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New Zealander

British  
/ ˈziːləndə /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The New Zealander, who starred as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park", revealed in a 2023 memoir he was "possibly dying" with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

McCullum has regularly been asked about his future, and after England's loss in the World Cup semi-finals the New Zealander said he wants to continue.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Right now, it feels as though the New Zealander has found more stable ground in reaching the semi-finals, but few are speaking with conviction.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

A merchant marine officer named Frank Worsley, a part-Maori New Zealander who had been a sailor since the age of sixteen, was to captain the ship.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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