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Ruia Morrison, tennis champion and trailblazer for Māori in sport.
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Wanda Messam changed the lives of more than 300 children through foster care.
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Dame Margaret Sparrow was a trailblazing doctor and advocate for legal abortions in New Zealand.
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Beatrice Tinsley was a world-renowned astrophysicist and trailblazer for women in science.
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Dame Ngaio Marsh was a Queen of Crime and best-selling novelist.
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Nancy Wake was a WWII hero and the Gestapo's most wanted person.
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Anne Barry was the first female firefighter in the British Commonwealth.
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Helen Thayer is a world record-setting adventurer and the first woman to walk solo to the magnetic North Pole.
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Georgina Beyer was the world’s first openly transgender mayor and Member of Parliament.
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Dame Whina Cooper was a celebrated Māori leader and advocate for Māori rights and welfare.
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Helen Clark was New Zealand's first elected female Prime Minister and the first woman to head the United Nations Development Fund.
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The first female director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
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Commander of the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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Pioneering champion of te reo Māori
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New Zealand's first female detective
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Soon-to-be New Zealand's first saint
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The world's first female Anglican bishop
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New Zealand's first female auditor-general
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