(born 1880) 24 April – William Speight, politician (born 1843) 6 May – Catherine Fulton, diarist, philanthropist, social reformer, suffragette (born 1829) 28 May – Edward Bartley, architect (born 1839) 1 June – Thomas William Adams, farmer, forester, educationalist (born 1842) 4 June – John Sharp, politician, mayor of Nelson (1887–90) (born 1828) 25 June – Hamilton Gilmer, politician (born 1838) 29 June – James McKerrow, astronomer, surveyor, public servant (born 1834) July–September 22 July – Sir John Denniston, lawyer, jurist (born 1845) 3 August – Stuart Newall, military leader (born 1843) 6 August – James Dawe, cricketer (born 1844) 13 August – Jackson Palmer, politician (born 1867) 24 August – Thomas Broun, entomologist (born 1838) 26 August – Richard Molesworth Taylor, politician (born 1835) 4 September – Joseph Ivess, politician (born 1844) October–December 13 October – James Stack, missionary, writer, interpreter (born 1835) 21 October – Alexander McMinn, teacher, journalist, newspaper proprietor (born 1842) 29 October – James Colvin, politician (born 1844) 3 November – Ellen Dougherty, nurse (born 1844) 15 November – Maria Marchant, school principal (born 1869) 24 November – George Randall Johnson, cricketer, politician (born 1833) 11 December – Takaanui Hōhaia Tarakawa, Tapuika, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi tohunga, historian and genealogist (born 1852) 15 December – Louisa Snelson, civic leader (born 1844) 18 December – Frederick Strouts, architect (born 1834) 29 December – Wiremu Hoani Taua, Ngāti Kahu leader, school principal (born 1862) See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References External links