April 9, 2020 Te Huirangi Waikerepuru New Zealand trade unionist and Māori language activist Died on Thursday April 9th 2020 More from New ZealandKenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of JusticeMark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseGeoff Stedman New Zealand physicist, Hector Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand dead at age 83Carla Van Zon New Zealand artistic director dead at age 74Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69Mark Carrington New Zealand cricketer dead at age 64Ned New Zealand snail diesCleighten Cornelius New Zealand cricketer and winemaker, myeloma dead at age 49Peter Lynn New Zealand engineer and kite maker, cancer dead at age 79Sir Alan Frampton New Zealand agricultural economist dead at age 96More from April 8, 2020Daniel BernardJunzo SekineAndrzej AdamiakJaroslava BrychtováMort DruckerJackie du PreezLuďa KlusákováPaul LambertHenri MadelinShimon Okshtein Tags 08 April 2020 2020-04-08 April 2020 April 8 New Zealand Other Te Waikerepuru ←Charlotte Figi Chynna Rogers→