The following lists events that happened during 2012 in New Zealand.

Population

* Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,425,900 * Increase since 31 December 2011: 26,400 (0.60%) * Males per 100 Females: 95.7

Incumbents

Regal and vice-regal

Head of State A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

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Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

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Jerry Mateparae Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae (born 14 November 1954) is a former New Zealand soldier who served as the 20th Governor-General of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016, the second Māori person to hold the office, after Sir Paul Reeve ...

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Government

2012 is the first full year of the 50th Parliament, which first sat on 20 December 2011 and will dissolve on 17 December 2014 if not dissolved prior. The

Fifth National Government Neville Chamberlain formed the Chamberlain war ministry in 1939 after declaring war on Germany. Chamberlain led the country for the first eight months of the Second World War, until the Norway Debate in Parliament led Chamberlain to resign a ...

, first elected in 2008, continues. *

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

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Lockwood Smith Sir Alexander Lockwood Smith (born 13 November 1948) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat who was High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017, and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2013. S ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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John Key Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as Leader of the New Zealand National Party from 2006 to ...

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

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Bill English Sir Simon William English (born 30 December 1961) is a New Zealand former National Party politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and as the 17th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and minister of f ...

*Leader of the House –

Gerry Brownlee Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 4 February 1956) is a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand National Party. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1996, was Leader of the House, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and Minister of ...

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

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Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

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Murray McCully Murray Stuart McCully (born 19 February 1953) is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2017. Early life Born in Whangārei, McCully was educated at Arap ...

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Other Party leaders

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

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David Shearer David James Shearer (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 2009 to 2016, serving as Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2013. Shear ...

(

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

) *

Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...

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Russel Norman Russel William Norman (born 2 June 1967) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. He was a Member of Parliament and co-leader of the Green Party. Norman resigned as an MP in October 2015 to work as Executive Director of Greenpeace Aote ...

and

Metiria Turei Metiria Leanne Agnes Stanton Turei (born 1970) is a New Zealand academic and a former New Zealand politician. She was a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2017 and the female co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 2009 to 2017 ...

New Zealand First New Zealand First ( mi, Aotearoa Tuatahi), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winst ...

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Winston Peters Winston Raymond Peters (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician serving as the leader of New Zealand First since its foundation in 1993. Peters served as the 13th deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 1996 to 1998 and 2017 to 2020 ...

Māori Party Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

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Pita Sharples Sir Pita Russell Sharples (born Peter Russell Sharples, 20 July 1941) is a New Zealand Māori academic and politician, who was a co-leader of the Māori Party from 2004 to 2013, and a minister outside Cabinet in the National Party-led governme ...

and

Tariana Turia Dame Tariana Turia (born 8 April 1944) is a New Zealand politician. She was first elected to Parliament in 1996. Turia gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy in 2004, and eventually broke with the Labour P ...

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Judiciary

* Chief Justice –

Sian Elias Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias (born 13 March 1949) is a New Zealand former Government official, who served as the 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand, and was therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She was the presiding judge o ...

File:Sian Elias.jpg, Sian Elias

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalga ...

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Len Brown Leonard Charles Brown (born 1 October 1956)) is a former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, and former head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as Mayor of Auckland on 1 Novembe ...

Mayor of Tauranga The Mayor of Tauranga is the head of the municipal government of Tauranga, New Zealand, and presides over the Tauranga City Council. There is currently no Mayor of Tauranga. On 9 February 2021, a Crown Commission appointed by the Minister of L ...

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Stuart Crosby Stuart Alan Crosby ONZM (born 1956) is a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of the city of Tauranga, New Zealand from 2004 to 2016. Early life Crosby's family moved from Gisborne to Papamoa in 1966, where they started the Papamoa Bea ...

* Mayor of Hamilton -

Julie Hardaker Julie Hardaker was the Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand, from October 2010 to October 2016. Born in New Zealand, she was self-employed in Australia in the 1980s. After graduating from the University of Waikato, she joined the Hamilton law firm McC ...

Mayor of Wellington The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representati ...

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Celia Wade-Brown Celia may refer to: General *Celia (given name) *''Celia'', a subgenus of carabid beetles of the genus '' Amara'' *Celia, the last natural-born Pyrenean Ibex * Celia (virtual assistant), AI virtual assistant by Huawei *, a number of ships with ...

Mayor of Christchurch The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor, Phil ...

– Bob Parker *

Mayor of Dunedin The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The Mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform c ...

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Dave Cull David Charles Cull (1 April 1950 – 27 April 2021) was the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. He became the 57th Mayor of Dunedin in October 2010 and was re-elected in both the 2013 mayoralty race and 2016 mayoral election. Before ...

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Events

January

* 7 January – A

hot air balloon A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carries p ...

crashes near Carterton in the

Wairarapa The Wairarapa (; ), a geographical region of New Zealand, lies in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay Region. It is lightly populated, having several rural service ...

