R
Radcliffe, Frederick George
1863–1923
Farmer, photographer
Rae, Charles Joseph
1819 to 1821?–1894
Painter, journalist, labour reformer
Rae, Duncan McFadyen
1888–1964
Teacher, soldier, teachers’ college prin...
Rafter, Thomas Athol
1913–1996
Teacher, nuclear chemist
Rainbow, Algernon Instone
1885–1969
Accountant, company director, local poli...
Ralfe, Catherine Hester
1831 to 1832?–1912
Dressmaker, teacher, storekeeper, housek...
Ralph, Margaret
1822 to 1823?–1913
Landowner, businesswoman, matriarch
Ralph, Patricia Marjorie
1920–1995
Marine biologist, university lecturer
Ramsden, George Eric Oakes
1898–1962
Journalist, writer, art critic
Randall, Amelia Mary
1844–1930
Companion help, church and community lea...
Randow, Ilse Amalie Mathilde von
1901–1998
Weaver
Rangi, Tūtekohi
1871 to 1872?–1956
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti tohunga, faith heale...
Rangihatuake, Minarapa
?–?
Ngā Māhanga missionary
Rangihau, John Te Rangiāniwaniwa
1919–1987
Tūhoe leader, labourer, Māori welfare of...
Rankin, Hōne Heke
1896–1964
Ngāpuhi leader, medical worker, farmer
Ranstead, John Morris
1884–1972
Farmer, animal breeder, agricultural sci...
Ranstead, William
1859–1944
Businessman, socialist, emigration organ...
Rata, Matiu Waitai
1934–1997
Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Whātua; po...
Rātahi, Puhi-o-Aotea
1898 to 1899?–1966
Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru; Rātana leader
Ratana, Haami Tokouru
1894–1944
Ngāti Apa; politician, Rātana leader
Rātana, Iriaka Matiu
1905–1981
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi; entertainer, ...
Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu
1873–1939
Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru; faith healer, r...
Rattray, Lizzie Frost
1855–1931
Journalist, suffragist, welfare worker
Raukawa, Te Mete
1836 to 1837?–1926
Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor, sportsm...
Raukura, Ēria Tūtara-Kauika
1834 to 1835?–1938
Ngāi Tahupō, Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu; ...
Rāwhiti, T. T.
1851?–1927
Ngāti Hauā; King movement secretary and ...
Rawlins, Evelyn Mary
1889–1977
Music teacher, community leader
Rawlinson, Gloria Jasmine
1918–1995
Poet, novelist, short-story writer, edit...
Rawlinson, Mary Bertha
1910–1994
Singer, actor, drama producer, composer,...
Raymond, Cherry
1925–2006
Broadcaster, journalist, feminist
Read, George Edward
1814 to 1815?–1878
Mariner, trader, land purchaser
Read, Norman Richard
1931–1994
Carpenter, athlete, salesman
Read, Thomas Gabriel
1824 to 1826?–1894
Gold prospector, farmer
Redwood, Francis William
1839–1935
Catholic archbishop
Redwood, Henry
1823–1907
Farmer, politician, racehorse breeder
Reed, Alexander Wyclif
1908–1979
Publisher, writer
Reed, Alfred Hamish
1875–1975
Bookseller, publisher, writer, philanthr...
Reed, George McCullagh
1831 to 1832?–1898
Presbyterian minister, journalist, newsp...
Reedy, Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī
1903–1971
Ngāti Porou leader, farmer, soldier
Reedy, Materoa
1881–1944
Ngāti Porou woman of mana
Rees, Annie Lee
1864–1949
Writer, teacher, lawyer, community leade...
Rees, Rosemary Frances
1875 to 1876?–1963
Actress, theatre producer, novelist
Rees, William Lee
1836–1912
Lawyer, politician
Reese, Daniel
1879–1953
Cricketer, engineer, businessman
Reeve, Alice Elsie
1885–1927
Jeweller
Reeves, Magdalene Stuart
1865–1953
Suffragist, social reformer, writer
Reeves, William
1825–1891
Politician, newspaper editor
Reeves, William Pember
1857–1932
Politician, historian, poet, high commis...
Rehu-Murchie, Erihapeti
1923–1997
Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Ngāti R...
Reid, Alexander Walker
1853–1938
Farmer, inventor
Reid, Donald
1833–1919
Farmer, politician, businessman
Reidy, Mary Anne
1880–1977
Civilian and military nurse, community l...
Reischek, Andreas
1845–1902
Taxidermist, collector, naturalist
Rere-ō-maki
?–1868
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi woman of mana
Retter, Hannah
1839–1940
Muaūpoko; founding mother, midwife
Revans, Samuel
1807 to 1808?–1888
Merchant, printer, runholder, newspaper ...
