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