Top 100 Oldest People Ever in New Zealand - Australia & Oceania https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/australia-oceania/top-100-oldest-people-ever-in-new-zealand/ A community for fans of supercentenarians! en-US Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:50:15 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Top 100 Oldest People Ever in New Zealand https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/australia-oceania/top-100-oldest-people-ever-in-new-zealand/#post-44770 Thu, 21 May 2026 08:24:39 +0000 I have been trawling through the New Zealand Death Index from 1965 to 2025 to try and locate everyone aged 107 or older in the country. I present to you what I believe to be the top 100 oldest people ever to die/reside in New Zealand.

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Sybil Gardiner; 6 Aug 1917 - Living; 108y, 254d+; Wellington/Auckland

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She was born on 30 July, not 6 August as heatwave wrote https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/deaths108-2026/sybil-gardiner-nzl-1917-2026/#post-44769

]]> Australia & Oceania Ale76 https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/australia-oceania/top-100-oldest-people-ever-in-new-zealand/#post-44770 RE: Top 100 Oldest People Ever in New Zealand https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/australia-oceania/top-100-oldest-people-ever-in-new-zealand/#post-44196 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:53:28 +0000  

  1. Constance Dickinson; 20 Oct 1900 - 23 Sept 2008; 107y, 339d; Bay of Plenty (39,420 days, place of birth unknown, but definitely born in NZ)

 

 

Her father died in Waipu, Northland in 1905, so she was likely born there. A sibling was also born there in 1891. A family tree also supports Waipu, Northland as the place of birth.

 

 

]]> Australia & Oceania musicotic https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/australia-oceania/top-100-oldest-people-ever-in-new-zealand/#post-44196 Top 100 Oldest People Ever in New Zealand https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/australia-oceania/top-100-oldest-people-ever-in-new-zealand/#post-44189 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:46:19 +0000 I have been trawling through the New Zealand Death Index from 1965 to 2025 to try and locate everyone aged 107 or older in the country. I present to you what I believe to be the top 100 oldest people ever to die/reside in New Zealand.

The only people who wouldn't be on this list are pre-1965 cases (a lot of Maori claims from this era whose ages are hard to verify), living persons currently unknown to us, and individuals who may have died very recently.

