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List of people from Dunedin, the Glossary

The New Zealand city of Dunedin has produced a large number of notable people.^[1]

174 relations: Air marshal, Alan Dale, Alex Stenhouse, Alexander Aitken, Alfred Hamish Reed, Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, Alison Shanks, America's Cup, Andrew Boyens, Anna Grimaldi, Anton Oliver, Aramoana massacre, Archibald McIndoe, Arthur Alexander (pianist), Arthur Barnett Ltd, Arthur George William Sparrow, Association football, Bain family murders, Bendix Hallenstein, Bert Sutcliffe, Billy Ibadulla, Brendon McCullum, Brian Turner (New Zealand poet), Bridget Armstrong, Bruce Allpress, Byron Kelleher, Came a Hot Friday, Catherine Chidgey, Cause célèbre, Christine Johnston (writer), Claire Beynon, Clarrie Grimmett, Colin Bouwer, Colin McCahon, Colin Wilson (comics), Contralto, Cricket, Danyon Loader, Dave Cull, David Elliot (illustrator), David Harris (software developer), David Kilgour (musician), Duncan Gordon Boyes, Duncan Laing, Dunedin, Dunedin sound, Edmund Anscombe, Eileen Louise Soper, Ernest Heber Thompson, Ethel Benjamin, ... Expand index (124 more) »
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People from Dunedin

Air marshal

Air marshal (Air Mshl or AM) is an air-officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Alan Hugh Dale (born 6 May 1947) is a New Zealand actor, known for his early long-running role as Jim Robinson in Australian tv soap opera Neighbours, American series' The O.C. (as Caleb Nichol) and Ugly Betty (as Bradford Meade), as well as recurring and guest roles in Lost, 24, NCIS, ER, The West Wing, The X-Files, Entourage, Once Upon a Time and Dynasty as Joseph Anders.

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Alex Stenhouse

Alexander Stenhouse (11 May 1910 – 9 May 1992) was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at the international level.

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Alexander Aitken

Alexander Craig "Alec" Aitken (1 April 1895 – 3 November 1967) was one of New Zealand's most eminent mathematicians.

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Alfred Hamish Reed

Sir Alfred Hamish Reed (30 December 1875 – 15 January 1975), generally known as A.H. Reed, was a New Zealand publisher, author and entrepreneur.

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Alfred Henry O'Keeffe

Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (21 July 1858 - 27 July 1941), was a New Zealand artist and art teacher, who spent the majority of his life in Dunedin.

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Alison Shanks

Alison Shanks (born 13 December 1982) is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in individual pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing.

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America's Cup

The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport.

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Andrew Boyens

Andrew Victor Boyens is a New Zealand former footballer who played as an centre-back and is the technical director for New Zealand Boyens has represented New Zealand at the international level.

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Anna Grimaldi

Anna Grimaldi (born 12 February 1997) is a New Zealand para-athlete, primarily competing in the long jump and sprint events.

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Anton Oliver

Anton David Oliver (born 9 September 1975) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player.

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Aramoana massacre

The Aramoana massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, northeast of Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Archibald McIndoe

Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe (4 May 1900 – 11 April 1960) was a New Zealand plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

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Arthur Alexander (pianist)

Arthur Alexander (25 March 1891 8 July 1969) was a New Zealand-born pianist, teacher and composer who spent most of his career in the United Kingdom.

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Arthur Barnett Ltd

Arthur Barnett Ltd, trading as Arthur Barnett and often referred to as Arthur Barnett's, was a department store in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Arthur George William Sparrow

Arthur George William Sparrow (1896–1967) was a notable New Zealand commercial artist, photographer and businessman.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Bain family murders

On 20 June 1994, Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four childrenArawa, Laniet, and Stephenwere shot to death in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Bendix Hallenstein

Bendix Hallenstein (c. 24 January 1835 – 6 January 1905) was a German-born Jewish merchant, statesman, and manufacturer from Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Bert Sutcliffe

Bert Sutcliffe (17 November 1923 – 20 April 2001) was a New Zealand Test cricketer.

