– Rosie Cheng, tennis player 2 August – Ricky Jackson, rugby union player 7 August – Jesse Arthars, rugby league player 22 August Leica Guv, Thoroughbred racehorse Adam Pompey, rugby league player 28 August Morgan Harper, rugby league player Sarah Morton, association footballer 30 August – Ngane Punivai, rugby union player 3 September – Bailyn Sullivan, rugby union player 13 September – Evelina Afoa, swimmer 20 September – Isaiah Papali'i, rugby league player 23 September – Bradley Slater, rugby union player October–December 20 October – Tasmyn Benny, boxer 29 October Laghlan McWhannell, rugby union player Felix Murray, cricketer 7 November – Rosemary Mair, cricketer 17 November – Courtney McGregor, artistic gymnast 19 November – Thomas Sexton, racing cyclist 29 November – Xavier Numia, rugby union player 4 December – Just An Excuse, Standardbred racehorse 11 December – Rakai Tait, snowboarder 12 December – Elizabeth Anton, association footballer 18 December – Jade Lewis, tennis player 22 December – Ben Beecroft, cricketer 24 December – Nikita Howarth, swimmer Undated Rupena Parkinson, rugby union player Henry Williams, actor Deaths January–March 12 January – Neil Williams, water polo player (born 1918) 14 January – Leonard Atkinson, public servant (born 1906) 27 January – Gavin Downie, politician (born 1924) 14 February – Peter Jacobson, poet (born 1925) 20 February – Ces Blazey, rugby union and athletics administrator (born 1909) 8 March – Kuini Te Tau, Ngāi Tahu kaumātua, welfare worker, community leader (born 1899) 10 March – C. E. Beeby, educationalist (born 1902) 15 March – Darcy Clay, singer–songwriter (born 1972) 18 March – Vernon Clare, musician, cabaret owner, restaurateur, music teacher (born 1925) April–June 6 April – Sam Chaffey, alpine skier (born 1934) 26 April – Sir Alan Boxer, air force officer (born 1916) 30 April – William Newland, potter (born 1919) 1 May – Brian Kendall, boxer (born 1947) 14 May – Ron Withell, boxer (born 1916) Jade Wilson, squash player (born 1977) 15 May – Jack Warcup, mycologist (born 1921) 20 May – John Trenwith, novelist, marketing academic (born 1951) 2 June – Brian Johnston, field hockey player (born 1933) 13 June – Henry Tatana, rugby league player (born 1945) 21 June – Peter Mander, sailor (born 1928) 22 June – Brian Davis, Anglican archbishop (born 1934) July–September 3 July – Elizabeth Riddell, poet and journalist (born 1910) 5 July – Frank Creagh, boxer (born 1924) 7 July – Maurice Holmes, harness