2008 in New Zealand - Deaths

Deaths

  • 1 January: Joan Dingley, mycologist
  • 4 January: Bert Walker, former National Party politician, minister.
  • 10 January: George Laking, diplomat and public servant.
  • 11 January: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and first person to climb Mount Everest.
  • 16 January: Hone Tuwhare, poet.
  • 12 February: Ron Chippindale, Chief Inspector of Accidents
  • 19 February: Barry Barclay, Māori film-maker
  • 21 March: Merv Wallace, cricketer and test match captain.
  • 6 April: Tony Davies, All Blacks rugby union player
  • 11 April: Fraser Colman, former Labour Party politician, minister.
  • 12 April: Dame Augusta Wallace, former judge, first woman District Court judge.
  • 5 June: Colin Kay, Mayor of Auckland and New Zealand triple jump champion.
  • 25 August: Hardwicke Knight, Otago historian.
  • 7 September: Sir Hamish Hay, Mayor of Christchurch from 1974 to 1989.
  • 8 September: Ron Guthrey, Mayor of Christchurch from 1968 to 1971.
  • 13 September: Duncan Laing, swimming coach, trainer of 11 Olympic athletes.
  • 13 September: Sue Garden-Bachop, women's rugby international player and administrator.
  • 25 September: Brian Donnelly, politician and diplomat.
  • 2 October: Rob Guest, actor and singer.
  • 29 October: John Darwin, mathematician and statistician
  • 8 November: Hedley Howarth, Test cricketer.
  • 27 November: Mike Minogue, Hamilton ex-Mayor and MP
  • 13 December" John Drake, All Black.
  • 24 December: Ian Ballinger, Olympic bronze medal-winning shooter.

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