, killing all eleven on board. * 10 January – The stern section of the MV ''Rena'', grounded on a reef of the coast of Tauranga since October 2011, sinks after splitting from the bow section on 8 January, spilling cargo along the Bay of Plenty coast. * 20 January – More than 70 police raid a $30 million mansion in Coatesville, north of Auckland, leased by

Kim Dotcom Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz; 21 January 1974), also known as Kimble and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, is a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist who resides in Glenorchy, New Zealand. He first rose to fame in Germany in the 1990s ...

, and arrest Dotcom and three others for internet piracy as part of the

United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United State ...

shut down of the file hosting site

Megaupload Megaupload Ltd was a Hong Kong-based online company established in 2005 that operated from 2005 to 2012 providing online services related to file storage and viewing. On 19 January 2012, the United States Department of Justice seized the do ...

February

*6 February –

Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only diamond jubilee celebration for any of Elizabeth's predecessors was in 1897, for the 60th an ...

's accession as

Queen of New Zealand The monarchy of New Zealand is the Constitution of New Zealand, constitutional system of government in which a Hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. The current monarch, King Charles III, as ...

*9 February – The

Department of Building and Housing The Department of Building and Housing (Māori: ''Te Tari Kaupapa Whare'') was a government agency within the New Zealand government. Established in 2004 out of the former Ministry of Housing, it was disestablished in 2012. The department's forme ...

issues a report saying that the Canterbury Television (CTV) Building, which collapsed during the

2011 Christchurch earthquake A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ...

killing 115 people, did not meet relevant building standards when it was built in 1986. *22 February – Thousands of people in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

and across New Zealand commemorate the first anniversary of the

, which killed 185 people on 22 February 2011.

March

*2 March – It is announced that the 131-year-old landmark

ChristChurch Cathedral ChristChurch Cathedral, also called Christ Church Cathedral and (rarely) Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built between 1864 and 1904 in the centre of the city, ...

will be demolished as a result of damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. *19 March – "Marmageddon": It is announced by manufacturer Sanitarium that the sole production line of the popular breakfast spread

Marmite Marmite ( ) is a British savoury food spread based on yeast extract, invented by the German scientist Justus von Liebig. It is made from by-products of beer brewing ( lees) and is produced by the British company Unilever. Marmite is a vegan ...

, of which New Zealanders eat 640 tonnes annually, had stopped in November due to earthquake damage at the

Papanui Papanui is a major suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated five kilometers to the northwest of the city centre. Papanui is a middle socio-economic area with a population of 3,645 consisting predominantly of Pākehā (NZ Eur ...

factory, and the company's own stocks had run out. It would be February 2013 before production resumed. *25 March – The largest changes to the nation's

road rules ''Road Rules'' is an MTV reality show that was a sister show of the network's flagship reality show, ''The Real World''. The series debuted on July 19, 1995, and ended on May 9, 2007. This allowed ''Road Rules'' a total of 14 seasons and 12 year ...

in 35 years sees two rules regarding priority at intersections change, including the unique left-turn verses right-turn rule.

April

* 10 April – For the first time since records began, the Easter weekend road toll period ends with no fatal road accidents. * 21 April – A referendum is held in Nelson City and the

Tasman District Tasman District () is a local government district in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It borders the Canterbury Region, West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and Nelson City. It is administered by the Tasman District Council, ...

on whether the two councils should amalgamate. A majority of Nelson City vote for amalgamation, while the majority of Tasman District votes against amalgamation, resulting in the merger being rejected. * 30 April – The Ministry for Primary Industries, a merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the

Ministry of Fisheries An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

and the

New Zealand Food Safety Authority __NOTOC__ New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS), or Haumaru Kai Aotearoa, is the New Zealand government body responsible for food safety, and is the controlling authority for imports and exports of food and food-related products. In April 2012 it was mer ...

, comes into operation.

May

* 19 May – The finding of the remains of murder victim

Jayne Furlong Jayne Furlong, also referred to as Jane Furlong, was a New Zealand teenager from Auckland who disappeared from a street in Auckland on 26 May 1993 while working in the sex trade. She had been abducted and murdered. Disappearance Her remains w ...

Port Waikato Port Waikato is on the south bank of the Waikato River at its outflow into the Tasman Sea, in northern New Zealand. Port Waikato is a well-known surfing and whitebaiting destination and a popular holiday spot. Fish can be caught off the rocks ...

, 19 years after she went missing in Auckland. * 24 May – Finance Minister Bill English delivers the 2012 government budget, described for the second consecutive year as a "zero" budget. The National government aims to record a $197m surplus in 2014/15, down from $1300m in the 2011 budget.

June

July

* 3 July – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off the

Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...

coast and is widely felt across the country. Only minor damage is reported to have occurred as a result of the earthquake. * 27 July – 12 August – 184 New Zealand athletes in sixteen sports

compete Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, England, achieving six gold, two silver and five bronze medals, including the nation's 100th Olympic medal.

August

* 5 August – The Radio Network House in

which was damaged beyond repair in the

is demolished by implosion, becoming the first building to be demolished this way in New Zealand. * 6 August –

Mount Tongariro Mount Tongariro (; ) is a compound volcano in the Taupō Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southwest of Lake Taupō, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the ...

in the central North Island erupts, spreading volcanic ash across the area and as far east as Hawke's Bay. * 30 August – Members of Parliament votes on three options for the national

legal drinking age The legal drinking age is the minimum age at which a person can legally consume alcoholic beverages. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can be different from the age when it can be purchased in some countries. These laws vary between ...

– the existing 18 years, 20 years, or an 18 on-licence/20 off-licence split. After the 18/20 split was eliminated in the first round of voting, Parliament votes in the second round to keep the age at 18 years, with 68 votes in favour to 53. * The payroll of 110,000 teachers and support staff in state and state-integrated schools is switched to the new

Novopay Novopay is a web-based payroll system for state and state integrated schools in New Zealand, processing the pay of 110,000 teaching and support staff at 2,457 schools. It was purchased by the Ministry of Education (New Zealand), New Zealand Minis ...

system. The error-ridden system would ultimately cause thousands of pay errors, resulting in staff being overpaid, underpaid, or not paid at all, continuing into 2013.

September

* 10 September – Weekday editions of

The New Zealand Herald ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers ...

cease publication in

broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), ta ...

format after 150 years, switching to a compact format. * 30 September –

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is ...

and

West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to: Geography Australia * Western Australia *Regions of South Australia#Weather forecasting, West Coast of South Australia * West Coast, Tasmania **West Coast Range, mountain range in the region Canada * Britis ...

become the first regions to complete

digital television transition The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is conv ...

, when analogue television signals are switched off at 3:00 am .

October

November

* 5 November – The Royal Commission report into the

Pike River Mine disaster The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island following a methane explosion at approximately 3:44 pm ...

of November 2010 is released, highlighting major health and safety flaws at the Pike River coal mine and New Zealand mines in general. Minister for Labour

Kate Wilkinson Kate Wilkinson (October 25, 1916 – February 9, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actress. Career She is best known to TV audiences for her roles as Viola Stapleton in the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'', a role she played ...

subsequently resigns her portfolio. * 10–16 November –

Charles, Prince of Wales Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

and

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. She became queen consort on 8 September 2022, upon the acc ...

visit the country as part of the

Queen's Diamond Jubilee The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only diamond jubilee celebration for any of Elizabeth's predecessors was in 1897, for the 60th an ...

December

* 6 December – A tornado hits the suburb of

Hobsonville Hobsonville is a suburb in West Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. The area was administered by Waitakere City Council until the council was amalgamated into Auckland Council in 2010. Hobsonville Point, formerly the location of the ...

in northwestern Auckland, causing widespread damage and killing three people.

Holidays and observances

* 6 February –

Waitangi Day Waitangi Day ( mi, Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing – on 6 February 1840 – of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is regarded as the founding document of the nation. The first Wait ...

* 25 April –

Anzac Day , image = Dawn service gnangarra 03.jpg , caption = Anzac Day Dawn Service at Kings Park, Western Australia, 25 April 2009, 94th anniversary. , observedby = Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands New ...

* 4 June –

Queen's Birthday The King's Official Birthday (alternatively the Queen's Official Birthday when the monarch is female) is the selected day in the United Kingdom and most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those ...

Monday * 22 October – Labour Day

Arts and literature

New Books

Awards

Music

Performing Arts

Benny Award The Benny Award is bestowed on a New Zealand variety entertainer. It is presented annually by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand, a non-for-profit organisation and showbusiness club, founded in 1966 and awarded to a variety performer who ha ...

presented by the

Variety Artists Club of New Zealand The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc (VAC) is a non-for-profit organisation and show business club. It was founded in 1966 and became an incorporated society in 1972. The VAC was formed to promote goodwill within the New Zealand enterta ...

to Marian Burns.

Television

* C4 to be renamed FOUR

Films

* ''COMPOUND'' (horror film) *'' Ghost TV'' *'' Sione's 2: Unfinished Business'' (sequel to ''

Sione's Wedding ''Sione's Wedding'' (also marketed outside New Zealand as ''Samoan Wedding'') is a 2006 New Zealand comedic film directed by Chris Graham and written by James Griffin and Oscar Kightley, and produced by South Pacific Pictures. Plot Set in Au ...

