List of Famous people born in Northland Region, New Zealand

Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban
First Name Keith
Last Name Urban
Born on October 26, 1967 (age 56)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Keith Lionel Urban is an New Zealand singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, charting four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Nashville and charted two singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

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Laura Dekker

First Name Laura
Last Name Dekker
Born on September 20, 1995 (age 28)

Laura Dekker is a New Zealand-born Dutch sailor. In 2009, she announced her plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. A Dutch court stepped in, owing to the objections of the local authorities, and prevented Laura from departing while under shared custody of both her parents. In July 2010, a Dutch family court ended this custody arrangement, and the record-breaking attempt finally began on 21 August 2010. Dekker successfully completed the solo circumnavigation in a 12.4-metre (40 ft) two-masted ketch named Guppy, arriving in Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, 518 days later at the age of 16.

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Winston Peters

First Name Winston
Last Name Peters
Born on April 11, 1945 (age 78)

Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician serving as Leader of New Zealand First since its foundation in 1993. Peters served as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1996 to 1998 and 2017 to 2020, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008 and 2017 to 2020, and Treasurer of New Zealand from 1996 to 1998. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 1981, 1984 to 2008 and 2011 to 2020.

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Lawrence Weathers

First Name Lawrence
Last Name Weathers
Born on May 14, 1890
Died on September 29, 1918 (aged 28)

Lawrence Carthage Weathers, was a New Zealand-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time. His parents returned to their native South Australia when Weathers was seven, and he completed his schooling before obtaining work as an undertaker in Adelaide. He enlisted as a private in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in early 1916, and joined the 43rd Battalion. His unit deployed to the Western Front in France and Belgium in late December. After a bout of illness, Weathers returned to his battalion in time to take part in the Battle of Messines in June 1917, during which he was wounded. Evacuated to the United Kingdom, he rejoined his unit in early December.

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Lloyd Allan Trigg

First Name Lloyd
Last Name Trigg
Born on May 5, 1914
Died on August 11, 1943 (aged 29)

Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC, of Houhora, New Zealand, was a pilot in the RNZAF during World War II. He was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy for British and Commonwealth armed forces, and received the award for pressing home an attack on a German U-boat in August 1943. He was killed in the action. His award is unique, as it was awarded on evidence solely provided by the enemy, for an action in which there were no surviving Allied witnesses to corroborate his gallantry.

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Blair Tuke

First Name Blair
Last Name Tuke
Born on July 25, 1989 (age 34)

Andrew Blair Tuke is a New Zealand sailor who won the 2021 Americas Cup Held in Auckland and also won the 2017 Version held in Bermuda. He also won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 49er class alongside Peter Burling.

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Whina Cooper

First Name Whina
Born on December 9, 1895
Died on March 26, 1994 (aged 98)

Dame Whina Cooper was a respected kuia, who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. Her wide influence and nationally recognised activity led her to be acknowledged with awards in both the British (Imperial) and New Zealand Royal Honours Systems, and by her own people, who bestowed the title Te Whaea o te Motu upon her.

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Jim Peters

First Name Jim
Last Name Peters
Born on January 1, 1937 (age 87)

James Leonard Peters is a New Zealand educator and politician. Born in Kawakawa, he is of Ngāti Wai and Clan McInnes descent.

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Lynette Stewart

First Name Lynette
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Tammy Jenkins

Tammy Jenkins is a badminton player from New Zealand. She competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal partnering Rhona Robertson in women's doubles. Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she won another bronze medal in the mixed team.

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