founder of Gloriavale Christian Community (born 1926) 16 May – Tom Hadfield, rugby league player (born 1934) 19 May – John Moorfield, Māori language academic (born 1943) 28 May – Dick Quax, athlete, local-body politician (born 1948) June 4 June – J. B. Munro, politician, disability advocate (born 1936) 7 June – Sir Neil Waters, university administrator (born 1931) 13 June – Milan Mrkusich, artist, designer (born 1925) 14 June Vincent Gray, chemist, climate change denier (born 1922) Steve Kuzmicich, statistician (born 1931) 18 June – Graham Davy, athlete, sports administrator (born 1936) 23 June – Koro Wētere, politician (born 1935) 30 June – Mark Irwin, rugby union player (born 1935) July 1 July – Merv Richards, pole vaulter, gymnastics and pole vault coach (born 1930) 3 July – Gary Bold, physicist (born 1938) 4 July – Harry M. Miller, impresario (born 1934) 9 July Sam Chisholm, media executive (born 1939) Colin Quincey, first person to row solo across the Tasman Sea (born 1945) 13 July – Naturalism, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1988) 14 July – Janet Holm, environmental activist, historian (born 1923) 17 July – David Stevens, screenwriter (born 1940) 25 July – Rick Littlewood, judoka (born 1940) 29 July Graham Finlay, boxer (born 1936) Phillip Orchard, rugby league player (born 1948) August 2 August – Bob Berry, dendrologist (born 1916) 3 August Reinhart Langer, botanist, university administrator (born 1921) Murray Matthewson, orthopaedic surgeon (born 1944) 4 August – Delwyn Costello, cricketer (born 1960) 6 August – Helen Mackenzie, swimmer (born 1930) 17 August – Warwick Roger, journalist, magazine editor (born 1945) 18 August – Ronnie Moore, speedway rider (born 1933) 19 August – Margaret Reid, Presbyterian minister (born 1923) 20 August – Greg Boyed, television presenter (born 1970) 21 August – Spencer P. Jones, musician (born 1956) 23 August – Wendy Hutton, travel and food writer (born 1940) 30 August – Jack Garrick, ichthyologist (born 1928) September 5 September Alan Peart, World War II fighter ace (born 1922) John Stacpoole, architect, historian (born 1919) 7 September – John O'Sullivan, rugby league player (born 1950) 14 September – Ruth Dowman, athlete (born 1930) 16 September – Assid Corban, politician, businessman (born 1925) 22 September – Hayden Poulter, convicted murderer (born 1961) 24 September – Merv Smith, radio personality (born 1933) October 2 October – Barry Linton, cartoonist (born 1947) 3 October – David Fergusson, psychologist (born 1944) 4 October Penny