Isbey, politician 7 August – Arthur Cresswell, cricketer 24 August – Ruth Park, writer September 2 September – Jack Scholes, sailor 6 September – Cecil Hight, World War II pilot 7 September – Ewen Solon, actor 16 September – David Lewis, sailor, Polynesian scholar 23 September – Wiremu Te Tau Huata, Anglican priest, military chaplain 26 September – James Coe, artist, art teacher, industrial designer, ergonomist 30 September – Denis Rogers, politician, mayor of Hamilton (1959–68) October 2 October – Rosaleen Norton, artist, occultist 17 October Martin Donnelly, cricketer, rugby union player John Oswald Sanders, missionary 18 October – Roy White, rugby union player 31 October – Evan Mackie, World War II pilot November 6 November – Henry Walters, cricketer 17 November – Tom Larkin, public servant, diplomat 25 November – Paul Beadle, sculptor, medallist December 2 December – Betty Batham, marine biologist 7 December – Bert Roth, librarian, historian 8 December – Alan Stewart, rugby union player, university administrator 11 December – Owen Snedden, Roman Catholic bishop 12 December – Alan Deere, military pilot, author 13 December – Keith Hay, construction company founder, politician, conservative activist 24 December – Ronald Triner, road cyclist Deaths January–February 3 February – Robert McNab, politician (born 1864) 17 February Graham Gow, government trade representative (born 1850) Sir George McLean, politician (born 1834) 22 February – Hugh Murray-Aynsley, politician (born 1828) March–April 6 March Tame Parata, politician (born 1837) William Salmond, Presbyterian minister, theologian (born 1835) 11 March – William Hosking, doctor (born 1841) 13 March – Percy Dix, vaudeville company manager (born 1866) 27 March – Joseph Braithwaite, bookseller, politician, mayor of Dunedin (1905–06) (born 1848) 30 March – Ferdinand Holm, mariner, ship owner (born 1844) 23 April – Robert Bruce, politician, conservationist (born 1843) May–June 2 May – Alfred Lee Smith, politician (born 1838) 7 June Bill Bussell, rugby league player (born 1887) George Sellars, rugby union player (born 1886) 8 June George Bollinger, soldier, diarist (born 1890) Charles Henry Brown, military leader (born 1872) Thomas Culling, World War I flying ace (born 1896) 22 June – John Lecky, rugby union player (born 1863) July–August 8 July – Alexander McKay, geologist (born 1841) 14 July Robert Batley, storekeeper, sheep farmer (born 1849) Alexander Bruce, politician (born 1839) 15 July – Bill Mackrell, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1881) 23 July – James Gore, politician, mayor of Dunedin (1881–82) (born 1834)