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"https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/06/Antonius_Agus_Sriyono.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonius_Agus_Sriyono" }, { "name": "Whatarangi Winiata dead at age 92, New Zealand Māori academic", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/whatarangi-winiata", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-06-03", "reported_date": "2026-06-03", "published_at": "2026-06-03T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand māori academic", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Whatarangi Winiata, New Zealand Māori academic.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatarangi_Winiata" }, { "name": "Sidney Moko Mead dead at age 99, New Zealand Māori anthropologist and historian", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sidney-moko-mead", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 99, "death_date": "2026-05-29", "reported_date": "2026-05-29", "published_at": "2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand māori anthropologist and historian", "artists", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Sidney Moko Mead, New Zealand Māori anthropologist and historian.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Sidney_Moko_Mead.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Moko_Mead" }, { "name": "Yoshiharu Yamaguchi dead at age 83, Japanese rugby union player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yoshiharu-yamaguchi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-29", "reported_date": "2026-05-29", "published_at": "2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "japanese rugby union player", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Japan", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, Japanese rugby union player.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiharu_Yamaguchi", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Stroke", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-stroke" } }, { "name": "Dame Jools Topp dead at age 68, New Zealand musician and comedian", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dame-jools-topp", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-05-23", "reported_date": "2026-05-23", "published_at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand musician and comedian", "actors", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Dame Jools Topp, New Zealand musician and comedian.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Jools_Topp.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jools_Topp", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Bob Andrews dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-andrews", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2025-06-14", "reported_date": "2025-06-14", "published_at": "2026-05-22T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Bob Andrews, the English-New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider who competed for Wimbledon Dons, Cradley Heathens and the New Zealand national team, died on May 22, 2026, aged 90. Born in Edmonton, London, on October 27, 1935, Andrews was capped 21 times by England, 12 times by Great Britain and 27 times by New Zealand. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956 to 1970, also representing California Poppies, Wolverhampton Wolves and Hackney Hawks. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship four times, in 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1964.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Andrews_(keyboardist)" }, { "name": "Tamati Reedy dead at age 89, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player, and public servant", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tamati-reedy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-05-21", "reported_date": "2026-05-21", "published_at": "2026-05-21T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Sir Tamati Reedy, a New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player and public servant, died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ruatoria in 1936, he served as secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs from 1983 to 1989, and was involved in the Māori loans affair during that period. In 1996 he became the foundation dean and professor of the School of Māori and Pacific Development at the University of Waikato, later serving as professor of Māori sustainable enterprise in the School of Management. He was knighted in 2011 for services to education.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Tamati_Reedy.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamati_Reedy" }, { "name": "Arthur Lewis dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/arthur-lewis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-20", "reported_date": "2026-05-20", "published_at": "2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "electrician", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Ireland", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Arthur Lewis, a Welsh rugby union player and electrician, died on May 20, 2026, aged 84. Born Arthur John Llewellyn Lewis in Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, on September 26, 1941, he played international rugby for Wales and toured New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions in 1971. At that time, he was playing club rugby for Ebbw Vale.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lewis_(rugby_union)" }, { "name": "Alan Morton dead at age 91, Australian rugby union player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alan-morton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-05-15", "reported_date": "2026-05-15", "published_at": "2026-05-15T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Alan Morton, an Australian rugby union player and leading sport scientist, died on May 15, 2026, aged 91. Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, on September 10, 1934, he attended Canberra High School. A winger, Morton was the top try scorer in Sydney first-grade rugby in 1955 with St. George and repeated the feat the following season with Randwick. He was capped 11 times for the Wallabies between 1957 and 1959 and was named one of \"The Five Best Players of the Year\" by the New Zealand Rugby Almanack in 1958 for his performances on that year’s tour of New Zealand.