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Billy Ibadulla

Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla (20 December 1935 – 12 July 2024) was a Pakistani-New Zealander cricketer, cricket coach and umpire who later worked as a cricket commentator for TVNZ.

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Brendon McCullum

Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981) is a former New Zealand cricketer and the current head coach of the England cricket team in Test cricket.

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Brian Turner (New Zealand poet)

Brian Lindsay Turner (born 4 March 1944 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand poet and author.

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Bridget Armstrong

Bridget Armstrong (born 1937, Dunedin) is a New Zealand actress.

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Bruce Allpress

Bruce Robert Allpress (25 August 1930 – 23 April 2020) was a New Zealand actor.

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Byron Kelleher

Byron Terence Kelleher (born 3 December 1976 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a former rugby union scrum-half who played for Stade Toulouse in the French Top 14 and has played 57 tests for the All Blacks.

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Came a Hot Friday

Came a Hot Friday is a 1985 New Zealand comedy film, based on the 1964 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson.

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Catherine Chidgey

Catherine Chidgey (born 8 April 1970) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer and university lecturer.

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Cause célèbre

A cause célèbre (pl. causes célèbres, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate.

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Christine Johnston (writer)

Christine Johnston (born 4 January 1950) is a novelist from New Zealand.

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Claire Beynon

Claire Beynon (born 1960) is a South African artist based in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Clarrie Grimmett

Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980) was a New Zealand-born Australian cricketer.

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Colin Bouwer

Colin Bouwer (1950 – 15 August 2018) was a South African-born New Zealand former doctor who rose to become Head of Psychiatry at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Colin McCahon

Colin John McCahon (1August 191927May 1987) was a New Zealand artist whose work over 45 years consisted of various styles, including landscape, figuration, abstraction, and the overlay of painted text.

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Colin Wilson (comics)

Colin Wilson (born 31 October 1949) is a New Zealand comic book artist.

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Contralto

A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Danyon Loader

Danyon Joseph Loader (born 21 April 1975) is an Olympic champion, former world record holder swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin.

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Dave Cull

David Charles Cull (1 April 1950 – 27 April 2021) was the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand.

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David Elliot (illustrator)

David Elliot is a New Zealand illustrator and author, known internationally for his contributions to the Redwall fantasy series by British author, Brian Jacques.

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David Harris (software developer)

David Harris (born in August 1961) is a New Zealand software developer from Dunedin, New Zealand.

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David Kilgour (musician)

David Auld Kilgour (born) is a New Zealand songwriter, musician and recording artist from Dunedin.

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Duncan Gordon Boyes

Duncan Gordon Boyes VC (5 November 1846 – 26 January 1869) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Duncan Laing

Andrew James Duncan Laing (20 June 1933 – 13 September 2008), generally known as Duncan Laing, was a New Zealand swimming coach based in Dunedin.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Dunedin sound

The Dunedin sound was a musical and cultural movement in Dunedin, Otago, in the early 1980s.

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Edmund Anscombe

Edmund Anscombe (8 February 1874 – 9 October 1948) was one of the most important figures to shape the architectural and urban fabric of New Zealand.

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Eileen Louise Soper

Eileen Louise Soper (née Service, 14 December 1900 – 24 October 1989) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and Girl Guide Commissioner.

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Ernest Heber Thompson

Ernest Heber Thompson (20 January 1891–13 April 1971) was a New Zealand painter, printmaker and teacher who was notable for having served as a war artist in both World War I and in World War II.

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Ethel Benjamin

Ethel Rebecca Benjamin (19 January 1875 – 14 October 1943) was New Zealand's first female lawyer.

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Eudora Internet Mail Server

Eudora Internet Mail Server (EIMS) is a POP3, IMAP, and SMTP server for the classic Mac OS and macOS.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Finn (dinghy)

The Finn dinghy is a single-handed, cat-rigged sailboat, and a former Olympic class for men's sailing.