'', 2006) *'' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (fantasy film) * ''The Red House'' (drama)

Internet

Sport

Events

*22 July –

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. Between 1999 and 2007, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, Magic have ...

win the 2012 ANZ Championship netball final against

Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens is an Australian netball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Victoria in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team was formed in 2007 ...

by 41–38 in Melbourne, becoming the first New Zealand team to win the trans-Tasman competition since its inauguration in 2008. *27 July – The

opens in London, United Kingdom. New Zealand sends a delegation of 184 athletes, competing in sixteen sports. *2 August –

: Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan claim the gold medal in the men's double sculls *3 August –

Hamish Bond Hamish Bryon Bond (born 13 February 1986) is a retired New Zealand rower and former road cyclist. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic ...

and Eric Murray claim the gold medal in the men's pair **

Mahé Drysdale Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale (born 19 November 1978) is a retired New Zealand rower. Drysdale is a two-time Olympic champion and a five-time world champion in the single sculls. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and five-time ...

claims the gold medal in the men's single sculls *4 August – The Hamilton-based Chiefs win the 2012

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...

final against the

Sharks Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorp ...

by 37–6 in Hamilton, claiming their first Super Rugby championship title. *10 August –

Jo Aleh Joanna Ayela Aleh (born 15 May 1986) is a New Zealand sailor. She is a national champion, a former world champion, and an Olympic gold medallist. Aleh competes in the two-woman 470 dinghy, a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a cen ...

and

Polly Powrie Olivia Elizabeth "Polly" Powrie (born 9 December 1987) is a New Zealand sailor. She has won Olympic and world championship titles in the 470 class, and is also a former 420 world champion. Biography Powrie and her sailing partner Jo Aleh, wh ...

claim the gold medal in the women's 470 class *11 August –

Lisa Carrington Dame Lisa Marie Carrington (born 23 June 1989) is a flatwater canoeist and New Zealand's most successful Olympian, having won a total of five gold medals and one bronze medal. She won three consecutive gold medals in the Women's K1 200metres a ...

claims the gold medal in the women's K-1 200 metres. *12 August – The

closes, with New Zealand at the time claiming five gold medals, three silver medals, and five bronze medals. *13 August –

Valerie Adams Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World champion, four-time IAAF World Indoor Championships, World Indoor champion, ...

, who initially won the silver medal in the women's shot put, is awarded the gold medal after the initial gold medallist, Belarusian

Nadzeya Ostapchuk Nadzeya Astapchuk ( be, Надзея Мікалаеўна Астапчук, ''Nadzeya Mikalayeuna Astapchuk''; russian: Надежда Остапчук, ''Nadezhda Ostapchuk;'' born October 28, 1980) is a Belarusian shot putter. She briefly was d ...

, is stripped of her medal due to failing a drugs test. New Zealand's medal tally subsequently changes to six gold medals, two silver medals, and five bronze medals. *25 August – The

All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

win the 2012

Bledisloe Cup The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition originally staged between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has va ...

after winning 22–0 over Australia in Auckland to secure two wins in the three game series. The win is New Zealand's tenth successive Bledisloe Cup win. *29 August – The

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

opens in London, United Kingdom. New Zealand sends a delegation of 24 athletes, competing in seven sports. *30 August –

Sophie Pascoe Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe (born 8 January 1993) is a New Zealand para-swimmer. She has represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2008, winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals an ...

claims the gold medal in the women's 200-metre individual medley SM10 *1 September –

claims the gold medal in the women's 100-metre butterfly S10 *2 September –

Phillipa Gray Phillipa Gray (born 16 February 1989 in Thames, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Paralympic cyclist. Gray, who is sight and hearing impaired from Usher syndrome, won a gold, silver and bronze medal, with pilot Laura Thompson in the cycling at t ...

, with pilot Laura Thompson, claims the gold medal in the women's individual pursuit B **

Cameron Leslie Cameron Leslie (born 17 January 1990) is a New Zealand paralympics swimmer and wheelchair rugby player. Career Leslie was a student at Auckland University of Technology and has a quadruple limb deficiency. He won the gold medal in the men ...

claims the gold medal in the men's 150-metre individual medley SM4 *6 September –

claims the gold medal in the women's 100-metre freestyle S10 *8 September –

: Mary Fisher claims the gold medal in the women's 200-metre individual medley SM11 *9 September – The

closes, with New Zealand claiming six gold medals, seven silver medals, and four bronze medals. *20 September – The

New Zealand national netball team The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern (''Cyathea dealbata''), which is an emblem for many New Zealand s ...

win the

2012 Constellation Cup The 2012 Constellation Cup was the 3rd Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series, also known as the New World Series, featured three netball test matches, played in September 2012. The Australia team was coac ...

, after winning 50–49 over Australia in Auckland to secure two wins in the three game series. The win is New Zealand's first Constellation Cup win since its inauguration in 2010, and New Zealand's first test series win over Australia since 2005.

