HomeJanuary 2017New-ZealandDame Laurie January 29, 2017 Dame Laurie Salas New Zealand women’s rights and peace activist Died on Sunday January 29th 2017 More from New ZealandTamati Reedy, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player, and public servant, dies at age 89Arthur Lewis, public figure, dies at age 84Alan Morton, Australian rugby union player, dies at age 91Kenneth Keith, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of Justice, dies at age 88Mark Smythe, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, dies of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseGeoff Stedman, New Zealand physicist, Hector Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, dies at age 83Carla Van Zon, New Zealand artistic director, dies at age 74Adrienne Staples, New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, dies at age 69Mark Carrington, New Zealand cricketer, dies at age 64Ned, New Zealand snail, diesMore from January 29, 2017Malcolm Peat, Canadian academic, dies at age 84Charles LeMaistre, American academic administrator, dies at age 92Bernie Brown, New Zealand fighter pilot, dies at age 99Stuart Timmons, American gay historian and activist, dies at age 60Edgar Britt, Australian jockey, dies at age 103Leon Katz, American playwright, dies at age 97Kazem Afrandnia, Iranian actor, dies at age 71Umar Anggara Jenie, Indonesian scientist, dies at age 66Yuji Ijiri, Japanese-born American accounting academic, dies at age 81U Ko Ni, Myanma lawyer, dies Tags 2017-01-29 29 January 2017 Dame January 2017 January 29 New Zealand Other Salas ←Kazem Afrandnia Umar Anggara Jenie→