kawharu, ONZ, FRSNZ, (18 February 1927 - 19 September 2006) was a distinguished academic and paramount chief of the Ngāti Whātua Mā...
Don Selwyn

Don Selwyn

male, deceased (2007)
Don C. Selwyn was a Maori actor and film director from New Zealand. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust and made the...

Pete Smith

male
Pete Smith is a New Zealand actor of Māori descent. In 2006, he won Best Performance by a Supporting Actor at the Air New Zealand Screen Awards f...
Hugh McGahan

Hugh McGahan

male, 48 years old
Hugh Mcgahan MBE (born 15 November, 1961 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former rugby league footballer. The tall Maori backrower played in over 100...
Charles Heaphy

Charles Heaphy

male, deceased (1881)
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...
Gordon Walters

Gordon Walters

male, deceased (1995)
Gordon Walters was a pioneer of modernist abstract painting in New Zealand. Walters is best known for his geometric abstract Koru works, whose...

Rhys Thomas

male, deceased (2004)
Rhys Thomas was a Welsh rugby player. Thomas was a flanker for Llanelli RFC of the Welsh Rugby Union in the 1920s. Although he was rated unlucky...
Te Puea Herangi

Te Puea Herangi

female, deceased (1952)
Te Puea Herangi, CBE (9 November 1883- 12 October 1952) was a respected Māori leader from New Zealand's Waikato region known by the name Princess T...