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Fisher & Paykel

Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Limited is a major appliance manufacturer founded in 1934.

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Fletcher Construction

The Fletcher Construction Company Limited is a New Zealand construction company and a subsidiary of Fletcher Building.

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Flynn effect

The Flynn effect is the substantial and long-sustained increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence test scores that were measured in many parts of the world over the 20th century, named after researcher James Flynn (1934–2020).

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Forensic psychiatry

Forensic psychiatry is a subspeciality of psychiatry and is related to criminology.

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Frances Hodgkins

Frances Mary Hodgkins (28 April 1869 – 13 May 1947) was a New Zealand painter chiefly of landscape, and for a short period was a designer of textiles.

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Francis Petre

Francis William Petre (27 August 1847 – 10 December 1918), sometimes known as Frank Petre, was a New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin.

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Frank Winfird Millar

Frank Winfird Millar (20 September 1885 – 4 September 1944) was a notable New Zealand public servant and union official. List of people from Dunedin and Frank Winfird Millar are people from Dunedin.

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Fraser Barron

Fraser Barron DSO & Bar, DFC, DFM (9 January 1921 – 20 May 1944), was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) who flew as a pilot with Bomber Command and was killed in flying operations during World War II.

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Frederick Thomas Seelye

Frederick Thomas Seelye (1879–1962) was a notable New Zealand analytical chemist and lecturer.

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Fulton Hogan

Fulton Hogan is a large infrastructure construction, roadworks and aggregate supplier company in New Zealand, which is also active in wider Australasia.

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George Smith Duncan

George Smith Duncan (11 July 1852 – 4 September 1930) was a tramway and mining engineer best known for his work on cable trams, and for his work in the gold mining industry.

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Glen Denham

Glen Ivan Denham (born 1963 or 1964) is a New Zealand former basketball player.

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Glenn Turner

Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's most prolific batsmen.

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Globe Theatre, Dunedin

Globe Theatre is a theatre located in Dunedin, New Zealand, and the amateur theatre company that runs it.

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God Defend New Zealand

"God Defend New Zealand" (meaning 'New Zealand') is one of two national anthems of New Zealand, the other being "God Save the King".

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God's Own Country

"God's Own Country" is a phrase meaning an area, region or place supposedly favoured by God.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Grahame Sydney

Sir Grahame Charles Sydney (born 1948) is a New Zealand visual artist, based in the South Island region of Central Otago.

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Grant Cederwall

Grant Newton Cederwall (born 4 July 1959) is a New Zealand former cricketer and rugby union player.

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Greg Henderson

Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017.

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Greg Turner

Greg Turner (born 21 February 1963) is a New Zealand professional golfer.

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Harold Gillies

Sir Harold Delf Gillies (17 June 1882 – 10 September 1960) was a New Zealand otolaryngologist and father of modern plastic surgery.

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Harold Septimus Power

Harold Septimus Power, usually known as H. Septimus Power or H. S. Power (31 December 1877 – 3 January 1951), was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, who was an official war artist for Australia in World War I.

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High Dependency Unit (band)

High Dependency Unit are a New Zealand psychedelic rock band originating from Dunedin.

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Horace Martineau

Horace Robert Martineau VC (31 October 1874 – 7 April 1916) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence.

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Jack Lovelock

John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.

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James Flynn (academic)

James Robert Flynn (28 April 193411 December 2020) was an American-born New Zealand moral philosopher and intelligence researcher.

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James K. Baxter

James Keir Baxter (29 June 1926 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand poet and playwright.

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James Mills (ship owner)

Sir James Mills (30 July 1847 – 23 January 1936) was a New Zealand businessman and politician.

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Jan McLean

Jan McLean is a retired dollmaker from Dunedin in New Zealand.

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Janet Frame

Janet Paterson Frame (28 August 1924 – 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author.

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Jean Stevenson

Jean Stevenson (1881–1948) was a New Zealand community worker and administrator. List of people from Dunedin and Jean Stevenson are people from Dunedin.

