Two separate government-sponsored publications entitled Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB) have recorded biographies of notable New Zealanders. The first DNZB was published in 1940 in two print volumes, and scanned with OCR technology in 2013 and made available as searchable PDFs. The second, unrelated DNZB was published between 1990 and 2000 in five print volumes, and put online as individual biographies in 2002.

For help on how to write biographies, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography.

1940 publication

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Many of the 1940 biographies are not included in the current DNZB. As entries were only created for people who were well-known, entries would all meet notability criteria. A manual list of redlinks will be created over time; feel free to help.

Once a biography has been written, the person's entry (i.e. the blue link) should be moved to the list of existing 1940 articles. Please check links point to the correct person before moving them.

Current publication

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The list below was created using the contents of the online biography, which contains over 3,000 biographies of famous New Zealanders. It does not include people who are alive. The initial number of entries before any pruning was 3,049 and 120 are remaining at this point in time. Not all people in the online version meet notability criteria, as a range of ordinary people were included to give an overview of what life was like at the time.

Once a biography has been written, the person's entry (i.e. the blue link) should be removed from the list. Please check links point to the correct person before removing.

List of missing articles

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g=google search; gw=google search on wikipedia.org; dnzb=google search on Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
  1. John Angus Adamson g dnzb gw
  2. John Andrew (farmer) g dnzb gw
  3. James Ashworth, Sr. g dnzb gw
  4. James Ashworth, Jr. g dnzb gw
  5. Jane Bannerman g dnzb gw (redirects to her husband)
  6. Francis Wirgman Dillon Bell g dnzb gw
  7. Agnes Muir Bettjeman g dnzb gw
  8. Frederick Charles Bettjeman g dnzb gw
  9. Charlotte Brown (teacher) g dnzb gw
  10. George Buckingham g dnzb gw
  11. Rosetta Buckingham g dnzb gw
  12. Emily Mary Bulstrode g dnzb gw
  13. Jane Helena Bulstrode g dnzb gw
  14. Alexander Burt (engineer) g dnzb gw
  15. Thomas Burt (engineer) g dnzb gw
  16. Hugh Cassidy (coach driver) g dnzb gw
  17. Ronald Brian Castle g dnzb gw
  18. Zillah Vivien Castle g dnzb gw
  19. Annie Selina Chaffey g dnzb gw
  20. Henry Fox Chaffey g dnzb gw
  21. George Howe Cook g dnzb gw
  22. Herbert Francis Cook g dnzb gw
  23. Martha Elizabeth Cooper g dnzb gw (redirects to Daniel Cooper (murderer)
  24. Latima George Crosse g dnzb gw
  25. Thomas Ezekiel Crosse g dnzb gw
  26. Roger Ingram Dansey g dnzb gw
  27. Charles Richard Davis g dnzb gw
  28. Edward Charles Davis g dnzb gw
  29. David Duncan (engineer) g dnzb gw
  30. Peter Duncan (engineer) g dnzb gw
  31. Wiremu Hiroki g dnzb gw (redirect)
  32. Joseph Mitchell Huggan g dnzb gw
  33. Lily Annie Huggan g dnzb gw
  34. William Jenkins (preacher) g dnzb gw
  35. Mary Blythe Law g dnzb gw
  36. Frederic Le Cren g dnzb gw (redirects to his brother)
  37. Colin Stuart Lovell-Smith g dnzb gw
  38. Bernice Lumley g dnzb gw - Mentioned in Doreen Lumley
  39. Alfred Edgar Luttrell g dnzb gw
  40. Edward Sidney Luttrell g dnzb gw
  41. Edward Mahoney g dnzb gw (redirects to business)
  42. Thomas Mahoney g dnzb gw (redirects to business)
  43. Henry Manoy g dnzb gw
  44. Lionel Manoy g dnzb gw
  45. Hannah Martin (mission member) g dnzb gw
  46. John Martin (doctor) g dnzb gw
  47. Hector McDonald (settler) g dnzb gw
  48. John McKenna (priest) g dnzb gw
  49. Thomas McKenna g dnzb gw
  50. Mokomoko (Māori chief) g dnzb gw
  51. Joseph Patrick Moodabe g dnzb gw - Could be own article?
  52. Michael Joseph Moodabe g dnzb gw - Could be own article?
  53. Josephine and Sybil Mulvany - could have separate articles
  54. Wiremu Nera Ngatai g teara gw
  55. Raymond Paul Olds g teara gw
  56. Joseph Palmer (runholder) g teara gw
  57. William Leonard Parker g teara gw
  58. Hariata Pomare g teara gw
  59. Elizabeth Allen Pudney g teara gw
  60. Elizabeth Jane Pudney g teara gw
  61. William Ranstead g teara gw
  62. Thomas Ritchie (trader) g teara gw
  63. John Robertson (teacher) g teara gw
  64. Leo Paul Schramm g teara gw
  65. Jack Seabrook g teara gw
  66. Lewis Skinner g teara gw
  67. George Stephenson (rugby league) g teara gw
  68. John Lorraine Sullivan g teara gw
  69. Anne Swift g teara gw
  70. Ngatai Tohi Te Ururangi Tapsell g teara gw
  71. Retireti Tapsell g teara gw
  72. Kurupo Tareha g teara gw
  73. Te Roera Tareha g teara gw
  74. Hemi Tautari g teara gw
  75. Mary Taylor (writer) g teara gw
  76. Ripeka Wharawhara-i-te-rangi Te Kakapi g teara gw
  77. Kurupo Te Moananui g teara gw
  78. Rahui Te Kiri Tenetahi g teara gw
  79. Wiremu Te Heru Tenetahi g teara gw
  80. William Thomas (educationalist) g teara gw
  81. John Thornton (educationalist) g teara gw
  82. Heni Hoana Topia g teara gw
  83. Mereana Topia g teara gw
  84. Fred Tyree g teara gw
  85. William Tyree g teara gw
  86. John Baptist Vitetta g teara gw
  87. Joseph Vitetta g teara gw
  88. Vincent Vitetta (musician) g teara gw
  89. Waitohi (Ngati Toa) g teara gw
  90. Betty Wark (community worker)
  91. Doreen Eda Warren g teara gw
  92. William Webster (land speculator) g teara gw
  93. Tutere Wi Repa g teara gw
  94. Philip Randal Woodhouse g teara gw

Entries that are not notable

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  1. Margaret Lynch (servant) dnzb