53 Notable alumni of
Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Lincoln University, New Zealand is 1501st in the world, 32nd in Oceania, and 7th in New Zealand by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 53 notable alumni from Lincoln University, New Zealand sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Richie McCaw
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Richard Hugh McCaw ONZ is a retired New Zealand professional rugby union player. He captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups. He has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award a joint record three times and was the most capped test rugby player of all time from August 2015 to October 2020. McCaw was awarded World Rugby player of the decade (2011–2020) in 2021. McCaw is also a winner of the New Zealand sportsman of the decade award.
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Sam Whitelock
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Samuel Lawrence Whitelock ONZM is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
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Jordie Barrett
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jordan Matthew Barrett is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a centre or fullback for Irish side Leinster in the United Rugby Championship. He represents New Zealand internationally.
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Charles Upham
- Occupations
- farmer
- Biography
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Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC & Bar was a New Zealand soldier decorated for actions during World War II.
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Richie Mo'unga
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Richie Mo'unga is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a first five-eighth for Japan Rugby League One club Toshiba Brave Lupus and the New Zealand national team.
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Mark Inglis
- Occupations
- biochemistmountaineerscientistwinegrowersport cyclist
- Biography
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Mark Joseph Inglis ONZM is a New Zealand mountaineer, researcher, winemaker and motivational speaker. He holds a degree in Human Biochemistry from Lincoln University, New Zealand, and has conducted research on leukaemia. He is also an accomplished cyclist and, as a double leg amputee, won a silver medal in the 1 km time trial event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. He is the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world above sea level.
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Annabel Langbein
- Occupations
- chef
- Biography
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Annabel Rose Langbein ONZM is a New Zealand celebrity cook, food writer and publisher. She has published over 30 cookbooks, and co-produced three seasons of her award-winning television series, Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook, which launched on the TV One network in New Zealand and has since screened in more than 90 countries.
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Robbie Deans
- Occupations
- cricketerrugby union player
- Biography
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Robert Maxwell Deans is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of Japanese club Saitama Wild Knights. He was head coach of the Australian national team between 2008 and 2013. Deans previously coached the Crusaders for eight seasons and was an assistant coach of New Zealand between late 2001 and 2003. As the coach of the Crusaders, Deans won three Super 12 titles and two Super 14). He also coached Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship, winning the title in 1997. As a player, Deans represented Canterbury, first playing at fly half, and later fullback. He also played nineteen matches for the All Blacks, including five tests.
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Jack Goodhue
- Occupations
- rugby sevens playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Elias Jack Goodhue is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a centre for Castres Olympique in the French Top 14.
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George Whitelock
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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George Braeden Whitelock is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup. He played as a flanker.
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Chandler Cunningham-South
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Chandler Cunningham-South is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Harlequins and the England national team.
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Jeremy Rockliff
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Jeremy Page Rockliff MP is an Australian politician. He has served as premier of Tasmania since 2022, as state leader of the Liberal Party. He previously served as deputy premier from 2014 to 2022.
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Toni Street
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Toni Street is a New Zealand television presenter and sports commentator. She is best known for co-hosting the New Zealand current affairs programme Seven Sharp alongside Mike Hosking, as well as presenting morning shows and sports reporting for One News.
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Don McKinnon
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Donald Charles McKinnon ONZ GCVO PC is a New Zealand politician who served as the 12th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and the minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.
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Wilson Whineray
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Sir Wilson James Whineray KNZM OBE was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until surpassed by Richie McCaw in 2014. Rugby writer Terry McLean considered him the All Blacks' greatest captain.
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Damien O'Connor
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical candidate
- Biography
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Damien Peter O'Connor is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Minister for Land Information and Minister for Rural Communities in the Sixth Labour Government. He previously served as a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Government. He had been a member of Parliament since 1993 and represented the West Coast-Tasman electorate. As of 2023 he is on the Labour list.
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Reuben Thorne
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. Now involved with Big Brother Big Sister and is the Christ College first xv coach.
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Andrew Ellis
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Andrew Ellis is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays the position of scrum-half for Rugby New York in Major League Rugby (MLR).
