2013) 29 May – Paddy McFarlane, association footballer (died 2013) 1 June – Frank Cameron, cricketer (died 2023) 4 June – Maurice Shadbolt, writer (died 2004) 7 June – Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank, poet, teacher (died 2002) 12 June – June Kerr, ballerina (died 2018) 23 June – Bob Blair, cricketer July–August 3 July – Gordon Challis, poet (died 2018) 4 July – Ron Horsley, rugby union player (died 2007) 5 July – Robert Webster, virologist 1 August – Hector Busby, traditional navigator and waka builder (died 2019) 2 August Pat Hanly, painter (died 2004) W. H. McLeod, historian (died 2009) 7 August – Robin Ferrier, organic chemist (died 2013) 20 August – Joseph Churchward, graphic designer, typographer (died 2013) 22 August – Barbara van den Broek, architect, landscape architect (died 2001) 27 August – John Watkinson, soil scientist (died 2017) 31 August – William Frame, cricketer (died 1965) September–October 4 September – David McIntyre, historian (died 2022) 6 September – Ross Jansen, politician, mayor of Hamilton (1977–1989) (died 2010) 2 October – Roger Gibbs, swimmer (died 2012) 5 October – Barbara Goodman, politician, political hostess (died 2013) 17 October – C. K. Stead, academic, writer 23 October – Brenda Duncan, cricketer( 29 October – Alan Preston, association footballer, cricketer (died 2014) November–December 5 November – Guy Bowers, rugby union player (died 2000) 8 November – John Hastie, cricket umpire 10 November – Tony Ciprian, broadcaster (died 2015) 13 November – Kāterina Mataira, Māori language advocate, teacher, artist, writer (died 2011) 15 November – John Lasher, rugby league player, sailor (died 2015) 17 November Winifred Griffin, swimmer (died 2018) Donald MacLeod, cricketer (died 2008) 1 December – Heather Begg, opera singer (died 2009) 4 December – Ian Brackenbury Channell, Wizard of New Zealand 6 December – Paul Reeves, Anglican archbishop, Governor-General (1985–1990) (died 2011) 7 December – Norman Kingsbury, educational administrator (died 2019) 23 December – Bill Gray, rugby union player (died 1993) 27 December – Donald Gemmell, rower (died 2022) Exact date unknown Bob Brockie, biologist, cartoonist Titewhai Harawira, Maori activist (died 2023) Deaths January–March 14 January – Frank Wells, cricketer (born 1871) 30 January – Edward Walter, politician (born 1866) 9 February – Charles Wilson, newspaper editor, politician, librarian (born 1857) 19 February – Ernest Lee, politician (born 1862) 17 March – Mary Gertrude Banahan, Roman Catholic nun, teacher (born ) April–June 5 April – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred