James McHaffie, cricketer (born 1910) Bert Roth, librarian, historian (born 1917) 31 May Philip Blakeley, electrical engineer (born 1915) Cedric Firth, architect, writer (born 1908) Doug Freeman, cricketer (born 1914) 1 June – Bramwell Cook, Salvation Army leader, doctor (born 1903) 3 June – Jack Cowie, cricketer (born 1912) 7 June – Peter Jones, rugby union player (born 1932) 16 June – Stephen Scott, rugby union player (born 1955) 19 June – Florence Harsant, temperance worker, writer (born 1891) 27 June – Dame Louise Henderson, painter (born 1902) July–September 3 July – Felix Kelly, designer, painter and illustrator (born 1914) 13 July – Richard B. Sibson, ornithologist (born 1911) 19 July – Jim Bellwood, physical education teacher, sports coach (born 1912) 25 July – Jay Epae, singer and songwriter (born 1933) 29 July – Wiremu Te Āwhitu, Roman Catholic priest (born 1914) 9 August – Charles Saunders, rower (born 1902) 17 August Len Newell, swimmer (born 1913) Dick Shortt, cricket umpire (born 1922) Sir Fred White, physicist, ornithologist, science administrator (born 1905) 19 August – Harry Jacks, soldier, plant pathologist, forester (born 1908) 22 August – Sir Ralph Love, public servant, politician, Te Āti Awa leader (born 1907) 24 August – Cecil Holmes, film director (born 1921) 5 September Kathleen Curtis, Lady Rigg, mycologist (born 1892) Mick Williment, rugby union player (born 1940) 6 September – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1926) 12 September – John Chewings, politician (born 1920) October–December 9 October – Bill Fox, politician (born 1899) 10 October – Nola Luxford, Hollywood actress (born 1895) 15 October – Avis Acres, artist, writer, illustrator, conservationist (born 1910) 24 October – Sir Guy Powles, diplomat, Ombudsman (born 1905) 26 October Ronald Dobson, rugby union player (born 1923) Pavel Tichý, logician, philosopher and mathematician (born 1936) 28 October – Jock Richardson, rugby union player (born 1899) 29 October – Gordon Cochrane, pilot (born 1916) 2 November – John Nimmo, cricketer (born 1910) 16 November – Ponty Reid, rugby union player (born 1929) 22 November – Charles Upham, soldier (born 1908) 6 December – Laura Ingram, community leader, local-body politician (born 1912) 10 December – James Healy, geologist (born 1910) 12 December – Frederick Turnovsky, manufacturer, entrepreneur, arts advocate (born 1916) 16 December – Les Gandar, politician, diplomat (born 1919) 24 December – Louise Sutherland, cyclist (born 1926) 26 December – Sybil Lupp, mechanic, motor racing driving, garage proprietor (born