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Rodney Hide
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rodney Philip Hide QSO is a former New Zealand politician of the ACT New Zealand party. Hide was a Member of Parliament for ACT from 1996 until 2011, was ACT's leader between 2004 and 2011, and represented the Epsom constituency from 2005 to 2011. In the Fifth National Government, Hide was Minister of Local Government, Associate Minister of Commerce and Minister of Regulatory Reform until 2011.
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David Carter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir David Cunningham Carter KNZM is a New Zealand National Party politician who served as the 29th Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017 and as a Cabinet Minister in the Fourth and Fifth National Governments. He represented the Selwyn electorate in the 44th Parliament and the Banks Peninsula electorate in the 45th Parliament. He served as a list MP from 1999 until he retired at the 2020 election.
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Dominic Bird
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Dominic Bird is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a lock and has represented the All Blacks. He has also played for Canterbury and Wellington in the Mitre 10 Cup, the Crusaders and Chiefs in Super Rugby. He has also played for Racing 92 in the French Top 14.
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Maggie Barry
- Occupations
- radio personalitypoliticiancostume designeractor
- Biography
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Margaret Mary Barry ONZM, generally known as Maggie Barry, is a New Zealand radio and television presenter and politician.
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Robbie Fruean
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Robert Fruean is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer. He is a midfield back and plays outside centre (13) and sometimes on the wing. He is a former Porirua College head boy. He is of Samoan & Cook islands heritage.
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Joe Moody
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Joseph Paul Tamatea Moody is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Canterbury in the Bunnings NPC. He made his debut for New Zealand in 2014 and has 57 international caps.
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Andy Dalton
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Andrew Grant Dalton is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He captained the national team, the All Blacks, 17 times in tests. He is a second-generation All Black; his father Ray Dalton played in two All Blacks tests in the late 1940s.
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Pema Gyamtsho
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- In 1990 graduated with Master of Agricultural Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pema Gyamtsho is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Second Party President of the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly of Bhutan from 2013 until his resignation in 2020. Since then he has been the Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (|ICIMOD). He also served as the Minister of Agriculture and Forests in the first elected government of Bhutan.
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Sam Bosworth
- Occupations
- coxswain
- Biography
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Sam Bosworth is a New Zealand coxswain. He is an Olympic champion and was the first male coxswain to win an international elite rowing event in a female crew.
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David Clendon
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David James Clendon is a New Zealand former politician. He was a list Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 2009 until 2017. He later served one term on the Far North District Council from 2019 to 2022.
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Olivia Merry
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- field hockey player
- Biography
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Olivia Catherina Merry is a New Zealand field hockey player for the national team. She competed in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal. She also attended the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where she and her team won gold.
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Chelsea Bremner
- Occupations
- teacherrugby union player
- Biography
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Chelsea Bremner is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She previously played for Matatū in 2022, but now plays for the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She represents Canterbury at a provincial level.
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Jack Stratton
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jack Stratton is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is scrum-half.
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Lindsay Tisch
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Lindsay Tisch QSO JP, known as Lindsay Tisch, is a former New Zealand National Party politician.
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Paul Quinn
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- politicianrugby union player
- Biography
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Bernard Paul Quinn is a New Zealand businessman, former rugby union player and former politician. He captained the Wellington Rugby Football Union team from 1981 to 1983 and the New Zealand Māori national team from 1980 to 1982. From 2008 to 2011, he was a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the National Party.
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Jane Watson
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- netballer
- Biography
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Jane Louise Watson is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup and the 2021 Constellation Cup. Watson has also played for both Mainland Tactix and Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship and the ANZ Premiership. In 2017 she was a member of the Steel team that won the inaugural ANZ Premiership title. She was named ANZ Premiership Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2020. In April 2022, Watson was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.
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Ian Hurst
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Ian Archibald Hurst is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played for the All Blacks in the early 1970s. He also played provincial rugby for North Otago and Canterbury.
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John Hayes
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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John Bernard Hayes ONZM is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. A member of the National Party, he was a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives in the Wairarapa electorate from 2005 to 2014.
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Amy Rule
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Amy McKenzie Rule is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and represents Canterbury provincially.
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David Meates
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- 1980-1984 graduated with Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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David William Meates MNZM is a New Zealand business leader in Christchurch, New Zealand, and son of former All Black, Bill Meates. He was chief executive of Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards until 4 September 2020.
