People
Mount Roskill has been home to many successful New Zealanders who attended the local schools. Among them are:
- All Black coach John Hart,
- Billionaire Graeme Hart,
- All Black winger Doug Howlett,
- Actor Russell Crowe,
- Evangelist Bill Subritzky,
- Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard,
- Tennis player Brett Steven,
- Labour MP Phil Goff,
- Rugby league and Rugby union international Matthew Ridge,
- The Hay family (of Keith Hay Homes),
- New Zealand Kiwis representative Evarn Tuimavave, and
- New York Times Best Selling author Nalini Singh.
In 2007, the Mount Roskill Community Board commissioned a 176 page book titled Just Passing Through: A History of Mt Roskill (Jade Reidy) which covered the growth of the district from 1840 up until the present time. It identified the significant input of Mount Roskill residents internationally, such as athletics coach Arthur Lydiard in the chapter "How Sport Put Mt Roskill on the World Map."
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