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Adams, Nancy Nancy Adams
Botanist and botanical artist, and museum curator.
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Aldis, Mary Mary Aldis (en)
Scientific author and social reform campaigner
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Alexander, Catherine Catherine Alexander (en)
Botanist, and the first known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Transactions in 1886.
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Alexander, Elizabeth Elizabeth Alexander (en)
Geologist, academic, and physicist, whose wartime work with radar and radio led to early developments in radio astronomy.
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Anderson, Jan Jan Anderson (en)
Organic chemist who worked on photosynthesis.
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Asher, Innes Innes Asher (en)
Professor of paediatrics
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Askin, Rosemary Rosemary Askin
Geologist specialising in Antarctic palynology and the first New Zealand woman to undertake her own research programme in Antarctica, in 1970.
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Bassett, Paddy Paddy Bassett
Agricultural scientist, the first woman graduate from Massey Agricultural College, and also one of the first two women students accepted into Canterbury Agricultural College (now Lincoln University).
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Batham, Betty Betty Batham (en)
Marine biologist and university lecturer, who directed the Portobello Marine Biological Station at the University of Otago for more than 23 years.
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Bell, Muriel Muriel Bell
Nutritionist and medical researcher
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Benson, Gertrude Helen Gertrude Helen Benson
Professor of home science.
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Bergquist, Patricia Patricia Bergquist
Zoologist, anatomist and biologist
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Bernardelli, Betty Betty Bernardelli (en)
Physiological psychologist who was the commanding officer at the WAAF training school for psychology instructors.
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Betts, Winifred Winifred Betts (en)
Botanist and the first female lecturer at the University of Otago
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Binney, Judith Judith Binney (en)
Writer, academic, historian and educator
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Black, Philippa Philippa Black (en)
Geologist specialising in mineralogy and metamorphic petrology.
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Blackie, Agnes Agnes Blackie (en)
New Zealand's first female physics lecturer and probably the Southern Hemisphere's only female physics academic at the time of her appointment.
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Blackwell, Ellen Wright Ellen Wright Blackwell (en)
Writer, botanist, and photographer.
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Boys-Smith, Winifred Lily Winifred Lily Boys-Smith
Science artist and lecturer, university professor, and school principal
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Bradford-Grieve, Janet M. Janet M. Bradford-Grieve (en)
Carcinologist and biological oceanographer.
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Bradshaw, Margaret Margaret Bradshaw
Geologist and Antarctic researcher.
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Brewin, Beryl Beryl Brewin (en)
Marine zoologist, specialising in ascidians (sea squirts).
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Brimble, Margaret Margaret Brimble
Chemist who has made investigations of shellfish toxins and means to treat brain injuries.
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Brooker, Sally Sally Brooker
Inorganic chemist
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Browning, Katherine Katherine Browning (en)
Teacher, who published one of the only four papers by women in the Royal Society of New Zealand's Transactions before 1900.
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Burns, Carolyn Carolyn Burns
Ecologist specialising in lakes.
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Campbell, Ella Ella Campbell
Botanist and expert on bryophytes, she published 130 scientific papers on liverworts, hornworts, orchids, and wetlands. She became the first woman faculty member of the Massey Agricultural College.
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Campbell, Kathleen Kathleen Campbell (en)
Geologist, paleoecologist and astrobiologist
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Cassie Cooper, Vivienne Vivienne Cassie Cooper
Planktologist and botanist.
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Castle, Amy Amy Castle (en)
Entomologist and museum curator
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Challis, Gwyneth Alva Gwyneth Alva Challis (en)
Geologist who discovered the mineral Wairauite, and pioneered the use of x-rays for mineral investigation in New Zealand.
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Chapman, M. Ann M. Ann Chapman (en)
Limnologist, one of the first New Zealand women scientists to visit Antarctica, and the first woman to lead a scientific expedition to Antarctica.
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Cheeseman, Emma Emma Cheeseman (en)
Scientific painter and taxidermist, whose work is in the Auckland Museum
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Clay, Marie Marie Clay
Academic, clinical psychologist, researcher distinguished researcher known for her work in global educational literacy.
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Connon, Helen Helen Connon
First woman in the British Empire to win any university degree with honours.
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Cranwell, Lucy May Lucy May Cranwell
Botanist responsible for groundbreaking work in palynology , and curator of botany at Auckland Museum.
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Crookes, Marguerite Marguerite Crookes
Botanical enthusiast, pteridologist and conservationist, author, and founder of the Auckland Natural History Club.
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Cruickshank, Margaret Margaret Cruickshank
New Zealand's first registered female doctor
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Curtis, Kathleen Maisey Kathleen Maisey Curtis
Mycologist and a founder of plant pathology in New Zealand.
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Dalrymple, Helen Kirkland Helen Kirkland Dalrymple (en)
Botanist, author and school teacher who wrote two books on Otago flora.
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Davidson, Janet Janet Davidson (en)
Archaeologist who has carried out extensive field work in the Pacific Islands.
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Dickinson, Michelle Michelle Dickinson
Nanotechnologist and science educator.
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Dingley, Joan Joan Dingley (en)
Mycologist who was the head of mycology at the DSIR Plant Disease Division.
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Downard, Alison Alison Downard (en)
Chemist focusing on surface chemistry, electrochemistry and nanoscale grafted layers
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Eagle, Audrey Audrey Eagle
Writer, botanist and botanical illustrator, who was author and illustrator of the two volume Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand.
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Edgar, Elizabeth Elizabeth Edgar
Botanist, author and editor of three of the five volumes of the series Flora of New Zealand.
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Edger, Kate Kate Edger
University graduate, educationalist, community worker. The first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree, and possibly the second in the British Empire to do so.
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Edgerley, Kate Violet Kate Violet Edgerley
Botanist and teacher
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Farkas, Edith Edith Farkas
Antarctic researcher known for being the first Hungarian woman and also the first New Zealand MetService female staff member to set foot in Antarctica. She conducted world-leading ozone monitoring research for over 30 years.
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Featon, Sarah Sarah Featon (en)
Botanical artist and author, who with her husband published The Art Album of New Zealand Flora.
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Fitzgerald, Ruth Ruth Fitzgerald (en)
Anthropology academic
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Flint, Elizabeth Alice Elizabeth Alice Flint
Botanist who specialised in freshwater algae, and co-authored the three-volume series Flora of New Zealand Desmids in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Freeman, Caroline Caroline Freeman
Teacher, school principal and owner, and the first female graduate of the University of Otago , New Zealand.
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Frost, Constance Constance Frost
Medical doctor, bacteriologist and pathologist.
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Fyfe, Marion Marion Fyfe
Academic, specialising in taxonomy of planarians and other flatworms, the first woman zoology lecturer at the University of Otago, and the first woman to be elected to the Council of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Gerrard, Juliet Juliet Gerrard (en)
Chemist and New Zealand Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor.
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Grace, Bessie Te Wenerau Bessie Te Wenerau Grace
First Māori woman university graduate, nun, and educator.
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Harding, Jane Jane Harding
Academic new-born intensive case specialist (neonatologist)
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Harris, Aroha Aroha Harris (en)
Historian and writer, specialising in Māori histories of policy and community development
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Harris, Emily Cumming Emily Cumming Harris (en)
Teacher and artist, and one of New Zealand's first professional women painters.
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Hay, Jennifer Jennifer Hay (en)
Linguist who specialises in sociolinguistics, laboratory phonology, and the history of New Zealand English
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Hayne, Harlene Harlene Hayne
Psychology professor and first female vice-chancellor of the University of Otago.
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Herriott, Elizabeth Elizabeth Herriott (en)
Scientist and the first woman appointed to the permanent teaching staff at Canterbury College.
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Heslop, Barbara Farnsworth Barbara Farnsworth Heslop
Immunologist specialising in transplantation immunology and immunogenetics.
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Hetet, Rangimārie Rangimārie Hetet (en)
Tohunga raranga (master weaver) of Ngāti Maniapoto
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Hetley, Georgina Burne Georgina Burne Hetley (en)
Artist and author, her book The Native Flora of New Zealand was published in English and French.
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Hill, Avice Avice Hill (en)
Entomologist and herb grower.
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Miss Hirst
Astronomical observer who published significant observations of Jupiter
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Hodgson, Eliza Amy Eliza Amy Hodgson
Botanist who specialised in liverworts.
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Holmes, Janet Janet Holmes (en)
Sociolinguist working on language and gender, language in the workplace, and New Zealand English.
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Hopa, Ngapare Ngapare Hopa
Māori academic of Waikato Tainui descent
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Horsley, Alice Woodward Alice Woodward Horsley
First registered woman doctor in Auckland.
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Howden-Chapman, Philippa Lynne Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman
Clinical psychologist and public health researcher
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Hyland, Margaret M. Margaret M. Hyland (en)
Chemist, engineer and professor.
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Jones, Alison Alison Jones (en)
Academic working on sociology of education.
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Kahupeka
Māori healer and pioneer of herbal medicine
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Kent, Thelma Rene Thelma Rene Kent
Photographer
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Kidson, Elsa Beatrice Elsa Beatrice Kidson (en)
Soil scientist and sculptor
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King, Martha Martha King
New Zealand's first resident botanical illustrator . She was a founder of schools in Whanganui and New Plymouth , and a talented gardener and schoolteacher.
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Kinnear, Judith Judith Kinnear
Academic, geneticist, and the first woman to head a New Zealand university
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Langhorne, Pat Pat Langhorne (en)
Antarctic sea ice researcher
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Larner, Wendy Wendy Larner
Geographer and social scientist who has focussed on the interdisciplinary areas of globalisation , governance and gender .
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Lennon, Diana Diana Lennon
Academic and pediatrician, specialising in infectious diseases.
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Lord, Janice M. Janice M. Lord
Botanist and plant evolutionary biologist
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Low, Elsie Elsie Low
Botanist, teacher and temperance campaigner.
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Lysaght, Averil Margaret Averil Margaret Lysaght
Biologist, science historian and artist, best known for her scholarly work on Joseph Banks
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MacCallum, Bella Bella MacCallum (en)
Botanist and mycologist, and New Zealand's first female doctor of science
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McIntosh, Tracey Tracey McIntosh (en)
Sociology and criminology academic
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Mason, Ruth Ruth Mason (en)
Botanist specialising in the taxonomy and ecology of freshwater plants.
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Mataira, Kāterina Kāterina Mataira
Māori language advocate, artist and writer
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Matisoo-Smith, Lisa Lisa Matisoo-Smith
Molecular anthropologist
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Mattingley, Joan Joan Mattingley (en)
Clinical chemist and author
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Mestayer, Marjorie Marjorie Mestayer (en)
Conchologist , and conchology curator for the Dominion Museum in Wellington.
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Metge, Joan Joan Metge
Social anthropologist, educator, lecturer and writer.
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Moncrieff, Pérrine Pérrine Moncrieff (en)
Ornithologist, conservationist, and author
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Moore, Lucy Beatrice Lucy Beatrice Moore (en)
Botanist and ecologist
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Moore, Rina Winifred Rina Winifred Moore (en)
First female Māori medical doctor.
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Murray, Flora Flora Murray (en)
Botanist, and second woman appointed as permanent staff at Canterbury University College.
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Mutu, Margaret Margaret Mutu (en)
Ngāti Kahu leader, author and academic
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Myers, Phoebe Phoebe Myers (en)
Teacher and educational reformer. She was one of the first women to teach science at college level in New Zealand, and the first woman to represent her country at the League of Nations.
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Natusch, Sheila Sheila Natusch (en)
Writer and freelance illustrator.
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Nelson, Wendy Wendy Nelson (en)
Botanist and phycologist, New Zealand's leading authority on seaweeds.
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Osinga, Hinke Maria Hinke Maria Osinga
Mathematician and an expert in dynamical systems, also a creator of mathematical art .
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Paora, Roka Roka Paora (en)
Māori language expert, translator, author and educator.
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Papakura, Mākereti Mākereti Papakura
Tuhourangi woman of mana, guide, entertainer , and ethnographer.
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Pickering, Kim Kim Pickering (en)
Composite materials engineer
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Pitama, Suzanne G Suzanne G Pitama (en)
Psychologist and indigenous health researcher
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Rich, Josephine Gordon Josephine Gordon Rich (en)
Zoologist and one of only four women who published results of her scientific work in New Zealand before 1901
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Ritchie, Jane Jane Ritchie (en)
Psychology academic and expert of child-raising, she was the first woman to graduate with a PhD in psychology from a New Zealand university.
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Robb, Joan Joan Robb (en)
Zoologist, professor and curator
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Robinson, Marion Marion Robinson (en)
Nutritionist and physiologist, particularly noted for her investigation of the importance of selenium in the human diet.
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Robinson, Viviane Viviane Robinson (en)
Educational psychologist
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Ruru, Jacinta Jacinta Ruru (en)
Law professor and the first Māori Professor of Law.
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Salmond, Anne Anne Salmond
Anthropologist and historian
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Sanderson, Hope Hope Sanderson
Geologist, and the first New Zealand woman to graduate with MSc with Honours in Geology at a New Zealand university.
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Sansom, Rosa Olga Rosa Olga Sansom (en)
Teacher, museum director, botanist, broadcaster, and writer.
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Saunders, Caroline Caroline Saunders
Economist and researcher, specialising in environmental economics
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Savage, Martha K. Martha K. Savage (en)
Geology academic.
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Shore, Brenda Brenda Shore
Botanist, one of only 20 female Associate Professors in New Zealand when she retired in 1983.
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Siedeberg-McKinnon, Emily Hancock Emily Hancock Siedeberg-McKinnon
Medical practitioner, hospital superintendent, and the country's first female medical graduate.
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Simpson, Cather Cather Simpson (en)
Physicist/chemist and entrepreneur
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Slooten, Liz Liz Slooten (en)
Marine biologist
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Smith, Anne Briar Anne Briar Smith (en)
Children's rights researcher and academic
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Smith, Linda Tuhiwai Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Academic who has made a major contribution to research methods in social justice research.
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Soons, Jane Jane Soons
Geomorphologist and the first woman professor at the University of Canterbury, and possibly the first in New Zealand.
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Stevenson, Greta Greta Stevenson
Botanist and mycologist, who described many new species of Agaricales (gilled mushrooms).
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Stokes, Evelyn Evelyn Stokes
Historical geographer who worked in the Waitangi Tribunal.
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Stout, Vida Vida Stout (en)
Limnographer and academic administrator, first woman to be Dean of Science at a New Zealand university.
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Struthers, Jean Jean Struthers (en)
Botany student in New Zealand and an inspirational chemistry teacher in England and New Zealand
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Suckling, Lydia Lydia Suckling (en)
Botanist and school teacher.
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Sutherland, Mary Mary Sutherland (en)
Forester and botanist.
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Szászy, Miraka Miraka Szászy (en)
Māori leader and academic, making significant contributions in education, broadcasting, social welfare and small business development.
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Tawhai, Merryn Merryn Tawhai (en)
Physics professor, she is known for the development of mathematical models of the lungs that will help scientists understand differences between physiologically normal lungs and the pathological changes that might occur in a disease.
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Taylor, Grace Marie Grace Marie Taylor (en)
Botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator
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Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Academic, short story writer and essayist
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Tennant, Margaret Margaret Tennant (en)
Historian
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Thompson, C. Jean C. Jean Thompson
Statistician and author, who served as president of the New Zealand Statistical Association.
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Tinsley, Beatrice Beatrice Tinsley
Astronomer and cosmologist, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die.
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Ward, Colleen Colleen Ward (en)
Cross-cultural psychologist
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Watson, Joyce Joyce Watson (en)
Chemist specialising in fruit disorders and trace elements.
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Wevers, Lydia Lydia Wevers
Literary historian and critic, editor and book reviewer.
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Whakaotirangi
Māori experimental gardener and early New Zealand scientist
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Wiffen, Joan Joan Wiffen
Paleontologist
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Wiggins, Philippa Philippa Wiggins
Biochemist and physical chemist, who made significant contributions to the understanding of the structure of water in living cells.
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Wiles, Siouxsie Siouxsie Wiles
Microbiologist and science communicator
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Winterbourn, Christine Coe Christine Coe Winterbourn
Pathologist and researcher of the biological chemistry of free radicals.
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Wood, Mimie Mimie Wood
Secretary, accountant and librarian
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Wylie, Ann Ann Wylie
Botanist
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Yates-Smith, Aroha Aroha Yates-Smith (en)
Performer and social scientist, researching forgotten Māori female deities
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Young, Pamela Pamela Young
First New Zealand woman to live and work in Antarctica
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