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Doug Edmeades
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Douglas Charles Edmeades ONZM is a New Zealand soil scientist. He was involved in high-profile litigation in relation to the effectiveness of the Maxicrop brand of fertiliser.
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Julian Rayner
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- In 1992 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Julian Charles Rayner is a New Zealand malaria researcher, and the Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, part of the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine. He is also Director of Wellcome Connecting Science. He was previously a member of academic Faculty at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
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Ronald Trotter
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Studied in 1948
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Sir Ronald Ramsay Trotter was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent business leaders. He was knighted for his service to business in 1985.
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Ainsley Iggo
- Occupations
- physiologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ainsley Iggo FRS was a New Zealand born neurophysiologist.
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Turi Carroll
- Years
- 1890-1975 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Alfred Thomas "Turi" Carroll KBE was a New Zealand Māori leader and local politician. Through his life Carroll held many positions of leadership, including membership on the Kahungunu Tribal Executive, chairing the Wairoa County Council and presidency of the New Zealand Māori Council from 1962 to 67.
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Kelvin Coe
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 81)
- Biography
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Kelvin John Coe ONZM is a New Zealand former politician who was the mayor of Selwyn District from 2007 to 2016.
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Di Lucas
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- In 1994 graduated with Master of Landscape Architecture
- Occupations
- environmental plannerlandscape architect
- Biography
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Diane Jean Lucas ONZM is a New Zealand landscape architect and environmental planner known for her conservation works, and particularly in and around Christchurch, Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains and South Island High Country. She is a strong advocate for the protection of natural and indigenous ecosystems, and sustainable rural management.
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Lloyd Evans
- Years
- 1927-2015 (aged 88)
- Occupations
- plant physiologist
- Biography
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Lloyd Thomas Evans was a New Zealand plant physiologist who made his career in Australia.
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John Hotop
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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John Hotop was a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Hotop represented Bush, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1952 and 1955. Three internationals against Australia were the full extent of his involvement with the All Blacks.
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Priscilla M. Wehi
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- In 1996 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- biologistresearcherecologist
- Biography
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Priscilla M. Wehi is a New Zealand ethnobiologist and conservation biologist. As at July 2021 she is an associate professor at the University of Otago and on the first of that month officially undertook the role of director of Te Pūnaha Matatini, a centre of research excellence in complex systems and data analytics. During the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand Te Pūnaha Matatini scientists have developed mathematical models of the spread of the virus across the country that influence the New Zealand government's response to the outbreak. In 2021 Wehi was awarded the Hill Tinsley Medal.
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Lesley L. Rhodes
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Lesley Louise Rhodes CNZM is a New Zealand scientist. She is the co-leader of the Nationally Significant Database programme for the Cawthron Institute. In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was named as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition for her contributions to science and marine farming.
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Lance McCaskill
- Occupations
- writerbotanical collectoracademic
- Biography
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Lancelot William McCaskill CBE was a New Zealand agricultural instructor, lecturer, conservationist and writer. Born in Winchester, South Canterbury, New Zealand, he became aware of soil erosion problems in 1929 through his work towards his master's thesis Fertilizers in New Zealand, 1867–1929. He argued in favour of land management and conservation over downstream engineering solutions. His long career of public advocacy for soil conservation made him a pioneer of environmentalism, as it is understood today.
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Harry Knight
- Years
- 1860-..
- Occupations
- chairpersonfarmer
- Biography
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Henry Arthur Knight was a New Zealand sheep farmer, racehorse owner, and local politician. He was the first student and the third director of the Canterbury Agricultural College.
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Trish Fraser
- Enrolled in Lincoln University, New Zealand
- 1988-1992 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- soil scientist
- Biography
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Patricia M. Fraser is a New Zealand soil scientist at Crown Research Institute Plant & Food Research in Lincoln. Her work focuses on the role of earthworms in the soil, and nitrate leaching, to further understand soil quality in cropping systems. She won a 2020 New Zealand Woman of Influence Award in the Rural category.
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Helen Hughes
- Occupations
- botanistteachercivil servant
- Biography
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Helen Hannah Rigg Hughes CBE CRSNZ was a New Zealand botanist. She served as New Zealand's first Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, from 1987 to 1996.