Reweti, Ngāpipi
1883 to 1884?–1957
Ngāti Whātua land negotiator
Rex, Helmut Herbert Hermann
1913–1967
Presbyterian theologian, lecturer
Reyburn, Robert
1810–1892
Orchardist, farmer, politician
Reynolds, Henry Chidley
1849–1925
Farm manager, butter manufacturer and ex...
Reynolds, Rachel Selina
1838–1928
Social worker, community leader
Rhodes, George
1816–1864
Pastoralist
Rhodes, Harold Winston
1905–1987
University professor of English, writer,...
Rhodes, Robert Heaton
1861–1956
Lawyer, runholder, stock breeder, politi...
Rhodes, William Barnard
1807?–1878
Pastoralist, merchant, investor, communi...
Richardson, Edward
1830 to 1831?–1915
Civil engineer, businessman, politician,...
Richardson, Effie Newbigging
1849 to 1850?–1928
Landowner, litigant
Richardson, Elwyn Stuart
1925–2012
Educator
Richardson, George Edward Gordon
1835?–1905
Merchant, ship owner
Richardson, George Spafford
1868–1938
Military leader, administrator
Richardson, Harry Linley
1878–1947
Artist and art teacher, stamp designer
Richardson, John Larkins Cheese
1810–1878
Soldier, provincial superintendent, poli...
Richdale, Lancelot Eric
1900–1983
Teacher, ornithologist
Richmond, Christopher William
1821–1895
Lawyer, politician, judge
Richmond, Dorothy Kate
1861–1935
Artist and art teacher
Richmond, James Crowe
1822–1898
Engineer, artist, politician, journalist...
Richmond, Mary Elizabeth
1853–1949
Community leader, teacher, writer
Richmond, Norman Macdonald
1897–1971
Adult education organiser and tutor, uni...
Richmond, William
1869–1956
Rabbiter, stock manager, meat exporter, ...
Rickard, Tuaiwa Hautai Kereopa (Eva)
1925–1997
Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa, Tainui, Taranaki...
Riddet, William
1896–1958
University professor, scientific adminis...
Riddiford, Edward Joshua
1842–1911
Runholder
Ries, Hans Madsen
1860–1926
Lutheran pastor, farmer, businessman, lo...
Rigg, John
1858–1943
Printer, trade unionist, politician, wri...
Rigg, Theodore
1888–1972
Agricultural chemist, scientific adminis...
Rikihana, Wiremu
1851–1933
Te Rarawa leader, politician
Rikiriki, Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mere
1855 to 1856?–1926
Ngāti Apa prophet
Riley, Arthur Dewhurst
1860–1929
Artist, educationalist, businessman
Rimmer, Eva Marion
1937–1996
Paraplegic athlete, disability rights ad...
Ring, James
1856–1939
Photographer
Ritchie, Harriott
1821 to 1822?–1907
Hospital matron, servants’ home matron, ...
Ritchie, James McLaren
1907–1981
Businessman, Anglican church administrat...
Ritchie, John Macfarlane
1842–1912
Merchant, shipping agent, financier, sto...
Ritchie, Thomas
1843 to 1844?–1934
Farmer, runholder, trader, shipping agen...
Rivers, Mavis Chloe
1929–1992
Singer
Rīwai, Kiti Karaka
1870–1927
Moriori and Ngāti Māmoe; founding mother
Rīwai, Te Kiato
1912–1967
Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Mutunga; nurse, Māor...
Robb, George Douglas
1899–1974
Surgeon, medical reformer, writer, unive...
Roberton, James Basil Wilkie
1896–1996
Soldier, doctor, historian, writer
Roberts, Geoffrey Newland
1906–1995
Military aviator and leader, airline man...
Roberts, James
1878–1967
Gas stoker, labourer, waterside worker, ...
Roberts, John Mackintosh
1840–1928
Soldier, resident magistrate, administra...
Roberts, John William
1885–1962
Clothing worker, trade unionist, politic...
Roberts, Mary Louise
1886–1968
Masseuse, physiotherapist, mountaineer
Roberts, Murray Beresford
1919–1974
Confidence trickster, thief
Robertson, Ann
1825–1922
Accommodation-house owner, businesswoman...
Robertson, Carrick Hey
1879–1963
Surgeon
Robertson, John
1870–1954
Teacher, school inspector, mountaineer, ...
Robertson, Philip Wilfred
1884–1969
Chemist, university professor, writer
Robin, Alfred William
1860–1935
Military leader
Robin, Īhakara Te Tuku
1886–1968
Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Raukawa; shear...
Robinson, Christabel Elizabeth
1898–1988
Teacher, vocational guidance and communi...
