Arthur Lydiard

Invented the name 'Jogging' in 1960

Anna Paquin

Oscar Winning Actress

Bob Charles

Golf

Bruce McLaren

Motor Racing

Chris Amon

Motor Racing

Colin Murdoch

Invented the disposable syringe in 1956

Crowded House

Music

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Opera singer

Denny Hulme

World Formula 1 Champion 1967

Edward Nathan

Founded Glaxo in 1906, with his dried milk formula, now GlaxoSmithKline

Fred Hollows

Eye Surgeon

Godfrey Bowen

Fastest sheep shearer in the World

Harold Williams

Guinness Book of Records, greatest linguist. He spoke 58 languages

Ivan Mauger

Speedway Rider

Jane Campion

Film Director

Jean Batten

Aviator

John Britten

Motorcycle Designer

John Walker

First person to run the sub 3min 50sec mile

Kate Sheppard

Suffragette

Katherine Mansfield

Writer

Len Lye

Kinetic Artist

Lord Ernest Rutherford

The first person to split the atom, 1913

Mark Todd

Master Horseman

Naomi James

First woman to sail around the world single handed in 1978

Peter Jackson

Film Director

Phar Lap

The Race Horse - Born Timaru 4 Oct 1926

Rachel Hunter

The model who married Rod Stewart then left him !!!

Richard Hadlee

Cricketer

Richard Pearce

First person to fly - March 1903. He beat the Wright brothers by 9 months

Robert Dickie

Invented and patented the world's first stamp vending machine

Sam Neill

Actor

Sir Peter Blake

Yachtsman

Sir Edmond Hillary

The first person to climb Mt Everest

Split Enz

Music

The All Blacks

Rugby - Sean Fitzpatrick, Jonah Lomu, Frankie Bunce and the Haka

The Human Instinct

Band - had a residency at the Marquee Club, supported Jimi Hendrix

William Atack

First referee to use a whistle to stop a sports game

William Hamilton

Invented the Jet Boat in 1953

William Pickering

The man behind America's first launch into space with the 'Explorer 1' rocket