Deaths
- 4 February: Sir David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand 1980-1985.
- 27 February: Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality.
- 4 March: Dr Herb Green, medical specialist.
- 10 April: Nyree Dawn Porter, actor.
- 11 April: Thaddeus McCarthy, judge.
- 20 April: Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer.
- April: Trevor de Cleene, politician.
- 2 June: Kenneth Hayr, air marshal.
- 6 June: Douglas Lilburn, composer.
- 8 July: John O'Shea, director.
- 9 July: Rosemary, Lady Firth, ethnologist.
- 25 July: Alan Kirton, agricultural scientist.
- 27 July: Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, auto racing driver.
- 8 August: Peter Sinclair, Radio and television host.
- 21 September: Andrew Bradfield, computer programmer.
- 23 September: Allen Curnow, poet and journalist.
- 6 December: Peter Blake, yachtsman.
- 20 December: Dame Miraka Szászy, Māori leader.
- Bill Pratney, cyclist.
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