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 Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa Hilda Halkyard-Harawira has a reputation as a bold...

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Dame Silvia Cartwright, PCNZM DBE QSO DStJ Dame Silvia Cartwright’s career is studded with...

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Tamsin Hanly It wasn’t until after she had finished school that Tamsin Hanly realised she was...

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Elva Bett Artist, author, teacher, art gallery owner and dealer, Elva Bett was an empowering...

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Iris Wilkinson (Robin Hyde) Author and poet Iris Wilkinson, who wrote under the name Robin Hyde,...

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Dame Ngaio Marsh, DBE Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in Christchurch in 1895 and lived most of her...

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Farah Palmer, ONZM  Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto One of New Zealand’s most successful rugby players of...

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Joy Cowley, ONZ DCNZM OBE Joy Cowley has been writing for as long as she can remember. Her...

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Jeanette Fitzsimons, CNZM Jeanette Fitzsimons was the co-leader of the Green Party from 1995 to...

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Joan Wiffen Affectionately known as the 'Dinosaur Lady of New Zealand', Joan Wiffen rewrote New...

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Dr Hinemoa Elder, MNZM Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi As a practising Māori child...

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Iriaka Rātana, OBE Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi Iriaka Matiu Rātana, the first Māori woman to enter...

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Brenda Bell, QSM Radio pioneer Margaret Brenda Bell was born in 1891 on 'Shag Valley' – a remote...

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Allison Roe, MBE Long-distance runner Allison Roe burst onto the world athletics stage in 1981...

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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, ONZM When television arrived in Aotearoa in 1960, there was no real...

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Bic Runga, ONZM Ngāti Kahungunu Internationally successful singer-songwriter Bic Runga grabbed...

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Selina Tusitala Marsh, ONZM The fast-talking Pasifika Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh was...

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Dame Alison Holst, DNZM CBE QSM A beloved Kiwi icon and the first lady of New Zealand food, the...

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