union player 30 November: Miguel Start, rugby league player 9 December: Polly Powrie, sailor, Olympic gold medallist (2012 Summer Olympics 2012 London) 14 December: Lauren Boyle, swimmer 23 December: Owen Franks, rugby union player All Black (2009–) :Category:1987 births. Deaths 16 January Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster. 13 February: Curly Page, cricketer. 29 May: Bryan Todd, businessman (born 1902) 31 May: Wilfrid Mervyn Lusty, journalist, drama critic, theatre administrator and adult educationalist 16 July: Harry Ayres, guide and mountaineer. 4 August: Cecil Burke, cricketer. 14 October: John Rangihau, academic and leader of Tuhoe iwi. 27 December: Rewi Alley, writer and member of the Communist Party of China. Alfred E. Allen, politician. Johnnie Hoskins, motorcycle speedway pioneer. Norman Jones, politician. Colin McCahon, artist. Denis Rogers, mayor of Hamilton. 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 References External links New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand