Deaths
- 25 January: Dennis Smith, cricketer.
- 24 April: Garnet Hercules Mackley, businessman and politician.
- 19 May: Leonard Trent, RNZAF pilot and Victoria Cross winner.
- 27 June: George Nepia, rugby player.
- 10 August: Don McRae, cricketer and soccer player.
- 25 September: Geoff Alley, rugby player, National Librarian.
- Joe Bootham, painter.
- Peter Mahon, Queen's Counsel, judge.
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