politician 4 December – Peter Hall, cricketer 6 December – Alan Gilbertson, cricketer 8 December David Hay, cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner Hamish Hay, politician, mayor of Christchurch 10 December – Graham Gordon, general practitioner and surgeon 18 December – Rom Harré, philosopher, psychologist 19 December – Robert Couper, cricketer 23 December – Pat Sheahan, rugby union player, publican, publisher 30 December – John Pring, rugby union referee Exact date unknown Jim Edwards, politician Colin Franklin, electrical engineer Rusty Robertson, rowing coach Des White, rugby league player Deaths January–March 4 January Herbert Drewitt, World War I flying ace (born 1895) Joseph Ward, astronomer (born 1862) 13 January Frank S. Anthony, author (born 1891) John Fisher, politician (born 1837) 21 January – Kiti Karaka Riwai, Māori tribal leader (born 1870) 26 January – Robert Wellwood, farmer, auctioneer, commission agent, politician (born 1836) 29 January – Sir Henry Brett, journalist, newspaper proprietor, writer, politician, mayor of Auckland (1877–78) (born 1843) 21 February – Thomas Ryan, rugby union player, artist, steamer captain (born 1864) 17 March – Bella MacCallum, botanist, mycologist (born 1886) 26 March – Edward Withy, shipbuilder, politician (born 1844) 31 March – David Guthrie, politician (born 1856) April–June April – T. T. Rawhiti, Kīngitanga secretary and administrator 4 April – Cuthbert Cowan, politician (born 1835) 6 April – Elsie Reeve, jeweller (born 1885) 8 April – John O'Donovan, police commissioner (born 1858) 14 April – James Wilson, politician (born 1865) 26 April – William Jolliffe, film censor (born 1851) 28 April – Sarah Featon, botanical artist (born 1848) 2 May – Eden George, photographer, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1892–93) (born 1863) 1 June Thomas Andrew, cricketer (born 1927) Sir Worley Edwards, jurist (born 1850) 11 June John Ormsby, land negotiator and commissioner, politician (born 1854) Hone Taare Tikao, Ngāi Tahu leader, scholar, politician (born 1850) 17 June – Lake Ayson, acclimatisation officer, fisheries inspector (born 1855) July–September 18 July – Eustace Ferguson, pathologist, entomologist (born 1884) 24 July – Arthur Harvey, doctor (born 1866) 27 July – Newton King, auctioneer, merchant, businessman (born 1855) 5 August – Thomas Groube, cricketer (born 1857) 7 August – Frank Mace, soldier (born 1837) 11 August – Edmond Slattery, swagger, rural labourer (born 1839) 25 August – Richard Bollard, politician (born 1863) 3 September – Bill Cunningham, rugby union player (born 1874) 30 September – Edmund Taylor, temperance advocate, politician (born 1855) October–December 9 October –