October – Ruth Symons, cricketer 8 October – J. Graham Miller, Presbyterian missionary 17 October – Norman Ellis, cricketer 19 October – John Anderson, rugby league player 25 October John Charters, rower Mabel Corby, cricketer 31 October – Roy Calvert, World War II pilot November 5 November – Pat Devanny, political activist 7 November – Ruth Mason, botanist 13 November – Bill Young, politician 16 November – Wilfred Brimble, rugby league player 22 November – Neville Mitchell, rugby union player and coach 24 November – Geoff Baylis, botanist December 3 December – John Mitchell, physicist 4 December – Yvonne Lawley, actor 11 December – Robert Grotte, rugby league player 13 December – Rudolf Gopas, artist, art teacher 19 December – Bill Pullar, athlete 21 December – George Giles, cyclist Deaths January–March 17 January – John Bryce, politician (born 1833) 18 January – Elizabeth Horrell, schoolteacher (born 1826) 22 January – Alexander Brown, marine engineer (born 1830) 29 January – William Webb, cricketer (born 1872) 4 February – Kate Wyllie, Rongowhakaata leader (born ) 21 February – John Hoyte, artist (born 1835) 6 March – Margaret Ralph, businesswoman (born ) 10 March – George Clarke, pioneer, educationalist (born 1823) 19 March – Eleanor Smith, suffragist, magazine editor (born 1828) April–June 6 April – Herbert Slade, boxer (born 1851) 16 April – Thomas Gapes, politician (born 1848) 17 April – Edward Broad, cricketer (born 1875) 19 April – John Tiffin Stewart, civil engineer, surveyor (born 1827) 20 May – Harry Moffatt, harbourmaster, writer (born 1839) 23 May – Edward Lewis, Church of Christ evangelist (born 1831) 25 May – Fanny Cole, temperance leader, women's rights advocate (born 1860) 3 June – Philip Philips, politician (born 1831) 10 June – Sir Arthur Guinness, politician (born 1846) 14 June – George Dickinson, cricket player and umpire (born 1828) 19 June – Henry Sawtell, politician (born 1832) 29 June – John Bush, cricketer (born 1867) July–September 25 July – George Swan, politician, photographer (born 1833) 29 July – Samuel Jackson, solicitor (born 1831) 3 August – James Pope, teacher, school inspector, writer (born 1837) 30 August – Dudley Ward, politician, judge (born 1827) 21 September –Trevor Grierson, cricketer (born 1849) 24 September Andrew Loughrey, politician (born 1844) Sir William Russell, politician (born 1838) 30 September – Ānaha Te Rāhui, Ngāti Tarāwhai leader, carver (born 1822) October–December 12 October – Augustus Hamilton, ethologist, biologist, museum director