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Ruby Tui

Ruby Tui burst onto the world stage at the 2012 Oceania Women’s Rugby Sevens Championship in Fiji. Selected through the high-performance programme Go 4 Gold, she’d only been playing rugby for two years, but Ruby was determined to succeed.

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Kupe

Kupe is the legendary Polynesian navigator who discovered Aotearoa New Zealand. A thousand years ago, he made an epic journey from the eastern Pacific across the ocean to a new land. Kupe is a figure integral to many Māori narratives and histories, and a significant cultural icon.

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Dame Miranda Harcourt, Thomasin McKenzie

Miranda Harcourt was born into a well-known New Zealand acting family in 1962. The daughter of Dame Kate Harcourt and her husband Peter, she grew up surrounded by actors, musicians, and writers at her parents’ parties, at recording sessions at Radio New Zealand, and at rehearsals at Downstage Theatre in Wellington.

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Dame Jacinda Ardern

Dame Jacinda Ardern, the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand, is a leader widely admired for her strength and compassion. Her leadership during times of crisis and astute handling of complex global issues earned her global recognition, despite New Zealand’s relatively small size and population.

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Graeme Bydder, Terry Peters

For over 40 years, Graeme Bydder’s work has been at the forefront of clinical MRI, and has shaped the course of medical diagnosis and improved the lives of countless patients.

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Maurice Wilkins

Maurice Wilkins was a renowned New Zealand scientist who made significant contributions to the field of molecular biology. Most notably, he was one of the key individuals involved in the discovery and verification of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the molecule that is the basis for heredity and life.