August – Ben Tameifuna, rugby union player September 2 September – Adam Henry, rugby league player 4 September – Chevannah Paalvast, basketball player 5 September – Nepia Fox-Matamua, rugby union player 9 September – Adam Ling, rower 11 September – Rebecca Sinclair, snowboarder 13 September – Lee Allan, rugby union player 14 September – Ryan De Vries, association footballer 16 September – Luke Rowe, association footballer 19 September – Owen Ivins, cricketer 23 September – Cardiff Vaega, rugby union player 26 September – Look Who's Talking, thoroughbred racehorse 29 September – Stefi Luxton, snowboarder October 5 October – Gareth Kean, swimmer 7 October – Stefan Marinovic, association footballer 12 October – Nabil Sabio Azadi, artist 15 October – Mandy Boyd, lawn bowls player 19 October – Michael Allardice, rugby union player 22 October – Levi Sherwood, freestyle motocross rider 26 October – Blair Soper, cricketer 27 October – Il Vicolo, standardbred racehorse 28 October – Duane Bailey, basketballer 29 October – Parris Goebel, dancer, choreographer and actor 31 October – Charles Piutau, rugby union player November 5 November – Marco Rojas, association footballer 6 November – Matt Faddes, rugby union player 10 November - Ben Wheeler, cricketer 11 November – Kate Broadmore, cricketer 13 November – David Light, boxer 15 November – Henry Nicholls, cricketer 20 November – Tim Simona, rugby league player 21 November – Peni Terepo, rugby league player 22 November – Michael Vink, cyclist 24 November – Richie Stanaway, motor racing driver 27 November – Brooke Duff, singer-songwriter December 1 December – Richard Moore, motor racing driver 3 December – Jarrod Firth, rugby union player 7 December Samantha Charlton, field hockey player Chris Wood, association footballer 11 December – Kahurangi Taylor, beauty pageant contestant 13 December – Ruby Tui, rugby sevens player 14 December Ben Henry, rugby league player Matt Henry, cricketer 22 December – Paul Alo-Emile, rugby union player Exact date unknown Holly Cassidy, beauty pageant contestant Annah Mac, singer-songwriter Deaths January–March 4 January – Vernon Sale, cricketer (born 1915) 12 February – Norman Fisher, boxer (born 1916) 17 February – Fuzz Barnes, political activist (born 1902) 18 February – Elizabeth Lissaman, potter (born 1901) 9 March – Esther Blackie, cricketer (born 1916) 14 March – Emily Carpenter, consumer advocate (born 1917) 17 March – Peter Gordon, politician (born 1921) 21 March – William Ditchfield, cricketer (born 1903) 28 March – Henry Field, educational psychologist (born