Howard-Smith, broadcaster. 27 October: John Steel, swimmer 16 December: Angela Bloomfield, actress 18 December: Julian Arahanga, actor 20 December: Jonathan Wyatt, long-distance runner Veeshayne Armstrong, television presenter. (in Britain): Warwick Murray, academic. (in Hong Kong): Jack Yan, publisher, designer and businessman Deaths March 2 March – Billy Wallace, rugby player and All Black (born 1878) 4 March – Major-General Sir Harold Barrowclough, former chief justice (born 1894) April 14 April – Bert Hawthorne, motor racing driver (born 1943) July 10 July – Charles Bowden, politician (born 1886) August 8 August – Agnes Weston, politician (MLC) (born 1879) September 8 September – Harold Temple White, music teacher, conductor, organist and composer (born 1881) October 5 October – Jim Barclay, politician (born 1882) 8 October – Laurie Brownlie, rugby player and All Black (born 1899) 20 October – John Pascoe, photographer and mountaineer (born 1908) 22 October – James K. Baxter, poet (born 1926) December 11 December – John Mills, cricketer (born 1905) 26 December – Ronald Hugh Morrieson, writer (born 1922) References See also 1972 in science 1972 in Australia History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand