– Felix Donnelly, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, writer, broadcaster (died 2019) 26 November – Brian Coote, legal academic (died 2019) 28 November – Ray Hitchcock, cricketer, racehorse breeder (died 2019) December 7 December – John Hotop, rugby union player (died 2015) 14 December – Ron Jarden, rugby union player, sharebroker (died 1977) 15 December – Noel Scott, politician (died 2018) 19 December – Michael Fowler, architect, politician (died 2022) 26 December – Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett, artist 27 December – Elizabeth Edgar, botanist (died 2019) Undated Cuddle, Thoroughbred racehorse Jacqueline Fahey, painter, writer Brian McMahon, venereologist, army officer Alistair Paterson, writer, poet Alison Quentin-Baxter, lawyer Renée Taylor, feminist writer and playwright Deaths January–March 21 January – Alexander William Bickerton, chemistry academic (born 1842) 7 February – Sir Douglas Maclean, farmer, politician (born 1852) 13 February – Sir Charles Skerrett, jurist (born 1863) 28 February – George Allen, architect, surveyor, tourist guide (born 1837) 7 March – Henare Uru, politician (born 1872) 11 March – Harry Diddams, politician (born 1864) 23 March – Niniwa Heremaia, editor, Ngāti Kahungunu leader (born 1854) 26 March – Waitaoro, Ngāti Tama leader (born 1848) April–June 7 April – Alfred Whitehouse, motion picture exhibitor and producer (born 1856) 19 April – Alfred Fitchett, Anglican clergyman (born 1836) 3 May Charles Mackay, lawyer, politician, mayor of Wanganui (1906–1920) (born 1875) Sir James Wilson, politician (born 1849) 5 May – Maria Williams, schoolteacher (born 1839) 11 May – John Kissling, cricketer (born 1868) 19 June – Margaret Gardner, farmer, flour mill owner (born 1844) 20 June – Ann Wimperis, watercolour artist (born 1844) 24 June – Tupu Atanatiu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Ngāti Hauā and Kīngitanga leader (born 1844) 27 June – Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitukehu, Ngāti Awa and Tuhourangi leader (born 1848) July–September 10 July – James Arnold, trade unionist, politician (born 1859) 12 July – Alex Lithgow, composer and bandleader (born 1870) 24 July – Albert Bates, architect (born 1862) 15 August – Carl Dahl, businessman, importer, community leader (born 1856) 20 August – Arnold Williams, cricketer (born 1870) 29 August – Arthur Riley, artist, educationalist, businessman (born 1860) 30 August – Sarah Cryer, farmer, community leader (born 1848) 31 August – Henry Baigent, timber miller, politician (born 1844) 1 September – Mary Gibson, schoolteacher (born 1864) 5 September – Mariano Vella, seaman, fisherman, farmer (born 1855) 8 September – Robert Wynn Williams, politician (born 1864) 18 September