Famous New Zealanders
New Zealand's Information
| Land Area | 264,537 km2 |
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| Water Area | 4,301 km2 |
| Total Area | 268,838 km2 |
| Population | 4,474,549 |
| Population Density | 16.64 / km2 |
| Government Type | Parliamentary Democracy (New Zealand Parliament) Under A Constitutional Monarchy; A Commonwealth Realm |
| GDP (PPP) | $175.00 Billion |
| GDP Per Capita | $37,100 |
| Currency | Dollar (NZD) |
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- Laurence Aberhart photographer
- Andrew Ralph Adamson film director
- Alexander Aitken mathematician
- Gretchen Albrecht artist
- William Alington architect
- All Blacks national rugby team
- Rewi Alley author, educator, social reformer
- Chris Amon race car driver
- Rita Angus artist
- Billy Apple artist
- Peter Arnett journalist, winner pulitzer prize
- Sylvia Ashton-Warner author, poet, educator
- Nathan Astle cricketer
- Ian Athfield architect
- Anne Audain middle, long distance athlete
- Erin Baker athlete
- Murray Ball cartoonist
- Barry Barclay film maker
- Simon Barnett radio, television host
- Brian Barratt-Boyes pioneering heart surgeon
- Jean Batten aviatrix
- Kylie Bax actress, model
- James Keir Baxter poet
- Zoe Bell actress, stuntwoman
- Peter Blake yachtsman, america's cup winner
- Brian Brake photographer
- John Britten mechanical engineer, designer world record setting motorcycle
- Nigel Brown artist
- Robert Burchfield scholar, writer, lexicographer
- Chris Cairns cricketer
- Catherine Campbell cricketer
- Martin Campbell film, television director
- Michael Campbell golfer
- Jane Campion film maker, director
- Niki Caro film director, producer, screenwriter
- Hamist Carter olympic medalist, triathlete
- Len Castle potter
- Sir Robert James "Bob" Charles golfer
- Raymond Ching artist
- Helen Clark politician, prime minister
- John Clarke comedian, writer
- Dame Marie Clay researcher, developed reading recovery intervention program
- Jemaine Clement actor, musician
- Trelise Cooper fashion designer
- Dame Whina Cooper maori leader
- Morton W. Coutts inventor continuous fermentation method
- Russell Coutts sailing match racer, olympic medalist
- Joy Cowley author
- Tina Cross singer
- Russell Crowe actor
- Barry Crump author
- Max Cryer producer, broadcaster, writer
- Cliff Curtis actor
D - G
- Alan Dale actor
- Melvin Day artist, art historian
- Bevan Docherty olympic medalist, triathlete
- Roger Douglas politician
- Oliver Driver actor, director
- Emily Drumm cricketer
- Alan Duff author, columnist
- Henry George "Harry" Ell politician, conservationist
- Gareth Farr composer, percussionist
- Elisabeth Findlay fashion designer
- Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn singer, songwriter
- Neil Finn singer, songwriter
- Stephen Fleming cricketer
- Janet Frame author
- Maurice Gee author
- Sir Harold Delf Gillies "father of plastic surgery"
- Douglas Glass photographer
- Sid Going rugby player
- C. F. Goldie artist
- Patricia Grace author
- Sir George Grey soldier, explorer, new zealand governor, author (born in Portugal)
- Richard Hadlee cricketer
- Murray Halberg olympic medalist
- Sir Charles William "Bill" Hamilton developer modern jetboat
- Rhona Haszard artist
- Charles Heaphy explorer, recipient victoria cross
- Hone Heke maori chief, war leader
- Martin Henderson actor
- Rua Kenana Hepetipa maori prophet
- Te Puea Herangi maori leader
- Hongi Hika maori chief, war leader
- Mabel Hill artist
- Sir Edmund Hillary mountaineer, explorer
- Te Randi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck) maori leader
- Debbie Hockley cricketer
- Frances Hodgkins artist
- Fred Hollows opthalmologist
- Keith Holyoake former prime minister
- Ralph Hotere artist
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H continued
- Michael Houstoun concert pianist
- Dick Hubbard founder hubbards foods
- Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme race car driver
- Keri Hulme writer
- Rachel Hunter model, television host
- Witi Ihimaera author
- Humphrey Ikin furniture designer
- Tame Iti tuhoe maori activist
- Peter Jackson director, producer, writer
- Rowena Jackson ballerina
- Billy T. James entertainer
- Philip "Phil" Keoghan television host
- Richard Killeen artist, sculptor
- Sir Frederic Truby King health reformer, founder plunket society
- Michael King historian, author, biographer
- Norman Kirk former prime minister
- Robert Laidlaw founder farmers trading company
- Peter Land actor, singer
- David Lange former prime minister
- Lucy Lawless actress, singer
- Anna Lawrence hockey player
- Michael Laws politician, columnist
- John A. Lee politician, socialist, author
- Douglas Lilburn composer
- Danyon Loader olympic medalist, swimmer
- Elsie Locke author, activist
- Jonah Lomu footballer
- Jack Lovelock olympic medalist
- Sir David Alexander Low political cartoonist
- Len Lye film, kinetic sculpture artist
- Peter Lynn engineer, inventor, kite maker
- Melanie Lynskey actress
- Alan MacDiarmid chemist, nobel laureate
- Margaret Mahy author
- Dame Malvina Major opera singer
- Robyn Malcolm actress
- Bill Manhire poet
- Katherine Mansfield author
- Bruce Marsh playwright, critic
- Dame Ngaio Marsh author, theater director
- Paul Maunder film director, playwright
- Colin McCahon artist
- Shona McFarlane journalist, broadcaster, artist
- Brad McGann film director, screenwriter
- Dr. Sir Archibald McIndoe plastic surgeon pioneer
- Peter McIntyre artist, author
- Bret McKenzie actor, comedian
- Sir Roy McKenzie horse breeder, racer, philanthropist
- Bruce McLaren race car designer, driver, engineer
- Colin "Pinetree" Meads footballer
- Sir James Mills founder union steam ship company
- Sam Morgan founder trademe
- Temuera Morrison actor
- Richard "Dick" Motz cricketer
- Sir Robert D. Muldoon former prime minister
- Ian Mune actor, director
- Colin Murdoch pharmicist, inventor disposable syringe
- Geoff Murphy film maker
- Keith Murray ceramic artist, architect, designer
- Sam Neill actor
- George Nepia footballer
- Guy Ngan artist
- Sir Apirana Ngata foremost maori politician
- Andrew Niccol screenwriter, producer, director
- John O'Shea independent film maker, director
- Michael Paarekowhai sculptor
- Anna Paquin actress (born in Canada)
- Sir Keith Rodney Park commander royal air force
- Richard Pearse inventor, aviator
- Brian Perkins radio host
- Francis "Frank" Petre architect
- Sir William Pickering space scientist
- Nyree Dawn Porter actress
- Antonia Prebble actress
- John Pule artist, author, poet (born in Niue)
- John Rangihau academic, maori leader
- Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana founder ratana religion, faith healer
- Te Rauparaha maori chief, war leader
- Te Whiti o Rongomai III maori spiritual leader
- Caleb Ross actor
- Alison Routledge actress
- Briolette Kah Bic Runga singer, songwriter
- Ernest Rutherford physicist, "father nuclear physics", nobel laureate
- Frank Sargeson author
- Katherine "Kate" Sheppard leader women's suffrage(born in England)
- Silver Ferns national netball team
- Sir Keith Sinclair poet, historian
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- Amanda "Mandy" Smith hockey player
- Kevin Tod Smith actor
- Michael Smither artist
- Peter Snell olympic medalist, runner
- Ewen Solon actor
- Matthew Sunderland actor
- William "Bill" Sutton artist
- Grahame Sydney artist
- Dame Miraka "Mira" Szaszy Maori leader
- Angus Tait electronics innovator
- Blyth Tait olympic medalist, equestrian
- Lee Tamahori film director
- Rebecca Taylor fashion designer
- Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa soprano
- "Te Kooti" Arikirangi Te Turuki maori leader
- Inia Watene Tauhia Te Wiata opera singer
- Stephen Tindall founder the warehouse
- Dame Catherine Tizard first woman governor-general
- Mark Todd olympic medalist, equestrian
- Kirk Torrance actor, playwright
- Sir Jon Trimmer ballet dancer
- David Tua boxer
- Gwenda Turner author
- Sarah Ulmer olympic medalist, cyclist
- Charles Upham recipient multiple victoria cross
- Karl Urban actor
- Bianca van Rangelrooy artist
- Daniel Vettori cricketer
- Valerie Vili olympic medalist, shot putter
- Alexander von Tunzelmann explorer
- Rob Waddell olympic medalist, rower
- Taika Waititi film director, screenwriter
- Nancy Wake servicewoman
- John Walker olympic medalist, runner
- Karen Walker fashion designer
- Vincent Ward film director, screen writer
- Marilyn Waring economist, human rights activist
- Sir Miles Warren architect
- Robert G. "Bob" Webster avian influenze expert
- Annie Whittle actress, singer
- Anthony "Tony" Wilding tennis player, soldier
- Maurice Wilkins molecular biologist, nobel laureate
- Harold Williams journalist, polyglot
- Yvette Williams olympic medalist, athlete
- Sir Mountford Tosswill "Toss" Woollaston artist
- Frank Worsley sailor, explorer
- Douglas Wright dancer, choreographer
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