rugby union player 19 May – Taane Milne, rugby league player 2 June – Mitchell Karpik, rugby union player 3 June – Thamsyn Newton, cricketer 8 June – Andre Heimgartner, motor racing driver 12 June – Atunaisa Moli, rugby union player 13 June Emily Fanning, tennis player Jack Goodhue, rugby union player Michael Rae, cricketer 16 June – Akira Ioane, rugby union player 19 June – Mitchell Hunt, rugby union player 30 June – Emma Dyke, rower July–August 20 July – Moses Leota, rugby league player 21 July – Zac Williams, cyclist 2 August – Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, rugby league player 5 August – Tim Robertson, orienteering competitor 7 August – David Nyika, boxer 16 August – Sam Perry, swimmer 17 August – Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, rugby league player September–October 4 September – Jazz Tevaga, rugby league player 7 September – Luka Prelevic, association footballer 11 September – Willis Meehan, rugby league player 15 September – Joe Ofahengaue, rugby league player 20 September – Laura Dekker, sailor 27 September – Zoe McBride, rower 29 September – Sunline, Thoroughbred racehorse (died 2009) 2 October Sam Brotherton, association footballer Te Maire Martin, rugby league player 6 October – Sam McNicol, rugby union player 14 October – Chase Tiatia, rugby union player 19 October – Toni Storm, pro wrestler 23 October – Sean Wainui, rugby union player (died 2021) 25 October – So Casual, thoroughbred racehorse November–December 11 November – Josh Aloiai, rugby league player 17 November – Beau-James Wells, freestyle skier 18 November – Mitchell Dunshea, rugby union player 23 November – Bradlee Ashby, swimmer 1 December – Lamar Liolevave, rugby league player 5 December – Danny Levi, rugby league player 12 December – Sam Gaze, cross-country cyclist 18 December – Take A Moment, standardbred racehorse Deaths January–March 16 January – John Charters, rower (born 1913) 20 January – Thomas Arbuthnott, boxer (born 1911) 2 February – Kiwi, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1977) 12 February – Dorothy Neal White, librarian (born 1915) 19 February – Dick Matthews, plant virologist (born 1921) 22 February – Ron Hardie, local-body politician (born 1924) 23 February – Thing Big, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1970) 25 February – John O'Brien, rower (born 1927) 8 March – Sir John Ormond, farmer, politician, businessman (born 1905) 13 March – Lorelle Corbin, naval officer (born 1916) 23 March Eric McCormick, historian, biographer (born 1906) Pat Ralph, marine biology academic (born 1920) 24 March –