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Morton_(rugby_union)" }, { "name": "Kenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of Justice", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kenneth-keith", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-13", "reported_date": "2026-05-13", "published_at": "2026-05-13T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Kenneth Keith, a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2006 to 2015, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auckland on 19 November 1937, he was educated at Auckland Grammar School and studied law at the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington, earning Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees before continuing at Harvard Law School. He was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005 and served a nine-year term. In 1961, he married Jocelyn Margaret Buckett, and they had four children.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Keith" }, { "name": "Mark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mark-smythe", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "film", "television", "and choral composition", "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Mark Smythe died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 53 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was a New Zealand-born American composer known for Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, and The Reef: Stalked.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Smythe", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-atherosclerotic-cardiovascular-disease" } }, { "name": "Bill Smalley dead at age 83, New Zealand cricketer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-smalley-cricketer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "notices.nzherald.co.nz", "url": "https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/howard-smalley-obituary?id=61474607", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Howard Alfred Kendall Smalley" } ], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-05", "reported_date": "2026-05-05", "published_at": "2026-05-05T16:22:49+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand cricketer", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Bill Smalley, New Zealand cricketer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Smalley_(cricketer)" }, { "name": "Geoff Stedman dead at age 83, New Zealand physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/geoff-stedman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-03", "reported_date": "2026-05-03", "published_at": "2026-05-03T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand physicist", "fellow of the royal society of new zealand", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Geoff Stedman, New Zealand physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Stedman" }, { "name": "Frances Granger dead at age 80, New Zealand netball player and coach", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/frances-granger", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "deaths.press.co.nz", "url": "https://deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/name/frances-granger-obituary?id=61377220", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Frances Granger" } ], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-04-29", "reported_date": "2026-04-29", "published_at": "2026-04-29T16:31:01+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand netball player and coach", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Frances Granger, New Zealand netball player and coach.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Frances_Granger_p1655990.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Granger" }, { "name": "Carla Van Zon dead at age 74, Artistic director", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carla-van-zon", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-04-29", "reported_date": "2026-04-29", "published_at": "2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artistic director", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Carla Van Zon, a New Zealand artistic director, died on April 29, 2026, aged 74. Born Carla Marja Olga van Zon in Te Atatū on January 20, 1952, she worked on international opportunities for New Zealand artists at Creative New Zealand before becoming artistic director of the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington in 1996. From 2013, she served as artistic director of the Auckland Arts Festival, where she commissioned works including the opera The Bone Feeder. Van Zon retired from the Auckland Arts Festival in 2017 after being diagnosed with kidney disease in 2016. She received an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, the NEXT Woman of the Year: Arts & Culture award, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Otago.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Carla_Van_Zon.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Van_Zon" }, { "name": "Richard Neutze dead at age 56, New Zealand biophysicist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/richard-neutze", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "gu.se", "url": "https://www.gu.se/en/chemistry-molecular-biology/in-memoriam-richard-neutze", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "In memoriam Richard Neutze" } ], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-04-28", "reported_date": "2026-04-28", "published_at": "2026-04-28T16:33:49+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand biophysicist", "other" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Richard Neutze, New Zealand biophysicist.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neutze" }, { "name": "Paul Standidge dead at age 92, New Zealand cricketer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/paul-standidge", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "archive.nzc.nz", "url": "https://archive.nzc.nz/Players/22/22913/22913.html", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Paul Standidge" } ], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-04-21", "reported_date": "2026-04-21", "published_at": "2026-04-21T16:43:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "new zealand cricketer", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Paul Standidge, New Zealand cricketer.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/identity-placeholders/thumbnails/new-zealand-athletes-90.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Standidge" }, { "name": "Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/adrienne-staples", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 69, "death_date": "2026-04-19", "reported_date": "2026-04-19", "published_at": "2026-04-19T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Japan", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Adrienne Staples, a New Zealand politician and former mayor of South Wairarapa, died on April 19, 2026, aged 69–70. Born in Featherston in 1956 or 1957, she served as mayor of South Wairarapa from 2004 to 2016, becoming the district’s first female mayor. She was later elected to the Greater Wellington Regional Council, where she served as deputy-chair after her election in 2017 and was re-elected to the role in 2022. Staples also served on the Featherston community board and ran a small manufacturing business in Featherston and a Wellington IT consulting company. In 2017, she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government for her promotion of Japanese–New Zealand friendship and mutual understanding.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Adrienne_Staples.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Staples" }, { "name": "Mark Carrington dead at age 64, New Zealand cricketer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mark-carrington", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 64, "death_date": "2026-04-16", "reported_date": "2026-04-16", "published_at": "2026-04-16T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Mark Carrington, a New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts, died on April 16, 2026, aged 64. Born Sidney Mark Carrington on August 19, 1961, in Gisborne, he played for Northern Districts in the 1980s and also represented Poverty Bay in the Hawke Cup. He was educated at Gisborne Boys' High School and was among the first people of Māori descent to represent Northern Districts.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carrington_(cricketer)" }, { "name": "Ned New Zealand snail dies", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ned", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-04-15", "reported_date": "2026-04-15", "published_at": "2026-04-15T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Ned, a New Zealand snail known for its left-spiralling shell, died on April 15, 2026. Ned was discovered in August 2025 in the garden of Giselle Clarkson in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, while she was weeding. Clarkson had been looking for a snail with a left-coiled shell for her nature work. Most snail shells spiral to the right, but a small number spiral to the left. Ned was named after Ned Flanders, the fictional character from The Simpsons who is depicted as left-handed and who runs The Leftorium.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_(snail)" }, { "name": "Peter Lynn New Zealand engineer and kite maker, cancer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-lynn", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-11", "reported_date": "2026-04-11", "published_at": "2026-04-11T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Peter Lynn, a New Zealand engineer, kite maker and inventor, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79 after cancer. He was born Peter Robert Lynn in 1946 and worked in kite making from 1973. Lynn and his wife Elwyn established a kite business in Ashburton in 1971, producing single-line kites for children. He later developed the Peter Lynn Triangular box kite and large creature-themed display kites, including the 27-metre octopus kite. He also helped popularise kite buggying and contributed to the development of power kiting and kitesurfing.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lynn", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Cleighten Cornelius New Zealand cricketer and winemaker, myeloma dead at age 49", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/cleighten-cornelius", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 49, "death_date": "2026-04-11", "reported_date": "2026-04-11", "published_at": "2026-04-11T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Cleighten Cornelius, a New Zealand cricketer and winemaker, died on April 11, 2026, aged 49, in Blenheim, New Zealand, from myeloma. Born in Christchurch on June 2, 1976, he played three first-class and ten List A matches for Canterbury from 2001 to 2005. Cornelius attended St Bede's College and later studied at Lincoln University, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology degree. He went on to work as a winemaker at Mud House in Marlborough.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Cleighten_Cornelius.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleighten_Cornelius", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Myeloma", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-myeloma" } }, { "name": "Sir Alan Frampton New Zealand agricultural economist dead at age 96", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sir-alan-frampton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Sir Alan Frampton, a New Zealand agricultural economist, died on April 10, 2026, aged 96. Born in Morrinsville on 2 November 1929, he completed a master’s degree at Massey University in 1964. He was an academic at Massey University from 1968 to 1983 before working as a consultant. Frampton served on the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1973 to 1993 and was chair of the Tatua Dairy Company from 1990 to 2003. He received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 for services to agriculture, and later accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion. He also received honorary and alumni honours from Massey University.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Alan_Frampton.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Frampton" }, { "name": "Ian Rutherford New Zealand cricketer dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ian-rutherford", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-04-02", "reported_date": "2026-04-02", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Ian Rutherford, a New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago, Central Districts and Central Otago, died on April 2, 2026, aged 68. Born in Dunedin on June 30, 1957, Ian Alexander Rutherford played for Central Districts and Otago between 1974 and 1984, and also represented Central Otago in the Hawke Cup. His highest first-class score was 222 for Otago against Central Districts in the 1978–79 Shell Trophy Final, after batting for 625 minutes. He played 79 first-class matches, scoring 3,794 runs at an average of 27.10, and 21 List A matches, scoring 449 runs at 14.96.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Rutherford" }, { "name": "Jack Harliwich New Zealand cricketer dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jack-harliwich", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-04-01", "reported_date": "2026-04-01", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Jack Harliwich, a New Zealand cricketer, died on April 1, 2026, aged 95. 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He later studied through the Technical Correspondence Institute in Wellington and the University of Auckland, gaining a Diploma of Town Planning, and went on to work as a town planning consultant and registered surveyor.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Barry_Curtis_mayor.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Curtis_(mayor)" }, { "name": "Dallas O’Neill Australian rugby league and union player dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dallas-oneill", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-03-28", "reported_date": "2026-03-28", "published_at": "2026-03-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Dallas O'Neill, an Australian rugby league and rugby union player, died on March 28, 2026, aged 83. 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A number eight, he was a Wallabies reserve on the 1962 tour of New Zealand and later made his Test debut on the 1964 tour.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_O%27Neill" }, { "name": "Catherine Saunders Broadcaster dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/catherine-saunders", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-03-25", "reported_date": "2026-03-25", "published_at": "2026-03-25T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "broadcaster", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Catherine Saunders, New Zealand broadcasting personality, public relations executive and radio producer, died on March 25, 2026, in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 83. Born Catherine Rosaleen Dowling in Dunedin on April 4, 1942, she trained as a teacher before deciding not to continue. She auditioned as a radio announcer in 1961, began at Dunedin TV in 1962 and worked as a journalist throughout the 1960s. Saunders also appeared on the magazine show Town and Around and was a long-standing panelist on Selwyn Toogood’s Beauty and the Beast.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Catherine_Saunders.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Saunders" }, { "name": "Andrew Pawley Linguist dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andrew-pawley", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-22", "reported_date": "2026-03-22", "published_at": "2026-03-22T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "linguist", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Andrew Pawley, an Australian linguist and academic, died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 84. Andrew Kenneth Pawley was an Australian–New Zealand linguist who served as a professor at the Australian National University. Born in Sydney on March 31, 1941, he moved to New Zealand at the age of 12. He studied at the University of Auckland, where he earned a PhD in anthropology in 1966. His doctoral thesis, The structure of Karam: a grammar of a New Guinea Highlands language, was dedicated to Kalam, a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Pawley" }, { "name": "John Coley Painting, art criticism, curation and art administration dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-coley", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-17", "reported_date": "2026-03-17", "published_at": "2026-03-17T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "painting", "art criticism", "curation and art administration", "artists", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "John Coley, a New Zealand painter and art critic, died on March 17, 2026, aged 91. John William Coley MBE was born in Palmerston North on 28 January 1935. He attended Palmerston North Boys’ High School and took evening art classes at the city’s Technical School before beginning work as a cadet reporter on the Manawatu Evening Standard. In 1955, he studied at the Canterbury College School of Art in Christchurch. Coley later served as director of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, now known as the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, from 1981 to 1995.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/John_Coley.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coley" }, { "name": "Ann Gluckman First female principal of a state co-educational secondary school in New Zealand dead at age 98", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ann-gluckman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 98, "death_date": "2026-03-13", "reported_date": "2026-03-13", "published_at": "2026-03-13T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "first female principal of a state co-educational secondary school in new zealand", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Ann Gluckman, a New Zealand educator, writer and historian, died on March 13, 2026, aged 98. Born Ann Jocelyn Klippel in London in 1927, she was appointed principal of Ngā Tapuwae College in 1975, becoming the first woman in New Zealand to head a state co-educational secondary school. She also researched the Auckland Jewish community and authored and edited the Identity and Involvement book series over three decades.