People

An A to Z of biographies and interviews in our collection.

See also:

• Literary people
• Local people

A

• Fleur Adcock interview
• Leonie Agnew 1977 -
• Sarona Aiono-Iosefa 1962 -
• Carolyn Ann Aish 1948 -
• Robert Allan 1847 – 1927
• Pamela Allen 1934 -
• Rewi Alley 1897 - 1987
• Oscar Alpers 1867 – 1927
• Jean Anderson 1945 -
• Margaret Andrew 1932 -
• Rita Angus 1908-1970
• Bruce Ansley interview
• Courtney Archer 1918 – 2002
• Alina Arkins 1973 -
• Kate Atkinson
• Stefan Aust interview
• Paddy Austin

B

• Alan Bagnall 1940 -
• Kate Baldwin 1865 – 1907
• Charles Barker 1819 – 1873
• Mary Anne Barker 1831 – 1911
• Frederick John Barlow 1868 – 1939
• Mary Barrow 1968 -
• Amelia Batistich 1915 - 2004
• Tanya Batt 1970 -
• Martin Baynton 1953 -
• Helen Beaglehole 1946 -
• Fleur Beale 1945 -
• Margaret Beames 1935 -
• Huia Wiremu Beaumont 1901 – 1997
• Sir Donald Ward Beaven, 1924 – 2009
• Jennifer Beck 1939 -
• Bernard Beckett 1967 -
• Angie Belcher 1956 -
• Ernest John Bell 1885? – 1971
• Jean Bennett 1945 -
• Marlene Bennetts 1938 -
• Ursula Bethell 1874 – 1945
• A. W. Bickerton 1842 – 1929
• Norman Bilbrough 1941 -
• Gavin Bishop 1946 -
• Donovan Bixley 1971 -
• Donna Blaber 1970 -
• Ray Blank 1887 – 1963
• Susannah Bligh 1842 – 1888, from Unsung heroines
• Kevin Boon 1940 -
• George Thomas Booth, 1858 – 1942
• Janet Slater Bottin 1940 -
• G. Brassi 1942 -
• John Britten 1950 - 1995
• Adele Broadbent 1968 -
• Susan Brocker 1961 -
• Amy Brooke 1941 -
• Ben Brown 1962 -
• Betty Brownlie 1946 -
• Donna Bryant 1955 -
• Alan Bunn 1944 -
• William Ellison Messervy Burke 1830 – 1900
• Dorothy Butler 1925 -
• Samuel Butler 1835 – 1902
• Bella Button 1863 – 1921, from Unsung heroines
• Bella Button 1863 – 1921
• Jane Buxton 1947 -

C

• Mary Carmine 1945 -
• Mike Carter 1936 -
• Pauline Cartwright 1944 -
• Ken Catran 1944 -
• Wendy Catran 1948 -
• Ian Charlton 1956 -
• Frances Cherry 1937 -
• William Livingstone Chrystal 1846 – 1923
• Ethel Clark 1878 – 1950, from Unsung heroines
• Brendan Clarkin 1958 -
• Lizzie Coker 1826 – 1910, from Unsung heroines
• Mary Colborne-Veel 1861 – 1923
• Fifi Colston 1960 -
• Graham Condon 1949 – 2007
• Jenny Cooper 1961 -
• Shirley Corlett 1940 -
• Jane Cornish 1954 -
• Eveleyn Charlotte Couzins 1896 – 1945
• Joy Cowley 1936 -
• Wanda Cowley 1924 -
• Geoffrey Cox 1952 -
• Alexander Cracroft Wilson 1840 – 1911
• Mrs C.H. (Emilie) Croxton 1854? – 1928
• (George) Lindsay Crozier 1914 – 1992
• Margaret Barnett Cruickshank 1873 – 1918
• William Cuddon 1835 – 1924
• Allen Curnow 1911 – 2001

D

• Ruth Dallas 1919 - 2008
• Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882
• Ted Dawe 1950 -
• Kate De Goldi 1959 -
• Deans Family
• Sue Devereux 1946 -
• Steve Dickinson 1958 -
• Frank Dickson 1932 - (Canterbury Heroes)
• Lynley Dodd 1941 -
• Len Doel 1954 -
• Rod Donald 1957 – 2005
• Melanie Drewery 1970 -
• Tessa Duder 1940 -
• Charles Dudley 1810 – 1881
• Beverley Dunlop 1935 -

E

• Thomas Edmonds 1858 – 1932
• Denis Edwards 1948 -
• George Edwards (Ngāi Tahu)
• Gordon Ell 1939 -
• Harry Ell 1862 – 1934
• Sarah Ell 1970 -
• David Elliot 1952 -
• Barbara Else 1947 -
• Arthur William Emmett c1846 – 1948

