New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers

***New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers*** was a weekly television programme first shown on Prime Television New Zealand on 6 October 2005. 100 New Zealanders were ranked by a panel. There were six episodes counting down the list from 100 to 11. The seventh and final episode was shown live on 17 November 2005, it showed the top ten people ranked by panelists and the top ten ranked by the public. The public voted by texting a number or by a poll on the Internet. The episodes were narrated by Alison Mau

Joseph Romanos, one of the panellists, wrote a book in 2005 called **New Zealand's Top History Makers**, It contained the same 100 people.

## Panel

- Stacey Daniels – Television and radio personality
- Raybon Kan – Comedian
- Robyn Langwell – Editor of _North & South_ magazine
- Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins – Writer and historian
- Melanie Nolan – Historian
- Joseph Romanos – radio host, sports writer
- Tainui Stephens – Television producer
- Kerre Woodham – Radio personality

## Panel rankings

Top 100 people ranked by panelists:

1. Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) – physicist
1. Kate Sheppard – (1847-1934) suffragette
1. Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) – mountaineer and explorer
1. Sir George Grey (1812-1898) – Governor and Premier
1. Michael Joseph Savage (1872-1940) – politician
1. Sir Āpirana Ngata (1874-1950) – Māori politician
1. Hone Heke (c.1807/1808 – 1850) – Māori chief
1. Dr Frederick Truby King (1858-1938) – founder of Plunket Society
1. William Hobson (1792-1842) – co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi
1. Jean Batten (1909–1982) aviatrix
1. Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes (1924-2006) – heart surgeon
1. Sir Peter Snell (1938–)runner
1. William Pickering (1910-2004) – space scientist
1. Sir Peter Jackson (1961-) – film maker
1. Janet Frame (1924-2004) – writer
1. Te Rauparaha (1760s–1849)– Māori leader
1. Sir Colin Meads (1936-2017) – All Black
1. Dame Whina Cooper (1895-1994) – Māori leader
1. Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) writer
1. Thomas Brydone (1760s–1849) and William Soltau Davidson (1846-1924) – refrigeration pioneers
1. Richard Pearse (1877–1953) aviation pioneer
1. Te Whiti o Rongomai (c.1830-1907) – Pacifist Māori leader
1. Richard Seddon (1845-1906) – Longest-serving Premier and Prime Minister of New Zealand
1. Sir Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck) (1877-1951) – Māori leader
1. Sir Julius Vogel (1835-1899) – politician
1. Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004) – scientist Nobel laureate
1. Helen Clark (1950-) – politician
1. Mabel Howard (1894-1972) – politician
1. Sir Bernard Freyberg (1889-1963) – lieutenant-general
1. Sir Harold Gillies (1882-1960) – plastic surgeon
1. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-) – opera singer
1. Sir Keith Park – (1892-1975) air chief marshal
1. Professor Alan MacDiarmid – (1927-2007) Nobel laureate chemist
1. Sir Peter Blake (1948-2001) – yachtsman
1. Dr C.E. (Clarence Edward) Beeby (1902-1998) – educationalist
1. Jack Lovelock (1910-1949) - athlete
1. Dr John Bedbrook – biotechnologist
1. James K. Baxter (1926-1972) – poet
1. Dr Fred Hollows – (1929-1993) eye surgeon
1. Sir Murray Halberg (1933-) – athlete and philanthropist
1. Neil Finn (1958-) – musician
1. Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) – colony founder
1. David Lange (1942-2005) – politician
1. Sir Robert Muldoon (1921-1992) – politician
1. Thomas Edmonds – industrialist
1. Colin McCahon (1919-1987) – painter
1. Colin Murdoch (1929-2008) – inventor
1. Sir Archibald McIndoe (1900–1960) plastic surgeon
1. Rev Samuel Marsden (1765-1838) – missionary
1. Peter Fraser (1884-1950) – politician
1. John Clarke (1948-2017) – comedian
1. Ettie Rout (1877–1936) campaigner for safe sex
1. Arthur Lydiard (1917-2004) – popularised jogging
1. Kupe – discoverer of Aotearoa
1. Te Puea Herangi (1883-1952) – Māori leader
1. Sir John Walker (1952-) – runner
1. Tim Finn (1952-) – musician
1. John A. Lee (1891–1982) politician
1. Sir James Wattie (1902-1974) – industrialist
1. Sir Bill Hamilton (1899-1978) – inventor
1. Norman Kirk (1923-1974) – politician
1. Bill Gallagher (1911-1990) – inventor
1. Dr Michael King (1945-2004) – historian
1. Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) – painter
1. George Nepia (1905-1986) – All Black
1. Sir James Fletcher (1886-1974) – industrialist
1. Mother Aubert (1835-1926) – nun
1. Charles Heaphy (1820-1881) – explorer
1. A.H. Reed (1875-1975) – publisher
1. Frank Sargeson (1903-1982) – writer
1. Sir Roger Douglas (1937-) – politician
1. Dr Matthew During () – scientist
1. Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki (c.1832–1893) – warrior
1. Hongi Hika (1772–1828) – Warrior chief
1. Sir David Low (1891-1963) – Cartoonist
1. Kate Edger (1857-1935) – women's pioneer
1. Dame Marie Clay (1926-2007) – educationalist
1. Rewi Alley (1897-1987) – sinophile
1. Thomas Rangiwahia Ellison (1867-1904) – Rugby union captain
1. Rua Kenana Hepetipa (1869–1937) – prophet
1. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana (1873?–1939) – prophet
1. Aunt Daisy (1879–1963) broadcaster
1. Charles Upham (1908-1994) – soldier
1. Ralph Hotere (1931-2013) – artist
1. Sir Richard Hadlee (1951-) – cricketer
1. Billy T James (1948-1991) – comedian
1. Sir Keith Sinclair (1922-1993) – historian
1. Charles Goldie (1870-1947) – painter
1. John Minto (1953-) – activist
1. Rudall Hayward (1900-1974) – film maker
1. Witi Ihimaera (1944-) – writer
1. John Te Rangianiwaniwa Rangihau (1919-1987) – Māori language promoter
1. Dave Dobbyn (1957-)– songwriter
1. Russell Coutts (1962-) – sailor
1. Jonah Lomu (1975-2015) – All Black
1. Peter Mahon (1923-1986) – lawyer
1. Georgina Beyer (1957-) – transgender politician
1. A J Hackett (1958-) – Bungy jumping pioneer
1. Denny Hulme (1936-1992) – Formula One driver
1. Russell Crowe (1964-) – actor

## Public rankings

Top 10 people ranked by the public:

1. Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) – scientist
1. Kate Sheppard (1847-1934) – suffragette
1. Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) – explorer and humanitarian
1. Charles Upham (1908-1994) – war hero
1. Billy T James (1948-1991) – comedian

1. David Lange (1942-2005) – prime minister
1. Āpirana Ngata (1874-1950) – politician
1. Colin Murdoch (1929-2008) – inventor of the disposable syringe
1. Rua Kenana Hepetipa (1869-1937) – prophet
1. Roger Douglas (1937-) – politician and economist

## Other websites

- New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers at Wayback Machine internet archive