Margaret Elizabeth Austin is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1984 to 1996, representing first the Labour Party and then briefly United New Zealand.
Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. She is best known for her "Hairy Maclary and Friends" series, and its follow-ups, all of which feature animals with rhyming names and have sold over five million copies worldwide. In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Award.
Dame Gaylene Mary Preston is a New Zealand filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary films.
Dame Patricia Rose Bergquist was a New Zealand zoologist who specialised in anatomy and taxonomy. At the time of her death, she was professor emerita of zoology and honorary professor of anatomy with radiology at the University of Auckland.
Dame Margaret Clara Bazley is a New Zealand public servant.
Robert "Roy" Geddes was a Scottish-born New Zealand chemist and biochemist, and worked as Dean of Science and Engineering at Auckland Institute of Technology.
Olivia Elizabeth "Polly" Powrie is a New Zealand sailor. She has won Olympic and world championship titles in the 470 class, and is also a former 420 world champion.
Juliet Ann Gerrard, FRSNZ, HonFRSC is a New Zealand biochemistry academic. She is a professor at the University of Auckland and the New Zealand Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor.
Margaret Elaine di Menna was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Otago was entitled Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship. She had previously graduated with a MSc(Hons) from the same institution in 1948.
Dame Margaret June Sparrow is a New Zealand medical doctor, reproductive rights advocate, and author.
Dame Margaret Clark is a New Zealand political science academic. She is currently an emeritus professor of politics at Victoria University of Wellington.
Merata Kawharu is a New Zealand Māori writer and academic active in the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Māori Heritage Council. Her principal research is on the concept of kaitiakitanga within Māori culture.
Philippa Margaret Black is a New Zealand academic specializing in geology, specifically mineralogy and metamorphic petrology. She studied at the University of Auckland and earned a MSc and PhD in geology. Her PhD focused on the Tokatea Reef in the hills behind Coromandel township. She later got an MA in History. She was appointed a professor at the Univeristy of Auckland in 1986 and headed the department for 15 years.
Sir Neville Jordan is a New Zealand electrical engineer, businessman and philanthropist.
Dr Dianne 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, New Zealand.
Barbara Alison Jones is a New Zealand academic who works in the field of sociology of education.
Tracey Kathleen Dorothy McIntosh is a New Zealand sociology and criminology academic. She is of Māori descent and is currently a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland.
Dame Charmian Jocelyn O'Connor is a New Zealand physical organic chemist. She became the first female professor of chemistry at the University of Auckland in 1986, and retired in 2004.
Matire Louise Ngarongoa Harwood is a New Zealand general practitioner and clinical researcher of Ngāpuhi descent. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland. Harwood was the 2017 New Zealand L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Fellow. Her expertise is in Māori health, focussed on reducing health inequity by improving indigenous health and well-being.
Joyce Mary Waters, Lady Waters is a New Zealand inorganic chemist and X-ray crystallographer, who is currently professor emeritus at Massey University. She was the second woman to receive a PhD in chemistry at the University of Auckland, and the first woman to serve as president of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.
