Malcolm, mathematician, university administrator December 10 December – Gren Alabaster, cricketer 17 December Jeremy Commons, opera historian Bruce Morrison, cricketer 18 December – Roger Sandall, anthropologist 26 December – Keith Butler, cricketer 27 December – Frank Rogers, politician Exact date not given Peter Beadle, artist Eric Matthews, wrestler Tom McCabe, association footballer Keita Meretana, professional wrestler Noelene Swinton, high jumper Deaths January–March 9 January – Frank Milne, mountaineer and guide (born 1891) 16 January – John Burt, rugby union player, cricketer, businessman (born 1874) 22 January – Henry Fletcher, Presbyterian missionary and minister (born 1868) 25 January – Harry Kennedy, politician (born ) 5 February – Maria Mackay, nurse, midwife (born 1844) 10 March – Ben Biddle, soldier (born 1843) 19 March – Tommy Solomon, Moriori leader (born 1884) 22 March – Ada Wells, feminist, social worker (born 1863) 29 March Harold Thomas, boxer (born 1909) Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi, Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader (born ) April–June 6 April – James Moore, cricketer (born 1877) 7 April – Alfred Dunlop, tennis player (born 1875) 9 April – Charles Monro, rugby union pioneer (born 1851) 2 May – William Barker McEwan, librarian (born 1870) 8 May – James Johnstone, businessman, stock breeder (born 1859) 11 May – George Humphreys, rugby union player (born 1870) 17 May – Emmet McHardy, Roman Catholic missionary (born 1904) 20 May – Sir Thomas Sidey, politician (born 1863) 10 June – Frank Cooke, lawyer and cricketer (born 1862) 24 June – Heni Te Kiri Karamu, Te Arawa leader, warrior, interpreter (born 1840) 27 June – Ernest Hayes, engineer, inventor (born 1851) July–September 6 July – John Court, businessman, politician, philanthropist (born 1846) 10 July – Wiremu Rikihana, Te Rarawa leader, politician (born 1851) 15 July Henry Hill, educationalist, politician, mayor of Napier (1917–19) (born 1849) David Theomin, merchant, philanthropist, collector (born 1852) 26 July – Samuel Lawry, Methodist minister (born 1854) 29 July – Sandy Paterson, rugby union player (born 1885) 2 August – James McCombs, politician (born 1873) 6 August – Hart Udy, rugby union player (born 1857) 9 August – Hone Riiwi Toia, Ngāpuhi leader, prophet (born ) 12 August – Hugh Northcote, Anglican clergyman, writer on sex (born 1868) 25 August – G. M. Thomson, scientist, politician (born 1848) 31 August – Archibald McNicol, politician (born 1878) 4 September – Joseph Kemp, Christian fundamentalist leader (born 1872) 24 September – Raymond McIntyre, artist,