amateur astronomer 29 August Eric Batchelor, soldier Jack Laird, potter 3 September – Peter de la Mare, physical organic chemist 9 September – Joan Francis, cricketer 10 September – Russell Pettigrew, businessman and philanthropist 24 September – Alister Abernethy, trade unionist, politician and public servant 30 September Margaret Alington, librarian and historian Trevor Horne, politician October–December 6 October – Hugh Sheridan, boxer 7 October – James Brodie, geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist 8 October – Jean Wishart, magazine editor 24 October – Ron Westerby, rugby league player 28 October Peggy Dunstan, poet, writer Bob Stuart, rugby player and administrator 1 November – Harry Dansey, journalist, cartoonist, broadcaster, politician and race relations conciliator 9 November – John Macdonald, forensic psychiatrist 16 November – Ronald Davison, jurist 11 December – Gus Fisher, fashion industry leader and philanthropist 15 December – Peg Batty, cricketer 27 December – Warren Freer, politician 28 December – Marty McDonnell, Australian rules footballer Exact date unknown Entreaty, Thoroughbred racehorse Deaths January–March 5 January – Walter Gudgeon, farmer, soldier, historian, land court judge, colonial administrator (born 1841) 15 January – Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, mathematical physics academic (born 1870) 24 January – William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, Governor of New Zealand (1904–1910) (born 1864) 27 January – William Fitzgerald, teacher, educationalist (born 1838) 29 January – Constance Frost, doctor, bacteriologist, pathologist (born 1863) 3 March – George Vesey Stewart, politician (born 1832) April–June 10 April – Courtney Nedwill, doctor, public health officer (born 1837) 21 April – Jesse Piper, politician (born 1836) 26 April George Robertson, rugby union player (born 1859) George Hogben, educationalist, seismologist (born 1853) 2 May – A. L. Beattie, locomotive designer/engineer (born 1852) 6 May – James Black, cricketer (born 1873) 13 May – Fred Hobbs, politician (born 1841) 20 May – Henare Kaihau, politician 20 June – John Grigg, astronomer (born 1838) July–September 23 July – Robin Dods, architect (born 1868) 28 July – Edward Shillington, librarian (born 1835) 17 August – Amey Daldy, women's suffrage campaigner (born 1829) 23 August – David Cossgrove, teacher, soldier, scout leader (born 1852) 25 August – Donald Reid, politician (born 1855) 31 August – William MacDonald, politician (born 1862) 26 September – Appo Hocton, servant, landlord, carter, farmer (born 1823) October–December 1 October – Henare Wepiha Te Wainohu, Māori leader, Anglican clergyman, army chaplain (born 1882) 7 October – Chew Chong, merchant, fungus exporter, butter manufacturer