List of New Zealand inventors

The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions.

• Godfrey Bowen - developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique
• John Britten - designer of the Britten motorcycle
• Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson - refrigerated shipping pioneers
• Morton W. Coutts - invented the revolutionary continuous fermentation method of brewing
• Bill Gallagher - developer of the electric fence and founder of Gallagher Group Limited
• A J Hackett - Bungy creator
• Bill Hamilton - developed the modern jetboat
• John Ashley Hart, inventor of the thermette (Benghasi Boiler)
• Len Light - invented the EasyYo do-it-yourself yoghurt maker
• Peter Lynn - leading kitemaker, aeronautical theoretician and inventor of the tipping blade portable sawmill
• Colin Murdoch - inventor of the disposable syringe and the tranquilliser gun
• Richard Pearse - inventor of the first powered flying machine
• Alan Pritchard - pioneer of aerial topdressing
• Leon Styles - inventor of the "Rocking Trigger" and operating systems for paintball guns