New Zealand's highest-selling solo artist

Trailblazing activist, entertainer and early champion of LGBTQ rights

Grammy-nominated jazz singer who performed with Frank Sinatra

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