1897–1968
University professor, historian, peace activist
1921–2000
Ngāti Maniapoto; ethnographer, linguist, champion of te reo Māori
1831?–1892
Soldier, businessman, local politician, writer
1922–2004
Political scientist
1911–2001
Journalist, poet, writer, university professor
1919–2008
Poet, children’s author
1922–1974
Short-story writer, copywriter, company director
1812?–1893
Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer
1928–2016
Photographer
1812–1898
Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar
1914–1981
English lecturer, novelist, poet
1778?–1832
Missionary, orthographer, linguist
1945–2004
Historian, biographer, journalist, writer
1891–1967
Farmer, historian
1870–1920
University professor of mathematics and law, educational administrator
1921–1992
Accountant, politician, prime minister
1925–2015
Historian, poet, editor, social commentator
1922–2006
Race relations campaigner and polemicist
1857–1932
Politician, historian, poet, high commissioner, banker
1821–1895
Lawyer, politician, judge
1906–1963
University professor, historian
1918–1960
Pacifist, psychology researcher and lecturer, essayist, mountaineer
1903–1972
University professor of English
1922–1995
Poet, teacher, literary critic, university tutor
1935–2014
Historian