Deaths
- 12 April: Clark McConachy, snooker and billiards player.
- 15 May: Len Lye, sculptor, artist, writer and film-maker.
- 2 August: Verdun Scott, cricketer.
- 9 August: Denis Glover, poet and publisher.
- 28 November: Air Commodore Keith Caldwell MC DFC, WWI flying ace.
- 28 November: Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae, Governor-General.
- 5 December: Don Taylor, cricketer.
- Norman Shelton, politician.
- Logan Sloane, politician.
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