Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast is a New Zealand politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010,succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position,after Fran Wilde.
Owen Marshall Jones,who writes under the pen name Owen Marshall,is a New Zealand short story writer and novelist.
Michael James Bowie Hobbs,generally known as Jock Hobbs,was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A flanker,he played for Canterbury and won 21 caps for the New Zealand national team,the All Blacks,between 1983 and 1986,with four tests as captain.
Sir Stephen Robert Tindall is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse,The Warehouse Group,and the Tindall Foundation.
Sir Gordon Frederick Tietjens is head coach of the Samoa rugby sevens team,and a celebrated former coach of the New Zealand men's national team in rugby sevens,the All Blacks Sevens. When the International Rugby Board inducted him into the IRB Hall of Fame in May 2012,it said that "Tietjens' roll of honour is without peer in Sevens,and perhaps in the game of rugby as a whole." According to Spiro Zavos,Tietjens is "The greatest of all the Sevens coaches".
John Bernard Hayes is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. A member of the National Party,he was a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives in the Wairarapa electorate from 2005 to 2014.
Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae is a former New Zealand soldier who served as the 20th governor-general of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016,the second Māori person to hold the office,after Sir Paul Reeves. A former officer in the New Zealand Army,he was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2006 to 2011,and then served as the director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau for five months in 2011. Following his term as governor-general,Mateparae was the high commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020.
Lionel John Wood is a former New Zealand diplomat and a former chancellor of the University of Canterbury. He was Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs,and served two separate terms as New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States in Washington.
Sir Frederick Richard Allen was a captain and coach of the All Blacks,New Zealand's national rugby union team. The All Blacks won all 14 of the test matches they played under his coaching.
Sir Maarten Laurens Wevers is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant,who served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Ambassador to Japan. He was the Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2004 to 2012.
Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. He was New Zealand's Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was previously New Zealand High Commissioner to Canberra,and Chief Executive of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Robyn Jane Malcolm is a New Zealand actress,who first gained recognition for her role as nurse Ellen Crozier on the soap opera Shortland Street. She is best known for playing Cheryl West,matriarch to a sometimes criminal working-class family,in the television series Outrageous Fortune. She has also worked in Australia,including roles in the TV series Rake and Upper Middle Bogan. She plays the lead role in the six-part 2023 NZ drama After the Party.
Howard George Broad is a New Zealand public servant who served as the thirtieth Commissioner of Police,from 2006 to 2011. He is a former career police officer,working in uniform and as a detective for eighteen years,before moving into senior roles at the Police National Headquarters in Wellington. As commissioner,he successfully completed rewriting the policing law,the introduction of tasers,and survived a number of controversies in the media.
Brian Paul Ellis is a New Zealand record producer,manager,and radio host. He is most known to audiences for being the former judge of New Zealand Idol and a former judge of the reality series New Zealand's Got Talent.
Peter Kerry Clark is a New Zealand lawn bowls player and administrator.
Sir Patrick Ledger Goodman,known as Pat Goodman or Sir Pat Goodman,was a prominent New Zealand businessman,arts patron and philanthropist. Along with his brother,Peter,he co-founded the Australasian food giant Goodman Fielder. He was CEO and chairman of the company.
Lieutenant General Timothy James Keating is a former New Zealand Army officer and Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force. He was appointed Chief of Defence Force in 2014,immediately following his tenure as Vice Chief of Defence Force. He served as Chief of Army from 2011 to 2012.
Michael Dennis Bush is a retired New Zealand police officer. He served as the New Zealand Commissioner of Police from April 2014 until April 2020.
Sir Robert Kinsela Workman,commonly known as Kim Workman,is a New Zealand criminal justice advocate.
John Stewart Ombler is a New Zealand public servant. He served as deputy State Services Commissioner from 2008 until 2014,and briefly in 2019,and as the controller of the all-of-government response during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
