WJohannes Andersen (librarian)
WJames K. Baxter
WPaddy Blanchfield
WMarcus Campbell (artist)
WArthur Carman
WClyde Carr
WNigel Cox (author)
WWalter D'Arcy Cresswell
WAllen Curnow
WWilliam Direen
WDavid Eggleton
WChris Else
WA. R. D. Fairburn
WMaurice Gee
WRoger Curtis Green
WRoger Hall (playwright)
WWiti Ihimaera
WLouis Johnson (poet)
WMichael King
WRussell Kirkpatrick
WBill Manhire
WOwen Marshall
WBruce Mason
WAnthony McCarten
WJames McNeish
WIan Middleton
WChristodoulos Moisa
WAndrew Niccol
WGregory O'Brien
WPeter Olds
WPercy Smith (ethnologist)
WC. K. Stead
WHone Tuwhare
WRichard Webster (New Zealand author)