Deaths
- 16 January Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.
- 13 February: Curly Page, cricketer.
- 4 August: Cecil Burke, cricketer.
- 14 October: John Rangihau, academic and leader of Tuhoe iwi.
- 27 December: Rewi Alley, writer and member of the Communist Party of China.
- Alfred E. Allen, politician.
- Johnnie Hoskins, motorcycle speedway pioneer.
- Norman Jones, politician.
- Colin McCahon, artist.
- Dennis Rogers, mayor of Hamilton.
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