John Kent, cartoonist (born 1937) 22 April – Ian Marshall, association football player and coach (born 1942) 27 April – Albert Richards, athlete (born 1924) 29 April – Ron Barclay, politician (born 1914) 30 April – Possum Bourne, rally driver (born 1956) 5 May – Margaret Dalziel, English literature academic (born 1916) 12 May – Stan Lay, athlete (born 1906) 24 May Neil Cherry, environmental scientist (born 1946) Kaarene Fitzgerald, advocate for study and treatment of sudden infant death (born 1944) 28 May – Phil Holloway, politician (born 1917) 29 May Joanna Paul, visual artist, poet, filmmaker (born 1945) Sina Woolcott, artist (born 1907) 2 June – Kenneth Maddock, anthropology academic (born 1937) 5 June – Alister Abernethy, trade unionist, politician and public servant (born 1920) 9 June – Jack Henry, silviculturist and businessman (born 1917) 12 June – Monty Monteith, clergyman (born 1904) 14 June – Joyce Powell, cricketer (born 1922) 15 June – David Holt, association footballer (born 1952) 20 June – Thomas Freeman, cricketer (born 1923) July–September 6 July – Peter Howden, cricketer (born 1911) 13 July – Lin Colling, rugby union player, coach and administrator (born 1946) 20 July – Bill Schaefer, field hockey player (born 1925) 21 July – John Davies, athlete (born 1938) 24 July – Dame Ella Campbell, botanist (born 1910) 25 July – Joan Talbot, fashion designer and retailer (born 1927) 30 July – Agnes Ell, cricketer (born 1917) 3 August – Joyce Macdonald, swimmer (born 1922) 7 August – Mike Hinge, illustrator and graphic designer (born 1931) 8 August – Allan McCready, politician (born 1916) 9 August Rex Challies, cricketer (born 1924) Corran McLachlan, chemical engineer, entrepreneur (born 1944) 12 August – Alan McLean, cricketer (born 1911) 22 August – Dorothea Anne Franchi, pianist, harpist, music educator and composer (born 1920) 27 August – Mick Connelly, politician (born 1916) 2 September – Dame Ann Ballin, clinical psychologist, victims' rights advocate and disabilities campaigner (born 1932) 5 September – Sir Richard Harrison, politician (born 1921) 7 September David Spence, mathematician (born 1926) Merv Wellington, politician (born 1940) 11 September – Frances King, cricketer (born 1980) 15 September – Anthony Treadwell, architect (born 1922) 19 September Max Brown, writer (born 1916) Adrian Shelford, rugby league player (born 1964) 23 September – Dennis McEldowney, writer and editor (born 1926) 25 September – Bill Wolfgramm, musician (born 1925) October–December 3 October Lyall Barry, swimmer (born