William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping (born 1846) 19 July – Sir Walter Buchanan. politician (born 1838) 25 July – Lawrence Birks, electrical engineer (born 1874) 10 August – Edward Wakefield, politician (born 1845) 19 August – Alfred Baldey, politician (born 1836) 17 September – Richard Vincent, cricketer (born 1846) 19 September – Sir John Salmond, legal academic, public servant, jurist (born 1862) 27 September – Thomson Leys, journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor, philanthropist (born 1850) October–December 18 October – Walter Mason, cricketer (born 1847) 23 October – Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa, politician (born 1842) 13 November – Charles Boxshall, cricketer (born 1862) 27 November – Joseph Grimmond, politician (born 1843) 15 December – Paratene Ngata, Ngāti Porou leader, politician (born 1849) 19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850) 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 Years of the 20th century in New Zealand