B
Baber, Esther Mary
1871–1956
Headmistress
Babich, Josip Petrov
1895–1983
Gum-digger, wine-maker, farmer
Badger, Charlotte
1778?–?
Convict
Baeyertz, Charles Nalder
1866–1943
Teacher, journalist, editor, critic
Bagley, Amelia
1870–1956
Hospital matron, midwife, nursing admini...
Bagnall, Austin Graham
1912–1986
Librarian, bibliographer, historian
Bailey, Chip
1921–1963
Communist, taxi driver, trade unionist
Bailey, Rona
1914–2005
Political activist, dancer, teacher
Bain, Wilhelmina Sherriff
1848–1944
Teacher, librarian, feminist, peace acti...
Baker McLaglan, Eleanor Southey
1879–1969
Doctor
Baker, Frederick
1908–1958
Ngāpuhi; accountant, military leader, re...
Baker, Isabel Noeline
1878–1958
Suffragist, wartime women's labour ...
Baker, John Holland
1841–1930
Surveyor, public servant
Baker, Louisa Alice
1856–1926
Journalist, novelist
Balfour, David Paton
1841–1894
Sheepfarmer, station manager, roading su...
Ball, Douglas George
1895–1986
Teacher, school inspector, educational a...
Ball, Murray Hone
1939–2017
Cartoonist
Ball, Thomas
1809–1897
Coloniser, landowner, politician
Ballance, John
1839–1893
Newspaper proprietor and editor, politic...
Ballantyne, David Watt
1924–1986
Journalist, novelist, short-story writer
Ballantyne, Jean
1906–1980
Ballet teacher and examiner, choreograph...
Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi
1880–1940
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Whakatōhea; inter...
Balneavis, Henry Colin
1817 to 1819?–1876
Soldier, public servant
Banahan, Mary Gertrude
1855 to 1856?–1932
Catholic nun, teacher
Bannerman, Jane
1835?–1923
Presbyterian church leader, philanthropi...
Bannerman, William
1822–1902
Presbyterian minister
Barbier, Adèle Euphrasie
1829–1893
Catholic nun, teacher, religious founder
Barker, Alfred Charles
1819–1873
Doctor, photographer
Barker, Harry Heaton
1898–1994
Newspaper journalist and editor, local p...
Barker, Mary Anne
1831–1911
Writer
Barker, Tom
1887–1970
Tram conductor, trade unionist, socialis...
Barnard, William Edward
1896–1958
Lawyer, politician, parliamentary Speake...
Barnes, Freda Ellen
1902–1991
Law clerk, political activist
Barnes, James George
1908–1995
Clerk, athlete, military aviator, prison...
Barnes, William Henry
1827?–1918
Blacksmith, labour reformer
Barnett, John Maughan
1867–1938
Organist, choirmaster, pianist, composer...
Barnett, Louis Edward
1865–1946
Surgeon, university professor
Barnett, Miles Aylmer Fulton
1901–1979
Physicist, meteorologist
Barnicoat, Constance Alice
1872–1922
Secretary, interpreter, mountaineer, jou...
Barr, John
1887–1971
Librarian
Barr, John
1809–1889
Poet
Barr, Peter
1861–1951
Accountant
Barratt-Boyes, Brian Gerald
1924–2006
Doctor, cardiac surgeon
Barraud, Charles Decimus
1822–1897
Pharmacist, artist
Barraud, Sarah Maria
1823?–1895
Homemaker, letter-writer
Barrer, Nina Agatha Rosamond
1879–1965
Teacher, community leader
Barrett Crumen
1878–1968
Seaman, swagger
Barrett, Huiatahi
1873 to 1874?–1952
Ngāti Maniapoto leader
Barrett, Richard
?–1847
Trader, whaler, interpreter, hotel owner
Barrett, William Daniel
1878–1953
Ngāi Tahu leader, land court agent, trus...
