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

Champion of Māori culture and tohunga raranga

First New Zealander to win the Booker Prize

Pioneering food writer and the woman who taught New Zealand to cook

Chart-topping songwriter who sparked the resurgence of New Zealand music

World-renowned chef and founder of top London restaurant Mere

The first New Zealand solo artist to top the US Billboard chart