Olympic Games

* New Zealand sends a team of 184 competitors across 16 sports.

Paralympics

* New Zealand sends a team of 24 competitors across seven sports.

Shooting

*Ballinger Belt – Brian Carter (Te Puke)

Births

* 27 September –

Beauty Generation Beauty Generation (; foaled 27 September 2012) is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in Hong Kong. He began his career as a three-year-old in Australia where he won two races and ran second in the Rosehill G ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse * 29 September –

Tarzino Tarzino (foaled 29 September 2012) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire bred in New Zealand and trained and Australia. He won the Victoria Derby and Rosehill Guineas, both Group One races. He has won over one and a half million d ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse * 21 November – Etah James, Thoroughbred racehorse

Deaths

January

* 4 January – Bruce Irwin, botanist (born 1921) * 10 January – Harvey Kreyl, rugby league player (born 1925) * 11 January – Ross Wightman, rugby union player (born 1929) * 15 January –

Ben Hana Bernard "Ben" Hana, a.k.a. "Blanket Man" (1957 – 15 January 2012) was a homeless man who wandered the inner city streets of Wellington, New Zealand. He was a local fixture and something of a celebrity, and was typically found on the footpath ...

, aka "Blanket Man", vagrant (born 1957) * 19 January – Sir

Maurice Casey Philip Maurice Casey (18 October 1942 – 10 May 2014) was a British scholar of New Testament and early Christianity. He was an emeritus professor at the University of Nottingham, having served there as Professor of New Testament Languages and ...

, jurist (born 1923) * 30 January – Mary Yandall, singer (born 1949)

February

* 7 February – Peter Goddard, educationalist (born 1931) * 10 February –

Lloyd Morrison Hugh Richmond Lloyd Morrison (18 September 1957 – 10 February 2012) was a Wellington, New Zealand-based investment banker and entrepreneur. He founded H.R.L. Morrison & Co in 1988, and Morrison & Co launched the infrastructure company In ...

, businessman (

Infratil Infratil Limited is a New Zealand-based infrastructure investment company. It owns renewable energy, digital infrastructure, airports, and healthcare assets with operations in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, the US and Europe. Infratil was founded ...

) (born 1957) * 13 February –

Trevor Davey Trevor Davey (5 July 1926 – 13 February 2012) was a Member of Parliament from Gisborne in the North Island of New Zealand who represented the Labour Party. Biography Davey was born in Didsbury, Lancashire, England, in 1926, the son of H. ...

, politician (born 1926) * 14 February – Howard Hutchinson, association footballer (born 1921) * 16 February **

Joy Lamason Joyce Grace Lamason (; 19 December 1915 – 16 February 2012) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in four Test matches for New Zealand between 1948 and 1954. S ...

, cricketer (born 1915) ** Robin Startup, philatelist (born 1933) * 18 February –

Peter Sharp Peter Sharp (born 16 July 1954) is an Australian professional rugby league coach. He was most recently the interim coach of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. Coaching career Sharp has been the head coach of the Nort ...

, cricketer, cricket commentator (born 1939) * 23 February **

Cathy Campbell Catherine Elizabeth Campbell ( 1962 – 23 February 2012) was a New Zealand broadcaster, journalist and public relations consultant. She worked as a presenter and reporter on radio and television, and in 1989 became the first woman to anchor a Ne ...

, broadcaster (born 1962) ** Athol Whimp, mountaineer (born 1961)

March

* 5 March – Paul Haines, writer (born 1970) * 7 March – Andrew Pullan, mathematician (born 1963) * 10 March – Richard White, rugby union player (born 1925) * 13 March –

Jock Hobbs Michael James Bowie Hobbs (15 February 1960 – 13 March 2012), generally known as Jock Hobbs, was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A Flanker (rugby union), flanker, he played for Canterbury Rugby Football Union, Canter ...

, rugby union player and administrator (born 1960) * 17 March –

Ngaire Thomas Ngaire Ruth Thomas (194317 March 2012, first name pronounced ''Nyree''http://www.unbelief.org/articles/brethren.html) was a New Zealand author who wrote the book ''Behind Closed Doors'' about her life in a conservative Christianity, Christian se ...

, author (born 1943) * 24 March – Sir

Paul Callaghan Sir Paul Terence Callaghan ( ; 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012) was a New Zealand physicist who, as the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Victoria University of Wellington, held t ...

, physicist (born 1947) * 25 March **

Tony Gordon Tony Gordon is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by actor Gray O'Brien. The character first appeared on-screen on 16 Sep ...

, rugby league player and coach (born 1948) **

Ainsley Iggo Ainsley Iggo FRS (2 August 1924 – 25 March 2012) was a New Zealand born neurophysiologist. Life He was born in Napier, New Zealand and studied at a farming college in Invercargill, where he won a bursary to study Agricultural Sciences at ...

