Eleitino Paddy Walker, OBE An advocate for Pacific women in Aotearoa, Eleitino Paddy Walker...

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Dr Michelle Dickinson, MNZM, aka Nanogirl Nanogirl, the innovative alter-ego of scientist and...

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Hinewehi Mohi, MNZM Ngāti Kahungunu It was innovative thinking that led singer Hinewehi Mohi to...

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Sophie Pascoe, MNZM Swimmer Sophie Pascoe is the trailblazing, standard-bearer for Para sport in...

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Elizabeth Yates Elizabeth Yates was the sensation of the British Empire in 1893 when she was...

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Carmen Rupe Ngāti Maniapoto Carmen Rupe, better known as 'Carmen', moved to Wellington in the...

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Hon Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, DNZM QSO In the 1999 General Election, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban...

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Lisa Taouma From script writing to producing and directing, Lisa Taouma’s innovative career has...

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Beatrice Faumuina, ONZM Beatrice Faumuina’s sporting career included competing at four...

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Leah Bell and Waimarama Anderson Ngāti Uekaha, Ngāti Maniapoto In 2014, after learning about the...

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Dame Jane Campion, DNZM Trailblazing director Jane Campion is the only woman to have won the...

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Dame Valerie Adams, DNZM When she was just fourteen Valerie Adams won the Under-18 National...

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Celia Lashlie An inspirational woman with great moral courage, Celia Lashlie was always prepared...

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Eliza McCartney Eliza McCartney began pole vaulting in 2011 at the age of 14 and by 2012 she had...

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Parris Goebel (Parri$) Parris Goebel (known professionally as Parri$) has been inspiring the...

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Ruia Morrison, MBE Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa After spending most of her childhood with a stick...

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Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku, MNZM Te Arawa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato Professor Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku is an...

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Lucy Lawless, MNZM Asked by Sunday Magazine about “what’s the best thing about being well...

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Dame Rangimārie Hetet, MBE CBE DBE Ngāti Maniapoto Together Dame Rangimārie Hetet and her...

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Dame Jools and Dame Lynda Topp, DNZM Since the early 1980s, twins Jools and Lynda Topp – The Topp...

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