Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing.
Lesley Jean Murdoch is a New Zealand former cricketer and field hockey player. Between 1979 and 1990 she appeared in 6 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for New Zealand as a batter. Murdoch also captained New Zealand in three Tests, drawing two and losing one, and fifteen One Day Internationals, winning eight and losing six, with one no result. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury. In hockey, she was a member of the New Zealand team that finished sixth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major is a New Zealand opera soprano.
Sir Stephen Robert Tindall is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse, The Warehouse Group, and the Tindall Foundation.
Sir Brian James Lochore was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach who represented and captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the side 46 times. In 1999, Lochore was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
John Warham was an Australian and New Zealand photographer and ornithologist notable for his research on seabirds, especially petrels.
Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, was a Kenyan of British descent, author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild for over 30 years. She was the founder of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
Ngāti Rānana is a Māori cultural group based in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It is open to the Māori community in the city, and hosts events attended by many non-Māori. The club aims to provide "an environment to teach, learn and participate in Māori culture and to promote New Zealand through Māori culture". Its performing arts group regularly performs throughout the UK and the rest of Europe.
Diana Isaac, Lady Isaac was a New Zealand conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist and arts patron who supported a wide range of projects within Canterbury. She was best known for co-founding and running Isaac Construction with her husband Sir Neil Isaac.
Kerry-Jayne Wilson is a New Zealand biologist and retired lecturer in ecology at Lincoln University, in the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Anne Victoria Cameron is a New Zealand medical researcher specialising in molecular endocrinology.
Dianne Christine McCarthy is a New Zealand scientist and professional director, who was the chief executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand between 2007 and 2014. She lives in Blenheim.
Lesley Louise Rhodes is a New Zealand scientist. She is the co-leader of the Nationally Significant Database programme (NSD) for the Cawthron Institute. In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was named as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition for her contributions to science and marine farming.
Sir Robert George Mappin Fenwick was a New Zealand environmentalist, businessman and professional director.
Pembroke Peraniko "Pem" Bird is a New Zealand educator and Māori community leader. From 2010 to 2013, he was President of the Māori Party.
Amanda Margaret Meredith Oakley is a New Zealand-based dermatologist, specialising in melanoma research and teledermatology. She is a founder and current editor-in-chief of DermNet NZ.
Yvonne Mignon Willering is a Dutch-born New Zealand netball coach and former representative netball player. Willering played for the New Zealand national netball team – the Silver Ferns – from 1974 to 1983. She was coach of the Silver Ferns from 1997 to 2001, and coach of the Fijian national team from 2002 to 2003.
Ramari Evelyn Sidonie Oliphant Stewart is a New Zealand Māori whale expert. Her iwi affiliations are Ngāti Awa, Rongomaiwahine, and Ngāti Mahuta. She was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services Māori culture and wildlife conservation and research. The newly discovered Ramari's beaked whale is named in her honour. Stewart had assisted in the recovery and preparation of this pregnant female, thought at the time to be a True's beaked whale in 2012.
Alexandra Mary Raine Matheson is a New Zealand transgender activist, entertainer, and educator.
Edith Amituanai Auckland, New Zealand, is a contemporary artist. She has received multiple awards including the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award 2007, Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award and The Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award.
