list of names of the NZers who have biographies (and photos) at
DICTIONARY of New Zealand BIOGRAPHY as at June 2011

Abbot-Ayton ~ Baber-Bell ~ Bellamy-Bragge

Braithwaite-Buxton ~ Cabot-Chapman/Taylor

Chapple-Copeland ~ Corban-Cussen ~ Dacre-Dyson

Eady-Eyre ~ Fabish-Fyffe ~ Gage-Guthrie/Smith

Haast-Hayes ~ Hayward-Hodgson ~ Hofmann-Hyde

Ihaka-Ivey ~ Jack-Jury ~ Kaaro-Kynnersley

La Trobe-Lyttleton ~ Maaka-Mann ~ Mannering-McCormick

McCullough-Merton ~ Messenger-Myers ~ Nahe-Nutsey

O'Brien-Otway ~ Paewai-Peters ~ Petersen-Pyke

Quaife ~ Radcliffe-Rigg ~ Rikihana-Rymill

Salaman-Sladden ~ Slattery-Syme ~ Taglicht-Te Rauparaha

Te Rei Hanataua-Tyree ~ Ulrich-Uru ~ Vaile-Vosseler

Waaka-Wynyard ~ Yate-Yue ~ Zedlitz-Zotov

P
Petersen, George Conrad
1900?1978
Lawyer, consul, local politician, historian

Petre, Francis William
1847?1918
Civil engineer, architect, consular agent

Petrie, Donald
1846?1925
Teacher, school inspector, botanist

Pettit, William Haddow
1885?1985
Doctor, medical missionary, religious fundamentalist

Pewhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi
1921?1985
Ngati Porou; shearer, performer, teacher, songwriter, cultural adviser

Pezant, Jean ?tienne
1811?1880
Missionary, priest

Pharazyn, William Noel
1894?1980
Soldier, businessman, journalist, lecturer, trade unionist

Pheloung, Henry
1852??1909
Bandsman, labourer, carrier

Phillpotts, George
1814??1845
Naval officer

Philpott, Alfred
1870?1930
Milk factory worker, museum curator, entomologist, writer

Philson, Thomas Moore
1817?1899
Doctor, hospital superintendent

Phipps, Peter
1908?1989
Bank clerk, naval officer

Pickerill, Cecily Mary Wise
1903?1988
Plastic surgeon

Pickerill, Henry Percy
1879?1956
Dental surgeon and researcher, university administrator, plastic surgeon

Pickmere, Alison Blomfield
1908?1971
Secretary, interior decorator, artist

Piddington, Ralph O?Reilly
1906?1974
Psychologist, anthropologist, university professor

Pilgrim, Ada
1867?1965
Healer

Pinepine Te Rika
1857/1858??1954
Tuhoe woman of mana

Pinkerton, David
1836?1906
Bootmaker, labour activist, politician

Pio, Hamiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua
1814?1901
Ngati Awa and Ngati Tuwharetoa tohunga, historian

Pirani, Frederick
1858?1926
Printer, journalist, newspaper proprietor, politician

Pitama, Te Aritaua
1906?1958
Ngai Tahu leader; teacher, broadcaster, concert party producer

Pitama, Wereta Tainui
1881?1930
Ngai Tahu; farmer, land claimant, trust board chairman

Pitau, Otene
1834/1835??1921
Rongowhakaata leader

Pitcaithly, Ngata Prosser
1906?1991
Principal, educationalist

Pitini-Morera, Hariata Whakatau
1871/1872??1938
Ngai Tahu and Ngati Kuri leader, genealogist, historian,
conservationist, weaver

Platts-Mills, Daisy Elizabeth
1868?1956
Doctor, community leader

Player, Mary Josephine
1857/1858??1924
Servant, midwife, welfare worker, feminist, social reformer

Plischke, Ernst Anton
1903?1992
Architect

Poananga, Brian Matauru
1924?1995
Ngati Porou and Rangitane; sportsman, military leader, diplomat

Pohio, Horomona
1815?1880
Ngai Tahu leader, missionary, assessor, land protester

Poingdestre, Henry
1832??1885
Runholder, rabbit farmer, eccentric

Pokiha, Rangi Hauiti
1895?1980
Ngati Pamoana and Nga Rauru; farmer, surveyor, orator

Polack, Joel Samuel
1807?1882
Trader, land speculator, writer, artist

Pollard, George Arthur
1863?1939
Salvation Army officer, administrator

Pollard, Tom
1857?1922
Comic opera producer and manager

Polson, Florence Ada Mary Lamb
1877?1941
Rural women's advocate

Polson, William John
1875?1960
Farmer, journalist, politician, farmers' union leader

Pomare I
??1826
Nga Puhi warrior, trader

Pomare II
??1850
Nga Puhi leader, war leader, trader

Pomare, Hare
fl. 1863?1864
Nga Puhi tour party member

Pomare, Hariata
fl. 1863?1864
Nga Puhi tour party member

Pomare, Maui Wiremu Piti Naera
1875/1876??1930
Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Toa; medical officer, Maori health reformer, politician

Pomare, Mildred Amelia Woodbine
1877?1971
Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki; community leader

Pomare, Wiremu Piti
??1851
Ngati Mutunga leader

Pompallier, Jean Baptiste Fran?ois
1801?1871
Bishop, missionary

Pond, James Alexander
1846?1941
Analytical chemist, homoeopathic pharmacist

Pope, Charles Quentin Fernie
1900?1961
Writer, journalist, poetry anthologist, war correspondent

Pope, James Henry
1837?1913
Teacher, school inspector, educationalist, writer

Pope, Maria Sophia
1818?1909
Shopkeeper, businesswoman

Poppelwell, Dugald Louis
1863?1939
Lawyer, local politician, conservationist

Popper, Karl Raimund
1902?1994
Philosopher

Porritt, Arthur Espie
1900?1994
Athlete, doctor, sports administrator, governor general

Porter, Thomas William
1843?1920
Soldier, land purchase officer

Potae, Henare
??1895
Ngati Porou leader

Potatau, Hemi
1904?1994
Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Rakaipaaka; Presbyterian minister, soldier, writer

Potter, John Lishman
1834?1931
Goldminer, stonemason, builder

Potts, Thomas Henry
1824?1888
Explorer, runholder, conservationist, naturalist

Poutama, Te Manihera
??1847
Ngati Ruanui mission teacher, missionary

Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga
1905?1975
Ngati Koroki; carpenter, carver

Pouwhare, Te Iki-o-te-rangi
1880-1883??1963
Tuhoe leader, historian, genealogist

Powell, Arthur William Baden
1901?1987
Conchologist, museum worker

Powell, Mary Sadler
1854/1855??1946
Temperance worker, suffragist

Powles, Guy Richardson
1905?1994
Lawyer, soldier, diplomat, ombudsman, race relations conciliator

Pratt, Major Albert Rugby
1875?1946
Methodist minister, church administrator, historian

Pratt, Thomas Simson
1797?1879
Soldier

Prendergast, James
1826?1921
Lawyer, judge

Preshaw, Jane
1839?1926
Nurse, midwife, hospital matron

Pretty, David
1878?1947
Bushman, axeman, athlete, farmer

Price, Alfred
1838?1907
Manufacturing engineer

Pritchard, Ethel
1880?1964
Nga Puhi; military and civilian nurse

Proudfoot, David
1838/1839??1891
Engineering contractor, company director

Pudney, Elizabeth Allen
1894?1976
Quaker

Pudney, Elizabeth Jane
1862?1938
Quaker

Puhirake, Rawiri
??1864
Ngai Te Rangi leader, war leader

Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea, Rihi
??1906
Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Maniapoto composer of waiata

Pukehika, Hori
??1932
Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi leader, carver

Puketapu, Ihaia Porutu
1887?1971
Te Ati Awa leader, butcher, roading contractor, labourer

Pulling, Mary Etheldred
1871?1951
Headmistress, writer, anchoress

Pulman, Elizabeth
1836?1900
Photographer

Purcell, Samuelene
1898?1982
Shop assistant, trade unionist

Puriri, Nau Paraone Kawiti
1924?1979
Ngati Kahu, Nga Puhi and Ngati Hine; land title officer, Maori welfare worker

Puttick, Edward
1890?1976
Draughtsman, military leader

Pyatt, William Allan
1916?1991
Anglican bishop

Pyke, Vincent
1827?1894
Administrator, politician, journalist, writer