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Gluckman" }, { "name": "Trevor McMahon New Zealand test cricketer dead at age 96", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/trevor-mcmahon", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-03-12", "reported_date": "2026-03-12", "published_at": "2026-03-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Trevor McMahon, a New Zealand Test cricketer and wicket-keeper, died on March 12, 2026, aged 96. Born in Wellington on November 8, 1929, he played five Test matches for New Zealand between October 1955 and February 1956. McMahon studied engineering at Wellington Technical College from 1943 to 1948, where he played cricket and rugby, and later served an apprenticeship with the railways as a fitter and turner. He made his first-class debut for Wellington in 1953-54 and was selected for the tour of Pakistan and India in 1955-56.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Trevor_McMahon.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_McMahon" }, { "name": "Nev MacEwan New Zealand rugby union player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nev-macewan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-11", "reported_date": "2026-03-11", "published_at": "2026-03-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Nev MacEwan, a New Zealand rugby union player, died on March 11, 2026, aged 91. Born Ian Neven MacEwan in Auckland on May 1, 1934, he was educated at Nelson College, where he played in the 1st XV in 1951 and 1952. A lock and number eight, he represented Wellington at provincial level in 133 appearances between 1954 and 1967. He played 52 matches for the All Blacks from 1956 to 1962, including 20 test matches, and captained the side in three tour matches.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nev_MacEwan" }, { "name": "Herbs New Zealand musician dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/herbs-band", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-03-08", "reported_date": "2026-03-08", "published_at": "2026-03-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Herbs, the New Zealand reggae group founded in 1979, died on March 8, 2026. The multi-ethnic band featured Samoans, Tongans, Cook Islanders, New Zealand Europeans and Māori members. Led by singer-guitarist Dilworth Karaka, the main founding member who remained with the group until his death in March 2026, Herbs was known for its Pacific reggae sound and for songs and themes tied to race relations and opposition to nuclear weapons in the Pacific. The group was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame as its 11th inductee.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilworth_Karaka" }, { "name": "Nathan Healey New Zealand runner dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nathan-healey-athlete", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-03-06", "reported_date": "2026-03-06", "published_at": "2026-03-06T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Nathan Henry Healey, a New Zealand runner, died on March 6, 2026. He specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross country, won three national titles, and represented New Zealand in the steeplechase at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. Healey also won a bronze medal in the teams event at the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Born in Gisborne on March 13, 1949, he later moved to Wellington, where he became a member of the Scottish Harrier Club.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Healey_(athlete)" }, { "name": "Philip Trusttum New Zealand figurative expressionist artist dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/philip-trusttum", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-04", "reported_date": "2026-03-04", "published_at": "2026-03-04T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Philip Trusttum, the New Zealand figurative expressionist artist, died on March 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Raetihi on June 9, 1940, he moved with his family to Christchurch in 1945, later living in Oxford, Rangiora and Ashley. Trusttum’s interest in art developed in Oxford, and he did not begin serious study until age 20, when he entered the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. There he was taught by Rudolf Gopas, whose influence helped shape his interest in expressionism. Trusttum’s works were usually large-scale, energetic and colourful, and were painted on unstretched canvas.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Trusttum" }, { "name": "Neville Peat Author, photographer dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/neville-peat", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "author", "photographer", "artists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Neville Peat, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dunedin in 1947, he was based at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula and specialised in natural history, particularly the south of New Zealand and the country’s subantarctic islands. He wrote more than 40 titles from the late 1970s and worked full-time as a writer from 1986. Peat was elected to the Otago Regional Council in 1998 and served as deputy chairperson from 2004 to 2007. In 2013, he was elected to the Dunedin City Council and served one term.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Peat" }, { "name": "Robin Jefferson New Zealand cricketer dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robin-jefferson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-02-26", "reported_date": "2026-02-26", "published_at": "2026-02-26T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Robin Jefferson, a New Zealand cricketer and lawn bowls player, died on February 26, 2026, aged 84. Born in Christchurch in 1941, he made his representative debut for Southland in the 1965–66 season before playing first-class cricket for Otago later that season. He went on to represent Wellington, making three further first-class appearances during the 1969–70 season, and also played Hawke Cup cricket for Hutt Valley in the early 1970s. Jefferson scored 94 runs in his five first-class matches, with a highest score of 26 not out.