Deaths
- 4 January: Robert Howard White, politician.
- 19 January: Geoff Rabone, cricketer.
- 1 February: Bryce Harland, diplomat.
- 2 March: Peter Snow, doctor who discovered "Tapanui flu".
- 8 March: Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes, pioneering heart surgeon.
- 23 April: Johnny Checketts, WWII flying ace.
- 30 May: David Lloyd, botanist.
- 11 June: Neroli Fairhall, Olympic archer.
- 7 July: John Money, psychologist and sexologist.
- 15 August: Te Atairangi Kaahu, the Māori Queen.
- 30 August: Lord Cooke of Thorndon, jurist.
- 19 September: Hugh Kawharu, Māori academic and Ngāti Whātua leader.
- 29 September: Walter Hadlee, cricketer.
- 8 October: Mark Porter, V8 Supercar driver.
- 6 December: John Feeney, documentary film director.
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