February – Irving Sayles, vaudeville entertainer (born 1872) 25 February – John Scott, medical academic, artist (born 1851) 28 February – Ann Boyce, herbalist (born 1827) 2 March – Mohi Tūrei, Ngāti Porou leader, Anglican minister, carver, haka composer (born 1830) 18 March – Edwin Blake, politician (born 1830) 20 March – Henry Goulstone, banker, magistrate (born 1836) 10 June – Carbine, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1885) July–December 6 July – Charles Carter, Baptist missionary (born 1828) 21 July – John Blair Whyte, politician (born 1840) 30 July – Helen Gibb, farmer, accommodation-house keeper (born 1838) 16 August – Caroline Freeman, school teacher (born 1856) 18 August – Thomas Young Duncan, politician (born 1836) 25 August – William McLean, politician, New Zealand's first motor car owner (born 1845) Patrick O'Reilly, Roman Catholic priest, educationalist (born 1843) 2 September – John Carruthers, civil engineer, economic theorist (born 1836) 29 September – Thomas Fergus, politician (born 1850) Maria Atkinson, community leader (born 1824) Matthew Green, politician (born 1840) 1 October – Richard Barcham Shalders, Baptist preacher, founder of YMCA in New Zealand (born 1824) 14 October – Walter Symes, politician (born 1852) 17 October – Kennedy Macdonald, politician (born 1847) 25 November – John Blair, businessman, politician, educational administrator (born 1843) 30 November – John Shand, university professor (born 1834) 21 December – William Montgomery, politician (born 1821) 25 December – James Gow Black, chemist, mineralogist (born 1835) Full date unknown Matutaera Nihoniho, a Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, storekeeper and assessor (born 1850) 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