12 September: Ben Townley, motocrosser. 6 October: Valerie Adams, athlete, Olympic gold medallist (2008 Beijing and 2012 London) 23 November: Jerome Ropati, rugby league player. 14 December: Keshia Paulse, singer. Vicki Lin, television presenter. :Category:1984 births Deaths 23 January: Dean Goffin, composer 6 March: Ian Cromb, cricketer 20 March: Robin Tait, discus thrower 28 April: Sylvia Ashton-Warner, writer and educator 13 June: Ken Armstrong, soccer player 15 June: Tom Heeney, boxer 21 July: Adam Adamson, former mayor of Invercargill 13 September: Lois White, painter 26 November: Eliot V. Elliott, trade unionist 9 December: Guthrie Wilson, novelist and teacher (in Sydney) References 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 New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand