Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/NZ/Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

Two separate government-sponsored publications entitled Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB) have recorded biographies of notable New Zealanders. The first DNZB was published in 1940 in two print volumes, and scanned with OCR technology in 2013 and made available as searchable PDFs. The second, unrelated DNZB was published between 1990 and 2000 in five print volumes, and put online as individual biographies in 2002.

For help on how to write biographies, see WikiProject Biography.

1940 publication
Many of the 1940 biographies are not included in the current DNZB. As entries were only created for people who were well-known, entries would all meet notability criteria. A manual list of redlinks will be created over time; feel free to help.

Once a biography has been written, the person's entry (i.e. the blue link) should be moved to the list of existing 1940 articles. Please check links point to the correct person before moving them.


 * Manual list of RED LINKS: Manually created red links
 * Manual list of BLUE LINKS: Manually created blue links
 * Bot created list - Use to fill up RED LINKS and BLUE LINKS above: 1940 list

Current publication
The list below was created using the contents of the online biography, which contains over 3,000 biographies of famous New Zealanders. It does not include people who are alive. The initial number of entries before any pruning was 3,049 and 120 are remaining at this point in time. Not all people in the online version meet notability criteria, as a range of ordinary people were included to give an overview of what life was like at the time.

Once a biography has been written, the person's entry (i.e. the blue link) should be removed from the list. Please check links point to the correct person before removing.

List of missing articles

 * g=google search; gw=google search on wikipedia.org; dnzb=google search on Dictionary of New Zealand Biography


 * 1) John Angus Adamson g dnzb gw
 * 2) John Andrew (farmer) g dnzb gw
 * 3) James Ashworth, Sr. g dnzb gw
 * 4) James Ashworth, Jr. g dnzb gw
 * 5) Jane Bannerman g dnzb gw (redirects to her husband)
 * 6) Francis Wirgman Dillon Bell g dnzb gw
 * 7) Agnes Muir Bettjeman g dnzb gw
 * 8) Frederick Charles Bettjeman g dnzb gw
 * 9) Charlotte Brown (teacher) g dnzb gw
 * 10) George Buckingham g dnzb gw
 * 11) Rosetta Buckingham g dnzb gw
 * 12) Emily Mary Bulstrode g dnzb gw
 * 13) Jane Helena Bulstrode g dnzb gw
 * 14) Alexander Burt (engineer) g dnzb gw
 * 15) Thomas Burt (engineer) g dnzb gw
 * 16) Hugh Cassidy (coach driver) g dnzb gw
 * 17) Ronald Brian Castle g dnzb gw
 * 18) Zillah Vivien Castle g dnzb gw
 * 19) Annie Selina Chaffey g dnzb gw
 * 20) Henry Fox Chaffey g dnzb gw
 * 21) George Howe Cook g dnzb gw
 * 22) Herbert Francis Cook g dnzb gw
 * 23) Martha Elizabeth Cooper g dnzb gw (redirects to Daniel Cooper (murderer)
 * 24) Latima George Crosse g dnzb gw
 * 25) Thomas Ezekiel Crosse g dnzb gw
 * 26) Roger Ingram Dansey g dnzb gw
 * 27) Charles Richard Davis g dnzb gw
 * 28) Edward Charles Davis g dnzb gw
 * 29) David Duncan (engineer) g dnzb gw
 * 30) Peter Duncan (engineer) g dnzb gw
 * 31) Wiremu Hiroki g dnzb gw (redirect)
 * 32) Joseph Mitchell Huggan g dnzb gw
 * 33) Lily Annie Huggan g dnzb gw
 * 34) William Jenkins (preacher) g dnzb gw
 * 35) Mary Blythe Law g dnzb gw
 * 36) Frederic Le Cren g dnzb gw (redirects to his brother)
 * 37) Colin Stuart Lovell-Smith g dnzb gw
 * 38) Bernice Lumley g dnzb gw - Mentioned in Doreen Lumley
 * 39) Alfred Edgar Luttrell g dnzb gw
 * 40) Edward Sidney Luttrell g dnzb gw
 * 41) Edward Mahoney g dnzb gw (redirects to business)
 * 42) Thomas Mahoney g dnzb gw (redirects to business)
 * 43) Henry Manoy g dnzb gw
 * 44) Lionel Manoy g dnzb gw
 * 45) Hannah Martin (mission member) g dnzb gw
 * 46) John Martin (doctor) g dnzb gw
 * 47) Hector McDonald (settler) g dnzb gw
 * 48) John McKenna (priest) g dnzb gw
 * 49) Thomas McKenna g dnzb gw
 * 50) Mokomoko (Māori chief) g dnzb gw
 * 51) Joseph Patrick Moodabe g dnzb gw - Could be own article?
 * 52) Michael Joseph Moodabe g dnzb gw - Could be own article?
 * 53) Josephine and Sybil Mulvany - could have separate articles
 * 54) Wiremu Nera Ngatai g teara gw
 * 55) Raymond Paul Olds g teara gw
 * 56) Joseph Palmer (runholder) g teara gw
 * 57) William Leonard Parker g teara gw
 * 58) Hariata Pomare g teara gw
 * 59) Elizabeth Allen Pudney g teara gw
 * 60) Elizabeth Jane Pudney g teara gw
 * 61) William Ranstead g teara gw
 * 62) Thomas Ritchie (trader) g teara gw
 * 63) John Robertson (teacher) g teara gw
 * 64) Leo Paul Schramm g teara gw
 * 65) Jack Seabrook g teara gw
 * 66) Lewis Skinner g teara gw
 * 67) George Stephenson (rugby league) g teara gw
 * 68) John Lorraine Sullivan g teara gw
 * 69) Anne Swift g teara gw
 * 70) Ngatai Tohi Te Ururangi Tapsell g teara gw
 * 71) Retireti Tapsell g teara gw
 * 72) Kurupo Tareha g teara gw
 * 73) Te Roera Tareha g teara gw
 * 74) Hemi Tautari g teara gw
 * 75) Mary Taylor (writer) g teara gw
 * 76) Ripeka Wharawhara-i-te-rangi Te Kakapi g teara gw
 * 77) Kurupo Te Moananui g teara gw
 * 78) Rahui Te Kiri Tenetahi g teara gw
 * 79) Wiremu Te Heru Tenetahi g teara gw
 * 80) William Thomas (educationalist) g teara  gw
 * 81) John Thornton (educationalist) g teara gw
 * 82) Heni Hoana Topia g teara gw
 * 83) Mereana Topia g teara gw
 * 84) Fred Tyree g teara gw
 * 85) William Tyree g teara gw
 * 86) John Baptist Vitetta g teara gw
 * 87) Joseph Vitetta g teara gw
 * 88) Vincent Vitetta (musician) g teara gw
 * 89) Waitohi (Ngati Toa) g teara gw
 * 90) Betty Wark (community worker)
 * 91) Doreen Eda Warren g teara gw
 * 92) William Webster (land speculator) g teara gw
 * 93) Tutere Wi Repa g teara gw
 * 94) Philip Randal Woodhouse g teara gw

Entries that are not notable

 * 1) Margaret Lynch (servant) dnzb