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Moana Nui-a-Kiwa Hinemoa Whaanga (née Manley; 28 October 1935 – 15 November 2017) was a New Zealand swimmer and beauty pageant winner. In 1954, she became the first Māori to win the Miss New Zealand title ...
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Pikiteora Maude Emily Gertrude Edith "Pixie" Williams (married name Costello; 12 July 1928 – 2 August 2013) was a New Zealand singer best known for the song "Blue Smoke", recorded in 1949. In 2019, she ...
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Keri Hulme (9 March 1947 - 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Her novel, The Bone People, won the Man Booker Prize in 1985. She was the first New Zealander to win ...
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Helen Moros (2 November 1967 – 6 February 2003) was a New Zealand long-distance runner. In 1993, she won the 10,000 metres New Zealand national title in Wellington, recording a time of 32m 32.24s. She ...
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Archibald Ernest Sexton GM (3 April 1908 – 11 July 1957) was an English professional boxer who began his career at featherweight in 1925 and finished as a middleweight in 1936. He had at least 222 ...
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Norman Philip Hastings Jones QSM (15 August 1923 – 19 November 1987) was a New Zealand National Party politician, who represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament.
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Kirsty Elizabeth Gerlach (née Durward; 1958/1959 – 13 September 2020) was a New Zealand gymnast. She won a bronze medal representing her country in the women's all-around team event at the 1978 Commonwealth ...
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Edmund McCarthny (Ed) Cotter (15 January 1927 – 19 October 2017) was a New Zealand mountaineer who made several first ascents on the West Coast of New Zealand and was part of the team that first climbed ...
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Lecretia Anne Seales (4 April 1973 – 5 June 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer who, upon suffering a brain tumour and enduring treatments for it, became an advocate of physician-assisted dying.
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Vida Mary Stout (20 February 1930 – 21 July 2012) was a New Zealand limnographer and academic administrator. She was the first woman to be Dean of Science at a New Zealand university.
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Marilyn Valeria Pryor, DSG (née Lobb; 1936 – 15 March 2005) was a New Zealand conservative Catholic, and pro-life advocate who served on the Executive Council of Voice for Life, and served administrative ...
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John Howard Falloon CNZM (17 February 1942 – 4 October 2005) was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1977 to 1996, representing the National Party in the Pahiatua electorate.
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Waka Joseph Nathan (8 July 1940 – 24 September 2021) played rugby union for the New Zealand national team the "All Blacks" as a flanker. His fearless feats on the field earned him the nickname "The Black ...
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Frances Sarah King (28 November 1980 – 11 September 2003) was an international cricketer from New Zealand. She was a seam bowler and took 21 wickets in 15 one-day internationals for the national women's ...