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The most famous Writers in New Zealand

The most publicly visible writers in New Zealand.

Most famous

The most famous writers in New Zealand right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

New ZealandWriters88 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Richard Curtis	New Zealand	Writers	60.8	11.3
#2	—	Jane Campion	New Zealand	Writers	59.6	10.5
#3	—	Andrew Niccol	New Zealand	Writers	58.1	2.3
#4	—	Katherine Mansfield	New Zealand	Writers	57.5	0.0
#5	—	Pamela Stephenson	New Zealand	Writers	56.6	16.4
#6	—	Ngaio Marsh	New Zealand	Writers	56.4	2.8
#7	—	Fran Walsh	New Zealand	Writers	55.6	0.0
#8	—	Janet Frame	New Zealand	Writers	53.9	0.0
#9	—	Eleanor Catton	New Zealand	Writers	53.0	0.0
#10	—	Philippa Boyens	New Zealand	Writers	52.8	0.0
#11	—	Niki Caro	New Zealand	Writers	52.8	0.3
#12	—	Stephen Hunter	New Zealand	Writers	51.6	6.4
#13	—	Keri Hulme	New Zealand	Writers	51.5	0.0
#14	—	Anthony McCarten	New Zealand	Writers	50.2	0.0
#15	—	Tamsyn Muir	New Zealand	Writers	50.2	0.0
#16	—	Margaret Mahy	New Zealand	Writers	49.8	1.0
#17	—	Whina Cooper	New Zealand	Writers	49.6	0.0
#18	—	Don McKinnon	New Zealand	Writers	49.4	8.2
#19	—	Witi Ihimaera	New Zealand	Writers	49.3	0.0
#20	—	MB Michael Baigent	New Zealand	Writers	48.9	2.5
#21	—	Alan Duff	New Zealand	Writers	48.7	10.6
#22	—	Phil Goff	New Zealand	Writers	48.5	0.0
#23	—	Tom Marsters	New Zealand	Writers	48.4	1.5
#24	—	James K. Baxter	New Zealand	Writers	48.3	15.1
#25	—	TN Tom Neale	New Zealand	Writers	48.2	4.2
#26	—	Ditlev Gothard Monrad	New Zealand	Writers	48.2	0.9
#27	—	Maurice Gee	New Zealand	Writers	47.9	5.8
#28	—	SY Sonja Yelich	New Zealand	Writers	47.8	0.0
#29	—	Juliet Marillier	New Zealand	Writers	47.7	1.8
#30	—	PG Pauline Gedge	New Zealand	Writers	47.3	5.4
#31	—	Rewi Alley	New Zealand	Writers	47.1	0.0
#32	—	FA Fleur Adcock	New Zealand	Writers	46.6	0.0
#33	—	Paul Cleave	New Zealand	Writers	46.6	6.6
#34	—	Joel Hayward	New Zealand	Writers	46.5	4.5
#35	—	RA Ross Ardern	New Zealand	Writers	46.0	0.0
#36	—	C. K. Stead	New Zealand	Writers	45.5	8.8
#37	—	Patricia Grace	New Zealand	Writers	45.5	0.0
#38	—	Joy Cowley	New Zealand	Writers	44.9	3.0
#39	—	Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons	New Zealand	Writers	44.4	0.0
#40	—	Michael King	New Zealand	Writers	44.3	1.1
#41	—	Lang Leav	New Zealand	Writers	44.1	3.3
#42	—	Chloe Gong	New Zealand	Writers	44.0	0.0
#43	—	Joseph Sullivan	New Zealand	Writers	43.8	0.0
#44	—	Fiona Kidman	New Zealand	Writers	43.2	17.5
#45	—	PA Pamela Allen	New Zealand	Writers	42.9	1.0
#46	—	Harold Williams	New Zealand	Writers	42.8	0.0
#47	—	James Belich	New Zealand	Writers	42.8	0.4
#48	—	Catherine Chidgey	New Zealand	Writers	42.4	0.0
#49	—	Frank Sargeson	New Zealand	Writers	42.2	0.0
#50	—	Jacquie Sturm	New Zealand	Writers	41.7	8.0
#51	—	Ngahuia Te Awekotuku	New Zealand	Writers	41.7	0.0
#52	—	Brian Boyd	New Zealand	Writers	41.6	0.0
#53	—	Murray McCully	New Zealand	Writers	41.6	0.0
#54	—	DE Dorothy Eden	New Zealand	Writers	41.1	0.0
#55	—	Hone Tuwhare	New Zealand	Writers	41.0	0.0
#56	—	Dorothy Wall	New Zealand	Writers	40.8	0.0
#57	—	Brian Talboys	New Zealand	Writers	40.7	4.0
#58	—	Thomas Kendall	New Zealand	Writers	40.6	1.2
#59	—	Percy Smith	New Zealand	Writers	40.6	3.3
#60	—	George Cawkwell	New Zealand	Writers	40.5	2.5
#61	—	Hector Bolitho	New Zealand	Writers	40.4	2.3
#62	—	Annamarie Jagose	New Zealand	Writers	39.7	0.0
#63	—	Cherry Wilder	New Zealand	Writers	39.6	3.9
#64	—	JA J. A. W. Bennett	New Zealand	Writers	39.6	15.0
#65	—	Hinemoana Baker	New Zealand	Writers	39.3	8.7
#66	—	Eldon Gorst	New Zealand	Writers	39.0	0.0
#67	—	Janet Holmes	New Zealand	Writers	38.3	15.0
#68	—	Mary Ursula Bethell	New Zealand	Writers	38.3	0.0
#69	—	Rosie Scott	New Zealand	Writers	38.1	3.7
#70	—	William Pember Reeves	New Zealand	Writers	38.0	0.0
#71	—	KM Kāterina Mataira	New Zealand	Writers	37.9	0.0
#72	—	Charles Brasch	New Zealand	Writers	37.9	0.0
#73	—	John McKinnon	New Zealand	Writers	36.8	1.3
#74	—	TF Tim Francis	New Zealand	Writers	36.6	15.5
#75	—	Te Raukura O'Connell Rapira	New Zealand	Writers	36.3	4.8
#76	—	Ellen Elizabeth Ellis	New Zealand	Writers	35.7	15.0
#77	—	Edith Annie Howes	New Zealand	Writers	35.5	0.6
#78	—	Elizabeth Colenso	New Zealand	Writers	34.7	0.0
#79	—	Rowley Habib	New Zealand	Writers	34.2	0.0
#80	—	Robert Chapman	New Zealand	Writers	33.6	0.0
#81	—	RO Rosa Olga Sansom	New Zealand	Writers	32.9	5.0
#82	—	EG Emily Gee	New Zealand	Writers	3.7	0.0
#83	—	SM Stuart McKenzie	New Zealand	Writers	3.7	0.0
#84	—	June Hillary	New Zealand	Writers	2.4	0.0

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