, neurophysiologist (born 1924) * 28 March ** Ralph Maxwell, politician,

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(1978–90) (born 1934) **

Jan Nigro Jan Nigro (born Betty Aislabie; 16 April 1919 — 28 March 2012) was a New Zealand artist. Early life Nigro was born Betty Aislabie in Gisborne on 16 April 1919, the daughter of Arthur Aislabie and Olive Beatrice Aislabie (née Lange).

, artist (born 1919) * 29 March –

Hone Kaa Archdeacon Hone Kaa (9 April 1941 – 29 March 2012) was an Auckland-based Anglican church leader, child welfare advocate and social-justice campaigner. He was a Māori of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. Born to Rev. Tipi (whenua) a ...

, Anglican church leader, social justice campaigner and broadcaster (born 1941) * 31 March –

Judith Adams Judith Anne Adams (née Bird; 11 April 1943 – 31 March 2012) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician, midwife, nurse, and farmer, who served as a member of the Australian Senate between 2005 and 2012, representing the state of Western A ...

, politician (born 1943)

April

* 5 April – Sir Peter Tapsell, politician, Member of Parliament (1981–96),

(1993–96) (born 1930) * 10 April – Michael Green, diplomat (born 1946) * 11 April –

Grant Tilly Grant Leonard Ridgway Tilly (12 December 1937 – 10 April 2012) was a New Zealand stage, movie and television actor, set designer, teacher and artist. Life and career Grant Tilly was educated in Wellington, taking art at Wellington Tech ...

, actor (born 1937) * 15 April – Peter McKenzie, conservationist (born 1952) * 28 April – Sir

Fred Allen John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian. His absurdist, topically pointed radio program ''The Fred Allen Show'' (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and for ...

, rugby union player, former All Black captain (1949) and coach (1966–68) (born 1920) * 30 April – Les Hunter, politician (born 1927)

May

* 1 May –

Arnold Wilson Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson (18 July 1884 – 31 May 1940) was a British soldier, colonial administrator, Conservative politician, writer and editor. Wilson served under Percy Cox, the colonial administrator of Mesopotamia (Mandatory Iraq) ...

, artist (born 1928) * 3 May –

Richie Thomson Richard Douglas Thomson (16 August 1940 – 3 May 2012) was a New Zealand cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Veran ...

, cyclist (born 1940) * 6 May – John Worrall, cricketer (born 1927) * 12 May –

Frank Bethwaite Francis Dewar Bethwaite (26 May 1920 – 12 May 2012) was a New Zealand naval architect, author and Olympic meteorologist.

, pilot, boat designer (born 1920) * 13 May –

Trevor Young Trevor James Young (28 August 1925 – 13 May 2012) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life Young was born in 1925 in Turua on the Hauraki Plains. The son of Leslie Robert Young, he grew up in Cambridge and Ble ...

, politician, Member of Parliament (1968–90) (born 1925) * 17 May –

Derek Round Derek Leonard Round (23 February 1935 – 16 May 2012) was a New Zealand journalist and Vietnam War correspondent. Career Round's media career started in mid 1950s when he was working as an editor for Canta, the Canterbury University student ...

, journalist (born 1935) * 19 May –

Phil Lamason Phillip John Lamason, (15 September 191819 May 2012) was a pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War, who rose to prominence as the senior officer in charge of 168 Allied airmen taken to Buchenwald concentrat ...

, WWII RNZAF pilot (born 1918) * 21 May –

Kevin Barry Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in an attack upon a Bri ...

, rugby league player (born 1950) * 31 May –

Dorothy Manning Dorothy Jordan Waters (née Manning, 21 August 1919 – 31 May 2012) was a New Zealand artist. Works by Manning include 'Road to sea' and are in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Career Manning exhibited with N ...

, artist (born 1919)

June

* 3 June ** Hugh Poole, Olympic sailor (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

) (born 1924) ** Sir

Brian Talboys Sir Brian Edward Talboys (7 June 1921 – 3 June 2012) was a New Zealand politician who served as the seventh deputy prime minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership. If the abortive " Colonels' Coup" a ...

, politician, Member of Parliament (1957–81),

(1975–81) (born 1921) * 8 June – Jane Evans, painter (born 1946) * 10 June –

Kenneth Clark Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. After running two important art galleries in the 1930s and 1940s, he came to wider public notice on television ...

, ceramicist (born 1922) * 4 June –

Peter Beaven Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, architect (born 1925) * 8 June – Charles Pearce, mathematician (born 1940) * 17 June – John McEldowney, rugby union player (born 1947)

July

* 1 July –

Alister McLellan Alister George McLellan (4 June 1919 – 1 July 2012) was a New Zealand mathematician and physicist. Academic career Born in Christchurch and brought up in Westport, McLellan attended Nelson College and then the University of Otago, from wher ...

