D
Dacre, Ranulph
1797–1884
Naval seaman, timber trader, merchant
Dadelszen, Edward John von
1845–1922
Public administrator, statistician
Dahl, Carl Edvard Johan
1856–1929
Businessman, importer, vice consul, comm...
Daldy, Amey
1829?–1920
Feminist, benefactor
Dallard, Berkeley Lionel Scudamore
1889–1983
Accountant, senior public servant, priso...
Dallas, Ruth
1919–2008
Poet, children’s author
Dallas, Stanley
1926–1997
Recording engineer, radio technician
Dallimore, Arthur Henry
1873–1970
Pentecostal minister, British-Israelite
Dalrymple, Learmonth White
1827?–1906
Educationalist
Daniels, Margaret Dorothy Louise
1916–1981
Ballet teacher and director
Dansey, Harry Delamere
1874–1942
Ngāti Tūwharetoa; engineer, soldier, loc...
Dansey, Roger Ingram
1885–1938
Ngāti Tūwharetoa; engineer, hotel manage...
Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter
1920–1979
Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa; journalis...
Dargaville, Joseph McMullen
1837?–1896
Banker, timber merchant, politician
Davenport, Arthur Egbert
1901–1973
Electrical engineer, electricity adminis...
Davey, Arthur Henry
1878–1966
Master mariner
Davidson, Andrew McRae
1894–1982
Teacher, principal, welfare worker, educ...
Davidson, James Wightman
1915–1973
Historian, constitutional adviser, unive...
Davidson, Mavis Melville
1910–2004
Biologist, mountaineer, tramper, field e...
Davidson, William Soltau
1846–1924
Shepherd, sheepbreeder, company manager
Davies, Dorothy Ida
1899–1987
Pianist, piano teacher
Davies, Richard Hutton
1861–1918
Farmer, surveyor, military leader
Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday
1923–2005
Nurse, labour activist, women’s rights a...
Davies, Victor Caddy
1887–1977
Nurseryman, horticulturist
Davin, Daniel Marcus
1913–1990
Novelist, short-story writer, soldier, e...
Davin, Winifred Kathleen Joan
1909–1995
Teacher, community worker, editor
Davis-Goff, George Raymond
1905–1987
Sailor, military leader
Davis, Charles Oliver Bond
1817/1818?–1887
Interpreter, writer, land purchase agent
Davis, Charles Richard
1895–1964
Ngāti Maniapoto leader, farmer, blacksmi...
Davis, Edward Charles
1887–1958
Ngati Maniapoto leader, farmer, historia...
Davis, Ernest Hyam
1872–1962
Brewer, anti-prohibitionist, local polit...
Davis, Rowland Robert Teape
1806/1807?–1879
Labour reformer, hotel-keeper, politicia...
Davy, Albert Ernest
1886–1959
Hairdresser, businessman, political orga...
Davy, Edwin
1850–1935
Military volunteer, sportsman
Dawson, Joseph Bernard
1883–1965
Gynaecologist
Dawson, Mary Elizabeth
1833–1924
Servant, farmer, environmentalist, nurse
Dawson, Pearl Howard
1887–1987
Veterinarian, hockey and cricket player,...
de Beer, Esmond Samuel
1895–1990
Scholar, editor, collector, bibliophile,...
de la Mare, Frederick Archibald
1877–1960
Lawyer, educationalist
De Lany, Dorothy May
1908–1970
Hotel worker, trade unionist
de Montalk, Joseph Wladislas Edmond Potocki
1836–1901
Language teacher, storekeeper
Dean, Williamina
1844–1895
Baby farmer, convicted murderer
Deans, Jane
1823–1911
Founding mother, community leader
Deans, John
1820–1854
Farmer, runholder
Deans, William
1817?–1851
Farmer, runholder
Deans, Robert George
1884–1908
Farmer, rugby player
Dech, Gil
1897–1974
Pianist, recording director, conductor
Deck, James George
1807–1884
Soldier, hymn writer, preacher
Deem, Muriel Helen
1900–1955
Doctor, medical officer, Plunket medical...
Delamere, Mōnita Eru
1921–1993
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāi Tahu; rugby ...
Delamere, Pāora Kīngi
1889–1981
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Whakatōhea; ca...
Delargey, Reginald John
1914–1979
Catholic bishop and cardinal
Dempster, Charles Stewart
1903–1974
Cricketer, businessman
Dennan, Rangitīaria
1897–1970
Ngāti Tarāwhai woman of mana, teacher, t...
Dennis, Jonathan Spencer
1953–2002
Film archivist, broadcaster, critic, wri...
Denniston, Thomas
1821–1897
Farmer, newspaper editor
Denvir, John
1913–1973
Soldier, prisoner of war, partisan leade...
Desmond, Arthur
?–?
Political activist, poet, newspaper edit...
