art historian, university administrator (born 1909) 20 November – George Burns, rowing coxswain (born 1919) 1 December – Colin Tapley, actor (born 1907) 11 December – Euan Robertson, athlete (born 1948) 21 December – Charlie Tumahai, musician, songwriter (born 1949) 28 December – Kendrick Smithyman, poet (born 1922) Full date unknown Grant Lingard, artist (born 1961) 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