Victoria University of Wellington - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Main category: Victoria University of Wellington alumni
  • Fleur Adcock, (MA) poet, Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry recipient
  • Barbara Anderson, (BA) author, poet
  • Michelle Ang, (BCA, BSc) actor
  • Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes, (BSc) cardiologist
  • Dr John Cawte Beaglehole, (BA, MA) Captain Cook expert, OM recipient
  • Sir Michael Hardie Boys, (BA, LLB) former Governor-General of New Zealand
  • Sarah Billinghurst, (BA) artistic director Metropolitan Opera
  • Dr Robert Burchfield, (BA) lexicographic scholar
  • Alistair Campbell, (BA, DipT) poet, novelist
  • John Campbell, (BA(Hons)) New Zealand television personality
  • Philippa Campbell, (BA) New Zealand film producer
  • Jane Campion, (BA) Oscar and Palme D'Or winning director/screenwriter
  • John Clarke, (Honorary Doctor of Letters) creator of Fred Dagg
  • Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
  • Baron Cooke of Thorndon, (LLB, LLM) former Law Lord
  • Frank Corner, (MA, Honorary Doctor of Laws) New Zealand diplomat, public servant
  • Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, (LLB) former Chief Justice of New Zealand
  • Sir Randal Elliott, (BSc) social campaigner, surgeon
  • Gareth Farr, (BMus(Hons)) Composer, Percussionist
  • Sir Michael Fay, (LLB) merchant banker, third-richest person in New Zealand
  • John Feeney, documentary filmmaker, nominated for two Academy Awards
  • Chris Finlayson, (BA, LLM) Attorney-General, MP
  • Patricia Grace, (DipTchg, Honorary Doctor of Literature) author
  • Prof Harry Hawthorn, (BA) NZ-Born Canadian anthropologist
  • Hon. Georgina Te Heuheu, (BA, LLB) MP
  • Dr Fred Hollows, (BA) NZ-Born eye surgeon
  • Don Hunn, (MA) State Services Commissioner
  • Sir Jack Hunn, (LLM) New Zealand public servant
  • Prof Witi Ihimaera, (BA, Honorary Doctor of Literature) author of Whale Rider
  • Moana Jackson, (BA LLB) Māori lawyer specialising in Treaty of Waitangi and constitutional issues
  • Sir Robert Jones, (BA) property tycoon
  • Lloyd Jones, (BA) author, Commonwealth Writers' Prize recipient
  • Sir Kenneth Keith, (LLM, Honorary Doctor of Laws) international jurist
  • Roger Kerr, Executive director of New Zealand Business Roundtable
  • Chong Kah Kiat, (LLB, LLM (Hons)) Former Chief Minister of Sabah state
  • Hon. Sir Doug Kidd, (LLB) former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
  • Dr Michael King, (BA, DLitt) historian
  • Sir George Laking, (LLB) New Zealand diplomat, public servant
  • Dianne Macaskill, Chief Executive and Chief Archivist
  • Prof Alan MacDiarmid, (BSc, MSc, Honorary Doctor of Science) winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
  • Sir Jack Marshall, (BA, LLB) former Prime Minister
  • Sir Thaddeus McCarthy, (LLM) Court of Appeal judge
  • Sir Alister McIntosh, (MA) New Zealand public servant
  • Bret McKenzie, Flight of the Conchords
  • Dr John Money, (BSc) sexologist
  • Sam Neill, (BA) actor
  • W. H. Oliver, (MA) historian, poet, writer
  • Lorae Parry, (MA) Playwright and Actress
  • Mark Paston (BSc) All Whites goalkeeper for the 2010 Fifa World Cup
  • Sir Guy Powles, (LLB) New Zealand diplomat, first Ombudsman
  • Dr Christopher Pugsley, military historian
  • Beverley Randell, (BA, TTC) author
  • Sir Paul Reeves, (BA, MA) former Governor-General of New Zealand and Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand
  • Dr Jonathan Sarfati, (BSc(Hons), PhD) author, New Zealand Chess Champion
  • Tuiloma Neroni Slade (LL.B.), Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
  • Conrad Smith, (LLB(Hons)) current All Black
  • Jacqueline Sturm, (BA, MA, Honorary Doctor of Literature) wife of the late James K. Baxter
  • Dr Bill Sutch, (BCA, MA) public servant, suspected spy
  • Sir Ronald Syme, (MA) classicist historian, OM recipient
  • Sir Brian Talboys, (BA) former Deputy Prime Minister
  • Fran Walsh, (BA, Honorary Doctor of Literature) multiple Oscar winner, wife of film director Peter Jackson
  • Dr Marilyn Waring, (BA(Hons)) feminist, former MP, Professor at AUT University
  • Albert Wendt, (MA) author, Samoan poet
  • Maarten Wevers, diplomat and civil servant, current Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Gillian Whitehead, (BMus(Hons), Honorary Doctor of Music) New Zealand composer
  • Sir Richard Wild, (LLM) former Chief Justice of New Zealand
  • Thomas Stafford Williams, (BCA) New Zealand's only living cardinal
  • Simon Wilson, (BA) editor of Metro
  • Alison Wright, (BA) New Zealand athlete and record holder
  • Martin Wylie, CEO of Slingshot
  • Niel Wright, (PhD) author, poet
  • Jack Yan, (LLB, BCA(Hons), MCA) businessman, publisher, Good Morning panellist
  • John Stuart Yeates (PhD (Botany)) academic, founding staff member of Massey University
  • Peter Dengate Thrush (BSc, LLB) Chairman of ICANN

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