Barrington, Alphonse John
1831 to 1832?–1893
Gold prospector, explorer
Barrington, Archibald Charles
1906–1986
Clerk, secretary, pacifist
Barron, Hannah Ward
1829–1898
Businesswoman, hotel proprietor
Barrowclough, Harold Eric
1894–1972
Military leader, lawyer, chief justice
Barry, William Jackson
1819–1907
Adventurer, writer
Barsanti, Ottavio
1825 to 1826?–1884
Missionary, priest, writer
Barth, Beatrice Mary
1877–1966
Piano teacher
Bartlett, Patricia Maureen
1928–2000
Social morality campaigner
Barton, Charles John Wright
1852–1935
Farmer, businessman, mayor, town clerk
Barton, John Saxon
1875–1961
Accountant, writer, lawyer, magistrate, ...
Bartrum, John Arthur
1885–1949
Geologist, university professor
Basham, Maud Ruby
1879–1963
Singer, radio broadcaster and personalit...
Bassett, Cyril Royston Guyton
1892–1983
Banker, soldier
Basten, Alice Henrietta Gertrude
1876–1955
Businesswoman, local politician
Bates, Sophia Ann
1817–1899
Teacher, postmistress
Batham, Elizabeth Joan
1917–1974
Marine biologist, university lecturer
Bathgate, Alexander
1845–1930
Lawyer, company director, writer, conser...
Bathgate, John
1809–1886
Lawyer, businessman, politician, judge
Batley, Robert Thompson
1849–1917
Seaman, farm worker, storekeeper, sheepf...
Batten, Jean Gardner
1909–1982
Aviator
Baucke, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
1848–1931
Linguist, ethnologist, journalist, inter...
Baughan, Blanche Edith
1870–1958
Poet, writer, penal reformer
Baume, Frederick Ehrenfried
1862–1910
Lawyer, politician
Baume, Rosetta Lulah
1871–1934
Teacher, feminist, community leader
Baxter, Archibald McColl Learmond
1881–1970
Pacifist, writer
Baxter, James Keir
1926–1972
Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, write...
Baxter, Kenneth McLean
1893–1975
Printer, trade unionist
Baxter, Millicent Amiel
1888–1984
Pacifist
Bayly, William Alfred
1906–1934
Farmer, convicted murderer
Beaglehole, Ernest
1906–1965
Psychologist, ethnologist, university pr...
Beaglehole, John Cawte
1901–1971
Historian, lecturer, writer, typographer...
Beale, Bernard Charles
1830–1910
Doctor, registrar, mayor
Beattie, James Herries
1881–1972
Bookkeeper, journalist, historian, ethno...
Beatty, May
1880–1945
Singer, actress
Beauchamp, Harold
1858–1938
Businessman, banker, philanthropist
Beaven, Peter Jamieson
1925–2012
Architect
Beck, John
1883–1962
Public servant, child welfare reformer
Bedford, Harry Dodgshun
1877–1918
Labourer, politician, lawyer, professor ...
Beeby, Clarence Edward
1902–1998
Educational psychologist, university lec...
Beere, Estelle Girda
1875–1959
Dancing teacher
Beetham, Bruce Craig
1936–1997
Teacher, lecturer, politician
Begg, Alexander Charles
1912–1991
Radiologist, historian, conservationist
Begg, Neil Colquhoun
1915–1995
Paediatrician, historian, conservationis...
Begg, Charles
1825?–1874
Piano manufacturer, piano tuner, music s...
Begg, Charles Mackie
1879–1919
Doctor, surgeon, army health administrat...
Begg, Jean
1886–1971
Welfare worker and administrator, femini...
Begg, Robert Campbell
1886–1971
Doctor, politician
Belcher, William
1859 to 1860?–1926
Seaman, unionist
Bell, Allen
1870–1936
Farmer, soldier, land agent, newspaper e...
Bell, Elizabeth Viola
1897–1990
Teacher, sports administrator, community...
Bell, Francis Dillon
1822–1898
Public administrator, runholder, politic...
Bell, Francis Gordon
1887–1970
Surgeon, university professor
Bell, Francis Henry Dillon
1851–1936
Lawyer, mayor, politician, prime ministe...
