2011 in New Zealand - Deaths

Deaths

  • 12 February
    • Kevin Barry, Sr., boxing coach (born 1936)
    • Frank Whitten, actor (born 1942)
  • 15 February – Dame Judith Binney, historian and author (born 1940)
  • 22 February
    • Jo Giles, television personality and sportswoman (born 1950)
    • Amanda Hooper, field hockey representative (born 1980)
  • 13 March – Ritchie Pickett, country singer (born 1955)
  • 30 March – Denis McLean, diplomat, academic, author and civil servant (born 1930)
  • 10 April – Don Merton, conservationist (born 1939)
  • 20 April – Kerry Smith, actress and broadcaster (born 1953)
  • 24 April – Colin Snedden, cricketer (born 1918)
  • 3 May – Paul Ackerley, hockey player and coach (born 1949)
  • 12 June – Geoffrey Fisken, World War II flying ace (born 1916)
  • 1 July – Harold Nelson, Olympic runner (born 1923)
  • 16 July – Dame Katerina Mataira, educator and Maori language proponent, co-founder of Kura Kaupapa Māori (born 1932)
  • 19 July – Roy Meehan, Olympic wrestler (born 1931)
  • 20 July – Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, politician, longest-serving female member of the House of Representatives (1967–1996) (born 1932)
  • 14 August – Paul Reeves, Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990) (born 1932)
  • 21 August – Christine Cole Catley, journalist, publisher and author (born 1922)
  • 24 August – Graeme Moody, sports broadcaster (born 1951)
  • 2 September – Allan Hubbard, businessman (born 1928)
  • 4 September – Dana Wilson, rugby league player (born 1983)
  • 22 September - Whatumoana Paki, Maori elder, husband of Te Atairangikaahu and father of Tuheitia Paki (b. ?)
  • 30 September – Alexander Grant, ballet dancer (born 1925)
  • 1 October – Len Castle, potter (born 1924)
  • 13 October – Chris Doig, opera singer and sports administrator (born 1948)
  • 23 October – Sir Frank Holmes, economist and government advisor (born 1924)
  • 28 October – Roger Kerr, businessman and political campaigner, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable (born 1945)
  • 30 October – Richard Walls, politician and businessman, former MP for Dunedin North (1975–78), former Mayor of Dunedin (1989–95) (born 1937)
  • 6 November – Allan Peachey, politician, MP for Tāmaki (2005–11) (born 1949)
  • 12 November – Gavin Bornholdt, Olympic sailor (1976) (born 1947)
  • 19 November
    • David Bolstad, champion woodchopper (b. c. 1969)
    • Russell Garcia, composer (born 1916)
  • 4 December – Alamein Kopu, politician, former MP (1996–1999) (born 1943)
  • 15 December
    • Jason Richards, motor racing driver (born 1976)
    • Carmen Rupe, transsexual entertainer (born 1936)
  • 16 December – Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, Māori leader (born 1931)

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