, mathematician and physicist (born 1919) * 2 July – Jeff Leigh, cricketer (born 1950) * 7 July – David Baldwin, lawn bowls player (born 1921) * 18 July **

Aston Greathead Aston Wyatt Greathead (31 May 1921 – 18 July 2012) was a New Zealand artist. He was born in Napier, the second of the five children of William John Edwin Greathead and Jane Greathead (née Wyatt), but the family soon moved to Timaru. Aston Gr ...

, painter (born 1921) ** Stuart Jones, golfer (born 1925) * 21 July –

Vida Stout Vida Mary Stout (20 February 1930 – 21 July 2012) was a New Zealand limnographer and academic administrator. She was the first woman to be Dean (education), Dean of Science at a New Zealand university. Biography Stout was the daughter of Thom ...

, limnographer and academic administrator (born 1930) * 23 July –

Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growi ...

, children's author (born 1936) * 27 July –

Pauline Thompson Pauline Adele Thompson (28 November 1942 – 27 July 2012) was a New Zealand painter. Her style can be described as romantic-realist. She exhibited with the Auckland Society of Arts and in the ''New Women Artists'' exhibition at the Govett-Brews ...

, artist (born 1942) * 28 July –

Colin Horsley Colin Robert Horsley (23 April 1920 – 28 July 2012) was a New Zealand classical pianist and teacher who was based in the United Kingdom all his working life. He had a significant artistic association with the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley. Biog ...

, classical pianist and music teacher (born 1920) * 30 July –

Jonathan Hardy Jonathan Hardy (20 September 1940 – 30 July 2012) was a New Zealand-Australian film and television actor, writer and director, he worked also in Australia. Early career Hardy was born in New Zealand in Wellington and began his training ...

, actor, screenwriter and movie director (born 1940) * 31 July **

Jean Puketapu Jean Gloria Edith Puketapu or Jean Puketapu-Waiwai (26 July 1931 – 31 July 2012) was a Ngāi Tūhoe Māori language native speaker and co-founder of the first kōhanga reo. Puketapu was one of thirteen children of Haami and Te Ngaroahiahi Wai ...

, Māori language activist, kōhanga reo pioneer (born 1931) ** Reg Williams, Anglican priest (born 1914)

August

* 3 August – Mama Tere Strickland, transgender advocate, politician (born 1963) * 6 August – Gregor Yeates, soil zoologist and ecologist (born 1944) * 11 August –

Roger Sandall Frederick Roger Sandall (18 December 1933 – 11 August 2012) was a New Zealand-born Australian anthropologist, essayist, cinematographer, and scholar. He was a critic of Romanticism, romantic primitivism, which he called designer tribalism, and ...

, anthropologist (born 1933) * 16 August – Evon Dickson, cricketer (born 1934) * 23 August –

Col Campbell Colin "Col" Campbell (30 October 1933 – 23 August 2012) was a presenter on Gardening Australia, a TV show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was also a presenter on Brisbane radio station 4BC as the "Gardening Guru" of weekend morn ...

, television and radio gardening presenter (born 1933) * 29 August –

Jeremy Pope Jeremy Pope (born July 9, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Pope is the sixth person in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories for separate performances during the same year, when he received nominations for Best Actor in a ...

, lawyer and activist (born 1938) * 30 August – Bill Kini, boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medallist (

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

) (born 1937)

September

* 8 September – Leigh Hamilton, actress (born 1949) * 14 September **

Don Binney Donald Hall Binney, (24 March 1940 – Sources are (even self-) inconsistent, saying he was 72 or 73, yet born in 1940, resulting in a possible range of birth dates from 15 September 1938 to 14 September 1940. However, based on input from ...

, painter (born 1940) ** Dame

Joy Drayton Dame Mary Josephine Drayton (née Stock, 13 January 1916 – 14 September 2012), known as Joy Drayton, was a New Zealand teacher, academic and officeholder. Early life and education Mary Josephine Stock was born in Dunedin in 1916 and educated ...

, teacher, politician (born 1916) * 15 September –

Paul Okesene Paul Okesene () (14 November 1967 – 15 September 2012) was a Samoan rugby league footballer who represented both Western Samoa and American Samoa. Background His brother, Hitro, also played international rugby league. Playing career A Manuka ...

, rugby league player (born 1967) * 20 September – Sir John Wallace, jurist (born 1934)

October

* 12 October –

Bob Aynsley Robert Aynsley (5 January 1922 – 12 October 2012) was a New Zealand rugby league player. He played five test matches for the New Zealand national rugby league team. Playing career Aynsley played for Blackball and represented the West Coast an ...