Bell, Francis Wirgman Dillon
1896–1987
Radio pioneer, sheep farmer
Bell, Margaret Brenda
1891–1979
Radio pioneer, community leader
Bell, George
1809–1899
Newspaper proprietor and editor
Bell, James Abbott Mackintosh
1877–1934
Geologist, writer, company director
Bell, Kathrine McAllister
1895–1970
Teacher, farmer, political organiser, ed...
Bell, Marie
1922–2012
Teacher, lecturer, educationalist
Bell, Muriel Emma
1898–1974
Nutritionist, medical researcher
Bellamy, Elizabeth
1845–1940
Anglican missionary, teacher
Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von
1778–1852
Naval officer, explorer
Bellwood, James Charles
1912–1994
Labourer, physical education instructor,...
Belshaw, Horace
1898–1962
Teacher, economist, university professor
Benham, William Blaxland
1860–1950
Zoologist
Benjamin, Ethel Rebecca
1875–1943
Lawyer, businesswoman
Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd
1872–1960
Doctor
Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka
1913–1998
Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Pikiao; broadcas...
Bennett, Francis Oswald
1898–1976
Doctor, military medical administrator, ...
Bennett, Frederick Augustus
1871–1950
Ngāti Whakaue; Anglican clergyman and bi...
Bennett, Henry Gilbert Scott
1877–1959
Socialist, lecturer
Bennett, Mary Jane
1816?–1885
Lighthouse keeper
Bensemann, Leo Vernon
1912–1986
Artist, printer, typographer, publisher,...
Benson, Gertrude Helen
1886–1964
Professor of home science
Benson, William Noel
1885–1957
Geologist, university professor
Bent, Kimble
1837–1916
Soldier, deserter, Pākehā-Māori, charact...
Benyon, Edgar Wilson
1901–1978
Magician, juggler, entertainer
Berendsen, Carl August
1890–1973
Senior public servant, diplomat
Bergamini, Carlo Giuseppe
1868–1934
Stonemason, sculptor, commercial travell...
Berry, Reginald George James
1906–1979
Commercial artist, stamp, coin and medal...
Berry, William
1834 to 1835?–1903
Journalist, newspaper editor
Bertram, James Munro
1910–1993
Journalist, writer, relief worker, priso...
Best, Elsdon
1856–1931
Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health ...
Bestall, Leonard Delabere
1895–1959
Architect, draper, museum director, bene...
Bethell, Marmaduke
1876–1955
Local politician, community leader
Bethell, Thyra Talvase
1882–1972
Community leader
Bethell, Mary Ursula
1874–1945
Social worker, poet
Bettjeman, Agnes Muir
1885–1964
Nurse, community leader
Bettjeman, Frederick Charles
1884–1987
Engineer, soldier, farmer
Beverly, Arthur
1822–1907
Watchmaker, mathematician, astronomer
Bews, Mary Ellen
1856–1945
School principal, educationalist
Bibby, Mary Ann
1832?–1910
Storekeeper, homemaker
Bickerton, Alexander William
1842–1929
Scientist, university professor, eccentr...
Bicknell, Jessie
1871–1956
Nurse, military matron, health administr...
Bidois, Louis Hekenui
1899–1955
Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi; police...
Biggs, Bruce Grandison
1921–2000
Ngāti Maniapoto; ethnographer, linguist,...
Biggs, Reginald Newton
1831–1868
Station manager, soldier, magistrate
Binney, Roy Keith
1885–1957
Architect, soldier
Binns, George
1815–1847
Chartist leader, poet
Birchfield, Constance Alice
1898–1994
Housekeeper, trade unionist, hotel maid,...
Bird, William Watson
1870–1954
Headmaster, school inspector, educationa...
Birks, Lawrence
1874–1924
Electrical engineer
Björk, Carl Axel
1880–1952
Whaler, goldminer, character
Black, Helen McKenzie
1896–1963
Mayoress, community worker
Black, James Gow
1835–1914
Chemist, mineralogist, lecturer, univers...
