Memoirs, Biographies, and Autobiographies about New Zealanders

1.
Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir
Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir
by: Sam Neill
4.04 avg rating β€” 5,650 ratings
2.
The Collector: A Biography of Andreas Reischek
The Collector: A Biography of Andreas Reischek 4.57 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
4.
All Blacks Don't Cry
All Blacks Don't Cry 3.89 avg rating β€” 467 ratings
6.
Impossible: My Story
Impossible: My Story 4.25 avg rating β€” 694 ratings
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Pill popper, or, Live and die
Pill popper, or, Live and die 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
8.
After the Tampa
After the Tampa 4.67 avg rating β€” 1,582 ratings
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The Loner: Story of Joe Driscoll
The Loner: Story of Joe Driscoll 3.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
10.
The Bookseller at the End of the World
The Bookseller at the End of the World
by: Ruth Shaw
4.22 avg rating β€” 6,668 ratings
10.
About Time: The Biography of a New Zealand Prison Chaplain
About Time: The Biography of a New Zealand Prison Chaplain liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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The Plodding Shoe: New Zealand's Modern Walking Great Grandmother
The Plodding Shoe: New Zealand's Modern Walking Great Grandmother did not like it 1.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Ngaio Marsh: her life in crime
Ngaio Marsh: her life in crime 3.75 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
14.
Mihipeka: Early years
Mihipeka: Early years 3.95 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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Straight from the Pig's Mouth
Straight from the Pig's Mouth
by: Al Lester
3.83 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
16.
Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood
Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood 4.20 avg rating β€” 171 ratings
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Stoned on duty
Stoned on duty 4.21 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
18.
My Life As A Miracle: The Wizard of New Zealand
My Life As A Miracle: The Wizard of New Zealand 2.89 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
20.
Valerie: The autobiography
Valerie: The autobiography 3.88 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
20.
The Demon Profession
The Demon Profession 3.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
22.
The Kiwi Pair
The Kiwi Pair 4.26 avg rating β€” 172 ratings
24.
Steven Adams: My Life, My Fight
Steven Adams: My Life, My Fight 4.21 avg rating β€” 774 ratings
25.
Native Son: The Writer's Memoir
Native Son: The Writer's Memoir 4.40 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Hayden Paddon: Driven
Hayden Paddon: Driven 4.37 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
28.
Straight Up
Straight Up
by: Ruby Tui
4.37 avg rating β€” 2,423 ratings
30.
Always Going Home
Always Going Home 2.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
31.
Life in Lashes: The Story of a Drag Superstar
Life in Lashes: The Story of a Drag Superstar
by: Kita Mean
4.02 avg rating β€” 167 ratings
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A Gentle Radical: The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons
A Gentle Radical: The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons 4.18 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
35.
Mophead (Mophead #1)
Mophead (Mophead #1) 4.51 avg rating β€” 221 ratings
36.
A Forager's Life
A Forager's Life 4.21 avg rating β€” 156 ratings
40.
Rugby Head
Rugby Head 4.15 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
41.
Ross Taylor: Black & White
Ross Taylor: Black & White 4.07 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
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Tough Outback
Tough Outback 3.27 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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The Mirror Book
The Mirror Book 3.91 avg rating β€” 731 ratings
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From the Centre: A Writer's Life
From the Centre: A Writer's Life 4.40 avg rating β€” 202 ratings
46.
Raiment: A memoir
Raiment: A memoir
by: Jan Kemp
3.57 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
48.
These Two Hands
These Two Hands
by: Renee .
4.17 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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Ideals are like Stars
Ideals are like Stars 4.20 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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A Fish in the Swim of the World
A Fish in the Swim of the World
by: Ben Brown
3.93 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
54.
Kate Edger: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist
Kate Edger: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist 3.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
55.
This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir
This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir 4.33 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
56.
So Far, For Now
So Far, For Now 3.95 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
60.
Steve Hansen: The Legacy
Steve Hansen: The Legacy 4.22 avg rating β€” 114 ratings
61.
Looking for Answers: A Life of Elsie Locke
Looking for Answers: A Life of Elsie Locke really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
62.
Annette King: The Authorised Biography
Annette King: The Authorised Biography 3.29 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
63.
Rolling with the Punchlines
Rolling with the Punchlines 4.07 avg rating β€” 829 ratings
64.
Farm for Life: Mahi, mana and life on the land
Farm for Life: Mahi, mana and life on the land 4.40 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor
Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor 3.78 avg rating β€” 219 ratings
66.
Never Give Up
Never Give Up 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
67.
Goneville
Goneville 4.16 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
68.
what does the sea sound like?
what does the sea sound like? 3.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
69.
Gone Bush: A Life in the Backcountry and Beyond
Gone Bush: A Life in the Backcountry and Beyond 4.14 avg rating β€” 225 ratings
70.
A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan
A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
73.
The Search for Anne Perry
The Search for Anne Perry 3.28 avg rating β€” 1,104 ratings
77.
The Open Side
The Open Side 3.98 avg rating β€” 241 ratings
79.
Len Lye
Len Lye 4.31 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
80.
White Moko: Stories from my life
White Moko: Stories from my life liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
81.
Jonah Lomu Autobiography
Jonah Lomu Autobiography 4.02 avg rating β€” 188 ratings
82.
Dan Carter - My Story
Dan Carter - My Story 3.76 avg rating β€” 499 ratings
84.
Lost and Found: My story of Heartbreak and Hope
Lost and Found: My story of Heartbreak and Hope 4.44 avg rating β€” 958 ratings
85.
Bella: My life in food
Bella: My life in food 4.27 avg rating β€” 150 ratings
87.
Maurice Gee: Life and Work
Maurice Gee: Life and Work really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
91.
My Father's Island: A Memoir
My Father's Island: A Memoir 4.08 avg rating β€” 124 ratings
93.
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd 4.22 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
94.
Willie Apiata VC: The Reluctant Hero
Willie Apiata VC: The Reluctant Hero 3.90 avg rating β€” 105 ratings
95.
Never Put All Your Eggs in One Bastard a memoir
Never Put All Your Eggs in One Bastard a memoir 3.55 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
96.
Steve Williams: Out of the Rough
Steve Williams: Out of the Rough 3.89 avg rating β€” 659 ratings
97.
Lydia Ko Portrait of a teen golfing sensation
Lydia Ko Portrait of a teen golfing sensation 3.95 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Changing Pace
Changing Pace liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
99.
A Sharp Left Turn
A Sharp Left Turn 4.09 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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Family Business: An Italian–New Zealand Story
Family Business: An Italian–New Zealand Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings