Awesome New Zealanders

Today we were talking about some of the amazing people, past and present, from New Zealand who have made great contributions to our society.

Below are some of the names we came up with. Well done to everyone who did some research last night. I have updated our list. Who might be missing? What have they achieved?


TV & Film 
Peter Jackson, Jane Campion, Billy T James

Adventurers & Explorers
Edmund Hillary, Jean Batten, Peter Blake,

Science & Medicine
Ernest Rutherford, Fred Hollows, Maurice Wilkins

Sportspeople
Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Graham Condon, Peter Snell, Arthur Lydiard, Jack Lovelock, John Walker, Susan Devoy, Erin Baker, Sarah Walker, Danyon Loader, Murray Halberg, Brendan McCallum, Colin Meads

Leaders & Role Models
John Key, Norman Kirk, Apirana Ngata, Kate Sheppard, Whina Cooper, Gareth Morgan, Charles Upham, Peter Fraser

Singers & Musicians
 Stan Walker, Jason Kerrigan, Lourde, Benny Tipene, Tiki Tane, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Dave Dobbyn

Artists
Colin McCahon, Grahame Sydney, Rita Angus, Charles Goldie, Dick Frizzell

Authors
Margaret Mahy, Joy Cowley, Craig Smith, Lynley Dodd, Katherine Mansfield, Pamela Allen

Inventors
John Britten, Bill Hamilton, Bill Gallagher, Harold Gillies