Black, Sholto Kairākau
1902–1963
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Whakatōhea; te...
Black, William Pierpont
1876 to 1877?–1942
Wood carver, journal editor and publishe...
Blackett, Annie Maude
1889–1956
Librarian
Blackett, Henry
1819 to 1820?–1907
Storekeeper, politician
Blackett, John
1818–1893
Engineer
Blackie, Jeannetta Margaret
1864–1955
Governess, teacher, church administrator...
Blackwell, Ellen Wright
1864–1952
Writer, botanist
Blaiklock, Edward Musgrave
1903–1983
Schoolteacher, university professor, cla...
Blair, John Rutherfurd
1843–1914
Printer, publisher, bookseller, business...
Blair, William Newsham
1841–1891
Engineer, surveyor
Blake, Geoffrey
1882–1968
Naval officer
Blake, Joan Isabel Faulkner
1921–1990
Journalist, broadcaster
Blake, John Thomas
1853–1940
Taranaki; surveyor, interpreter, land ag...
Blake, Peter James
1948–2001
Yachtsman, environmentalist
Blakeley, Philip William
1915–1994
Electrical engineer, engineering adminis...
Blamires, Edgar Percy
1878–1967
Methodist minister, community leader
Blazey, Cecil Albert
1909–1998
Insurance company manager, military admi...
Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst
1867–1958
Lawyer, politician, agriculturalist, gov...
Blomfield, Charles
1848–1926
Decorator, artist, music teacher
Blomfield, Dorothy Constance
1893–1987
Welfare worker, local politician
Blomfield, Meynell Strathmore
1908–1971
Wrestler, hotel-keeper
Blomfield, William
1866–1938
Cartoonist, local politician
Bloodworth, Rhoda Alice
1889–1980
Labour activist, community worker, femin...
Bloodworth, Thomas
1882–1974
Carpenter, trade unionist, local politic...
Blumhardt, Vera Doreen
1914–2009
Educator, potter, arts administrator
Blundell, Henry
1814 to 1815?–1878
Newspaper editor and proprietor
Bock, Amy Maud
1859–1943
Confidence trickster, criminal
Bock, William Rose
1847–1932
Engraver, medallist, illuminator, stamp ...
Bockett, Herbert Leslie
1905–1980
Public servant
Bodell, James
1831?–1892
Soldier, businessman, local politician, ...
Bodkin, William Alexander
1883–1964
Lawyer, local promoter, politician
Bollinger, George Wallace
1890–1917
Soldier, diarist
Bollons, John Peter
1862–1929
Mariner, naturalist, ethnographer, colle...
Bolt, George Bruce
1893–1963
Aviator, aeronautical engineer, military...
Bonar, James Alexander
1840–1901
Merchant, shipping agent, company direct...
Boreham, Charles Stephen
1857–1925
Shearer, trade unionist
Boswell, Charles Wallace
1886–1956
Teacher, politician, diplomat
Boultbee, John
1799–1854
Traveller, sealer, diarist
Bowbyes, Avice Maud
1901–1992
Home science lecturer, writer
Bowden, Thomas Adolphus
1824–1906
Anglican clergyman, farmer, teacher, edu...
Bowen, Charles Christopher
1830–1917
Administrator, politician, poet, magistr...
Bowen, George Ferguson
1821–1899
Colonial governor
Bowen, Walter Godfrey
1922–1994
Shearer, shearing instructor and entrepr...
Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer
1905–1982
Artist
Bowerbank, Fred Thompson
1880–1960
Doctor, military medical administrator
Boyce, Ann
1827?–1914
Founding mother, herbalist
Boyd, Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua
1885 to 1886?–1959
Ngāti Moe woman of mana, interpreter
Boys-Smith, Winifred Lily
1865–1939
Science artist and lecturer, university ...
Bracken, Thomas
1841 (uncertain)–1898
Poet, journalist, politician
Bradney, James Henry
1853–1936
Ferryman, ship owner
Bradshaw, James Benn Bradshaigh
1832–1886
Newspaper editor, gold assayer and buyer...
