Hepi Te Heuheu, Māori leader (born 1919) 15 August – Dave Solomon, rugby union and league player (born 1913) 16 August – Kitty Kain, dietician, WAAF leader (born 1908) 21 August – Jean Horsley, artist (born 1913) 25 August – James Gould, rower (born 1914) 5 September – Emily Schuster, master weaver (born 1927) 17 September – Trevor Redmond, speedway rider (born 1927) 22 September – Silver Lad, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1973) 23 September – Christopher John Lewis, criminal (born 1964) 26 September – Geoff Gerard, politician (born 1904) October–December 8 October – Desmond Scott, fighter pilot (born 1918) 11 October – Sidney Koreneff, French resistance worker, newspaper managing director, Anglican priest (born 1918) 18 October David Seath, politician (born 1914) Geoff Walker, canoeist, surf lifesaver (born 1952) 31 October – Adrian Rodda, public servant (born 1911) 9 November – Margaret Pawson, netball player (born 1940) 16 November – Roy Sheffield, cricketer (born 1906) 21 November – Stanley Dallas, radio technician and recording engineer (born 1926) 27 November – Jim Kershaw, association football player (born 1906) 6 December – Eva Rickard, Māori land and women's rights activist (born 1925) 10 December – Ted Coubray, filmmaker (born 1900) 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 AntarcticaFor world events and topics in 1997 not specifically related to New Zealand see'': 1997 References External links New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand