The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions.
Godfrey Bowen – developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique John Britten – designer of the Britten motorcycle Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson – refrigerated shipping pioneers Morton Coutts – invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing Bill Gallagher – developer of the electric fence and founder of Gallagher Group Limited Ernest Godward – improved eggbeater A. J. Hackett – popularised of commercial Bungy jumping Bill Hamilton – developed the modern jetboat Frederick Hanson – inventor of chipseal, known in New Zealand as tar seal Peter Lynn – leading kitemaker, aeronautical theoretician and inventor of the tipping blade portable sawmill Colin Murdoch – inventor of the disposable syringe and the tranquilliser gun Richard Pearse – aviation pioneer Bill Pickering – rocketry and space pioneer, former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab director Alan Prichard – pioneer of aerial topdressing Bill Robinson – inventor of the lead rubber bearing used for seismic base isolation in earthquake engineering
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