1. Aaron Cruden (1989)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Fly-half won the Super Rugby title and was the league's top scorer with the Chiefs in 2012.

2. Richard Buckman (1989)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

New Zealand-born rugby union player who joined the Hurricanes in 2011.

3. Christopher Small (1927)

Novelist

Remembered for his work in the fields of ethnomusicology and sociomusicology, Small is perhaps most famous for inventing the term "musicking" to express his idea that music is an active...

4. Brendon Hartley (1989)

New Zealand Racing Driver

Formula One driver who has emerged victorious at events like the 2015 and 2017 and FIA World Endurance Championships as well as the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. He has...

5. Ngani Laumape (1993)

Rugby League Player

Professional wing and center that was signed by the Stade Français Paris Rugby Club in 2021. He has also made appearances as a member of the New Zealand men's national team. 

6. Adam Whitelock (1987)

Rugby Player

Midfield Back and Wing player for the New Zealand Rugby Union.

7. George Whitelock (1986)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Openside flanker who joined the Crusaders in Super Rugby in 2008. He joined the New Zealand national team in 2008.

8. Jacob Oram (1978)

New Zealand Cricketer

New Zealand all-rounder known for his time with Indian Premiere League teams like the Mumbai Indians. Internationally, he has represented his home country at many events, including ICC World Twenty20...

9. Kayla Whitelock (1985)

Field Hockey Player

Field hockey player who has served as the captain of the New Zealand national team and competed in events like the Olympic Games and Hockey World Cup. She has played...

10. Adam Milne (1992)

New Zealand Cricketer

New Zealand fast bowler known for his time with Central Districts and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He's also played for the New Zealand national team.

11. Joseph Tomane (1990)

Rugby Player

Australian who played for the Brumbies in Super Rugby and the Wallabies in rugby union.

12. Jake Gleeson (1990)

New Zealand Association Football

Goalkeeper from New Zealand who began his MLS career with the Portland Timbers in 2011 after spending two years with Team Wellington.

13. Sam Whitelock (1988)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Rugby lock who joined Canterbury in 2008 and the Crusaders in 2010.

14. James Tamou (1988)

New Zealand Rugby League Player

Australian rugby league prop forward who helped Australia win the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He began his National Rugby League career with the North Queensland Cowboys in 2009.

15. Levi Sherwood (1991)

Motorcycle Racer

Motocross rider known for unique stunt style and early age success. At only 17 years of age, he won the Red Bull X-Fighters contest in Mexico City in 2009.

16. Hamish Gard (1985)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Hamish Gard is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays as a centre.

17. Jordan Smiler (1985)

Rugby Player

Jordan Smiler is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a loose forward. Smiler was born in Palmerston North New Zealand. He played sevens for the New Zealand...

18. Lee Vertongen (1975)

New Zealand Racing Cyclist

Lee Vertongen is a New Zealand racing cyclist. He has won three bronze medals in the team pursuit event at the Commonwealth Games. He won his third bronze medal riding...

19. Matt Reed (1975)

American Triathlete

Matt Reed is an American elite triathlete. Reed became a US citizen in 2007 and currently lives and trains in Boulder Colorado. In 2009 Reed won 7 triathlons and the...

20. Shane Christie (1985)

New Zealand Rugby Player

Shane Christie is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a flanker for Tasman Makos in the ITM Cup and Highlanders in Super Rugby.

21. Ricky Thorby (1985)

New Zealand Rugby League Player

Ricky Thorby is a rugby league player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons. His positions of choice...

22. Karl Te Nana (1975)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Karl Solomon Te Nana is a rugby player from New Zealand.

23. Greg Loveridge (1975)

New Zealand Cricketer

Greg Riaka Loveridge is a former cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand in 1996. Born in Palmerston North Loveridge also played for Cambridge University and Manawatu in the...

24. Craig Perks (1967)

Professional Golfer

Craig William Perks is a professional golfer from New Zealand who played on the PGA Tour. Perks was born in Palmerston North. He played college golf at University of Oklahoma...

25. Tim Wilkinson (1978)

Professional Golfer

Timothy David Wilkinson is a professional golfer from New Zealand. Wilkinson was born in Palmerston North. He won the New Zealand Stroke Play Championship in 2000 and turned professional in...

26. Leonard Mitchell (1925)

All-american College Football Pl

Leonard Boyd Mitchell is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for seven seasons during the 1980s. He played...

27. Roger Sowry (1958)

New Zealand Politician

Roger Morrison Sowry ONZM is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party and was the deputy leader from 2001 to 2003.

28. Grant Major (Unknow)

Set Decorator

Grant Major is a Art director from New Zealand who is most famous for The Lord of the Rings films. For which he won an Oscar for The Lord of...

29. Dick Scott (1923)

Actor

30. Jacob Spoonley (1987)

New Zealand Association Football

Jacob Spoonley is a New Zealand goalkeeper playing for Team Wellington

31. Cathryn Finlayson (1988)

Olympic Field Hockey Player

Cathryn Finlayson is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team since 2010 including for the team at the 2012...

32. Andre Taylor (1988)

Rugby Player

Andre Taylor is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the fullback position for the Wellington based Super Rugby franchise the Hurricanes and for New Zealand's Māori international...

33. Aaron Smith (rugby union) (1988)

Lighting

34. Hannah Broederlow (1988)

New Zealand Netball Player

Hannah Broederlow is a New Zealand netball player. Broederlow attended Palmerston North Girls' High School before continuing her studies at the University of Otago. During her high school years she...

35. Liam Squire (1991)

Rugby Union Player

Liam Squire is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the number 8 position for provincial side Tasman and for New Zealand's Māori international side the Māori All...

36. Simon van Velthooven (1988)

New Zealand Racing Cyclist

Simon van Velthooven is a New Zealand track racing cyclist. At the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial....

37. Steve Maharey (1953)

New Zealand Politician

Steven Steve Maharey CNZM is a former Member of Parliament for Palmerston North in New Zealand as a member of the Labour Party.

38. Roger M. Enoka (1949)

Academic

Roger Maro Enoka is professor and chair of the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also the director of the Neurophysiology of Movement...

39. Lynne Pillay (1950)

New Zealand Politician

Barbara Lynne Pillay known as Lynne Pillay is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party.

40. John Callesen (1950)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

John Arthur Callesen is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played four test matches for the All Blacks in 1974 and 1975.

41. Api Pewhairangi (1992)

Rugby League Player

Api Pewhairangi is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays five-eighth centre halfback and fullback.

42. Paul Rieger (Unknow)

Actor

43. Grant Waite (1964)

Professional Golfer

Grant Osten Waite is a New Zealand professional golfer. Waite was born in Palmerston North New Zealand. He has one PGA Tour victory the Kemper Open in 1993 and finished...

44. Paul Swain (1951)

New Zealand Politician

Paul Desmond Swain QSO is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.

45. Hayden Phillips (1943)

Civil Servant

Sir Gerald Hayden Phillips GCB is a retired British civil servant. He was educated at Cambridgeshire High School for Boys Clare College Cambridge and Yale University. He joined the Civil...

46. Jack Watts (politician) (1909)

New Zealand Politician

Jack Thomas Watts was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and the twenty-seventh Minister of Finance from November 1954 to 12 December 1957 when he retired. He was...

47. Trevor de Cleene (1933)

New Zealand Politician

Trevor Albert de Cleene OBE was a New Zealand politician and lawyer. After gaining experience as a councillor with Palmerston North City Council he was elected to Parliament for the...

48. John Luxford (1890)

New Zealand Mayor

John Hector Luxford CMG was a New Zealand lawyer and Mayor of Auckland City from 1953 to 1956. Born in Palmerston North he qualified as a solicitor in 1913 and...

49. Clem Captein (1957)

New Zealand Cyclist

Clem Captein is a New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medalist.

50. Jacqui Dean (1957)

New Zealand Politician

Jacqueline Isobel Dean is a New Zealand politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Waitaki electorate where she represents the National Party.