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Jeff Wilson (sportsman)

Jeffrey William Wilson (born 24 October 1973) is a New Zealand sportsman who has represented his country in both rugby union and cricket – a so-called "Double All Black", an increasingly rare achievement in the professional era.

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Jeffrey Harris (artist)

Jeffrey Harris (born Akaroa, 1949) is a New Zealand artist.

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Jennie Macandrew

Jennie Macandrew (6 September 1866–24 December 1949) was a New Zealand pianist, organist, music teacher and conductor.

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John Buckland Wright

John Buckland Wright (1897–1954) was a British printmaker, painter and draughtsman.

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John Cushen

John Arthur James Cushen (born 12 February 1950) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played twenty years of first-class cricket for Auckland and Otago from 1967 to 1987.

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John Eccles (neurophysiologist)

Sir John Carew Eccles (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse.

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John Leslie (rugby union)

John Andrew Leslie (born 25 November 1970 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer who played at centre for Scotland.

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John Macdonald (psychiatrist)

John Marshall Macdonald (9 November 1920 – 16 December 2007) was a forensic psychiatrist most renowned for his theory of the Macdonald triad of sociopathic traits and his profiling of serial killers.

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John Sligo

John Sligo of Carmyle FRSE (1794–1858) was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and amateur geologist.

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John Turnbull Thomson

John Turnbull Thomson (10 August 1821 – 16 October 1884) was a British civil engineer and artist who played an instrumental role in the development of the early infrastructure of nineteenth-century Singapore and New Zealand.

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Keith Park

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, (15 June 1892 – 6 February 1975) was a New Zealand-born officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Ken Rutherford (cricketer)

Kenneth Robert Rutherford (born 26 October 1965) is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period in the 1990s.

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Kraus (New Zealand musician)

Kraus (also known as Pat Kraus, formerly known as Prince Kraus) is a New Zealand experimental musician and composer.

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Laurie Mains

Laurence William Mains (born 16 February 1946) is a former rugby union footballer and coach who represented New Zealand.

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Lindsay Daen

Lindsay Daen (1923–2001), was a New Zealand sculptor and artist who worked and resided in Puerto Rico.

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List of national anthems

Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style.

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Lois Muir

Dame Lois Joan Muir (née Osborne; born 16 April 1935) is a New Zealand netball coach and administrator, and a former representative netball and basketball player.

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Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point.

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Maaka Pohatu

Maaka Pohatu is a New Zealand actor and musician.

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Mai Chen

Mai Chen is a New Zealand and Harvard educated lawyer with a professional and specialist focus in constitutional and administrative law, Waitangi tribunal and courts, human rights, white collar fraud and regulatory defence, judicial review, regulatory issues, education law, and public policy and law reform.

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Marc Ellis (rugby)

Marc Christopher Gwynne Ellis (born 8 October 1971) is a New Zealand businessman, television presenter, and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Mary Ronnie

Mary Allan Ronnie (12 June 1926 – 17 March 2023) was a New Zealand librarian. List of people from Dunedin and Mary Ronnie are people from Dunedin.

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Māori people

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).

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MediaWorks New Zealand is a New Zealand-based company specialising in radio, outdoor advertising and interactive media.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Michael Cullen (politician)

Sir Michael John Cullen (5 February 1945 – 19 August 2021) was a New Zealand politician.

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Michael McGarry

Michael McGarry (born 17 May 1965) was a successful association footballer who frequently represented New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Michael Woodruff

Sir Michael Francis Addison Woodruff, (3 April 1911 – 10 March 2001) was an English surgeon and scientist principally remembered for his research into organ transplantation.

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Middle-distance running

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to two miles (3218.688 metres).

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Millie Lovelock

Millicent Ellen Lovelock (born) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Zealand who performs as Repulsive Woman.

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Modern Māori Quartet

The Modern Māori Quartet (MMQ) is a showband musical group from New Zealand.

