Famous New Zealanders
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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
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- 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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Land Area | 264,537 km2 |
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Water Area | 4,301 km2 |
Total Area | 268,838km2 (#75) |
Population | 4,474,549 (#126) |
Population Density | 16.91/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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Nelson | Nelson |
Northland | Whangarei |
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Southland | Invercargill |
Taranaki | New Plymouth |
Tasman District | Richmond |
Waikato | Hamilton |
Wellington | Wellington |
West Coast | Greymouth |
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