List of people from Gisborne
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The following is a list of famous people born in Gisborne, New Zealand, and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in the Gisborne/East Coast area (from Wairoa to Te Kaha to Opotiki).
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[edit] Media
- Murray Ball (cartoonist/creator of Footrot Flats)
- Amanda Gillies (3 News reporter)
- Witi Ihimaera (author)
[edit] Polititical
See also
- Peter Bennett (politician)
- Sir James Carroll (acting Prime Minister)
- Charles Chauvel (politician)
- Albert Davy (politician)
- Meng Foon (Mayor)
- Parekura Horomia (politician)
- Wayne Kimber (politician)
- Janet Mackey (politician, restaurateur)
- Moana Mackey (politician, scientist)
- Apirana Ngata (politician)
- Wi Pere (politician)
- Anne Tolley (politician)
- Esme Tombleson (pioneer woman politician)
- Rana Waitai (politician)
- Allan Wallbank (politician)
- Margaret Wilson (politician, speaker of the house)
- Mokena Kohere (pioneer)
- Margaret Sievwright (women's rights activist)
- Te Kooti (activist)
[edit] Art
- Peter Brown(painter)
- Jolene Douglas
[edit] Entertainment
- Fiona Apanui (former Mai Time presenter)
- Jackie Clarke (actress/former New Zealand Idol judge)
- Lez Dwight (actor)
- Clark Gayford (television presenter)
- Te Hamua Nikora (Pukana presenter)
- Matai Smith (Pukana presenter)
- Mana Taumaunu (actor)
- Te Kohe Tuhaka (TV presenter)
- Hayden Weke (former Mai Time presenter, singer (Aaria))
- Rongo Brightwell (New Zealand Idol Top 5 2005)
- David James (pianist)
- Kiri Te Kanawa (opera diva)
- Camille Te Nahu (country & western singer)
- Chanel Whalley (Australian Idol Top 10 2004)
[edit] Celebrities
- Britney Alexander (adult entertainer)
- Ethan Pickering (adult entertainer)
- Emma Sturm (Miss Gisborne)
[edit] Military
- Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu (Victoria Cross recipient)
[edit] Sports
- Richard Apanui (Rugby player)
- Gordon Barbara (rugby player)
- Graham Barbara (rugby player)
- Leslie Barbara (rugby player)
- Grant Bramwell (Olympic gold medalist - kayak)
- Peter Briant (jet-boat racer)
- Craig Clarke (rugby player)
- Greg Cooper (All Black rugby union player)
- Matt Cooper (All Black rugby union player)
- Sandra Edge (netball player)
- Rory Fallon (football player)
- Hosea Gear (rugby player)
- Rico Gear (All Black rugby player)
- Leigh Gibbs (Silver Fern netball coach)
- Damon Gunness (surfer)
- Tom Heeney (boxer)
- Joe Hogan (croquet player)
- Cory Hutchings (iron man)
- Ian Kirkpatrick (All Black rugby player)
- Robert Kururangi (All Black rugby player)
- George Nepia (All Black rugby player)
- Jay Quinn (surfer)
- Holly Quinn (surfer)
- Maz Quinn (surfer)
- Wai Taumaunu (Silver Fern netball player)
- Alan Thompson (Olympic gold medalist - kayaking)
- Richard White (All Black rugby player)
- Tony Thorpe (All Black rugby player)
[edit] Business
- Sir Robert Kerridge (tourism industrialist)
[edit] Academics
- Bob Berry (dendrologist)
- William Douglas Cook (horticulturist)
- Vaughan Jones (mathematician)
- Reverend Reweti Kohere (scholar)
- Stephen Parke (theoretical physicist)
- Eric Partridge (lexicographer)
- Professor Jack Richards (English & Art scholar)
- Dame Anne Salmond
- Bishop William L. Williams
- Paul McHugh
[edit] Others
- Gary Lewis (married to Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, Lady Davina Windsor)