, rugby league player (born 1922) * 15 October –

Margaret Alington Margaret Hilda Alington (née Broadhead, 30 September 1920 – 15 October 2012) was a New Zealand librarian, historian and author. Life and career Alington was born and educated in Christchurch, New Zealand. She graduated from Canterbury Unive ...

, historian (born 1920) * 18 October – Florence Akins, artist (born 1906) * 22 October – Sir

Wilson Whineray Sir Wilson James Whineray (10 July 1935 – 22 October 2012) was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until surpassed by Richie McCaw in ...

, rugby union player and businessman (born 1935) * 24 October –

Phil Bygrave Phillip George Bygrave (19 September 1929 – 24 October 2012) was a New Zealand field hockey player. He represented New Zealand in field hockey between 1954 and 1964, including at the 1956, 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" b ...

, field hockey player (born 1929) * 25 October –

Roger Gibbs Sir Roger Geoffrey Gibbs, (13 October 1934 – 3 October 2018) was a British financier who held senior positions on the board of directors of Arsenal Football Club, the Wellcome Trust and Fleming Family & Partners. Education Gibbs was ...

, swimmer (born 1932) * 29 October – Valerie Davies, arachnologist (born 1920) * 31 October – June, Lady Blundell, community activist and charity patron, viceregal consort (born 1922)

November

* 2 November **

Annette Baier Annette Claire Baier (née Stoop; 11 October 1929 – 2 November 2012) was a New Zealand philosopher and Hume scholar, focused in particular on Hume's moral psychology. She was well known also for her contributions to feminist philosophy and to ...

, philosopher (born 1929) ** Greg King, lawyer (born 1969) * 3 November –

Marie Bell Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bear ...

, educationalist, lecturer, teacher (born 1922) * 7 November –

Glenys Page Glenys Lynne Page (11 August 1940 – 7 November 2012) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for New Zealand, both at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cric ...

, cricketer (b. 1940) * 16 November **

Stuart Babbage Stuart Barton Babbage (4 January 1916 – 16 November 2012) was an Anglican priest. Babbage was educated at Auckland Grammar School, the University of Auckland and King's College London. He was ordained in 1940. His first post was as a curate ...

, Anglican priest (born 1916) ** Bob Scott, rugby union player (born 1921) * 19 November –

Jim Weir James McIntosh Weir (born 15 June 1969) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. Weir played in the senior Scottish leagues for Hamilton Academical, Hearts and St. Johnstone. He has also worked as manager of Montrose, Arbroath, ...

, diplomat (born 1922) * 23 November – Diana, Lady Isaac, environmentalist and arts patron (born 1921) * 26 November –

Vincent Orange Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr. (born April 11, 1957) is a former American politician from Washington, D.C. and former president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. An attorney and a certified public accountant, Orange represented Ward 5 on the Coun ...

, historian (born 1935)

December

* 1 December –

Marcia Russell Marcia Grace Russell (1940 – 1 December 2012) was a New Zealand journalist and documentary-maker. Biography Russell started out as a cadet reporter for the New Zealand Herald in 1959, then going on to found ''Thursday'', a magazine in 19 ...

, journalist and news presenter (born 1940) * 3 December –

Eileen Moran Eileen Moran (January 23, 1952 – December 3, 2012) was an American visual effects producer and former executive producer at Weta Digital. Moran was born in Queens, New York, on January 23, 1952, was raised Lindenhurst, New York, on Long Island. ...

, visual effects producer (born 1952) * 5 December – Geoffrey Clatworthy, community activist (born 1939) * 13 December –

Rob Talbot Robert Leslie Gapper Talbot (18 October 1923 – 13 December 2012) was a New Zealand politician who represented the National Party as a Member of Parliament. A Muldoon loyalist, he was a cabinet minister from 1981 to 1984 in the Third Nationa ...

, politician, Member of Parliament (1966–1987) (born 1923) * 16 December – George Duggan, Marist priest (born 1912) * 22 December –

Gerald Melling Gerald John Melling (1943 – 22 December 2012) was an English-born architect, poet, novelist, journalist, author, and editor. Early life and education Melling took an interest in art and poetry at a young age before choosing architecture as a ...

, architect (born 1943) * 24 December **

Guy Dodson George Guy Dodson Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FMedSci (13 January 1937 – 24 December 2012), was a British biochemist who specialised in X-ray crystallography#Biological macromolecular crystallography, protein crystallography at the Univer ...

, biochemist (born 1937) ** Elwyn Richardson, educator (born 1925) * 27 December –

Peter Anderson Peter Anderson may refer to: Sportspeople *Peter Anderson (cricketer, born 1933) Peter Anderson (born 4 October 1933) is an Australian cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for New South Wales in 1966/67. See also * List of New Sou ...

, cricketer (born 1950) * 30 December – Mike Hopkins, sound editor ('' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, suc ...

'') (born 1959)

References

External links

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