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5 figures
Kate Sheppard
1848 – 1934Won the world's first national women's vote in 1893.
New Zealand·Peace · History
Ernest Rutherford
1871 – 1937Found the atomic nucleus and split the atom.
New Zealand·Physics · ChemistryNobelFull profile
Maurice Wilkins
1916 – 2004Shared the DNA structure Nobel.
New Zealand·Biology · PhysicsNobel
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 – 2007Conductive polymers — flexible screens and printed electronics.
New Zealand·ChemistryNobel
Witi Ihimaera
b. 1944First published Māori novelist; The Whale Rider.
New Zealand·Literature