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Murray Webb

Murray George Webb (born 22 June 1947) is a prominent New Zealand caricature artist and a former New Zealand Test cricketer.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players.

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Netherworld Dancing Toys

Netherworld Dancing Toys, often simply known as The NDTs, was a New Zealand band from Dunedin formed in 1982.

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New Zealand national cricket team

The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket.

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New Zealand national rugby league team

The New Zealand national rugby league team (tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport.

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New Zealand Order of Merit

The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.

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Noise rock

Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.

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O. E. Middleton

O.E. (Osman Edward or Ted) Middleton (born 25 March 1925 in Christchurch, died 14 August 2010 in Dunedin) was a New Zealand writer of short stories, described as belonging to the vernacular critical realist tradition of Frank Sargeson.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ.

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Otago Witness

The Otago Witness was a prominent illustrated weekly newspaper in the early years of the European settlement of New Zealand, produced in Dunedin, the provincial capital of Otago.

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Pamela Tate

Pamela Mary Tate is a former judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia.

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Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)

Patricia Katherine Payne (born 8 March 1942) is an operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto from New Zealand.

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Pegasus Mail

Pegasus Mail is a proprietary email client for Microsoft Windows.

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Pete Wheeler

Pete Wheeler (born 1978 in Geraldine, New Zealand) is a New Zealand artist, currently living and working in Berlin, Germany.

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Philip Temple

Robert Philip Temple (born 1939 in Yorkshire, England) is a Dunedin-based New Zealand author of novels, children's stories, and non-fiction.

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Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body.

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Port Chalmers

Port Chalmers (Kōpūtai) is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Rachel Armitage

Rachelina Hepburn Armitage (22 April 1873 – 14 May 1955) was a New Zealand welfare worker and community leader. List of people from Dunedin and Rachel Armitage are people from Dunedin.

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Radio Otago

Radio Otago was a radio company that operated a group of local radio stations in radio markets around New Zealand from the 1970s to the late 1990s.

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Ralph Hotere

Hone Papita Raukura "Ralph" Hotere (11 August 1931 – 24 February 2013) was a New Zealand artist.

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Robert Lawson (architect)

Robert Arthur Lawson (1 January 1833 – 3 December 1902) was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architects.

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Rodney Kennedy

Rodney Eric Kennedy (20 August 1909 – 14 October 1989) was a New Zealand artist, art critic, pacifist and drama tutor.

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Roger Hall (playwright)

Sir Roger Leighton Hall (born 17 January 1939) is one of New Zealand's most successful playwrights, arguably best known for comedies that carry a vein of social criticism and feelings of pathos.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Russell Coutts

Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman.

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Rutherford Waddell

Rutherford Waddell (1850–1932) was a notable New Zealand Presbyterian minister, social reformer and writer.

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Shona McFarlane

Shona Graham McFarlane (27 March 1929 – 29 September 2001) was a New Zealand artist, journalist and broadcaster.

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Silver fern

Alsophila tricolor, synonym Cyathea dealbata, commonly known as the silver fern or silver tree-fern, or as ponga or punga (from Māori kaponga or ponga),The Māori word ponga, pronounced, has been borrowed into New Zealand English as a generic term for tree ferns.

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Sneaky Feelings

Sneaky Feelings are a New Zealand pop rock band which releases on the Flying Nun Records music label.

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Steve Wooddin

Stephen Wooddin (born 16 January 1955) is a New Zealand former association football player who was a striker during the country's successful campaign to qualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

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Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits were a four-piece alternative indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1986 and broke up in 1994.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.

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Taine Randell

Taine Randell (born 5 November 1974) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player.

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The 3Ds

The 3Ds were a New Zealand noise pop band based from Dunedin, together from 1988 to 1997.

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The Chills

The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980.

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The Clean

The Clean was a New Zealand indie rock band formed in Dunedin in 1978.

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The Dead C

The Dead C are a New Zealand based music and art trio made up of members Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Dunedin

Also known as Notable People from Dunedin.

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