- Beef Wellington
Beef Wellington is a Canadian professional wrestler known for his appearances in Combat Zone Wrestling as one half of the tag team Team Masturbation with Excalibur. He has also wrestled for UWA Hardcore, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and International Wrestling Syndicate.
- David Wellington
David Wellington is a contemporary American horror author, best known for his novel "Monster Island" and its sequels.
- George Wellington
George Louis Wellington (January 28, 1852 - March 20, 1927) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897-1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives. Wellington was born in Cumberland, Maryland and attended a German school with some private instruction. He went on to be a clerk in the Second National Bank of Cumberland in 1870 and later was a teller.
- Roderick Wellington
Roderick Wellington (born 1978 in Tooting, England) is a British professional basketball player, and currently plays for the Guildford Heat in the British Basketball League. The 6ft 5in tall Forward was educated at Marjon College, based in Plymouth and it was here where he started his professional basketball career with the Plymouth Raiders in 2002, then a National Basketball League team. After enjoying two very successful years with the Raiders, …
- Trevor Mallard
Trevor Colin Mallard (born 17 June 1954) is a New Zealand politician. He is currently a member of Cabinet, the Minister of Economic Development, the Minister of Industry and Regional Development, the Minister of State Owned Enterprises, the Minister of Sport and Recreation and Minister for the Rugby World Cup. He is also the associate Minister of Finance.
- Annette King
Annette Faye King (born 13 September 1947) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the governing Labour Party, and currently serves in Cabinet as Minister of Police, Minister of Food Safety, Minister of Transport and Minister of State Services. King was born in Murchison, a town in the West Coast region of the South Island. After receiving primary and secondary education in Murchison, she attended the University of Waikato and gained a BA degree.
- Tana Umaga
Jonathan Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, ONZM, (born May 27 1973 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He has played for the Hurricanes since the Super 12's inception in 1996 and took over the captaincy in 2003.
- Ma'A Nonu
Ma'a Allan Nonu (born 21 May 1982 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a professional rugby union player from New Zealand. Nonu plays for the Wellington Lions in the NPC, the Hurricanes in the Super 14, and the New Zealand All Blacks. He plays in the centre position, but can also cover second five-eighth and wing. Of Samoan descent, Nonu is known for his blonde-streaked dreadlocks and former penchant for wearing eyeliner on the field.
- George Smith
George Smith (19 June 1815 - 14 December 1871) was a missionary in China and the Anglican bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong) from 1849 to 1865, the first of this newly established diocese. Smith was born in Wellington, Somerset on 19 June 1815. He obtained a BA in classics from Oxford in 1837 (and an MA in 1843 and DD in 1849) and was ordained as a deacon in 1839 and a priest in 1840.
- Gordon Copeland
Gordon Copeland is a New Zealand born politician. Until recently, he was a Member of Parliament for United Future New Zealand party, having been elected to the New Zealand Parliament as a list MP in the 2002 elections. Previously, he held a number of corporate positions before working as the financial administrator for the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington.
- John Wood
John Wood (1812 - November 14, 1871) was a Scottish naval officer, surveyor, cartographer and explorer, principally remembered for his exploration of central Asia. Wood was born in Perth, Scotland. After schooling at Perth Academy, he joined the British Indian Navy and soon demonstrated a flair for surveying. Many of the maps of southern Asia which he compiled remained standard for the rest of the nineteenth century.
- Ruth Dyson
Ruth Suzanne Dyson (born 11 August 1957) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. Dyson was born in Lower Hutt. Her father served in the New Zealand Army, and so Dyson's family frequently moved around the country. Dyson joined the Labour Party in Westport in 1979, and worked as a campaign organiser for Labour MP Kerry Burke in the 1981 and 1984 elections.
- Conrad Smith
Conrad Gerard Smith (born 10 December 1981 in Hawera, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a midfield back and plays outside centre (13). He had been in many Taranaki age group teams. He moved to Wellington to study law at Victoria University. Smith has not yet completed his bar exams but holds a Bachelor of Laws from the university. He plays for the Wellington Hurricanes in the Super 14 and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup.
