player. 6 May – Eric Murray, rower, Olympic gold medallist (2012 London) 13 May – Mika Vukona, basketball player. 16 May – Jonathan Duncan, swimmer. 21 May – Ma'a Nonu, rugby union player. 22 June – Stu Mills, cricketer. July to December 1 July – James Pritchett, football (soccer) player. 4 July – Jeff Lima, rugby league player. 6 July – Jeremy Yates, cyclist. 15 July – Neemia Tialata, rugby union player. 17 July – Eve van Grafhorst. 24 July – Anna Paquin, actress. 4 August – Juliette Haigh, rower, Olympic bronze medallist (2012 London) 15 August – Jason Eaton, rugby union player. 30 August – Russell Ward, skeleton racer. 7 September – Krystal Forgesson, field hockey player. 16 September – Lizzy Igasan, field hockey defender. 29 September – Joline Henry, netball player. 11 October – Cameron Knowles, football (soccer) player. 14 November – Sailosi Tagicakibau, Samoan rugby player 17 November – Hollie Smith, singer-songwriter. :Category:1982 births Deaths 3 January 1982: Bernard O'Brien, philosopher and theologian. 18 February: Dame Ngaio Marsh writer and director. 1 March: Frank Gill, Air Commodore, politician. 1 March: Frank Sargeson, writer. 24 May: William Sheat, politician. 4 March (in London): Dorothy Eden, novelist. 29 April: Ray Boord, politician. 9 June (in Canada): Richard St. Barbe Baker, silviculturist and conservationist. 11 June: Sir Valdemar Skellerup, industrialist. 13 June: John A. Lee politician and writer. 15 July: Don Beard, cricketer. 2 September: Clive Hulme, Victoria Cross winner. 19 September: Ted Badcock, cricketer. 8 October: Cora Wilding, physiotherapist and artist. 14 October: Andrew Davidson, educationalist 1 November (in Canada): Eric Arthur, architect. 22 November (in Majorca, Spain): Jean Batten aviator. 2 December: Sir Robert Macfarlane, politician. 18 December: Ray Emery, cricketer. 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 References External links New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand