politician, mayor of Auckland, 16th governor-general (died 2021) 6 April – Ian Grey, rugby league player 7 April – John McDonald, cricketer 9 April – Ruth Castle, weaver 10 April – Neil Waters, chemist, university administrator 13 April – Doug Armstrong, cricketer, sports broadcaster, politician 14 April – Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer 20 April – Bill Tolhurst, politician 23 April – John Williams, cricketer May 3 May – Malcolm Hahn, javelin thrower 12 May – Murray Ashby, rower 17 May – Thomas Eichelbaum, jurist 20 May – Barry Brown, boxer 22 May – Buddy Lucas, swimmer, surf livesaver 23 May – Rex Austin, politician June 2 June – Joyce Waters, inorganic chemist 18 June – Jane Soons, geomorphologist 19 June – Heather Nicholson geologist, writer 26 June George Martin, rugby league player, field athlete John Scott, medical researcher July 2 July – Robin Gray, politician 6 July – John Spencer, boat designer 18 July – Peter Goddard, educationalist 21 July – Roy Meehan, wrestler 23 July – Te Atairangikaahu, 6th Māori monarch 24 July – Ray Laurent, rower 25 July – Murray Day, squash administrator 26 July – Jean Puketapu, Māori language activist, kōhanga reo pioneer 27 July – David Goldsmith, field hockey player 28 July – Peter Shirtcliffe, businessman August 3 August Rod Bieleski, plant physiologist Lee Grant, actress, singer 9 August Mike Hinge, artist and illustrator Ernie Leonard, television presenter, wrestling commentator, actor 10 August Richard Atkins, diplomat Bruce Slane, public servant, lawyer 11 August – Ralph Hotere, artist 13 August – Norman Read, racewalker 22 August – Maurice Gee, novelist, screenwriter September 4 September – Bill Skelton, jockey 5 September Bill Bell, cricketer Stew Nairn, sports shooter 12 September – John Ogilvie, cricketer 15 September Brian Henderson, radio and television personality Lincoln Hurring, swimmer and swimming coach Harold Marshall, acoustician 28 September – Noel Pope, local-body politician 30 September – Geoffrey Chisholm, urologist October 6 October – Michael Hardie Boys, jurist, 17th governor-general 9 October – Mark Otway, tennis player 14 October – Colin Dickinson, cyclist 16 October Peter Bush, sports photographer Kristin Jacobi, swimmer Ian Quigley, politician 17 October – Mazhar Krasniqi, Muslim community leader, human rights activist 23 October – James McNeish, novelist, playwright, biographer 29 October – Murray Loudon, field hockey player, dentist 30 October – Alma Johnson, television personality November 2 November – Steve Kuzmicich, statistician 9 November – Eion Scarrow, gardening personality, broadcaster