- John Campbell
John Campbell (born 1964) is the presenter of "Campbell Live", a primetime 7.00pm current affairs programme on TV3 in New Zealand. Campbell graduated from Wellington College then Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours, and then worked as a share trader, providing a share report to Radio New Zealand's "Midday Report". In 1989, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) offered him a job as a business reporter.
- Mils Muliaina
Junior Malili Muliaina, better known as Mils Muliana, is an international rugby union player for the New Zealand All Blacks. He was born on 31 July 1980 in Salesi, Western Samoa, but moved with his family to Invercargill at the age of 2. Starring in Southland age group representative teams he first attended Cargill High School then Southland Boys' High School, …
- Neemia Tialata
Neemiah Stanley Tialata (born 15 July 1982 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer that currently plays for the national team - the All Blacks. As well as representing New Zealand, he also plays for the Hurricanes in the Super 14 and for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup. Tialata was born in Lower Hutt but moved, when he was one, to Samoa with his parents who were undergoing religious training.
- Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield was a prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction.
- Sue Kedgley
Sue Kedgley (born 1948), BA (Victoria University), TTC (Auckland University), MA (Hons) (Otago University), a New Zealand politician, has represented the Green Party in the New Zealand Parliament since first becoming a Member of Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 elections. She won re-election in the 2002 and 2005 elections. She currently fills the 3rd slot on the Green Party list.
- Jack Johnson
John McLellan Johnson (born August 20, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1975 to 1990. Johnson was educated at Ryerson Polytechnical School in Toronto, and worked as a retail merchant. He was a councillor in the Town of Mount Forest from 1968 to 1973, and mayor from 1973 to 1975.
- David Kirk
David Edward Kirk, MBE, (born 5 October 1961 in Wellington; grew up in Palmerston North) is a former New Zealand rugby player best known for having been the captain of the All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987. Interestingly, he would not have been captain but for a practice injury suffered by regular captain Andy Dalton just prior to the World Cup that kept the latter out of the tournament.
- Ross Taylor
Ross Luteru Taylor (born 8 March 1984 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a cricketer. He has captained the New Zealand Under-19 side in youth internationals. Taylor has scored 132* in the State Shield in 2003-2004, and 184 in the State Championship in 2004-2005.
- 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.
- Lloyd Jones
Lloyd Jones (born in Lower Hutt, 23 March, 1955) is a New Zealand author who currently resides in Wellington. He is a graduate of Victoria University. In 1988 he was the recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship. From August 2007 he will spend a year in Berlin as beneficiary of the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency. In May 2007, he won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel "Mr Pip".
- Kerry Prendergast
Kerry Prendergast (born 28 March 1953) has been Mayor of Wellington since 2001.
- Spiro Zavos
Spiro Zavos (born in 1937 in Wellington, New Zealand of Greek immigrant parents) is an Australasian historian, philosopher, journalist and writer. He also played one first-class cricket match for Wellington in the 1958-59 season. After gaining a Bachelor of Arts from the Victoria University of Wellington, Zavos taught history at St Patrick's College. In 1967, Zavos gained a Master of Arts (Education) from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
- Simon Power
Simon James Power (born 1970) is a New Zealand politician. He is currently one of the more prominent members of the National Party, the main opposition party. He serves as the National Party's chief whip, and as its conservation spokesperson. Power was educated in Palmerston North, attending St. Peter's College. He was prominent in the life of St. Peter's, captaining two senior sports teams and chairing the School Council.
- James Franklin
James Edward Charles Franklin (born November 7, 1980 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler who can swing the ball and also a capable left handed lower order batsman. He is one of only two New Zealanders to ever take a hat-trick in Test cricket (the other being Peter Petherick). He achieved the feat on 20 October 2004 against Bangladesh.
- Robert Johnson
Blessed Robert Johnson, a Shropshire native, was a Catholic priest and martyr during the reign of Elizabeth I. He joined the German College in Rome on October 1, 1571. He was ordained a priest in Brussels from the English College, Douai. After a pilgrimage to Rome in 1579 he returned to England in 1580, was arrested on July 12, and put in the tower on December 5. Johnson was racked on December 16 and put in a dungeon until his trial on November 14, 1581.
- Ricki Herbert
Ricki Herbert (born April 10, 1961) is a former New Zealand football (soccer) player and is currently the coach of the New Zealand national team, also known as the All Whites. He had a very successful career as a player, and played for the All Whites frequently in the 1980s. He is now head coach of the new A-League team based in Wellington, Wellington Phoenix. He was a member of the New Zealand squad which qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, …
- Luamanuvao Winnie Laban
Luamanuvao Winnie Laban (Born 1955) is a New Zealand politician. She is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party representing the Mana electorate.
- John Graham
David John Graham CBE (born January 1, 1935, in Stratford, New Zealand) is the current president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and a former All Black loose forward who played 22 Tests between 1958 and 1964, including 3 as captain. He was headmaster of Auckland Grammar School from 1973 to 1993, New Zealand cricket team manager from 1997 to 1999, Auckland University Chancellor from 1999 to 2004, and was elected president of the NZRFU in April, 2005.
- Bob Jones
Sir Robert 'Bob' Jones (born 1939) is a property tycoon, author and former politician in New Zealand. Growing up in working class Naenae, Wellington, he attended Victoria University of Wellington and contributed to a boxing column in the university's newspaper "Salient (magazine). He earned his wealth through property investment. He formed the short-lived neo-liberal New Zealand Party in 1983, just before Robert Muldoon's snap 1984 election.
- Nathan Sharpe
Nathan Sharpe (born 26 February, 1976 in Wagga Wagga) is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force. During 1996, Sharpe played for the under-19 Australian rugby union team. The following year he went on to play for the under-21s national side. In 2002 he was voted as the Australian Rugby Medal for Excellence which, the award which is voted for by players from all the Australian Super 12 teams (then, Queensland Reds, …
- Paul Swain
Paul Swain (1951 -) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He became the MP for the seat of Eastern Hutt in the 1990 elections, and has been the MP for Rimutaka since the 1996 elections. Swain has held a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Commerce, Minister of Statistics, and Associate Minister of Finance. He is currently Minister of Immigration, Minister of Labour, Minister of Corrections, Minister for Information Technology, …
- Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Shashi Patel (born 7 May, 1980 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. Patel is a right arm off spin bowler. He plays domestic cricket for the Wellington Firebirds and has represented the New Zealand Black Caps in One-day Internationals, Twenty20 matches, and a Test. Patel was earmarked as a promising player early in his career. He played age group cricket in Wellington at under 15, under 17, and under 19 levels.
- Jimmy Gopperth
James Gopperth (born 29 June 1983 in New Plymouth, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who plays for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Hurricanes in the Super 14. His position is flyhalf and in 2006 played for the Junior All Blacks. He plays for Old Boys/University in the Wellington premier competition.
- 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==
- Jesse Ryder
Jesse Daniel Ryder (b. 6 August, 1984) in Masterton is a New Zealand cricketer. A left handed middle order batsman and useful right-arm medium bowler, he played for New Zealand in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2002 and also represented Central Districts at both first-class and List A level. He now plays for Wellington.
- Ross Robertson
Harold Valentine Ross Robertson (known as HV Ross Robertson) (1949 -) is a New Zealand politician, and currently one of two Assistant Speakers in the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 elections, representing Papatoetoe. Since the 1996 elections, when the Papatoetoe seat was abolished, Robertson has represented the seat of Manukau East.
- Carlos Spencer
Carlos James Spencer (born 14 October 1975 in Levin) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays at for the Northampton Saints in England and formerly for the New Zealand All Blacks. Spencer is 1.84m tall and weighs 95kg. He played for the Auckland Blues Super 12 franchise from the inception of the competition in 1996 until 2005, and has played extensively for the Auckland National Provincial Championship (NPC) side.