This is a list of women writers who were born in New Zealand or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country.

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U Makerita Urale (fl. 1990s), playwright, producer and documentary director

V Kathryn van Beek (born 1980), short story writer, playwright, children's writer and illustrator

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Y Sonja Yelich (born 1965), poet

See also List of New Zealand writers List of New Zealand poets List of New Zealand women artists List of New Zealand women photographers