– Campbell Pithie, cyclist 30 October – Caleb Muntz, rugby union player 9 November Tiarn Collins, snowboarder St Reims, Thoroughbred racehorse 10 November – Matthew Fisher, cricketer 16 November – Moeaki Fotuaika, rugby league player 17 November – Ronaldo Mulitalo, rugby league player 18 November – Rachin Ravindra, cricketer 29 November – Bobbi Gichard, swimmer 5 December – William Stedman, athlete 12 December – Jakob Bhula, cricketer 19 December – Elsu, Standardbred racehorse 20 December – Cullen Grace, rugby union player 30 December George Congreve, speedway rider Hazel Ouwehand, swimmer 31 December Ellesse Andrews, racing cyclist Reid Walker, actor Undated Keegan Smith, association footballer Grace Stratton, blogger, fashion entrepreneur Deaths January–March 5 January – Michael Hirschfeld, businessman, politician (born 1944) 17 January – Alister Hopkinson, rugby union player and coach (born 1941) 20 January – Martyn Finlay, politician (born 1912) 16 February – Don Hayward, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1925) 8 March – Barney Clarke, boxer (born 1927) 19 March – Freda Stark, dancer (born 1910) 28 March – Doody Townley, harness-racing driver (born 1925) April–June 13 April – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player (born 1924) 19 April – Doug Dillon, jurist (born 1924) 28 April – Harold Wellman, geologist (born 1909) 29 April – Barbara Bevege, cricketer (born 1942) 30 April – Bruce Jesson, journalist, republican activist, politician (born 1944) 9 May – Jeff Whittington, murder victim (born 1985) 12 May – Dan Walls, theoretical physics academic (born 1942) 17 May – Chris Corne, linguist (born 1942) 21 May – Yvonne Lawley, actor (born 1913) 22 May – Maxwell Fernie, organist, music teacher and conductor (born 1910) 10 June – SIr Leonard Thornton, army officer (born 1916) 12 June – Gerry Clark, sailer, writer, ornithologist (born 1927) 25 June – Bill Rapson, chemist (born 1912) July–September 5 July – Keith Bagley, rugby union player (born 1931) Len Butterfield, cricketer (born 1913) 22 July – Syd Jensen, motorcycle racer, motor racing driver (born 1922) 24 July – Rona McKenzie, cricketer (born 1922) 2 August – Charles Rappolt, politician (born 1939) 9 August – Les Riley, cricketer (born 1948) 10 August – Jens Hansen, jeweller (born 1940) 12 August – Wilfrid Kalaugher, athlete, cricketer, school teacher (born 1904) 23 August – Frank Tredrea, cyclist (born 1920) 24 August – Peter Mann, Anglican bishop (born 1924) 31 August – Sylvia Potts, middle-distance athlete (born 1943) 1 September – Joe Genet,