Deaths From New Zealand
Max Cryer
New Zealand television host and author · 25 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 25
Gary Woollard
New Zealand rugby league player (Wellington · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Greg Rowlands
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty · 14 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 14
Francis Mossman
New Zealand actor (Ruben Guthrie) · 14 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 14
Peter Whittle
New Zealand mathematician and statistican · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Louie Knuxx
New Zealand hip hop musician · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Sir David Levene
New Zealand businessman and philanthropist · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12 · Levene · Other
Mark Weedon
New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty · 08 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 8
Graham McRae
New Zealand former race car driver · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Kihi Ngatai
New Zealand Māori leader · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1 · Other
Bruce Watt
New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury · 19 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 19
Philip Sherry
New Zealand newsreader and politician · 17 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 17
George Petersen
New Zealand biochemist · 16 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 16 · Other
Betty Gilderdale
British-born New Zealand children's author · 12 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 12
Ngaire Galloway
New Zealand Olympic swimmer (1948) · 08 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 8
John Osmers
New Zealand-born anti-apartheid activist and Anglican cleric · 17 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 17 · Other
Steve Mrkusic
New Zealand architect · 17 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 17 · Other
Dame Georgina Kirby
New Zealand Māori leader and women's advocate · 13 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 13 · Kirby · Other
Sir Eion Edgar
New Zealand businessman and philanthropist · 13 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 13 · Edgar · Other
Ron Sang
Fijian-born New Zealand architect and art collector · 13 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 13 · Other
Twink Allen
New Zealand-born British equine scientist · 09 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 9
Tilly Hirst
New Zealand netball player (national team) · 08 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 8
Les Rackley
British-born New Zealand boxing trainer · 02 June 2021 · June 2021 · June 2 · Other
Sister Loyola Galvin
New Zealand nun · 28 May 2021 · May 2021 · Galvin · May 28 · Other
Ross Taylor
New Zealand geochemist and planetary scientist · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26
Stuart Ross Taylor
New Zealand geochemist and planetary scientist · 26 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 26 · Taylor
Nan Kinross
New Zealand nurse and nursing academic · 18 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 18
David McPhail
New Zealand comedian and actor · 12 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 12
George Skudder
New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato · 10 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 10
Brian Corban
New Zealand buisinessman · 04 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 4 · Other
Margaret Forsyth
New Zealand netball player (national team) · 03 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 3
Steve McKean
American-born New Zealand basketball coach (national team) · 02 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 2 · Other
Leon van den Eijkel
Dutch-born New Zealand artist · 27 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 27 · Eijkel · Dutch · León
John da Silva
New Zealand boxer and wrestler · 14 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 14 · Silva
John Edgar
New Zealand sculptor and medallist · 04 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 4
Miriama Rauhihi-Ness
New Zealand Māori activist and social worker · 17 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 17 · Other
Francis Small
New Zealand civil engineer and scouting leader · 08 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 8 · Other
Dakota
New Zealand police dog and reality TV star (Dog Squad) · 21 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 21 · Other
Solomon Faine
New Zealand microbiologist · 09 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 9 · Other
Ben Te Haara
New Zealand Anglican bishop · 05 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 5 · Haara · Other
Bruce Taylor
New Zealand cricketer (national team) · 05 February 2021 · February 2021 · February 5
Peter Vere-Jones
New Zealand actor (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · 25 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 25
Bill Sheat
New Zealand lawyer and arts advocate · 21 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 21
Doug Bowden
New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts) · 20 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 20
Tom Prebble
New Zealand educationalist and university administrator (Massey University) · 20 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 20 · Other
Stewart McKnight
New Zealand cricketer and curler · 18 January 2021 · January 2021 · January 18
John Fulton Reid
New Zealand cricketer (Auckland) · 28 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 28 · Reid
Ed Nichols
British-born New Zealand Paralympic alpine skier (1980) · 18 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 18
Scott Bartlett
New Zealand business executive (Orcon · 14 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 14 · Other
Rose Pere
New Zealand educationalist and conservationist · 14 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 14 · Other
Mick Innes
New Zealand actor (Home and Away · 13 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 13
James Flynn
New Zealand intelligence researcher · 11 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 11
Malcolm Simpson
New Zealand Olympic cyclist (1952) · 09 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 9
Adrian Burr
New Zealand businessman (Chase Corporation) and philanthropist · 08 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 8 · Other
Gerard Stokes
New Zealand rugby league player (Workington Town · 07 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 7
Rufus Rehu
New Zealand musician (Quincy Conserve) · 22 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 22
Bones Hillman
New Zealand musician (Midnight Oil · 07 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 7
Trevor Malloch
New Zealand cricketer (Wellington) · 03 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 3
David Barnes
New Zealand America's Cup sailor · 22 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 22 · Other
Eddie Tonks
New Zealand sports administrator · 19 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 19 · Other
Guy Natusch
New Zealand architect · 01 October 2020 · October 2020 · October 1 · Other
Matiu Ratana
New Zealand-British police officer · 25 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 25 · Other
Max Merritt
New Zealand musician ("Slipping Away") · 24 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 24
Phil Kingsley Jones
Welsh-born New Zealand rugby union coach and player manager (Jonah Lomu) · 15 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 15 · Jones · Welsh
Nigel Te Hiko
New Zealand Māori historian (Ngāti Raukawa) · 15 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 15 · Hiko
Jane Soons
British-born New Zealand geomorphologist · 10 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 10 · Other
Sir Vaughan Jones
New Zealand mathematician (Jones polynomial) · 07 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 7
Cathleen Dalschaert
New Zealand-born American violinist (Philadelphia Orchestra) · 03 September 2020 · September 2020 · September 3
Megan Wraight
New Zealand landscape architect · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30 · Other
Ivan Keats
New Zealand Olympic long-distance runner (1964) · 30 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 30 · Iván