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2 profiles with fame based in New Zealand
New Zealand — figures with Russian and Soviet roots
This page documents 2 notable figures based in New Zealand whose biographies connect to the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, or the states that succeeded them — through birth, parentage, or earlier ancestry. Each profile is sourced and records the specific origin and connection.
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Politics & Public Figures
John Key
Former New Zealand Prime Minister whose mother escaped Vienna — her family had Russian Empire roots
🇷🇺 Austria / Russia→
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Cinema & TV
Taika Waititi
New Zealand director of Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit, whose maternal great-grandfather was a Russian Jew from a Novozybkov family
🇷🇺 Novozybkov (Chernigov Governorat→