Nicole Kidman name "Hōkūlani". The inspiration for the name came from a baby elephant born around the same time at the Honolulu Zoo, but the name is also a commonly used Hawaiian name for girls, Hokulani meaning "Heavenly Star". At the time of Kidman's birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the war in Vietnam, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while living in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her
Fiona Kidman Montana New Zealand Book Awards. In the 1988 New Year Honours, Kidman was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to literature She was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 1998 New Year Honours for services to literature. 2016 her novel "The Infinite Air" was translated into German and published by Weidle Verlag. She married Ian Kidman in 1960; the couple has a son Giles and daughter Joanna. Ian died on 30 October 2017, as result of an accident, in Wellington. Fiona Kidman Dame Fiona Judith Kidman (born