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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Mannering, George Edward
1862?1947
Banker, mountaineer, writer

Manning, George
1887?1976
Labourer, tram conductor, trade unionist, grocer, adult educationalist, local politician

Manning, John
fl. 1854?1868
Journalist, Irish nationalist, newspaper proprietor, newspaper editor

Manoy, Henry
1879?1954
Storekeeper, merchant

Manoy, Lionel
1881?1960
Storekeeper, merchant

Mansel, Lucy
1830/1831??1916
Homemaker, community worker

Mansfield, Katherine
1888?1923
Short-story writer, poet, critic, diarist, letter writer

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant
1820?1895
Public servant, politician, naturalist

Manuel Jos?
fl. 1840?1873
Trader, founding father

Manuel, Emarina
1915?1996
Ngati Kahungunu; typist, teacher, Maori welfare officer, community leader

Manuera, Eruera Riini
1895?1990
Ngati Awa leader, labourer, farmer

Mappin, Frank Crossley
1884?1975
Orchardist, horticulturist, philanthropist

Mapu, James Waitaringa
1894?1985
Ngati Kahungunu; interpreter, sportsman, farmer, community leader

Marchant, Maria Elise Allman
1869?1919
School principal

Marion du Fresne, Marc Joseph
1724??1772
Explorer

Marks, Rowland Oswald Colin
1893?1977
Teacher, political activist

Marmon, John
1798-1800??1880
Sailor, convict, Pakeha-Maori, interpreter, shopkeeper, sawyer, carpenter, soldier

Marriott, James Henry
1799/1800??1886
Theatre manager, actor, entertainer, dramatist, songwriter, engraver, optician, bookseller

Marris, Charles Allan
1876?1947
Journalist, editor

Marsden, Ernest
1889?1970
Physicist, university professor, educational and scientific administrator

Marsden, Samuel
1765?1838
Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

Marsh, Edith Ngaio
1895?1982
Artist, playwright, actor, novelist, director

Marshall, Allan
1851?1915
Ngati Pou; river captain, river engineer

Marshall, John Ross
1912?1988
Lawyer, soldier, politician, prime minister

Marshall, Patrick
1869?1950
Teacher, geologist, university professor

Marshall, William
1816/1817??1906
Teacher, clergyman

Martin, Albin
1812/1813??1888
Artist, farmer, politician

Martin, Arthur Anderson
1876?1916
Surgeon

Martin, Hannah
1830?1903
Mission member

Martin, Jessie Iris
1898?1982
Nurse, hospital matron, tutor, nurses' association leader

Martin, John
1822?1892
Labourer, carter, merchant, politician, runholder, land speculator

Martin, Josiah
1843?1916
Teacher, educationalist, lecturer, photographer

Martin, Mary Ann
1817?1884
Community leader, teacher, writer

Martin, Samuel McDonald
1805-1810??1848
Land claimant, magistrate, journalist, writer

Martin, William
1807??1880
Judge, writer

Marwick, John
1891?1978
Palaeontologist, geological consultant

Maskell, William Miles
1839?1898
Farmer, entomologist, administrator

Mason, Bruce Edward George
1921?1982
Playwright, actor, critic

Mason, Henry Greathead Rex
1885?1975
Lawyer, politician, monetary reformer

Mason, James Malcolm
1864?1924
Doctor, public health administrator

Mason, Ronald Allison Kells
1905?1971
Poet, tutor, labourer, journalist, editor, socialist

Mason, Ruth
1913?1990
Botanist

Mason, Thomas
1818?1903
Quaker, runholder, horticulturalist, politician

Mason, William
1810?1897
Architect, politician, local politician

Massey, Christina Allan
1863?1932
Homemaker, political hostess, community leader

Massey, William Ferguson
1856?1925
Farmer, politician, prime minister

Masters, Joseph
1802?1873
Cooper, community leader, farmer, politician, writer

Matenga, Huria
1840-1842??1909
Ngati Tama, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Toa woman of mana, landowner

Matete, Anaru
??1890
Rongowhakaata leader, farmer

Mathew, Sarah Louise
1805??1890
Diarist

Mathieson, Catherine
1818?1883
Cheese and butter maker, community leader

Matthews, Barbara Winifred
1917?1997
Journalist, writer, horticulturist

Matthews, Henry John
1859?1909
Nurseryman, forester

Matthews, James William
1895?1982
Journalist, writer, horticulturist

Matthews, Russell
1896?1987
Civil engineer, roading contractor, businessman, horticulturist, philanthropist

Matua, Henare
??1894
Ngati Kahungunu leader, reformer, politician

Maude, Sibylla Emily
1862?1935
Hospital matron, district nurse, social worker

Maunsell, Henry Widenham
1845?1895
Doctor

Maunsell, Robert
1810?1894
Missionary, linguist, translator

Mawhete, Rangiputangatahi
1880?1961
Rangitane; land agent, interpreter, politician

Maxwell, Alice Heron
1860?1949
Custodian

May, Isabella
1850?1926
Temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer

May, Muriel Wallace
1897?1982
Teacher, school principal, writer

Maynard, Petera Te Hiwirori
1892/1893??1969
Rongowhakaata; shearer, trade unionist, community leader

Mayo, Tui Alfreda
1905?1993
Nurse, hospital matron, local politician

Mazengarb, Oswald Chettle
1890?1963
Lawyer, morals inquiry chairman, writer

McAlister, Laurel Grace Barker
1892?1981
Welfare worker, community leader

McAlpine, John Kenneth
1906?1984
Farmer, politician

McArthur, Neil
1898?1974
Draughtsman, lottery organiser, soccer player

McCahon, Colin John
1919?1987
Artist, art gallery worker, university lecturer

McCarthy, Mary Ann Recknall
1866?1933
Teacher, temperance worker, political activist

McCarthy, Winston John
1908?1984
Broadcaster, journalist, writer

McCaskill, Lancelot William
1900?1985
Agricultural instructor, lecturer, conservationist, writer

McCaw, John
1849?1930
Farm manager, farmer, land valuer

McCombie, John
1849?1926
Gold prospector and miner, mine manager

McCombs, Elizabeth Reid
1873?1935
Socialist, social worker, politician

McCombs, James
1873?1933
Draper's assistant, socialist, land speculator, politician

McConachy, Clark
1895?1980
Billiards and snooker player

McCormack, Thomas Arthur
1883?1973
Artist

McCormick, Eric Hall
1906?1995
Teacher, critic, historian, university lecturer, biographer