May 2 May – Graham Gedye, cricketer (died 2014) 10 May – Miles Warren, architect (died 2022) 15 May – Angela Annabell, musicologist (died 2000) 19 May – Mavis Rivers, jazz singer (died 1992) 26 May – Fraser Bergersen, plant biologist (died 2011) 31 May – Thelma Turner, netball player June 3 June – Les Lock, racing cyclist (died 2003) 6 June – June Sutor, crystallographer (died 1990) 7 June – Colin Graham, cricketer (died 2020) 30 June Ed Dolejs, softball coach (died 2019) David Perry, cricketer (died 2007) July 2 July – Hugh Morris, businessman (died 2010) 8 July – Vern Bakalich, rugby league player (died 2015) 18 July – Colin Moyle, politician 23 July – Johnny Cooper, rock and roll musician (died 2014) August 1 August – Phyllis Guthardt, Methodist minister, university chancellor 5 August Harry Atkinson, physicist and science administrator (died 2018) Arthur Woods, rugby union player (died 2015) 10 August Eric Dunn, cricketer Brian Pickworth, fencer (died 2020) Ross Wightman, rugby union player (died 2012) 19 August – David Levene, businessman, philanthropist (died 2021) 23 August – Bob Bell, politician (died 2011) 24 August – Oliver Jessel, businessman (died 2017) 25 August – John Hippolite, political activist (died 1993) 29 August – Helen Hughes, scientist September 1 September – Indianapolis, Standardbred racehorse 3 September – Steve Rickard, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (died 2015) 4 September – Howard Charles Clark, chemist, university administrator 5 September – Margaret Loutit, microbiologist (died 2020) 9 September Graham Avery, racing cyclist (died 2015) Pat Booth, journalist (died 2018) 19 September – Phil Bygrave, field hockey player (died 2012) 26 September – Tim Raphael, Anglican clergyman (died 2016) 28 September – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (died 2009) 30 September – Yvonne du Fresne, writer (died 2011) October 8 October – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (died 2009) 9 October – Peter Button, helicopter pilot (died 1987) 11 October Annette Baier, philosopher (died 2012) Augusta Wallace, jurist (died 2008) 20 October Mary Earle, food technologist (died 2021) William Gough, cricketer (died 1978) 28 October – Tom Puna, cricketer (died 1996) November 8 November – Trevor McMahon, cricketer 13 November – Brian Sorenson, cricketer (died 2009) 16 November – Bill Clark, rugby union player (died 2010) 18 November – Bill Alington, architect 19 November – Basil Meeking, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2020) 20 November – Pat Kelly, trade unionist (died 2004) 23 November