Albert Rowland, race walker (born 1885) 25 July – Richard Travis, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1884) 30 July – Alexander Hatrick, merchant, shipowner, tourist entrepreneur, politician, mayor of Wanganui (1897–1904) (born 1857) 31 July – Henry Suter, zoologist (born 1841) 20 August William Campbell, Presbyterian minister (born 1840) Richard Meredith, politician (born 1843) 24 August – Samuel Forsyth, soldier, VIctoria Cross recipient (born 1891) 25 August – Jack Arnst, racing cyclist (born 1883) 4 September – Robert Fletcher, politician (born 1863) 6 September – Elizabeth Yates, first female mayor in the British Empire (born 1845) 8 September – Tony Foster, school principal and inspector, university lecturer (born 1853) 11 September – Ernie Dodd, rugby union player (born 1880) 13 September – Henry Okey, politician (born 1857) 14 September – Charles Macintosh, rugby union player, politician, mayor of Timaru (1901–02) (born 1869) 22 September – Joseph Joel Hammond, aviator (born 1886) 29 September George McMurtry, chemical engineer, mining manager, orchardist (born 1867) Lawrence Weathers, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1890) October–December 23 October – Henry James Nicholas, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1891) 29 October – Charles Adams, surveyor, astronomer, public servant (born 1840) 1 November – Albert Gourlay, Australian rules footballer (born 1881) 5 November – Jimmy Ridland, rugby union player (born 1882) 6 November – George Stephenson, auctioneer, rugby player, impresario (born 1874) 11 November – Andrew Rutherford, politician (born 1842) 13 November – Alfred Hindmarsh, politician (born 1860) 15 November – Iraia Te Whaiti, farmer, Ngāti Kahungunu leader and historian (born 1861) 16 November – Ned Sale, cricketer (born 1883) 17 November – Helen Smith, clothing manufacturer and retailer (born 1873) 18 November – David Buick, politician (born 1848) 21 November – William Gibbes, cricketer (born 1880) 23 November – Michael Verdon, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1838) 28 November – Margaret Cruickshank, doctor (born 1873) 29 November – Heremia Te Wake, Te Rarawa leader, catechist (born 1830s) 8 December – Margaret Burn, school teacher and principal (born 1825) 10 December – Francis Petre, architect (born 1847) 12 December – Louis Steele, artist and engraver (born 1842) 18 December – Jim Gilmour, rugby league player (born 1881) 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