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

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Radcliffe, Frederick George
1863?1923
Farmer, photographer

Rae, Charles Joseph
1819-1821??1894
Painter, journalist, labour reformer

Rae, Duncan McFadyen
1888?1964
Teacher, soldier, teachers? college principal, politician, diplomat

Rafter, Thomas Athol
1913?1996
Teacher, nuclear chemist

Rainbow, Algernon Instone
1885?1969
Accountant, company director, local politician

Ralfe, Catherine Hester
1831/1832??1912
Dressmaker, teacher, storekeeper, housekeeper, diarist

Ralph, Margaret
1822/1823??1913
Landowner, businesswoman, matriarch

Ralph, Patricia Marjorie
1920?1995
Marine biologist, university lecturer

Ramsden, George Eric Oakes
1898?1962
Journalist, writer, art critic

Randall, Amelia Mary
1844?1930
Companion help, church and community leader, landowner, businesswoman, benefactor

Randow, Ilse Amalie Mathilde von
1901?1998
Weaver

Rangi, Tutekohi
1871/1872??1956
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti tohunga, faith healer

Rangihatuake, Minarapa
fl. 1839?1893
Nga Mahanga missionary

Rangihau, John Te Rangianiwaniwa
1919?1987
Tuhoe leader, labourer, Maori welfare officer, university lecturer, adviser on Maori affairs

Rankin, Hone Heke
1896?1964
Nga Puhi leader, medical worker, farmer

Ranstead, John Morris
1884?1972
Farmer, animal breeder, agricultural scientist

Ranstead, William
1859?1944
Businessman, socialist, emigration organiser, farmer

Ratahi, Puhi-o-Aotea
1898/1899??1966
Ngati Apa and Nga Rauru; Ratana leader

Ratana, Haami Tokouru
1894?1944
Ngati Apa; politician, Ratana leader

Ratana, Iriaka Matiu
1905?1981
Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi; entertainer, farmer, Ratana leader, politician

Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu
1873?1939
Ngati Apa and Nga Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader

Rattray, Lizzie Frost
1855?1931
Journalist, suffragist, welfare worker

Raukawa, Te Mete
1836/1837??1926
Ngati Ranginui leader, assessor, sportsman

Raukura, Eria Tutara-Kauika
1834/1835??1938
Ngai Tahupo, Tuhoe and Ngati Kahungunu; Ringatu tohunga

Rawhiti, T. T.
fl. 1887?1922
Ngati Haua; King movement secretary and administrator

Rawlins, Evelyn Mary
1889?1977
Music teacher, community leader

Rawlinson, Gloria Jasmine
1918?1995
Poet, novelist, short-story writer, editor

Rawlinson, Mary Bertha
1910?1994
Singer, actor, drama producer, composer, music teacher

Read, George Edward
1814/1815??1878
Mariner, trader, land purchaser

Read, Norman Richard
1931?1994
Carpenter, athlete, salesman

Read, Thomas Gabriel
1824-1826??1894
Gold prospector, farmer

Redwood, Francis William
1839?1935
Catholic archbishop

Redwood, Henry
1823?1907
Farmer, politician, racehorse breeder

Reed, Alexander Wyclif
1908?1979
Publisher, writer

Reed, Alfred Hamish
1875?1975
Bookseller, publisher, writer, philanthropist

Reed, George McCullagh
1831/1832??1898
Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper proprietor

Reedy, Hanara Tangiawha Te Ohaki
1903?1971
Ngati Porou leader, farmer, soldier

Reedy, Materoa
1881?1944
Ngati Porou woman of mana

Rees, Annie Lee
1864?1949
Writer, teacher, lawyer, community leader

Rees, Rosemary Frances
1875/1876??1963
Actress, theatre producer, novelist

Rees, William Lee
1836?1912
Lawyer, politician

Reese, Daniel
1879?1953
Cricketer, engineer, businessman

Reeve, Alice Elsie
1885?1927
Jeweller

Reeves, Magdalene Stuart
1865?1953
Suffragist, social reformer, writer

Reeves, William
1825?1891
Politician, newspaper editor

Reeves, William Pember
1857?1932
Politician, historian, poet, high commissioner, banker

Reid, Alexander Walker
1853?1938
Farmer, inventor

Reid, Donald
1833?1919
Farmer, politician, businessman

Reidy, Mary Anne
1880?1977
Civilian and military nurse, community leader

Reischek, Andreas
1845?1902
Taxidermist, collector, naturalist

Rere-o-maki
??1868
Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi woman of mana

Retter, Hannah
1839?1940
Muaupoko; founding mother, midwife

Revans, Samuel
1807/1808??1888
Merchant, printer, runholder, newspaper proprietor and editor, politician

Reweti, Ngapipi
1883/1884??1957
Ngati Whatua land negotiator

Rex, Helmut Herbert Hermann
1913?1967
Presbyterian theologian, lecturer

Reyburn, Robert
1810?1892
Orchardist, farmer, politician

Reynolds, Henry Chidley
1849?1925
Farm manager, butter manufacturer and exporter

Reynolds, Rachel Selina
1838?1928
Social worker, community leader

Rhodes, George
1816?1864
Pastoralist

Rhodes, Harold Winston
1905?1987
University professor of English, writer, editor

Rhodes, Robert Heaton
1861?1956
Lawyer, runholder, stock breeder, politician, horticulturist, philatelist, philanthropist

Rhodes, William Barnard
1807??1878
Pastoralist, merchant, investor, community leader, politician

Richardson, Edward
1830/1831??1915
Civil engineer, businessman, politician, runholder

Richardson, Effie Newbigging
1849/1850??1928
Landowner, litigant

Richardson, George Edward Gordon
1835??1905
Merchant, ship owner

Richardson, George Spafford
1868?1938
Military leader, administrator

Richardson, Harry Linley
1878?1947
Artist and art teacher, stamp designer

Richardson, John Larkins Cheese
1810?1878
Soldier, provincial superintendent, politician

Richdale, Lancelot Eric
1900?1983
Teacher, ornithologist

Richmond, Christopher William
1821?1895
Lawyer, politician, judge

Richmond, Dorothy Kate
1861?1935
Artist and art teacher

Richmond, James Crowe
1822?1898
Engineer, artist, politician, journalist, administrator

Richmond, Mary Elizabeth
1853?1949
Community leader, teacher, writer

Richmond, Norman Macdonald
1897?1971
Adult education organiser and tutor, university lecturer, social reformer

Richmond, William
1869?1956
Rabbiter, stock manager, meat exporter, company director

Riddet, William
1896?1958
University professor, scientific administrator, agricultural scientist

Riddiford, Edward Joshua
1842?1911
Runholder

Ries, Hans Madsen
1860?1926
Lutheran pastor, farmer, businessman, local politician

Rigg, John
1858?1943
Printer, trade unionist, politician, writer, teacher

Rigg, Theodore
1888?1972
Agricultural chemist, scientific administrator