Martin, comedian. 12 June: Lorraine Downes, beauty queen 18 June: Simon Dallow, newsreader 19 June: Michael Kenny, heavyweight boxer 20 June: Steve Braunias, journalist July: Shayne Carter, musician 11 August: Grant Waite, golfer 27 August: Lynley Hannen, rower 3 October: Shane Cotton, painter 23 October: David Penfold, field hockey player 29 October: Anthony Mosse, swimmer. 3 November: Bryan Young, cricketer 5 December: Brent Todd, rugby league footballer 14 December: Rebecca Gibney, actress 16 December: John Kirwan, rugby footballer and coach 24 December: Nick Smith, politician Unknown: Martin Devlin, sports broadcaster Glenn Colquhoun, poet Deaths 10 June : Harold Caro, Mayor of Hamilton. 12 December: John Norman Massey, MP and politician. 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 External links New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand