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Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby

Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement (Ngāti Kahungunu) formed Flight of the Conchords in Wellington in 1998. They began working in the live comedy circuit around the country, where they quickly became (in their own words): “New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.”

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Georgina Beyer

Georgina Beyer (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Porou) was a world leader in so many ways. Born in Wellington on 17 September 1957, Georgie was assigned male at birth, and named after her paternal grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel George Bertrand, who was second in command in the Māori Battalion.

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Dr Joe Hawke

Since 1881, Ngāti Whātua had been at the forefront of action over tribal land loss, hosting an assembly of Māori chiefs at Kohimarama. By 1900, their land holdings had diminished to Ōkahu Bay in Ōrākei, and the government and Auckland City Council were determined to remove them from there, building a sewerage pipe across the front of the village, and refusing to connect them to the city’s fresh water supply. But Ngāti Whātua would not leave. This was their whenua (land).

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Katherine Mansfield

Internationally renowned writer Katherine Mansfield has been called one of the 20th century’s most fearless and funny writers. Her short stories, poetry, reviews, journals, and letters have been translated into more than 25 languages.

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Alan MacDiarmid

Alan MacDiarmid’s ground-breaking work in the field of conductive polymers has had a profound impact on the electronics industry and wider society. His research, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has led to the development of a new class of materials with unique properties that are ubiquitous today in many modern technologies.

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Keri Hulme

Keri Hulme (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe) was born on 9 March 1947 in Christchurch. The eldest of six children, her father John’s family came to Aotearoa New Zealand from Lancashire, England, and her mother Mary’s family was of Orkney Scots and Māori heritage. Although she didn’t grow up immersed in Māori culture, Keri was drawn to it, creating a Māori dictionary from a very early age, and adding to it over the decades.