  1. Florence Finch; 22 Dec 1893 - 10 Apr 2007; 113y, 109d; UK/Hawke's Bay
  2. Aileen Kars; 12 Sept 1913 - Living; 112y, 217d+; Manawatū-Whanganui
  3. Madeline Anderson; 4 May 1907 - 19 June 2018; 111y, 46d; Otago/Wellington
  4. Margaret Lambourn; 3 July 1915 - Living; 110y, 288d+; UK/Bay of Plenty
  5. Mabel Jenkins; 23 Sept 1908 - 7 July 2019; 110y, 287d; Auckland/Waikato
  6. Maudie Wilson; 23 Mar 1903 - 24 Oct 2013; 110y, 215d; Southland
  7. Joan Brennan; 10 Mar 1912 - 29 July 2022; 110y, 141d; UK/Auckland
  8. Peg Griffin; 25 May 1904 - 6 Oct 2014; 110y, 134d; Manawatū-Whanganui/Wellington
  9. Linda Wiggins; 17 Sept 1908 - 6 Dec 2018; 110y, 76d; Auckland/Taranaki
  10. Ethel Booth; 25 Dec 1890 - 18 Feb 2001; 110y, 55d; Waikato (40,232 days)
  11. Arthur Bates; 25 Nov 1881 - 19 Jan 1992; 110y, 55d; UK/Hawke's Bay (male, 40,231 days)
  12. Ron Hermanns; 25 Sept 1911 - 30 Aug 2021; 109y, 339d; Canada/Canterbury (male)
  13. Jean Tillie; 23 Nov 1883 - 23 Oct 1993; 109y, 334d; UK/Tasman
  14. Laura White; 1 Dec 1890 - 27 Sept 2000; 109y, 301d; Auckland
  15. Ethel Keen; 13 July 1882 - 14 Apr 1992; 109y, 276d; Canterbury
  16. Lola de la Haye; 2 Nov 1909 - 9 July 2019; 109y, 249d; Wellington/Taranaki
  17. Beryl Baguley; 19 Mar 1909 - 14 Nov 2018; 109y, 240d; Auckland
  18. Clara Stancombe; 28 July 1914 - 21 Mar 2024; 109y, 237d; Hawke's Bay/Canterbury
  19. Mahala Sadler; 28 Sept 1896 - 18 Apr 2006; 109y, 199d; UK/Bay of Plenty
  20. Connie Trewern; 2 Oct 1913 - 17 Mar 2023; 109y, 166d; Guernsey/Auckland
  21. Elsie Dunbar; 31 Mar 1894 - 1 Aug 2003; 109y, 123d; Waikato
  22. Edna Mossman; 6 Mar 1895 - 23 June 2004; 109y, 109d; Auckland/Waikato
  23. Lillian Hickmott; 10 Feb 1880 - 17 May 1989; 109y, 96d; UK/Hawke's Bay
  24. Lena Ray; 19 Jan 1902 - 14 Mar 2011; 109y, 54d; Taranaki/Auckland
  25. Ella Wilson; 28 June 1914 - 19 Aug 2023; 109y, 52d; Bay of Plenty
  26. Doris Mackintosh; 18 Jan 1902 - 11 Feb 2011; 109y, 24d; UK/Canterbury (39,836 days)
  27. Lena Walker; 11 June 1912 - 5 July 2021; 109y, 24d; Manawatū-Whanganui/Northland (39,836 days)
  28. Mary Doyle; 25 Mar 1887 - 17 Apr 1996; 109y, 23d; Wellington
  29. Bertha Cole; 17 Aug 1888 - 6 Sept 1997; 109y, 20d; Wellington (39,831 days)
  30. Caroline Stanford; 20 Aug 1897 - 9 Sept 2006; 109y, 20d; Taranaki/Waikato (39,831 days)
  31. Ruby Billings; 27 Apr 1900 - 9 May 2009; 109y, 12d; Auckland/Waikato
  32. Winifred Hoy; 22 Jan 1909 - 2 Feb 2018; 109y, 11d; UK/Wellington
  33. Esther Moreland; 25 Feb 1902 - 11 Feb 2011; 108y, 351d; Manawatū-Whanganui/Wellington
  34. Irene Morgan; 10 Mar 1899 - 22 Feb 2008; 108y, 349d; UK/Canterbury
  35. Gladys Hanson; 22 July 1909 - 1 July 2018; 108y, 344d; Otago/Canterbury
  36. Lila Firth; 10 Sept 1873 - 29 July 1982; 108y, 322d; Auckland
  37. Marjory Monteith; 19 Feb 1891 - 3 Jan 2000; 108y, 318d; UK/Hawke's Bay
  38. Lilian Fisher; 25 Aug 1886 - 29 June 1995; 108y, 308d; UK/Wellington
  39. Amy Joong; 27 May 1915 - 20 Mar 2024; 108y, 298d; Auckland (place of birth unknown, but definitely born in NZ)
  40. Jim Easton; 12 Dec 1916 - 28 Sept 2025; 108y, 279d; UK/Auckland (male)
  41. Doris Wakelin; 24 July 1917 - Living; 108y, 267d+; Canterbury
  42. Ruby Rohrer; 30 Oct 1915 - 13 July 2024; 108y, 257d; Auckland
  43. Olive Oldfield; 4 Dec 1906 - 17 Aug 2015; 108y, 256d; Auckland/Northland
  44. Sybil Gardiner; 6 Aug 1917 - Living; 108y, 254d+; Wellington/Auckland
  45. Nina Brown; 18 Sept 1911 - 29 May 2020; 108y, 254d; Canterbury
  46. Estelle Burgess; 23 Sept 1888 - 28 May 1997; 108y, 247d; Australia/Wellington
  47. William Swensson; 21 Apr 1885 - 19 Dec 1993; 108y, 242d; Wellington
  48. Irene Emeny; 10 June 1898 - 5 Feb 2007; 108y, 240d; Wellington
  49. Hazel Northcott; 14 Jan 1906 - 9 Sept 2014; 108y, 238d; Manawatū-Whanganui
  50. James Hill; 25 Dec 1890 - 4 Aug 1999; 108y, 222d; Northland (male)
  51. Bill Mitchell; 10 Apr 1913 - 8 Nov 2021; 108y, 212d; Southland/Canterbury (male)
  52. Kate Smart; 4 Dec 1888 - 3 July 1997; 108y, 211d; Auckland
  53. Moy Kim Ng; 3 July 1911 - 9 Jan 2020; 108y, 190d; China/Otago
  54. Mabel Wachner; 22 Dec 1892 - 29 June 2001; 108y, 189d; Southland
  55. Ethel Somerville; 14 Jan 1889 - 12 July 1997; 108y, 179d; Canterbury/Manawatū-Whanganui
  56. Bob Edwards; 15 Feb 1908 - 7 Aug 2016; 108y, 174d; UK/Auckland (male, 39,621 days)
  57. May Donald; 4 May 1914 - 25 Oct 2022; 108y, 174d; Taranaki/Manawatū-Whanganui (39,621 days)
  58. Gwen McGruer; 4 Dec 1904 - 22 May 2013; 108y, 169d; Waikato
  59. Ella Gardner; 16 May 1899 - 28 Oct 2007; 108y, 165d; Canterbury
  60. June McMillan; 24 June 1913 - 27 Nov 2021; 108y, 156d; Canterbury (place of birth unknown, but definitely born in NZ)
  61. Mabel Kissling; 19 Dec 1905 - 4 May 2014; 108y, 136d; Canterbury
  62. Sarah Foote; 25 Apr 1887 - 14 Aug 1995; 108y, 111d; UK/Otago
  63. Olive Stains; 25 Oct 1900 - 4 Feb 2009; 108y, 102d; West Coast/Bay of Plenty
  64. Mary Brackenbury; 13 May 1915 - 21 Aug 2023; 108y, 100d; UK/Canterbury
  65. Marjorie Shaw; 20 Aug 1914 - 22 Nov 2022; 108y, 94d; UK/Auckland (39,541 days)
  66. Ann Carroll; 23 Feb 1916 - 27 May 2024; 108y, 94d; UK/Nelson (39,541 days)
  67. Betty Tyler; 18 Mar 1916 - 15 June 2024; 108y, 89d; Hawke's Bay (place of birth unknown, but definitely born in NZ)
  68. Hilda Simmons; 15 Nov 1917 - 6 Feb 2026; 108y, 83d; Waikato
  69. Emily McCrostie; 8 Mar 1889 - 29 May 1997; 108y, 82d; Southland
  70. Muriel Smith; 10 Apr 1903 - 27 June 2011; 108y, 78d; Canterbury
  71. Elizabeth Downing; 25 May 1885 - 2 Aug 1993; 108y, 69d; Auckland
  72. Maria McGrath; 4 Dec 1887 - 2 Feb 1996; 108y, 60d; Australia/Waikato
  73. Agnes Whitworth; 27 Feb 1873 - 24 Apr 1981; 108y, 56d; UK/Canterbury
  74. Lloyd Geering; 22 Feb 1918 - Living; 108y, 50d+; Canterbury/Wellington (male)
  75. Mary Smith; 19 June 1914 - 30 July 2022; 108y, 41d; Waikato (39,488 days)
  76. Victoria Drury; 29 May 1897 - 9 July 2005; 108y, 41d; UK/Bay of Plenty (39,487 days)
  77. Marie Hodgkinson; 21 Mar 1891 - 27 Apr 1999; 108y, 37d; Auckland
  78. Muriel Odlin; 9 Oct 1913 - 10 Nov 2021; 108y, 32d; UK/Auckland
  79. Dora Smith; 20 Dec 1916 - 7 Jan 2025; 108y, 18d; Canterbury
  80. Winnie Williams; 7 Jan 1918 - 21 Jan 2026; 108y, 14d; Canterbury (place of birth unknown)
  81. Annie Mason; 16 Apr 1908 - 23 Apr 2016; 108y, 7d; UK/Canterbury
  82. Dot Judkins; 14 Mar 1910 - 18 Mar 2018; 108y, 4d; Otago/Canterbury
  83. Cathy Brown; 31 Mar 1917 - 17 Mar 2025; 107y, 351d; UK/Waikato
  84. Molly Holmes; 20 Mar 1911 - 2 Mar 2019; 107y, 349d; Australia/Wellington
  85. Charles Campbell; 24 Aug 1886 - 29 July 1994; 107y, 339d; Southland (male, 39,420 days)
  86. Constance Dickinson; 20 Oct 1900 - 23 Sept 2008; 107y, 339d; Bay of Plenty (39,420 days, place of birth unknown, but definitely born in NZ)
  87. Rima Arney; 15 May 1918 - Living; 107y, 337d+; Canterbury/Otago
  88. Agnes Nye; 29 Mar 1885 - 25 Feb 1993; 107y, 333d; Canterbury/Otago
  89. Christina Woollard; 21 Dec 1914 - 16 Nov 2022; 107y, 330d; Ireland/Auckland
  90. Bruce Powell; 26 May 1918 - Living; 107y, 326d+; UK/Auckland (male)
  91. Margaret Strahan; 17 Feb 1893 - 19 Dec 2000; 107y, 306d; Manawatū-Whanganui (place of birth unknown, but definitely born in NZ)
  92. Marie Havašová; 16 June 1918 - Living; 107y, 305d+; Czech Republic/Auckland
  93. Una Harrison; 27 Apr 1918 - 26 Feb 2026; 107y, 303d; South Africa/Northland
  94. Fred Thomson; 15 July 1912 - 11 May 2020; 107y, 301d; Auckland (male)
  95. Mary Beaumont; 6 Jan 1911 - 30 Oct 2018; 107y, 297d; Canterbury (place of birth unknown)
  96. Agnes Campion; 5 Oct 1905 - 25 July 2013; 107y, 293d; UK/Bay of Plenty
  97. Ivy Sutherland; 1 July 1917 - 12 Apr 2025; 107y, 285d; Canterbury
  98. Agnes Harkins; 28 June 1903 - 29 Mar 2011; 107y, 274d; UK/Wellington (39,356 days)
  99. Myrtle McEvoy; 21 Mar 1895 - 20 Dec 2002; 107y, 274d; Auckland/Northland (39,355 days)
  100. Bob Moorfield; 11 Nov 1912 - 11 Aug 2020; 107y, 274d; Waikato (male, 39,355 days)

 

In total I have identified 177 New Zealanders who have reached the age of 107, but that number may be slightly higher in reality.

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