Keven Filipo Mealamu is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played at hooker for the Blues in Super Rugby, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team. He was a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only 21 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
Gregory James Smith is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer, who played as a hooker.
Samoan New Zealanders are Samoan immigrants in New Zealand, their descendants, and New Zealanders of Samoan ethnic descent. They constitute one of New Zealand's most sizeable ethnic minorities. In the 2018 census, 182,721 New Zealanders identified themselves as being of Samoan ethnicity with 55,512 stating that they were born in Samoa, and 861 stating that they were born in American Samoa.
Helen Va'aga is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She made her international debut for the Black Ferns against Germany at the 2002 Rugby World Cup in Spain.
Jed Rowlands is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He coached the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's national rugby team from 2003 to 2006.
Kelly Brazier is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays flyhalf, centre or fullback in New Zealand, Canterbury and Canadian club Edmonton Clansmen RFC.
The New Zealand women's national rugby league team, also known as the Kiwi Ferns or New Zealand Kiwi Ferns, represents New Zealand in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the New Zealand Rugby League.
Fiao'o Fa'amausili is a former New Zealand female rugby union player. She played for New Zealand and Auckland. She made her Black Ferns debut on 18 May, 2002 against Australia at Barcelona. She was a member of the winning Black Ferns squad for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She has been to five World Cups beginning from 2002–2017.
Victoria Heighway is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She played Lock for New Zealand internationally and represented Auckland at the provincial level.
Davida White is a former female rugby union player. She represented New Zealand and Auckland. She was a member of the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad. White captained Auckland to victory in the 2000 National Provincial Championship.
Monique Hirovanaa is a former female rugby union player. She played for New Zealand and Auckland. She was in the squad that won the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup and the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Rachel Makata is a former female rugby union player. She played for New Zealand internationally and for Auckland. She was in the squad that won the 2006 Rugby World Cup in Canada. Makata also represented Auckland's under 21 netball team.
Theresa Matauaina Fitzpatrick is a New Zealand rugby union player.
Ruby Tui is a New Zealand rugby union player. She competed internationally when the national rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament. She won a gold medal in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Black Ferns team that won the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
The dawn raids were crackdowns in New Zealand from 1973 to 1979 and then sporadically afterward on alleged illegal overstayers from the Pacific Islands. The raids were first introduced in 1973 by Prime Minister Norman Kirk's Labour government, who discontinued them in April 1974. However, they were later reintroduced and intensified by Rob Muldoon's Third National government. These operations involved special police squads conducting often aggressive raids on the homes and workplaces of overstayers throughout New Zealand, usually at dawn and almost exclusively directed at Pasifika New Zealanders, regardless of their citizenship status. Overstayers and their families were often prosecuted and then deported back to their countries.
Vania Wolfgramm is a New Zealand-born Samoan. A former member of the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, she is now a Women's Rugby Development Manager for New Zealand Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the country, and a television commentator.
Rebecca Liua'ana is a former rugby union player. She made her debut for New Zealand against Canada on 16 October 1999 at Palmerston North. She competed at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. Luia'ana was impressive in her teams trouncing of Australia in their quarter-final match. She scored a try in their semifinal victory over France.
Liz Patu is an Australian rugby union player. She made her international debut against New Zealand in 2014. She plays Prop for the Queensland Reds in the Super W competition.
Charlotte Scanlan is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are prop, lock and second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu Atai-i "Sylvia" Brunt is a New Zealand rugby union player.
