Ken Ring: key obituary facts
Is Ken Ring dead? Yes. Ken Ring died on October 21, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Ken Ring's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Ken Ring known for?
He was a New Zealand astrologer.
More about Ken Ring
Born: 1940.
Place of birth: England.
Place of death: Auckland.
Gender: male.
Occupation: writer, astrologer, pseudoscientist, weather forecaster, mathematics teacher.
Nationality: New Zealand.
Ken Ring, a New Zealand writer and astrologer, died October 21, 2026, aged 86.
Born in England during the Second World War, he emigrated with his family to New Zealand in the 1960s and was based in Auckland. Ring also worked as a weather forecaster and mathematics teacher.
He became known for claims that lunar cycles could be used to anticipate weather and earthquakes, describing his approach as “alternative weather.” His books addressed weather and climate, and he issued annual almanacs for New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, with year-long forecasts. The New Zealand edition covered 64 towns. Ring said he had predicted the Christchurch earthquakes of September 4, 2010, and February 22, 2011, the latter deadly. On March 20, 2011, he forecast a possible earthquake in Marlborough or north Canterbury “just before noon”; the warning prompted some Christchurch residents to leave. The episode drew criticism from scientists and skeptics. Meteorologists and geologists widely described his methods as unscientific and pseudoscientific, while scrutiny of his forecasts questioned their reliability.