Bradshaw, John Christopher
1876–1950
Organist, conductor, choirmaster, univer...
Bragg, Martha Sarah Kahui
1895–1975
Ngāi Tahu; dairy farmer, foster parent
Bragge, James
1833?–1908
Photographer
Braithwaite, John
1885–1916
Journalist, soldier, convicted mutineer
Braithwaite, William Garnett
1870–1937
Military leader
Brandon, Alfred de Bathe
1883–1974
Lawyer, military aviator
Branigan, St John
1823 to 1824?–1873
Police commissioner
Brasch, Charles Orwell
1909–1973
Poet, editor, teacher, translator, lectu...
Brash, Thomas Cuddie
1874–1957
Dairy factory manager, dairy board admin...
Brassington, William
1840–1905
Stonemason, builder, sculptor
Brees, Samuel Charles
1809 to 1810?–1865
Artist, surveyor, engineer
Brett, De Renzie James
1809–1889
Soldier, farmer, politician
Brett, Henry
1843–1927
Journalist, newspaper proprietor, publis...
Brew, Helen Jean
1922–2013
Speech therapist, birth campaigner and e...
Bridson, Gordon
1909–1972
Hardware merchant, swimmer, naval office...
Briggs, Margaret Jane
1892–1961
Show‑ring rider
Briggs, Mark
1884–1965
Labourer, auctioneer, pacifist, socialis...
Brind, William Darby
1794–1850
Master mariner, whaler
Broad, Charles
1828–1879
Goldfields administrator, magistrate
Broberg, Charles Robert
1870–1937
Policeman
Brodrick, Thomas Noel
1855–1931
Surveyor, public servant
Broham, Thomas
1840–1900
Police officer
Brooke, Evelyn Gertrude
1879–1962
Civilian and military nurse, matron
Brooke, John Balmain
1907–1992
Teacher, yacht designer and manufacturer...
Broome, William Henry
1873–1943
Clothier, tailor
Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka
1940–1986
Ngā Rauru; tohunga, Anglican priest, uni...
Broughton, William James
1913–1990
Jockey
Broun, Thomas
1838–1919
Soldier, farmer, teacher, entomologist
Brown, Alexander
1830–1913
Marine engineer, foundry and shipping co...
Brown, Alfred Nesbit
1803–1884
Missionary
Brown, Charlotte
1795 to 1796?–1855
Missionary, teacher
Brown, Andrew Joseph Francis
1907–1986
Mechanic, entrepreneur, entertainment pr...
Brown, Byron Paul
1866–1947
Storekeeper, businessman, community lead...
Brown, Gordon Alexander
1907–1982
Accountant, co-operative retail manager,...
Brown, James
1819?–1877
Engraver, caricaturist, drawing tutor
Brown, John Macmillan
1845–1935
University professor and administrator
Brown, John Vigor
1854–1942
Businessman, politician
Brown, Robert
1821 to 1824?–1906
Bootmaker, botanist
Brown, Vernon Akitt
1905–1965
Architect, university lecturer
Brown, William
1809 to 1810?–1898
Merchant, writer, newspaper proprietor, ...
Browne, Harriet Louisa
1829–1906
Political hostess, community leader, let...
Browne, Thomas Robert Gore
1807–1887
Soldier, colonial governor
Bruce, Alexander
1838 to 1839?–1917
Engineer, trade unionist, baker, goldmin...
Bruce, David
1824–1911
Presbyterian minister, journalist
Brunner, Thomas
1821?–1874
Surveyor, explorer
Bryce, John
1833–1913
Farmer, soldier, politician
Brydone, Thomas
1837–1904
Land company manager, farm manager, free...
Buchanan, John
1819–1898
Draughtsman, botanist, artist
Buchanan, Walter Clarke
1838–1924
Stock dealer, storekeeper, runholder, po...
Buck, Peter Henry
1877?–1951
Ngāti Mutunga; doctor, military leader, ...
Buckingham, George
1810?–1864
Actor, theatre owner, entertainer
Buckingham, Rosetta
1843 to 1844?–1864
Actor, singer, entertainer
Buckland, Alfred
1825–1903
Landowner, auctioneer, farmer, pastorali...
Buckland, Jessie Lillian
1878–1939
Photographer
Buckley, Patrick Alphonsus
1840 to 1841?–1896
Lawyer, politician, judge
Buckman, Rosina
1881–1948
Opera singer and teacher
Buddle, Thomas
1812–1883
Missionary, Methodist leader
Buddo, David
1853–1937
Engineer, farmer, politician
Buick, Thomas Lindsay
1865–1938
Politician, journalist, historian
Buller, Walter Lawry
1838–1906
Interpreter, magistrate, ornithologist, ...
Bullock, Margaret
1845–1903
Journalist, writer, feminist, social ref...
Bulstrode, Emily Mary
1867–1959
School principal, missioner
Bulstrode, Jane Helena
1862–1946
School principal, missioner
Burdon, Randal Mathews
1896–1965
Soldier, sheepfarmer, historian
Burgess, Georgina Jane
1836 to 1841?–1904
Hotel-keeper, midwife, postmistress
Burgess, Richard
1829–1866
Criminal, murderer
Burgin, Annie Mona
1903–1985
Girl Guide and Peace Scout leader, teach...
Burling, Henry
1801–1911
Mail carrier, farmer
Burn, Margaret Gordon
1825–1918
Teacher, school principal
Burn, William Wallace Allison
1891–1915
Military aviator
Burnand, John Henry Davis
1850–1919
Engineer, sawmiller
Burnard, Norah Telford
1902–1979
School dental supervisor, journal editor
Burns, Barnet
1806 to 1807?–1860
Trader, Pākehā-Māori, showman, lecturer
Burns, Charles Ritchie
1898–1985
Doctor, medical administrator
Burns, Joseph
1805 to 1806?–1848
Murderer
Burns, Malcolm McRae
1910–1986
Agricultural scientist, university lectu...
Burns, Thomas
1796?–1871
Presbyterian minister, coloniser, commun...
Burns, Violet Alberta Jessie
1893–1972
Journalist, political activist
Burrows, James Thomas
1904–1991
Teacher, sportsman and administrator, mi...
Burt, Alexander
1840–1920
Plumber, metalworker, engineer
Burt, Thomas
1842?–1884
Plumber, metalworker, engineer
Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury
1893–1968
Photographer
Burton, Alfred Henry
1833 to 1835?–1914
Photographer, elocutionist
Burton, Ormond Edward
1893–1974
Teacher, soldier, war historian, pacifis...
Burton, William John
1908–1985
Lithographic draughtsman, rifleman, arch...
Bury, Maxwell
1825–1912
Engineer, architect
Busby, James
1802–1871
Viticulturalist, British Resident, farme...
Bush, Alice Mary
1914–1974
Doctor, paediatrician, family planning a...
Bush, Walter Ernest
1875–1950
Civil engineer
Butchers, Arthur Gordon
1885–1960
Principal, educationalist, historian
Butler, George Edmund
1872–1936
Artist, war artist
Butler, Grace Ellen
1886–1962
Artist
Butler, Joseph
1858–1934
Sawmiller, timber merchant
Butler, William James
1858–1932
Sawmiller, timber merchant
Butler, Margaret Mary
1883–1947
Sculptor
Butler, Muriel Dorothy
1925–2015
Children’s literature advocate, booksell...
Butler, Peter Michael
1901–1995
Seaman, trade unionist, communist, local...
Butler, Robert
1844 to 1851?–1905
Criminal, murderer
Butler, Samuel
1835–1902
Explorer, pastoralist, writer, artist, m...
Button, Isabel
1863–1921
Horse driver and trainer, equestrian
Buxton, Alfred William
1872–1950
Landscape gardener, nurseryman
Buxton, Mary Ann
1795 to 1796?–1888
Teacher, businesswoman