Editing New Plymouth (section)

=== Arts ===

==== Cartoon ====

* [[Maurice Bramley]] (1898–1975), cartoonist and commercial artist
* [[Keith Waite]] (1927–2014), editorial cartoonist, referred to as one of the 'greatest-ever social and political cartoonists' in Britain

==== Film ====

* [[Melanie Lynskey]] (1977–present), actress
* [[Anthony McCarten]] (1961–present), author, playwright and screenwriter
* [[John O'Shea (director)|John O'Shea]] (1920–2001), director, producer, writer and actor, produced the only three feature films that were made in New Zealand between 1940 and 1970
* [[Jared Turner]] (1978–present), actor

==== Music ====

* [[Hayden Chisholm]] (1975–present), saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
* [[Graeme Jefferies]], musician
* [[Peter Jefferies]], musician
* [[Midge Marsden]] (1945–present), [[blues]] and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] guitarist, harmonica-player, and singer
* [[Wayne Mason]] (1949–present), musician
* [[Desna Sisarich]] (1946–present), pop singer, one of New Zealand's first woman singer/songwriters
* [[Matthew Thomas (musician)|Matt Thomas]] (1973–present), musician
* [[Stan Walker]] (1990–present), Australian Idol winner

==== Photography ====
* [[Trent Keegan]] (1974–2008), photojournalist

==== Performing arts ====

* [[Stuart Hoar]] (1957–present), playwright, teacher, novelist, radio dramatist and librettist
*[[Brian McNeill (playwright)|Brian McNeill]] (born 1939), playwright, actor, and director

==== Visual arts ====

* [[Fanny Arden]] ({{Circa|1859}}–1955), painter
* [[Barry Brickell]] (1935–2016),  potter, writer, conservationist and founder of [[Driving Creek Railway]]
* [[Dale Copeland]] (1943–present), collage and assemblage artist
* [[Joan Dukes (artist)|Joan Dukes]] (1903–1993), artist and illustrator
* [[Christine Hellyar]] (1947–present), artist who makes sculptures and installations
* [[Michael Smither]] (1939–present), painter and composer, set the record for the most expensive painting sold that was painted by a living New Zealand artist
* [[Francis Upritchard]] (1976–present), contemporary artist based in [[London]], she represented New Zealand at the [[Venice Biennale]]

==== Writing ====

* [[Helen Brown (author)|Helen Brown]] (1945–present), author and columnist
* [[John Guthrie (novelist)|John Guthrie]] (1905–1955), journalist and novelist
* [[Michele Leggott]] (1956–present), poet, academic
* [[Ian Middleton]] (1927–2007), novelist