Robinson, Dove-Myer
1901–1989
Salesman, clothing manufacturer, busines...
Robinson, John Perry
1810 to 1811?–1865
Turner, storekeeper, provincial superint...
Robinson, William
1814–1889
Runholder, pastoralist, sportsman, polit...
Robson, Frank Donald
1912–1993
Logging contractor, fisherman, marine co...
Robson, John Lochiel
1909–1993
Senior public servant, penal reformer
Roche, Violet Augusta
1885–1967
Journalist, welfare worker
Rochfort, John
1832–1893
Surveyor, engineer
Rolland, Jean-Baptiste
1834–1903
Priest, teacher, educationalist
Rolleston, Elizabeth Mary
1845–1940
Homemaker, political hostess, community ...
Rolleston, William
1831–1903
Public administrator, politician, provin...
Rollett, Hilda
1873–1970
Teacher, journalist, writer
Rongonui, Kahupāke
1868 to 1869?–1947
Te Wai-o-Hua leader
Rood, Grace Alexandra
1893–1981
School dental nurse
Roose, Caesar
1886–1967
Ship owner and operator, flax and timber...
Rōpiha, Tipi Tainui
1895–1978
Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; surveyor,...
Rose, Ellen Alma
1907–1996
Clerk, nurse, nursing administrator, hos...
Rose, Randolph Arthur John Scott
1901–1989
Athlete, farmer
Rosenberg, Wolfgang
1915–2007
Economist, public intellectual
Ross, Forrestina Elizabeth
1860–1936
Teacher, mountaineer, journalist, writer
Ross, Malcolm
1862–1930
Journalist, mountaineer, writer
Ross, Frances Jane
1869–1950
School principal
Ross, Grace Hilda Cuthberta
1883–1959
Music teacher, welfare worker, community...
Ross, Robert Samuel
1873–1931
Compositor, socialist, newspaper and jou...
Ross, Ruth Miriam
1920–1982
Historian
Ross, Sydney Gordon
1909–1946
Labourer, criminal, conspirator
Rosser, Arthur
1864–1954
Builder, trade unionist
Roth, Herbert Otto
1917–1994
Socialist, labourer, librarian, historia...
Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa
1836?–1887
Ngāti Whakaue leader, administrator, edu...
Rout, Ettie Annie
1877–1936
Journalist, businesswoman, sex hygiene c...
Rowling, Wallace Edward
1927–1995
Teacher, army educator, politician, prim...
Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē
1896–1965
Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tamaterā leader,...
Rua Kēnana Hepetipa
1868 to 1869?–1937
Tūhoe prophet
Ruatara
?–1815
Ngāpuhi leader, traveller, seaman, agric...
Rudman, Annie
1844–1928
Salvation Army officer, social worker
Rudolph, Henry Joseph
1902–1984
Watch repairer, musician, choirmaster, m...
Rukupō, Raharuhi
?–1873
Rongowhakaata leader, carver
Runciman, Jane Elizabeth
1873–1950
Tailoress, union official, social reform...
Rupe, Carmen Tione
1936–2011
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Heke-...
Ruru, Lena Matewai
1902–1977
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki; community leader, s...
Rushworth, Harold Montague
1880–1950
Farmer, politician
Russell, Andrew Hamilton
1868–1960
Sheepfarmer, military leader
Russell, David
1911–1945
Soldier, prisoner of war
Russell, George Warren
1854–1937
Journalist, newspaper proprietor, politi...
Russell, Henry Robert
1817–1891
Runholder, politician
Russell, John Benjamin
1834–1894
Lawyer, businessman, landscape gardener
Russell, Mārama
1875 to 1876?–1952
Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa tohunga, midwife, w...
Russell, Nancy Elizabeth
1909–1993
Speech teacher, journalist, drama critic...
Russell, Thomas
1830–1904
Lawyer, businessman, politician, financi...
Russell, William Russell
1838?–1913
Soldier, farmer, politician
Russo, Bartolomeo
1866 to 1867?–1941
Fisherman, horticulturist, farmer
Rutherford, Andrew William
1842–1918
Runholder, sheep breeder, politician
Rutherford, Ernest
1871–1937
Scientist
Rutherford, James
1906–1963
University professor, historian
Ryan, Albert James
1884–1955
Commercial traveller, newspaper publishe...
Ryan, Thomas
1864–1927
Sportsman, artist, master mariner
Ryan, Thomas Jervis
1834 to 1837?–1901
Policeman
Ryburn, Hubert James
1897–1988
Presbyterian minister, university colleg...
Rye, Maria Susan
1829–1903
Feminist, reformer, emigration organiser
Rymill, Mary Anne
1817?–1897
Missionary, teacher, nurse, companion