Evans, exploration geologist (born 1912) 13 November – Stewart Guthrie, police officer (born 1948) 15 November – Oswald Denison, rower (born 1905) 18 November – Murray Ashby, rower (born 1931) 22 November James Barron, cricketer (born 1900) Noel Chambers, swimmer (born 1923) 25 November – Ernest Duncan, mathematician (born 1916) 27 November – Joan Wood, educationalist and music teacher (born 1909) December 14 December – Sam Cusack, community character (born 1919) 17 December – Frank Hutchison, cricketer (born 1897) 18 December – Greta Stevenson, mycologist (born 1911) 24 December – Alex O'Shea, farming leader (born 1902) 25 December Viola Bell, sports administrator, community leader (born 1897) Warwick Snedden, cricketer (born 1920) Exact date unknown Bruce Campbell, lawyer, politician, jurist (born 1916) See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References External links New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand