Walsh, association football player (born 1924) 12 May – Owen Wilkes, peace campaigner (born 1940) 20 May – Jack Dodd, physics academic (born 1922) 23 May – Roderick Wright, Scottish Roman Catholic bishop (born 1940) 29 May – Admiral Sir Gordon Tait, naval officer (born 1921) June 12 June – Sonja Davies, trade unionist, peace campaigner and politician (born 1923) 14 June – Sir Tom Clark, industrialist, yachting patron (born 1916) 17 June – Jonathan Elworthy, politician (born 1936) 20 June – Arthur Hughes, rugby union player, businessman, horse racing administrator (born 1924) 21 June – Larry Sutherland, politician (born 1951) July 4 July – Theo de Lange, air force officer (born 1914) 11 July Sir John Kennedy-Good, politician, mayor of Lower Hutt (1970–86) (born 1915) Hugh Sheridan, boxer (born 1920) 13 July – June Chamberlain, long jumper (born 1933) 14 July – J. B. Trapp, history academic (born 1925) 15 July – Dick Haggie, rugby league player (born 1933) 21 July – Nick Unkovich, lawn bowler (born 1923) 24 July – John Drawbridge, artist (born 1930) 25 July – Tūngia Baker, actor, weaver (born 1939) 30 July – Jack McLean, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1923) August 1 August – Peter Turner, photographer and writer (born 1947) 5 August – Roy Scott, cricketer (born 1917) 8 August – Bob Binning, fencer (born 1935) 13 August – David Lange, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984–89) (born 1942) 15 August – Dame Evelyn Stokes, historical geography academic, Waitangi Tribunal member (born 1936) 16 August – Kevin Smith, conservationist (born 1953) 29 August – Jack Luxton, dairy farmer, politician (born 1923) September 29 September Victor du Chateau, cricketer (born 1911) Bruce Stewart, television scriptwriter (born 1925) October 4 October – John Falloon, politician (born 1942) 14 October – Peter Brown, artist November 6 November – Rod Donald, politician, co-leader of the Green Party (born 1957) 9 November – Tama Poata, actor, filmmaker, human rights activist (born 1936) 10 November – Kristian Fredrikson, stage and costume designer (born 1940) 20 November – Bob Rudd, New Zealand's last resident World War I veteran (born 1901) 29 November Mick Holland, speedway rider (born 1918) Stan Russell, politician, mayor of Nelson (1956–62) (born 1906) December 1 December – Ray Hanna, pilot, leader of RAF Red Arrows display team (born 1928) 4 December Errol Brathwaite, writer (born 1924) Joan Donley, midwife (born 1916) 7