netball player. 10 May: Lloyd Stephenson, field hockey player. 19 May: Jamie How, cricketer. 25 May: Shelley Paikea, singer. 25 May: Matt Utai, rugby league player. 25 May: Motu Tony, rugby league player. 2 June: Brad Mika, rugby player. 9 June: Dean Couzins, field hockey player. 19 June: Moss Burmester, swimmer. 28 June: Demetrius "Savage" Savelio, rapper. 3 July: Tevita Latu, rugby league player. 31 July: Paul Whatuira, rugby league player. 31 July: Scott Talbot, swimmer and swimming coach. 3 August: Daniel Koprivcic, soccer player. 6 September: Te Atirau Paki, television presenter. 22 September: James Stosic, rugby player. 27 September: Brendon McCullum, cricketer. 29 September (in Germany): Shane Smeltz, soccer player. 29 October: Dwayne Cameron, actor 29 October (in Sydney): Jamie Waugh, writer. 24 November: Ian Butler, cricketer. 10 December: Caleb Ross, actor. 10 December: Conrad Smith, rugby player. 20 December: Leo Bertos, soccer player. :Category:1981 births Deaths 29 January: J. A. W. Bennett, literary scholar. 23 March: Beatrice Tinsley, astronomer. 21 December: Iriaka Rātana, politician. Keith Murray, architect and ceramic designer. See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica References New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand