Travis - awarded the Victoria Cross Brian Turner - poet Glenn Turner - cricketer Greg Turner - golfer U Charles Upham - World War II soldier (one of three awarded the Victoria Cross twice) V Petrus Van der Velden - painter Sir Julius Vogel - Premier of New Zealand W Miles Warren - architect Robert Webster - discovered the link between human flu and bird flu Ian Wedde - poet Hayley Westenra - singer Tony Wilding - tennis player Geoff Williams - painter Jeff Wilson - sportsman Shelton Woolright - musician, best known as the drummer of Blindspott Alex Wyllie - rugby union player and coach South Islanders