– Ralph Matthews, Anglican bishop 5 April – David Farquhar, composer, music academic 6 April Ivan Armstrong, field hockey player and coach, tennis umpire, schoolteacher Dave Dephoff, athlete 11 April – James Gill, cricketer 21 April – Ian Brooks, politician 26 April – Shayle R. Searle, statistician 27 April – John Brown, cricket umpire May 1 May – Tim Francis, diplomat 4 May – Tim Hewat, television producer and journalist 6 May – Heather Robson, badminton and tennis player 16 May – Emily Mair, opera singer, pianist and vocal coach 24 May – Jane Galletly, television scriptwriter 25 May – Christopher Rollinson, boxer June 3 June – John Reid, cricketer 4 June – Whakahuihui Vercoe, Anglican archbishop 27 June – Annette Johnson, alpine skier July 4 July – Peter Mander, sailor, businessman 6 July – Pakaariki Harrison, tohunga whakairo 10 July – Janet Shackleton, hurdler 12 July Pixie Williams, singer Peter Yaxley, rugby league player and referee 24 July – Shirley Hardman, athlete 28 July – Edward Raymond Horton, convicted murderer August 10 August – Dorrie Parker, athlete 14 August – John Stoke, occupational medicine expert, public servant 30 August – Mayzod Reid, diver September 4 September – Kerry Ashby, rower 9 September – Edward Somers, jurist 18 September Basil Arthur, politician Arthur Berry, cricketer 19 September – Kevin Stuart, rugby union player 21 September – Con Devitt, trade unionist 25 September – George Hoskins, athlete 30 September – Owen Dolan, Roman Catholic bishop October 6 October – Rex Hamilton, sport shooter 9 October Eris Paton, cricketer Derek Steward, athlete 12 October – Jack Manning, architect 23 October – Bruce Kent, cyclist 24 October – Ken Hough, cricketer, association footballer 26 October – Ian Middleton, novelist 28 November – Percy Erceg, rugby union player, coach and administrator November 4 November – Ross Allen, politician, cricket umpire 8 November – Rex Forrester, hunter, fisherman 11 November – Trevor Meale, cricketer 13 November – John Blumsky, journalist, broadcaster 23 November – Terry Dunleavy, wine industry leader, politician, columnist 26 November – David Garner, physical oceanographer 30 November – Bryan Bartley, civil engineer, inventor December 8 December – Maurice Cockerill, rugby union player, cricketer 9 December – Jim Kelly, cricketer 10 December – John Barry, tennis player 11 December Norma Williams, swimmer, swimming administrator, journalist Arnold Manaaki Wilson, artist, art educator 15 December – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist, architect 23 December – Jack Skeen,