1881–1970
Pacifist, writer
1845–1935
University professor and administrator
1925–2009
Poet, playwright, novelist, editor
1912–1995
Social reformer, sex educator, teacher
1922–2011
Writer, publisher, educator, activist
1859 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1903
University graduate, school principal
1904–1957
Insurance clerk, poet, secretary, critic, broadcaster, university lecturer, fabric printer
1904–1992
Architectural draughtsman, writer, farm labourer, printing-room assistant
1924–2004
Schoolteacher, writer
1902–1993
Journalist, writer, editor
1931–2013
Te Aupōuri; artist
1914–1981
English lecturer, novelist, poet
1909–1989
Artist, art critic, pacifist, drama tutor
1945–2004
Historian, biographer, journalist, writer
1893–1979
Journalist, editor, bibliophile, writer, Catholic layman
1912–1963
Printer, publisher, typographer, teacher
1916–1990
Artist and art teacher, potter, university lecturer
1919–1987
Artist, art gallery worker, university lecturer
1925–2015
Historian, poet, editor, social commentator
1922–2002
Novelist, essayist, critic, academic
1902–1985
Teacher, lecturer, educationalist, teachers’ college principal, civil libertarian
1932–2004
Author, journalist, playwright, film-maker
1927–2009
Taranaki, Te Whakatōhea; short-story writer and poet
1914–1994
Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Hāuaroa; Catholic priest
1935–1955
Ngāpuhi; criminal, murderer
1922–2008
Ngāpuhi; boilermaker, poet
1919–2013
Mathematician, public servant, university administrator