F

• Brian Falkner 1962 -
• Brigid Feehan 1961 -
• Walpole Cheshire Fendall 1830 – 1913
• Richard William Fereday 1820? – 1899
• James Edward Fitzgerald 1818 – 1896
• James Arthur Flesher 1865 – 1930
• Augustus Florance 1847 – 1897, from Rich man, poor man
• Julie Folkers 1962 -
• Wilfred John Foote 1919 –
• Vince Ford 1970 -
• Frederick Richardson Fuller 1830 – 1876, from Rich man, poor man
• May Furey 1891 – 19622, from Unsung heroines

G

• Ngāreta Gabel 1975 -
• Ben Galbraith 1980 -
• Alice Gapes c. 1854 – 1902, from Unsung heroines
• Mrs Elizabeth Gard’ner 1858 – 1926
• Maurice Gee 1931 -
• Miss M. V. Gibson 1864 – 1929
• Marie Gibson 1929 -
• Betty Gilderdale
• Maria Gill 1961 -
• William Gimblett 1845 – 1913
• Denis Glover 1912 – 1980
• Rachael Goddard
• John Robert Godley 1814 – 1861
• Peter Gossage 1946 -
• George Gould 1823 – 1889
• Patricia Grace 1937 -
• Stacy Gregg 1968 -
• Edith Grossmann 1863 – 1931
• John Grubb 1817 – 1898
• Dave Gunson 1948 -
• Chris Gurney 1956 -
• Albert Ronald Guthrey 1916 – 2008

H

• Julius Von Haast 1822 – 1887
• Richard Hadlee 1951-
• Mandy Hager 1960 -
• Margaret Hall 1925 -
• Joan de Hamel 1924 - 2011
• Thomas Albert Hamilton Vicar of Fendalton 1899 – 1919
• Catherine Hannken 1961 -
• Glyn Harper 1958 -
• Hamish Hay 1927 – 2008
• Diane Hebley
• Jenny Hessell 1950 -
• David Hill 1942 -
• Edmund Hillary 1919 – 2008
• Anthony Holcroft 1932 -
• Allan Hopkins 1857 – 1933, from Rich man, poor man
• Raymond Huber 1958 -
• Isabella Hucks 1866 – 1936, from Unsung heroines
• Juliet Hulme 1938 – (Parker – Hulme murder case)
• Keri Hulme 1947 –
• Des Hunt 1941 -
• Janet Hunt 1951 -
• Eirlys Hunter 1952 -

I

J

• Christine Johnston 1950 -
• Phyllis Johnston 1935 -
• Harry Bell Johnstone – 1894
• Jenny Jones 1952 -
• Lloyd Jones 1955 -
• V. M. Jones 1958 -
• Sherryl Jordan 1949 -

K

• Bob Kerr 1951 -
• George King 1850 – 1922
• Rachael King 1970 -
• Charlotte Knight 1842 – 1907, from Unsung heroines
• Judy Knox 1939 -

L

• Jack Lasenby 1931 -
• Graeme Lay 1944 -
• Julie Leibrich 1947 -
• Maggie Lilleby 1953 -
• Charles Little 1866 – 1918
• John Lockyer 1956 -
• Elsie Locke 1912 – 2001
• Don Long 1950 -
• Brigid Lowry 1953 -
• Logie Family
• Charles Luney, 1905 - 2006
  

M

• Rachel McAlpine 1940 -
• Colin McCahon 1919 - 1987
• Elizabeth McCombs 1873 – 1935
• Robert Ewing McDougall 1860 – 1942
• Daniel Cunningham Mcintyre 1866 – ?
• Sandy McKay 1959 -
• Anna Mackenzie 1963 -
• Helen McKinlay 1947 -
• Kingi McKinnon 1943 - 2006
• Glynne MacLean 1964 -
• Jeannie McLean 1952 -
• Sally McLennan 1972 -
• Dawn McMillan 1943 -
• Linda McNabb 1963 -
• Heather McQuillan 1960 -
• Janine McVeagh 1946 -
• Sali Mahomet 1866 – 1943, from Rich man, poor man
• Makō (Makō-ha-kirikiri) (Ngāti Kurī)
• Margaret Mahy 1936 – 2012
• Sandra Markle 1946 -
• Janice Marriott 1946 -
• Janet Marshall 1947 -
• Marukaitātea (Maru) (Ngāti Kurī)
• Kāterina Mataira 1932 -
• Moki (Ngāi Tahu)
• Ngaio Marsh 1895 – 1982
• Sibylla Emily Maude 1862 – 1935
• Dot Meharry 1948 -
• Diana Menefy 1947 -
• Thomas Merton 1915 – 1968
• William Sefton Moorhouse 1825 – 1881
• Sandra Morris 1952 -
• Yvonne Morrison 1972 -
• Dick (Richard) Motz 1940 - 2007
• Benjamin Mountfort 1825 – 1898
• George Samuel Munro 1864 – 1915
• Colin Murdoch 1929 – 2008

