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50 remarkable Kiwis /
Maria Gill ; illustrated by Bruce Potter.
Hall of fame :50 remarkable kiwis50 remarkable Kiwis
112 pages :

colour illustrations, portraits.
Contents: Adventurers: Sir Edmund Hillary; Sir Peter Blake; Jean Batten; Kelly Tarlton -- Leaders: Willie Apiata VC; Helen Clark; David Lange; Dame Whina Cooper -- Pioneers: Don Merton; Vi Cottrell; Sir Ray Avery; Kate Sheppard -- Scientists: Steve O'Shea; Ingrid Visser; Sir William Pickering; Joan Wiffen -- Inventors: Sir Bill Hamilton; Norma McCulloch; John Britten; Peter Lynn -- Artists: Sir Peter Jackson; Sir Richard Taylor; Shona McCullagh; Margaret Mahy; Witi Ihimaera; Rita Angus; Matahi Brightwell; Keisha Castle-Hughes; Cliff Curtis; Sam Hunt; Tim Finn; Dave Dobbyn; Boh Runga; Bic Runga; Oscar Kightley; Rhys Darby -- Sportspeople: Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell; Sir Colin Meads; Annelise Coberger; Danyon Loader; Irene van Dyk; Steve Gurney; Dame Susan Devoy; Sir Peter Snell; Barbara Kendall; Mark Todd; Yvette Williams; Mark Inglis; Sarah Walker; Scott Dixon.
Summary: A collection of biographies which celebrates the lives of 50 famous New Zealanders.