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Directed New Zealand's highest-grossing film at the international box office

Award-winning author

Pioneering fashion designer

Pioneering author

World hip hop dance champion and world-renowned choreographer

First female solo artist to record a number one single on the official NZ Music Chart

Pioneering fashion designer

World-renowned opera singer and the first Kiwi to win a Grammy Award

Youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize

New Zealand's first supermodel and a champion of natural beauty

One of New Zealand's most successful filmmakers

World-renowned stunt woman

New Zealand's first female Oscar winner

Pioneering artist who took New Zealand art to the world

The first woman to win the prestigious Palme D'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival

Internationally acclaimed fashion designer

Creator of the World of Wearable art show

Pioneering fashion designer and entrepreneur

New Zealand's first female professional photographer

Trailblazing musicians, entertainers and activists

First New Zealander awarded the Royal Court Theatre international residency