mayor of Christchurch Rhys Darby – comedian G. F. J. Dart – Headmaster of Ballarat Grammar School 1942–1970 Peter Dunne – politician Brian Easton – economist Atta Elayyan – futsal player, murdered in the Christchurch mosque shootings Stevan Eldred-Grigg – historian and novelist Ian Foster – computer scientist Rob Fyfe Businessman and former Air New Zealand CEO Edith Searle Grossmann – writer and journalist Henry Hargreaves – photographer Rhona Haszard – artist Joel Hayward – academic Toby Hendy – science communicator Ken Henry – Secretary to the Treasury (Australia) Rodney Hide – politician Jock Hobbs – All Black captain Marian Hobbs – politician Catherine Isaac – politician Bruce Jesson – writer Jess Johnson – artist Roger Kerr – executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable Roy Kerr – Discovered the Kerr geometry; mathematician and physicist John Key 38th prime minister of New Zealand Howard Kippenberger, military leader Jordan Luck – musician Christopher Luxon –Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand) and Former CEO of Air New Zealand Euan Macleod – painter Margaret Mahy – Author of children's and young adult books Ngaio Marsh – Crime writer and theatre director Julie Maxton – academic administrator John McMillan – economist Colleen Mills – communications professor Trevor Moffitt – painter Mike Moore – 34th prime minister of New Zealand and director-general of the World Trade Organisation Stuart Nash – Politician Sam Neill – actor Craig Nevill-Manning – engineer Sir Āpirana Ngata – First Māori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university; lawyer and statesman William Orange – Anglican churchman and founder of Latimer House. Graham Panckhurst – High Court Judge Thomas Paulay – earthquake engineer Bill Pickering – engineering administrator J. G. A. Pocock – historian Nigel Priestley – earthquake engineer Kieran Read – Former captain of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team Ivor Richardson – President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand Ruth Richardson – Lawyer and former minister of finance Michelle Rogan-Finnemore — geologist, legal expert, Antarctic program manager Bill Rowling – 30th prime minister of New Zealand Theia (singer) – musician Ernest Rutherford – Physicist and Nobel laureate in chemistry Graham Cecil Scott, – economist, government official, international consultant Feleti Vakaʻuta Sevele – 14th prime minister of Tonga Jenny Shipley – 36th prime minister of New Zealand Nick Smith – politician Kevin Smith – actor John Storey – rower Margaret Thomson — film