World-changing New Zealanders
Featuring 40+ definitive short biographies of New Zealanders who have changed or benefitted the world in some way. Working from New Zealand and internationally, these scientists, artists, designers, inventors, warriors, and adventurers are inspiration for achievement. Please enjoy and be motivated.
Nancy Wake
Nancy Wake was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of WWII, and the Gestapo’s most-wanted person. Code-named 'The White Mouse', she led an army of 7,000 Maquis troops in guerrilla warfare to sabotage the Nazis…
Charles Upham
Acknowledged widely as the most outstanding soldier of the Second World War, Captain Charles Upham is also the most decorated; remaining the only combatant soldier to receive the Victoria Cross and Bar...
Keith Park
In charge of defending London from bombing raids in WWII, Keith Park had a reputation as a fearless fighter pilot. It is in part to Park's efforts that Winston Churchill said, "[n]ever in the history of human conflict was so much owed to by so many to so few"...
Te Ruki Kawiti
A Maori Tohunga, Te Ruki Kawiti, was a mastermind of leadership and tactical warfare. During the 1860s, his designs revolutionised the New Zealand Wars and were replicated in fortifications throughout the nation…
