1. Elena Carroll (1996)

YouTube Star

Beauty, fashion and lifestyle YouTuber with a channel titled ClassicSplendour who enjoys sharing DIY videos, personal stories, makeup tutorials and advice content.

2. Shane Cameron (1977)

New Zealand Boxer

New Zealand boxer who won titles in Heavyweight and Cruiserweight, including the Commonwealth Games, WBO, and IBF titles.

3. Rory Fallon (1982)

Footballer

Forward who made his professional debut in 1999 with Barnsley and debuted internationally for New Zealand in 2009.

4. Kiri Te Kanawa (1944)

Operatic Soprano; Musician

New Zealand soprano singer who sang with the Santa Fe Opera in The Marriage of Figaro and in the Leonard Bernstein version of West Side Story.

5. Aron Baynes (1986)

Australian Basketball Player

NBA power forward/center who broke into the league in 2013 with the San Antonio Spurs and was a member of the team's 2014 NBA Championship team. He signed with the...

6. Valerie Joy Watson (1970)

Children's Author

Award-winning New Zealand author of fifteen children's books, many of which were published by Scholastic Corporation. In 2015, her book, Grandpa's Slippers, was a fiction nomination for the Great Kiwi Classic....

7. Hosea Gear (1984)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Rugby wing who played for Wellington from 2005 to 2013.

8. Rico Gear (1978)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

New Zealand-born player who became known as a specialist right wing for the Kintetsu Liners, as well as various Super Rugby teams.

9. Miah Nikora (1985)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Miah Nikora is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays in the position of first five-eighths/Fly Half for Connacht in the RaboDirect Pro12. He has also played at fullback...

10. Sarah Mason (surfer) (1995)

New Zealand Surfer

Sarah Mason is a New Zealand-born surfer currently residing in Australia. On 11 April 2010 Mason won the New Zealand Women's Open surfing title held off New Plymouth New Zealand....

11. Charlie Ngatai (1990)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Charlie Ngatai is a rugby union footballer who plays as a midfield back for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. He has played for Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup and...

12. Ian Kirkpatrick (1946)

Former New Zealand Rugby Footbal

Ian Andrew Kirkpatrick is a former New Zealand rugby union player who was captain of the New Zealand team between 1972 and 1974. Kirkpatrick began his first-class career in 1966...

13. Hamish Barton (1976)

Cricketer

Hamish Dymock Barton is an Auckland Canterbury and Argentinian first class cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off break Barton's father Peter and his uncle Hugh also played first class...

14. Graham Sligo (1954)

New Zealand Field Hockey Player

Graham William Sligo is a former field hockey player from New Zealand who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...

15. Vaughan Jones (footballer) (1959)

Footballer

Vaughan Jones is a Welsh former professional footballer. Jones played his club football for Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Newport County Inter Cardiff and Bath City before finishing his playing career...

16. Margaret Moth (1951)

New Zealand Photographer

Margaret Gipsy Moth was a photojournalist who worked for CNN.

17. Peta Hiku (1992)

Rugby Player

Peta Hiku is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League after previously being a member of the New Zealand Warriors...

18. Mosese Fotuaika (1992)

Wests Tigers Rugby League Player

Mosese Fotuaika was a New Zealand professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League. He primarily played prop. He was of Tongan and New Zealand...

19. Rachel Beale (1983)

New Zealand Netball Player

Rachel Beale is a New Zealand netball player. Beale played with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for the inaugural season of the ANZ Championship. She was not signed for...

20. Matai Smith (1977)

New Zealand Television Presenter

Matai Rangi Smith is a New Zealand television presenter.

21. Gordon Falcon (1970)

Rugby League Player

Gordon Falcon is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played rugby league professionally for the Penrith Panthers and rugby union for the New Zealand Māori and Hawke's Bay.

22. Clarke Gayford (1977)

New Zealand Radio And Television

Clarke Timothy Gayford was born on 24 October 1977 in Gisborne New Zealand and is a former music show presenter for the New Zealand music channel C4 as well as...

23. Brendon O'Connor (1989)

Rugby Player

Brendon O'Connor 11 September 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as flanker. O’Connor grew up in Hawkes Bay and attended Gisborne Boys' High School. He currently...

24. Michael Broadhurst (1986)

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Michael Broadhurst is a New Zealand born Japanese rugby union player who plays at flanker lock or number 8 for the Ricoh Black Rams in the Top League and the...

25. Cory Hutchings (1972)

New Zealand Surfer

Cory Francis Hutchings is a former world surf lifesaving Ironman champion from Gisborne New Zealand. Hutchings was born in Gisborne to a family of passionate sportspeople. His father Ben was...

26. Grant Robinson (1979)

New Zealand Cricketer

Grant Geoffrey Robinson is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Northern Districts Knights. In 2005-06 Robinson scored 268 for Hamilton against Northland to record the second highest score...

27. Grant Bramwell (1961)

Canoe Racer

Grant Bramwell is a sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m at Los Angeles in...