Births
- 3 January: Robert Oliver, road and track cyclist
- 5 January: Matt Robson, politician
- 26 February: Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1999–2008
- 6 April: Muriel Newman, politician
- 29 April: Paul Holmes, radio and television broadcaster
- 24 May: Allison Durbin, singer
- 13 June: Pete Hodgson, politician
- 17 June: Lee Tamahori, film director
- 24 June: David Aspin, wrestler
- 1 August: John Britten, engineer and inventor
- 12 August: Ken Shirley, politician
- 26 September: Andy Haden, rugby player
- 9 November: Parekura Horomia, politician
- 10 December: Simon Owen, golfer
- 13 December: Ruth Richardson, politician
- (in Hungary): George Baloghy, painter
- David Benson-Pope, politician
- Godwin Bradbeer, painter
- Alan Duff, writer
- Stephen Franks, politician and political commentator
- David Henderson, businessman
- Greg McGee, screenwriter and playwright
- John McKinnon, diplomat and public servant
- Judith Mayhew, lawyer and academic
- Stephen Parke, physicist
- Kura Te Waru Rewiri, painter
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