September – Phil Lamason, World War II bomber pilot and prisoner-of-war leader 21 September – Avis Higgs, textile designer, painter 23 September – Douglas Bagnall, air force officer October–December 1 October – Gloria Rawlinson, writer and editor 4 October – Gordon Burgess, cricket player and administrator 8 October – Olga Jekyll, fencer 22 October – Marcel Stanley, philatelist 24 October – Frank O'Flynn, lawyer, politician 2 November – Robbie Robson, lawn bowls player 4 November – Sidney Koreneff, World War II French resistance worker, newspaper managing director, Anglican priest 12 November – Denis Miller, World War II bomber pilot, airline pilot 15 November – Neil Williams, water polo player 16 November – Frank Newhook, plant pathologist 23 November – Gordon Bisson, jurist 29 November – Mick Holland, speedway rider, stock car racing pioneer 9 December – Harold Cassie, cricket umpire 12 December – Neville Thornton, rugby union player, school principal Exact date unknown The Hawk, Thoroughbred racehorse Night Raid, Thoroughbred racehorse Deaths January–March 8 January – Taare Parata, politician (born 1865) 2 February – Arthur Hume, public servant (born 1838) 3 February – Ernest Hoben, rugby union administrator (born 1864) 6 February – Sir Henry Miller, politician (born 1830) 17 February – Harry Bedford, politician, university lecturer (born 1877) 18 February – William Morgan, politician (born 1851) 20 February – Gerhard Mueller, surveyor, engineer, land commissioner (born 1835) 24 February Luke Adams, potter (born 1838) Victor Spencer, soldier (born 1896) 12 March – Andrew Maginnity, politician (born 1849) 29 March – Harry Fulton, army officer (born 1869) April–June 9 April – Hubert Turtill, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1880) 30 April – Eric Harper, rugby union player, athlete (born 1877) 9 May – Richard Hutton Davies, soldier (born 1861) 11 May – Felix Hunger, farmer, coloniser (born 1837) 3 June – Jane McBride, hotel proprietor (born ) 4 June – Hāmiora Mangakāhia, Ngāti Whanaunga leader, politician (born 1838) 9 June – Charles Fell, barrister, artist, politician, mayor of Nelson (1882–87) (born 1844) 11 June – Charles Gray, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1891–92) (born 1853) 13 June – Charles Johnston, politician, mayor of Wellington (1890) (born 1845) 28 June – Alexander Turnbull, bibliophile (born 1868) July–September 10 July – Charles Rawlins, politician (born 1846) 14 July – Samuel Farr, architect (born 1827) 22 July – Thomas Tanner, politician (born 1830) 23 July William Barnes, blacksmith, labour reformer (born 1827)