Notable People
- Lana Searle, Raised in Te Kopuru, A Radio Broadcaster who has won several New Zealand Radio awards (2006, 2009, 2010) and is now working at the nationally recognized MORE FM Canterbury
- Jane Goulding, born in Te Kopuru, was a member of the New Zealand field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Clem Simich, born in Te Kopuru, Member of Parliament, and Cabinet Minister during the Fourth National Government of New Zealand.
- Lawrence Carthage Weathers, born in Te Kopuru, received the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
- Thomas Clifton Webb, born in Te Kopuru, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister during the First National Government of New Zealand.
- Kendrick Smithyman, One of New Zealand’s most prolific and widely published poets, ...was born on 9 October 1922 in Te Kopuru. His Poem "Kaipara" (unpublished) does full and honest justice to the experience of dwelling upon the Wairoa, in a village such as Te Kopuru:
- At midday there are birds springing beyond sight,
- evening is tempered. Dogs barking summer away.
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