N

• Bill Nagelkerke 1958 -
• Edna Neville (Aunt Haysl) 1912 – 2008
• Henry James Nicholas VC MM 1891 – 1918
• Diana Noonan 1960 -
• James Norcliffe 1946 -

O

• Bill O'Brien 1946 -
• Gregory O'Brien 1961 -
• Gordon Ogilvie 1934 –
• Keith Olsen 1952 -
• Sir Tipene O'Regan 1939 -
• Lorraine Orman 1948 -
• Joanna Orwin 1944 -
• Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway 1950 -
• Julia Owen 1960 -
• Richard Bedward Owen 1873 – 1948, from Rich man, poor man

P

• John Parker 1939 -
• Pauline Parker 1938 – (Parker – Hulme murder case)
• Janet Pates 1935 -
• Richard William Pearse 1877-1953
• Elizabeth Pulford 1943 -
• Trevor Pye 1952 -

Q

• Pat Quinn 1947 -

R

• Charles John Reader 1803 – 1885
• William Reece 1856 – 1930
• Mokena Potae Reedy 1947 -
• Alison Robertson 1958 -
• William Henry Robinson 1906 – 1999
• Amelia Frances Rogers 1849 – 1928, from Unsung heroines
• Amelia Frances Rogers 1849 – 1928
• Ettie Rout 1877 – 1936
• James Rowe 1845 – 1923
• Tania Roxborogh 1965 -
• Ernest Rutherford 1871 - 1937

S

• Maria Samuela 1972 -
• Frank Saxton 1952 -
• Kate Sheppard 1847 – 1934
• Nikki Slade-Robinson 1968 -
• Phil Smith 1945 -
• Henry Bylove Sorensen 1845 – 1923
• James Speight 1837 – 1912, from Rich man, poor man
• Glenys Stace 1945 -
• Francis Grollier Stedman 1839 – 1891
• Robertson Huntly Stewart 1913 – 2007
• James Nash Howard Strong 1840 – 1924
• Essie Summers 1912 – 1998
• William (Bill) Alexander Sutton 1917 - 2000
• Melinda Szymanik 1963 -

T

• Angus Tait, 1919 - 2007
• John Tarlton 1950 -
• Apirana Taylor 1955 -
• David Mortimer Taylor 1910 – 1995
• Helen Taylor 1968 -
• William Taylor 1938 -
• Annie Rae Te Ake Ake 1942 -
• Te Rakiwhakaputa (Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Tūhaitara)
• Te Rauparaha (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa)
• Te Ruahikihiki (Ngāti Kurī)
• Taiaroa (christened as Te Matenga Taiaroa) (Ngāi Tahu)
• Tamaiharanui (Ngāti Rakiamoa)
• Joseph Thomas 1803 – ?
• Frederick Thompson 1805 – 1881
• Maria Thomson 1809 – 1875, from Rich man, poor man
• Leonie Thorpe 1969 -
• Hone Tikao (John Love) (Ngāi Tahu)
• Maurice Alfred Till 1926-2011
• Tim Tipene 1972 -
• Cecil Alexander Tobin 1856 – 1938
• Sarah Elizabeth Tobin 1867 – 1930
• Barbara Todd 1941 -
• Penelope Todd 1958 -
• Jane Tolerton 1957 -
• Keith Tonkin 1952 -
• Darryl Torckler 1956 -
• Gillian Torckler 1964 -
• Annie Quayle Townend c. 1845 – 1914, from Unsung heroines
• William Trethewey 1892 – 1956
• Alan Trussell-Cullen 1941 -
• Tūāhuriri (Ngāi Tahu)
• Tuhawaiki (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe)
• Tūrakautahi (Ngāi Tūhaitara)
• Gwenda Turner 1947 - 2001
• Tūtekawa (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Māmoe, Ngāi Tūhaitara)
• Hone Tuwhare 1922 – 2008

U

V

• Liz van der Laarse 1952 -
• George Vennell and other Avon personalities, from Rich man, poor man
• Ingrid Visser 1966 -

W

• Edward Gibbon Wakefield 1796 – 1862
• Frederick Maurice Warren 1862 – ?
• Joy Watson 1938 -
• John Charles Watts-Russell 1826 – 75
• Steffano Webb 1880 – 1967
• Philippa Werry 1958 -
• Jane Westaway 1948 -
• Kim Westerskov 1947 -
• Mere Whaanga 1952 -
• Sharon Whillis 1963 -
• Henry Francis Wigram 1857 – 1934
• Anthony Wilding 1883 - 1915
• Isabella Williams c.1806 – 1882, from Unsung heroines
• Mona Williams 1943 -
• Julie Williamson 1956 -
• Trevor Wilson 1926 -
• Pamela Wolfe 1950 -
• Richard Wolfe 1948 -