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Most Famous New Zealand Writers
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New Zealand 700
37,177 MM 
Margaret Mahy New Zealand Writer 1936–2012
Margaret Mahy New Zealand Writer 1936–2012 40,020 RS 
Ronald Syme New Zealand Historian 1903–1989
Ronald Syme New Zealand Historian 1903–1989 74,889 FA Fleur Adcock New Zealand Poet b. 1934
92,498 RA Rewi Alley New Zealand Poet 1897–1987
119,174 SA Sylvia Ashton-Warner New Zealand Poet 1908–1984
183,374 HR 
Horace Romano Harré New Zealand Philosopher 1927–2019
Horace Romano Harré New Zealand Philosopher 1927–2019 221,861 EB 
Elsdon Best New Zealand Historian 1856–1931
Elsdon Best New Zealand Historian 1856–1931 237,758 BC Barry Crump New Zealand Novelist 1935–1996
252,122 PA Pamela Allen New Zealand Writer b. 1934
268,684 AH 
Arthur Henry Adams New Zealand Poet 1872–1936
Arthur Henry Adams New Zealand Poet 1872–1936 310,177 UB 
Ursula Bethell New Zealand Poet 1874–1945
Ursula Bethell New Zealand Poet 1874–1945 312,933 JM 
Jane Mander New Zealand Novelist 1877–1949
Jane Mander New Zealand Novelist 1877–1949 422,496 CG Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk New Zealand Poet 1903–1997
475,636 ED 
Eileen Duggan New Zealand Poet 1894–1972
Eileen Duggan New Zealand Poet 1894–1972 591,257 EY Eoin Young New Zealand Journalist 1939–2014
672,728 KS Keith Sinclair New Zealand Poet 1922–1993
690,938 FB 
Fleur Beale New Zealand Writer b. 1945
Fleur Beale New Zealand Writer b. 1945 749,473 GW 
George William von Zedlitz New Zealand Linguist 1871–1949
George William von Zedlitz New Zealand Linguist 1871–1949 767,967 MN Michael Noonan (Australian writer) New Zealand Novelist 1921–2000
774,751 RH 
Rowley Habib New Zealand Poet 1933–2016
Rowley Habib New Zealand Poet 1933–2016 777,897 AH Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank New Zealand Poet 1932–2002
809,541 MT Mervyn Thompson New Zealand Playwright 1936–1992
819,516 JD 
Jean Devanny New Zealand Novelist 1894–1962
Jean Devanny New Zealand Novelist 1894–1962 822,114 JC 
James Cowan (New Zealand writer) New Zealand Author 1870–1943
James Cowan (New Zealand writer) New Zealand Author 1870–1943 853,594 HS 
Hugh Stewart (classical scholar) New Zealand Historian 1884–1934
Hugh Stewart (classical scholar) New Zealand Historian 1884–1934 876,846 RA R. A. K. Mason New Zealand Poet 1905–1971
936,265 JM 
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki New Zealand Art Historian 1943–2014
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki New Zealand Art Historian 1943–2014 979,977 TT 
Tāmihana Te Rauparaha New Zealand Writer 1820–1876
Tāmihana Te Rauparaha New Zealand Writer 1820–1876 988,630 ME Martin Edmond New Zealand Author b. 1952
1,013,524 AF 
Alistair Fox New Zealand Writer b. 1948
Alistair Fox New Zealand Writer b. 1948 1,025,989 EJ 
Edith Joan Lyttleton New Zealand Writer 1873–1945
Edith Joan Lyttleton New Zealand Writer 1873–1945 1,088,839 EG Eric Grinstead New Zealand Linguist 1921–2008
1,483,822 AE Arnold Everitt Campbell New Zealand Writer 1906–1980
1,686,016 WM William Morley (New Zealand methodist) New Zealand Historian 1842–1926
1,690,681 GW George Wallace Bollinger New Zealand Writer 1890–1917
1,738,193 RF Ruth France New Zealand Novelist 1913–1968
1,789,479 EL 
Emily Louisa Merielina White New Zealand Writer 1839–1936
Emily Louisa Merielina White New Zealand Writer 1839–1936 1,853,745 SJ Stella Jones (writer) New Zealand Writer 1904–1991
1,963,138 MS 
Morvin Simon New Zealand Historian 1944–2014
Morvin Simon New Zealand Historian 1944–2014 2,011,084 AG Alfred George Horton New Zealand Writer 1843–1903
2,117,184 KL Kitty Lovell-Smith New Zealand Historian 1886–1973
2,397,418 RJ Richard John Barton New Zealand Author 1879–1931
2,619,083 TU Te Uruhina McGarvey New Zealand Writer 1927–2015
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