Michael Barker, drummer Jean Batten, aviator Sam Bewley, Olympic cyclist Manu Bennett, actor Trent Boult, New Zealand cricketer Scott Curry, All Blacks 7s, Bay of Plenty 7s Cliff Curtis, actor Julian Dean, road racing cyclist Mike Delany, rugby union player, All Black Dame Susan Devoy, squash player Tom Donnelly, All Black, rugby union player Alan Duff, writer Gary Jeshel Forrester, musician, writer, academic Jack Foster, Olympic marathon runner Tony Gordon, rugby league player and coach Bevan Hari, hockey player Dylan Hartley, rugby union player (For the English National Team.) Tame Iti, maori activist David Kosoof, Olympic hockey player Danny Lee, professional golfer Dennis List, poet and writer Angus Hikairo Macfarlane, educator Steve McDowall, All Black Hinematau McNeill (also writing as Naomi Te Hiini) academic and treaty negotiator Jon Mark, Musician. solo artist and co-founder of Mark-Almond Tony Marsh, rugby union player (for French national team) Elizabeth Marvelly, soprano Liam Messam, rugby union player (for Waikato and NZ) Sir Howard Morrison, entertainer Temuera Morrison, actor. Craig Newby, All Black Caleb Ralph, All Black William Ripia, rugby union player (Wellington Hurricanes, Western Force, Bay of Plenty, Otago Highlanders, Maori All Black) Joe Royal, rugby union player (Bay of Plenty Steamers and Māori All Blacks) Ben Sandford, Olympic men's skeleton racer Wayne "Buck" Shelford, former All Black Miriama Smith, actress Sir Peter Tapsell, politician Te Pokiha Taranui, tribal leader and soldier Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, academic, scholar activist, Emeritus Professor Sir Gordon Tietjens, New Zealand and Samoan Sevens rugby coach Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, rugby league player (Sydney Roosters and New Zealand Kiwis) Dean Whare, rugby league player (Penrith Panthers and New Zealand Kiwis) References External links Info-Rotorua | Visitor Information TV & website Official Rotorua YouTube channel Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region Territorial authorities of New Zealand Spa towns in New Zealand Populated places on Lake Rotorua