26 New Zealand accountants

Adam Laurence "Addie" Adamson was a businessman and accountant from Invercargill, New Zealand, and was the 38th Mayor of Invercargill from 1953 to 1962.

Andrew Henry Bayly, FRGS, is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand Parliament at the 2014 general election as the MP for Hunua and a representative of the New Zealand National Party.

Cecil Henry "Matt" Benney was a New Zealand civil servant and politician.

John Spencer Boscawen is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the ACT New Zealand Party and served as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011.

Lindsay John Brown was a New Zealand accountant. He served as chancellor of the University of Otago from 2004 to 2008.

Berkeley "Bert" Lionel Scudamore Dallard was a New Zealand accountant, senior public servant and prison administrator.

Sir Roger Owen Douglas is a retired New Zealand politician who served as a minister in two Labour governments. He became arguably best known for his prominent role in New Zealand's radical economic restructuring in the 1980s, when the Fourth Labour Government's economic policy became known as "Rogernomics".

Derwent Raoul Garrard was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Auckland from 1918 to 1942 and represented New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

Allan James Hubbard, QSO was a businessman who lived in Timaru in the South Island of New Zealand and was the founder of South Canterbury Finance, New Zealand's largest locally owned finance company. In 2006, the New Zealand Listener described Hubbard as the most powerful businessman in the South Island.

George William Hutchison was a New Zealand politician and accountant. He was Mayor of Auckland City from 1931 to 1935.

Alan Raymond Isaac is a New Zealand businessman, cricket administrator and former player.

Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce is an Australian politician, currently serving as the deputy prime minister of Australia. He is the leader of the National Party of Australia, and previously served as deputy prime minister from February 2016 to October 2017 and from December 2017 to February 2018.

James Kelham was a New Zealand businessman and politician.

Harry Robson Lake was a New Zealand politician who served as Minister of Finance for six years in the second National government in the 1960s. He died of a heart attack when only 55 years old.

Sir Robert Arnold McLeod is a tax specialist in New Zealand. In the 2019 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and Māori.

Garry Anthony Moore is a former Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, serving from 1998 to 2007. Subsequently, he was a board member of the NZ Transport Agency. He is a 'South Island enthusiast'.

Sir Robert David Muldoon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party.

Sir Hēnare Kōhere Ngata was a Māori leader and accountant. A prisoner of war in Germany after his capture in Greece, he returned to New Zealand to finish his university studies and became an accountant. He held directorships and chaired boards in the Gisborne Region. He was particularly knowledgeable about Māori land issues and became a forceful advocate and legal expert. His alma mater, Victoria University of Wellington, awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) for his legal knowledge in 1979. Ngata was knighted in 1982 for services to the Māori people. He tried to follow his father, Āpirana Ngata, into politics but was unsuccessful when he stood in the 1969 general election.

David Kevin Ogden is a former mayor of Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand.

William Alexander Ott (1872–1951) was a prominent Invercargill, New Zealand sharebroker and businessman and Mayor of Invercargill from 1910 to 1912. During his mayoralty, the Invercargill tram network was opened.

Dame Alison Mae Paterson is a New Zealand businesswoman. In 1979, she became the first woman to sit on the board of a publicly listed company in New Zealand.

John Payne was a New Zealand politician.

David Coutts Seath was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Sir Arthur Hugh Ward was a New Zealand accountant, dairy researcher and administrator, company director and university chancellor. He was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, in 1906.

Simon Glen Watts is a New Zealand politician. As of 2020 he is an elected Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.

Susan Selina "Mimie" Wood was a New Zealand secretary, accountant, and librarian for the Royal Society of New Zealand. She was employed by the organisation from 1920 until her retirement in 1962. Coleridge Farr, president of the New Zealand Institute from 1929 to 1931, said of her that it would be more accurate to describe her as the institute's assistant president. She carried a large administrative load at the Royal Society and correctly predicted that upon her retirement, she would be replaced by five people; those five positions were established within three years of her departure.