umpire and administrator 28 April – Ans Westra, photographer 29 April – Peter Atkins, Anglican bishop May 1 May – Glenys Arthur, neurologist 3 May – Raymond Hawthorne, theatre director 6 May Pat Walsh, rugby union player and selector Cliff Whiting, artist, heritage advocate 7 May – Kenneth Ferries, cricketer 8 May – Ruia Morrison, tennis player 29 May – Murray Mills, Anglican bishop 30 May – Roy Harford, cricketer June 2 June – James Wright, cricketer 3 June – Colin Meads, rugby union player 4 June – Robert Kelly, cricketer 6 June – Precious McKenzie, weightlifter 16 June – Graeme Barrow, author 18 June – Denny Hulme, racing driver 21 June – Colin Nicholson, lawyer, judge 23 June – Richard Johnstone, cyclist, cycling coach 30 June – Peter Bloomfield, cricketer July 1 July Jonathan Elworthy, politician Jim Savage, athlete 16 July Tamati Reedy, rugby union player, public servant, academic Rob Storey, farmers' leader, politician 23 July – Graham Buist, cricketer 24 July – Thomas O'Neil, cricketer 28 July – Donald Eagle, cyclist 31 July – Mike Watt, sport shooter August 1 August – Elizabeth McRae, actor 5 August – Bruce Stewart, playwright 7 August – Joy Cowley, author 8 August – David Penman, Anglican archbishop 10 August – Marilyn Pryor, anti-abortion activist 13 August Bob Graham, rugby union player and coach George Newton, weightlifter 15 August Hamish Keith, writer, art curator Trevor Moffitt, artist J. B. Munro, politician, disability advocate 19 August – Norman Woods, cricketer 20 August – Kevin Briscoe, rugby union player 23 August – John Stopford, rugby league player September 1 September – Selwyn Cushing, businessman 7 September – Alistair Soper, rugby union player 9 September – Dorothy Grover, philosopher 10 September Howard Carter, Pentacostal Christian leader Michael Corballis, psychologist Michael Hartshorn, organic chemist Bill Massey, softball player, coach and umpire 14 September – Robert Page, rowing coxswain 17 September – Barry Dineen, cricketer, rugby union player, businessman 18 September – Margaret Belcher, literary scholar 20 September – Murray McEwan, cricketer 21 September – Peter McLeavey, art dealer October 4 October – Graham Davy, athlete, sports administrator 10 October Artie Dick, cricketer Carmen Rupe, drag performer, brothel keeper, LGBT rights activist 20 October – Jim Gerard, politician 23 October – Barry Sinclair, cricketer 31 October – Reuben Ngata, parasports competitor November 6 November – Elva Simpson, netball player 9 November – Graham Hamer, rugby union coach