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.
Luamanuvao Dame Winifred Alexandra Laban is a former New Zealand politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mana electorate,representing the Labour Party,and was the Labour Party's spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs and for interfaith dialogue. Laban is the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Pasifika) at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and is a respected leader in the local Pasifika community.
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.
Onslow College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Johnsonville,a suburb of Wellington,New Zealand. It had a student population in 2020 of 1250 students. The current principal is Sheena Millar.
Sir Ian Charles Athfield was a New Zealand architect. He was born in Christchurch and graduated from the University of Auckland in 1963 with a Diploma of Architecture. That same year he joined Structon Group Architects,and he became a partner in 1965. In 1968 he was a principal partner in setting up Athfield Architects with Ian Dickson and Graeme John Boucher (Manson). Athfield died in 2015 due to complications from a routine procedure which resulted in pneumonia,at the Wellington Hospital,where he was being treated for prostate cancer.
Sir Mark Andrew O'Regan is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He was the President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand until his elevation to the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 2014.
Sir Roger Leighton Hall is one of New Zealand's most successful playwrights,arguably best known for comedies that carry a vein of social criticism and feelings of pathos.
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.
Sir John Hugh Williams,generally known as Hugh Williams,is a former president of the New Zealand Electoral Commission and a retired judge of the High Court of New Zealand. From 2016 to 2022 he was Chief Justice of the Cook Islands.
Dame Margaret Kerslake Shields was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. She had three terms in the House of Representatives in the 1980s and was afterwards a member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council,including as chairman.
Ian Duncan McKinnon is a New Zealand educator and local politician,and is a former deputy mayor of Wellington.
Dame Catherine Winifred Harcourt,known professionally as Kate Harcourt,is a New Zealand actress. Over her long career she has worked in comedy as well as drama in theatre,film,TV and radio.
Dame Catherine Alice Healy is a New Zealand sex workers' rights activist,field researcher and former prostitute working for decriminalisation of prostitution and generally for the improvement of the sex work profession. She is the national coordinator and a founding member of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective (NZPC).
Dame Margaret June Sparrow is a New Zealand medical doctor,reproductive rights advocate,and author.
Sir John Desmond Todd was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist who was head of the Todd Corporation.
Dame Suzie Moncrieff is a New Zealand sculptor and arts entrepreneur,and the founder of the World of Wearable Art show (WOW).
Sir Neville Jordan is a New Zealand electrical engineer and businessman.
Dame Diana Buchanan Crossan is a New Zealand public servant. She worked at the State Services Commission,where she was the first manager of the Equal Employment Opportunities Unit. She served as Retirement Commissioner between 2003 and 2013,and contributed to the development of the KiwiSaver scheme. From 2013 to 2017,she was chief executive of Wellington Free Ambulance. In the 2019 New Year Honours,Crossan was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to the State.
Dame Karen Olive Poutasi is a New Zealand government official.
Suzanne Lee Snively is an American company director and economic strategist in New Zealand.
