Helen Clark | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Helen Clark, ONZ SSI PC New Zealand's second female Prime Minister, and the first to have won...
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Hilda Halkyard-Harawira | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Hilda Halkyard-Harawira Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa Hilda Halkyard-Harawira has a reputation as a bold...
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Dame Silvia Cartwright | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dame Silvia Cartwright, PCNZM DBE QSO DStJ Dame Silvia Cartwright’s career is studded with...
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Tamsin Hanly | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Tamsin Hanly It wasn’t until after she had finished school that Tamsin Hanly realised she was...
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Elva Bett | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Elva Bett Artist, author, teacher, art gallery owner and dealer, Elva Bett was an empowering...
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Iris Wilkinson (Robin Hyde) | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Iris Wilkinson (Robin Hyde) Author and poet Iris Wilkinson, who wrote under the name Robin Hyde,...
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Dame Ngaio Marsh | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dame Ngaio Marsh, DBE Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in Christchurch in 1895 and lived most of her...
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Farah Palmer | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Farah Palmer, ONZM Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto One of New Zealand’s most successful rugby players of...
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Dame Joy Cowley | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Joy Cowley, ONZ DCNZM OBE Joy Cowley has been writing for as long as she can remember. Her...
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Jeanette Fitzsimons | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Jeanette Fitzsimons, CNZM Jeanette Fitzsimons was the co-leader of the Green Party from 1995 to...
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Joan Wiffen | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Joan Wiffen Affectionately known as the 'Dinosaur Lady of New Zealand', Joan Wiffen rewrote New...
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Dr Hinemoa Elder | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dr Hinemoa Elder, MNZM Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi As a practising Māori child...
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Iriaka Rātana | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Iriaka Rātana, OBE Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi Iriaka Matiu Rātana, the first Māori woman to enter...
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Brenda Bell | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Brenda Bell, QSM Radio pioneer Margaret Brenda Bell was born in 1891 on 'Shag Valley' – a remote...
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Allison Roe | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Allison Roe, MBE Long-distance runner Allison Roe burst onto the world athletics stage in 1981...
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Zoë Bell | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Zoë Bell As a child Zoë Bell had no real idea that she could be a stuntwoman – that is, until her...
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Shirley Maddock | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Shirley Maddock, ONZM When television arrived in Aotearoa in 1960, there was no real...
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Bic Runga | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Bic Runga, ONZM Ngāti Kahungunu Internationally successful singer-songwriter Bic Runga grabbed...
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Selina Tusitala Marsh | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Selina Tusitala Marsh, ONZM The fast-talking Pasifika Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh was...
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Dame Alison Holst | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dame Alison Holst, DNZM CBE QSM A beloved Kiwi icon and the first lady of New Zealand food, the...
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