Jack Wilson, rugby union player 4 December – Buxton Popoali'i, rugby union player 7 December – Ria Percival, association footballer 8 December Jono Lester, motor racing driver Jesse Sene-Lefao, rugby league player 14 December – Amini Fonua, swimmer 15 December David Ambler, track athlete Ian Hogg, association footballer 20 December – Leeson Ah Mau, rugby league player 21 December – Ashley Smallfield, water polo player 22 December – Josh Junior, sailor 29 December – Michael Stanley, rugby union player Exact date unknown Ben Sanders, crime writer Owen Walker, computer hacker Deaths January–March 8 January – Giovanni Cataldo, fisherman, search & rescue organiser (born 1927) 21 January – Tiny Leys, rugby union player (born 1907) 22 January – Fred Ladd, aviator (born 1908) 29 January – Seton Otway, racehorse owner and breeder (born 1894) 2 February Harry Highet, engineer, designer of the P-class yacht (born 1892) Sir Arnold Nordmeyer, politician (born 1901) 9 February – Bill Dalley, rugby union player and administrator (born 1901) 13 February – Archie Strang. rugby union player (born 1906) 15 February – Hōri Ngata, lexicographer, local-body politician (born 1919) 20 February – Stuart Black, athlete (born 1908) 24 February – Leila Hurle, educator, school inspector (born 1901) 4 March Harold Miller, librarian, historian (born 1898) Randolph Rose, athlete (born 1901) 7 March – Nevile Lodge, cartoonist (born 1918) 8 March – Alf Budd, rugby union player (born 1922) April–June 2 April – Sir James Henare, soldier, Ngāpuhi leader (born 1911) 6 April – Marjorie Chambers, nurse, nursing tutor and administrator (born 1906) 13 April – Frank Hofmann, photographer, musician (born 1916) 22 April Mary Campbell, librarian, Quaker (born 1907) Vi Farrell, cricketer (born 1913) 23 April – Rupert Worker, cricketer (born 1896) 30 April – Nelson Dalzell, rugby union player (born 1921) 2 May – Freddie French, rugby league player (born 1911) 5 May – Dame Sister Mary Leo, music teacher (born 1895) 13 May – Sir Lance Cross, basketball player, sports administrator and broadcaster (born 1912) 4 June – Vernon Cracknell, politician (born 1912) 12 June – Cath Vautier, netball player, coach and administrator (born 1902) 26 June – Earle Riddiford, lawyer and mountaineer (born 1921) July–September 1 July Eric Holland, politician (born 1921) Olga Sansom, botanist, broadcaster, museum director (born 1900) 15 July – Jack Scholes, sailor (born 1917) 14 August – Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, politician, mayor of Auckland (1968–80) (born 1901) 28 August