(born 1912) 23 September – Sir Jack Newman, cricketer, businessman (born 1902) 26 September – Athol Rafter, nuclear chemist (born 1913) October–December 1 October James Beal, boxer (born 1929) Patrick Jameson, World War II flying ace (born 1912) 10 October – Harold Cleghorn, weightlifter (born 1912) 12 October – Fred Miller, journalist, historian (born 1904) 22 October – Noel Hilliard, author and novelist (born 1929) 24 October – Robert Anderson, politician (born 1936) 27 October – Piet van Asch, aviator, aerial photographer and surveyor (born 1911) 28 October – Jimmy Haig, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1924) 5 November – Hugh Sew Hoy, businessman, community leader (born 1901) 15 November – Les Watt, cricketer (born 1924) 23 November – Eve Rimmer, athlete (born 1937) 26 November Dame Joan Hammond, opera singer (born 1912) Te Waari Whaitiri, master mariner, community leader (born 1912) 12 December – Elaine Gurr, doctor and medical administrator (born 1896) 17 December Lawrie Miller, cricketer (born 1923) Violet Walrond, swimmer (born 1905) 22 December – William Lunn, rugby union player (born 1926) 25 December – Harry Watson, cyclist (born 1904) References 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 Antarctica New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand