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.
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major is a New Zealand opera soprano.
Priscilla Muriel McQueen is a New Zealand poet and three-time winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry.
The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago,one of the five Arts Fellowships at the university. It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand,and is currently the only position of its kind;the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers. In 2013,Martin Lodge,Associate Professor and Convenor of the Waikato University Music Programme described the Mozart Fellowship as "New Zealand's premiere composer residency,being the longest established,best paid and most prestigious with the list of past Fellows a veritable who's who of New Zealand composers".
Jennifer Helen McLeod was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at Victoria University of Wellington. She composed several major works for big groups including Under the Sun for four orchestras and 450 children, and the opera Hōhepa.
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral church located in The Octagon near the Dunedin Town Hall in the heart of Dunedin,New Zealand. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Dunedin and the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin.
David Blair Hamilton is a New Zealand composer and teacher.
The Royal Dunedin Male Choir is one of New Zealand's oldest male choirs. Their repertoire includes popular tunes,hymns,operatic choruses,folk songs and traditional melodies. The Choir undertakes fee-paying and charity engagements throughout the Otago,Southland and South Canterbury regions of New Zealand.
Dorothy Whitson Freed was a New Zealand author,composer,and music historian. She made significant contributions to the field of music librarians,and authored several books and articles regarding musical information and resources in New Zealand.
Gillian Margaret Bibby was a New Zealand composer,pianist,writer and teacher.
Guy Elwyn Jansen was a New Zealand music educator and choral musician.
Winifred Honor McKellar was a New Zealand mezzo-soprano opera singer and singing teacher,and was the first full-time lecturer in singing at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Her students included Jonathan Lemalu,Patrick Power and Matt Landreth. In 1989,she was awarded a Queen's Service Medal for services to music,and in 2012,she was made a life member of the New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing.
Leonie Joyce Holmes is a New Zealand composer and lecturer at the University of Auckland with an interest in music education.
Karen Lesley Grylls is a New Zealand choral conductor. She is an associate professor in choral conducting at the University of Auckland and founder of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir.
Glenda Ruth Keam is a New Zealand composer,music scholar,and educator. In 2021,Keam was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to music and music education.
Margaret Medlyn is a New Zealand opera singer and voice teacher. In 2012,Medlyn was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to opera.
Lisa Shelley Argilla is a South African–New Zealand wildlife veterinarian who leads a wildlife hospital in Dunedin. Argilla is director of the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. In 2021 Argilla was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to animal welfare and conservation.
Florence Joyce Cowan is a New Zealand midwife and educator,and an authority on pre-eclampsia. She was co-founder and director of the charity NZ Action on Pre-eclampsia,and introduced the GAP programme to monitor the growth of small babies. In 2023 Cowan was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to midwifery,after a more than fifty year career contributing to the profession.
Judith Catherine Trotter is a New Zealand diplomat. In 1996,Trotter was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to diplomacy. She has also been awarded a New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal,a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal,and France's National Order of Merit.
Catherine Mary Cornish is a New Zealand music educator,artistic director and choral conductor. In 2023 Cornish was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the performing arts.