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Jefferson" }, { "name": "Mayor of Timaru New Zealand politician dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mayor-of-timaru", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-02-15", "reported_date": "2026-02-15", "published_at": "2026-02-15T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Mayor of Timaru, the directly elected head of the Timaru District Council in New Zealand, died on February 15, 2026. The office is the local government authority for the Timaru District and controls it as a territorial authority. There have been 40 mayors since the formation of the Timaru Borough Council in 1868. The current mayor is Nigel Bowen, who was first elected in the 2019 local elections.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bennett_(mayor)" }, { "name": "Ray Webster Aviation executive dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ray-webster-businessman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-02-14", "reported_date": "2026-02-14", "published_at": "2026-02-14T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "aviation executive" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Ray Webster, the New Zealand-born British businessman who served as chief executive of easyJet from 1996 to 2005, died on February 14, 2026, aged 79. Born Raymond Douglas Webster in Greymouth, New Zealand, on 9 July 1946, he was the first managing director and later the first chief executive of the low-cost airline. He began his career in aviation with New Zealand National Airways Corporation in 1965, later studied at the University of Canterbury and Cranfield Institute of Technology, and went on to hold senior roles in the airline industry.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Webster_(businessman)" }, { "name": "Pip Cheshire Architect dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pip-cheshire", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "architect", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Pip Cheshire, a New Zealand architect, died on February 11, 2026, aged 75. Philip Maxwell Cheshire was one of the founding directors of Jasmax and later founded Cheshire Architects. He was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2013 and served as president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects from 2014 to 2016. Born in Christchurch in 1950, he studied political science at the University of Canterbury before beginning architecture studies at the University of Auckland in 1976.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_Cheshire" }, { "name": "Matz Skoog Swedish ballet dancer and artistic director dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/matz-skoog", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-02-10", "reported_date": "2026-02-10", "published_at": "2026-02-10T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "England", "New Zealand", "Sweden" ], "description": "Matz Skoog, the Swedish ballet dancer and artistic director, died on February 10, 2026. Born in Stockholm on April 10, 1957, he trained with the Royal Swedish Ballet School. 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She was also the first female law clerk at Russell McVeagh and the first woman appointed to the Legal Aid Appeal Authority. She married lawyer Christopher Gambrill in Auckland in 1960, and they had three children.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Gambrill" }, { "name": "Selwyn Cushing Businessman dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/selwyn-cushing", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-10", "reported_date": "2026-02-10", "published_at": "2026-02-10T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "businessman" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Selwyn Cushing, a New Zealand businessman and accountant, died on February 10, 2026, aged 89. Sir Selwyn John Cushing was born in Hastings on 1 September 1936 and was educated at Hastings Boys' High School. In 1964, he married Kaye Dorothy Anderson, and they had two children. His wife died in 1986. Cushing represented Hawke's Bay in cricket and was also an accomplished violinist.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selwyn_Cushing" }, { "name": "John Terris Broadcaster dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-terris", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-02", "reported_date": "2026-02-02", "published_at": "2026-02-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "broadcaster", "journalists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "John James Terris, a New Zealand politician, Anglican priest and broadcaster, died on February 2, 2026, aged 86. He represented the Labour Party in the New Zealand parliament from 1978 to 1990 and served as Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. Terris was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1995 to 2004. Born in Wanganui in 1939, he attended New Plymouth Boys' High School and St John's Theological College, where he attained a diploma. Ordained by the Anglican Church in 1970 as a Worker Priest, he also worked in broadcasting as an announcer, interviewer and executive producer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Terris" }, { "name": "Tony Pigott English cricketer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tony-pigott", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-02-01", "reported_date": "2026-02-01", "published_at": "2026-02-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "England", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Tony Pigott, the English cricketer who played for Sussex and Surrey and appeared in one Test for England in 1984, died on February 1, 2026, aged 67. 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