Despard, Henry
1784/1785?–1859
Soldier
Deste, Eileen Olive
1909–1986
Photographer
Devanny, Jean
1894–1962
Novelist, communist
Devine, Edward
1833–1908
Coach driver, hotel-keeper, barman
Diamond, Ann
1827/1831?–1881
Hotel-keeper, storekeeper, midwife
Dickie, John
1875–1942
Presbyterian theologian, professor
Dickson, Mary Bernard
1810/1811?–1895
Nun, nurse, teacher
Dieffenbach, Johann Karl Ernst
1811–1855
Explorer, naturalist, linguist, writer
Digby, Spencer Harry Gilbee
1901–1995
Photographer
Dignan, Patrick
1813/1814?–1894
Businessman, politician
Dilworth, James
1815–1894
Farmer, investor, speculator, philanthro...
Dingley, Joan Marjorie
1916–2008
Mycologist, horticulturalist, gardener
Dinnie, Walter
1850–1923
Police commissioner, private detective, ...
Dix, Percy Reginald
1866–1917
Tea merchant, vaudeville company manager
Dobbie, Herbert Boucher
1852–1940
Engineering draughtsman, botanist, stati...
Dobson, Arthur Dudley
1841–1934
Engineer, surveyor, geologist, explorer
Dobson, Edward
1816/1817?–1908
Engineer, surveyor, explorer, lecturer
Dohrmann, Elsie
1875–1909
Scholar, teacher, temperance campaigner
Doidge, Frederick Widdowson
1884–1954
Journalist, free-trade campaigner, polit...
Domett, Alfred
1811–1887
Journalist, politician, public servant, ...
Don, Alexander
1857–1934
Presbyterian minister, missionary, write...
Don, Frances May
1898–1965
Factory inspector, political activist, w...
Don, Rachel
1866–1941
Church and community worker
Donald, Alexander Bell
1842–1922
Seaman, sailmaker, merchant, ship owner
Donald, James George
1898–1981
Rugby player, farmer
Donald, Quentin
1900–1965
Rugby player, farmer
Donald, Janet
1819/1825?–1892
Church leader
Donaldson, Viva
1893–1970
Teacher, nurse, community leader, local ...
Donley, Joan Elsa
1916–2005
Midwife, home-birth advocate
Donnelly, Airini
1854/1855?–1909
Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana, landowner
Donnelly, John
1821/1822?–1904
Whaler, gold prospector
Doo, Thomas Wong
1903–1963
Merchant, interpreter, community leader
Doo, Unui
1873/1875?–1940
Founding mother, storekeeper
Dore, John Benjamin Charles
1872–1945
Carrier, tourist operator, government ag...
Dougherty, Ellen
1844–1919
Nurse, hospital matron
Dougherty, Sarah
1817/1818?–1898
Community leader, nurse, boarding house ...
Douglas, Charles Edward
1840–1916
Explorer
Douglas, Francis Vernon
1910–1943?
Catholic priest and missionary
Douglas, Norman Vazey
1910–1985
Trade unionist, bookseller, politician
Dowgray, John
1873–1950
Coalminer, trade unionist, bank director
Downer, Arnold Fielder
1895–1984
Civil engineer, construction contractor,...
Downes, Alexander Dalziel
1868–1950
Metalworker, rugby player, cricketer
Downes, Arthur Leonard
1895–1984
Soldier, clerk, salesman, policeman
Downes, Thomas William
1868–1938
Historian, ethnologist, river works supe...
Dreaver, Mary Manson
1887–1961
Piano teacher, community worker, politic...
Drennan, Alexander
1899–1971
Labourer, trade unionist, communist, wat...
Drew, Samuel Henry
1844–1901
Jeweller and watchmaker, naturalist
Dronke, Minnie Maria
1904–1987
Actor, drama producer and teacher
Druce, Anthony Peter
1920–1999
Botanist
Drummond, Alison Edith Hilda
1903–1984
Farmer, writer, historian, editor
Drummond, David Archibald Victor Clive
1890–1978
Telegraphist, signalman, radio announcer...
Drummond, James Mackay
1869–1940
Journalist, naturalist, writer
Dry, Francis William
1891–1979
Geneticist, biologist, university lectur...
Du Faur, Emmeline Freda
1882–1935
Mountaineer
Duder, Albert
1856–1936
Mariner, harbourmaster
Duff, Oliver
1883–1967
Journalist, editor, writer, farmer
Duff, Roger Shepherd
1912–1978
Ethnologist, museum director
Duggan, Eileen May
1894–1972
Poet, writer
Duggan, Maurice Noel
1922–1974
Short-story writer, copywriter, company ...
Duigan, John Evelyn
1883–1950
Military leader
Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César
1790–1842
Explorer, cartographer, botanist, lingui...
Duncan, Arthur Donald Stuart
1875–1951
Golfer, businessman
Duncan, David
1832–1897
Blacksmith, manufacturing engineer
Duncan, Peter
1838–1907
Blacksmith, manufacturing engineer
Duncan, James
1813–1907
Missionary, Presbyterian minister
Dunningham, Archibald George William
1907–1996
Librarian
Durie, John Mason
1889–1971
Ngāti Kauwhata and Rangitāne leader, int...
Dyson, Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha
1897–1951
Journalist, magazine editor
