administrator (born 1909) March 6 March Joan Faulkner-Blake, broadcaster (born 1921) Arthur Pearce, broadcaster (born 1903) 8 March – Donald Cameron, cricketer (born 1908) 11 March – Francis Ward, rugby union player (born 1900) 31 March – Bill Murray, police officer, unionist (born 1896) April 8 April – Zamazaan, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1965) 11 April – Leonard Leary, lawyer, writer (born 1891) 12 April – John Brown, cyclist (born 1916) 14 April – Doris Lusk, artist, potter (born 1916) 23 April – Alan Robilliard, rugby union player (born 1903) 26 April – Arthur Knight, rugby union player (born 1906) 28 April – Neil Watson, Mayor of Invercargill (born 1905) May 4 May – Jack Lewin, union leader, public servant (born 1915) 7 May – Ashley Lawrence, conductor (born 1934) 10 May – Hilda Buck, cricketer (born 1914) 14 May – Ruth Mason, botanist (born 1913) 27 May Clarrie Heard, swimmer (born 1906) June Sutor, crystallographer (born 1929) 31 May – Hamilton Walker, engineer and inventor (born 1903) June 3 June – Phil Gard, rugby union player (born 1947) 9 June – John Holland, athlete (born 1926) 11 June – Joan Stevens, English literature academic (born 1908) 14 June – Adrian Hayter, soldier, sailor, Antarctic leader, author (born 1914) 15 June – Eruera Manuera, Ngāti Awa leader (born 1895) 19 June – Isobel Andrews, writer (born 1905) 20 June – Lois Suckling, optician, family planning reformer (born 1893) July 1 July – Lorrie Hunter, politician (born 1900) 3 July – Vic Olsson, rower (born 1903) 4 July – Ces Devine, harness racing driver (born 1915) 9 July – Jack Sullivan, rugby union player, coach and administrator (born 1915) 24 July – Marcel Stanley, philatelist (born 1918) August 6 August – Frank Waters, politician (born 1907) 8 August – Bill Gallagher, inventor, businessman (born 1911) 16 August – Pat O'Connor, professional wrestler (born 1924) September 4 September Sir Henry Cooper, cricketer, educator (born 1909) Leslie Groves, cricketer (born 1911) 23 September – Bill Broughton, jockey (born 1913) 28 September – Dan Davin, author (born 1913) October 2 October – Eric Giles, cricketer (born 1939) 3 October – Esmond de Beer, literary editor, collector, philanthropist (born 1895) 9 October – John Holland, Anglican bishop (born 1912) 10 October – Nitama Paewai, rugby union player and administrator, doctor, politician (born 1920) 12 October – John O'Brien, politician (born 1925) November 9 November – Harry