The following lists events that happened during 2014 in New Zealand.

Population

;National Estimated populations as at 30 June. Also * New Zealand total – 4,509,900 *

North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...

– 3,450,800 *

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

– 1,058,500 ;Main urban areas Following the 2013 census, Statistics New Zealand added Blenheim to the list of main urban areas, increasing the total number to 17. Estimated populations as at 30 June. *

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

– 1,413,500 * Blenheim – 30,200 *

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 / ...

– 375,200 *

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

– 116,200 * Gisborne – 35,400 *

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

– 218,800 *

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

– 49,800 *

Kapiti Kapiti or Kāpiti may refer to: *Kapiti Island, an island a short distance off the New Zealand coast north of Wellington *Kapiti Coast District, the local government district which includes much of the Kapiti Coast *Kapiti Coast Airport, an airport ...

– 41,000 * Napier-Hastings – 128,800 *

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

– 64,100 *

New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...

– 55,600 *

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

– 82,400 *

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

– 56,200 *

Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

– 127,700 *

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

– 393,600 *

Whanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...

– 39,200 *

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...

– 54,400

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

2014 is the third and last full year of the 50th Parliament, which first sat on 20 December 2011. The general election following the dissolution of parliament was held on 20 September 2014. 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 ...

– David Carter *

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 Cunliffe David Richard Cunliffe (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand management consultant and former politician who was Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to September 2014. He was Member of Parli ...

until 27 September, then from 18 November Andrew Little *

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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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 ...

until 1 November then

Marama Fox Marama Kahu Fox is a former New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the Māori Party. Following her election to parliament, she was named Māori Party co-leader al ...

, and

Te Ururoa Flavell Te Ururoa James William Ben Flavell (born 7 December 1955), also known as Hemi Flavell, is a New Zealand politician who was a co-leader of the Māori Party from 2013 until 2018 and represented the Waiariki electorate for the party in Parliamen ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Lianne Dalziel Lianne Audrey Dalziel (; born 7 June 1960) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister ...

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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Arts and literature

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 ...

Tina Cross Tina Marie Cross (born 27 January 1959) is a New Zealand singer. She sang the winning entry in the 1979 Pacific Song Contest, and was the lead vocalist of synthpop band, Koo De Tah, whose single " Too Young for Promises" was a top ten hit in Au ...

Events

January

* 20 January – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs near Eketahuna in the Manawatu-Wanganui region, causing moderate damage in

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

and

February

March

* 8 March –

Waitawa Regional Park Waitawa Regional Park is a regional park situated on the coast of Tamaki Strait, east of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in Franklin in the Auckland Region, near Kawakawa Bay and Clevedon, about from central Auckland. The park was one of Au ...

opens

April

* 7–16 April –

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge William, Prince of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. Born in London, William was educat ...

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, Princess of Wales, (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne, making Catherine the likely next ...

and

Prince George of Cambridge Prince George of Wales (George Alexander Louis; born 22 July 2013) is a member of the British royal family. He is the eldest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales. George is the eldest grandchild of King Charle ...

visit New Zealand on an official tour. It is Catherine and George's first visit to New Zealand.

May

June

July

*11–21 July – Severe flooding damages thousands of properties in the Northland and Auckland regions.

August

*13 August – Nicky Hager's book '' Dirty Politics: How attack politics is poisoning New Zealand’s political environment'' is published.

September

*1 September – A gunman shoots dead two people and injures a third at the

Work and Income The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) (Māori: ''Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on social policy, and providing social services. MSD is the largest public servi ...

office in Ashburton. The town is locked down for seven hours while police search for and apprehend the suspected gunman. *20 September – the 2014 general election is held.

October

*16 October – New Zealand is elected to the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...

for two years (2015–16) on the first ballot

November

* 18 November – Andrew Little replaces

as leader of the Labour Party in the 2014 leadership election.

December

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 ...

* 2 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 * 27 October –

Labour Day Labour Day ('' Labor Day'' in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for ...

Sport

Basketball

*New Zealand's men's basketball team finished 15th at the

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle ...

Commonwealth Games

Olympic Games

* New Zealand sends a team of 15 competitors in five sports.

Paralympic Games

* New Zealand sends a team of three competitors in one sport.

Rowing

* New Zealand Secondary School Championships (Maadi Cup) ** Maadi Cup (boys U18 coxed eight) –

Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand and is the largest secondary school in the Waikato region. The school was established as Hamilton High School in 1911 but was later split into separate boys' and gir ...

** Levin 75th Jubilee Cup (girls U18 coxed eight) –

Waikato Diocesan School Waikato Diocesan School for Girls is a state-integrated single-sex girls' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is an Anglican girls' Boarding school for students from Year 9 to Year 13. It also has day students. History Dio was first ...

** Star Trophy (overall points) –

Rugby

Ranfurly Shield The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Shield is based on a challenge system. The holding union must defend the shield in challeng ...

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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 ...

defeat Counties Manukau 27–21 to become the new holders of the shield.

Shooting

*Ballinger Belt – Diane Collings (Te Puke)

Births

* 13 September – Vin De Dance, Thoroughbred racehorse * 26 September –

Melody Belle Melody Belle (foaled 26 September 2014) is a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to win the New Zealand Triple Crown. She is also a two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year and holds the New Zealand record for the mo ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse * 12 November –

Grunt Grunt, grunts or grunting may refer to: Sound and music * Grunting (tennis), in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes * Death grunt, the death metal singin ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse

Deaths

January

* 2 January – Terry Magaoa Chapman, Niuean public servant (born 1944) * 15 January – Joyce Fenton, fencer (born 1927) * 16 January – John G. Cleary, computer science academic, promoter of Transcendental Meditation (born 1950) * 20 January **

Graeme Dallow Graeme Augustine Dallow (18 August 1930 – 20 January 2014) was a senior member of the New Zealand Police, attaining the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. Early life and family Dallow was born in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's ...

, police officer (born 1930) ** John Mackey, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland (1974–83) (born 1918) * 29 January – George Griffiths, historian (born 1933) * 30 January ** John Branthwaite, Anglican priest (born 1927) **

Mr Tiz Mr Tiz (2 February 1984 – 30 January 2014) was a champion New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for his three consecutive wins in the Railway Stakes (1,200 metres) at Ellerslie, the country's premier sprint race for thoro ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1984)

February

* 3 February – Alister Leat, judoka (born 1985) * 5 February –

Gary Giles Gary Giles (12 January 1940 – 5 February 2014) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 25 first-class matches for Northern Districts The Northern Districts men's cricket team are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that ...

, cricketer (born 1940) * 11 February –

Olga Jekyll Olga May Jekyll (née MacPherson, 8 October 1918 – 11 February 2014) was a New Zealand fencer, who represented her country at the 1950 British Empire Games. Fencing Born Olga May MacPherson on 8 October 1918, Jekyll competed in her first f ...

, fencer (born 1918) * 19 February –

Graeme Lowans Graeme Edward Lowans (8 May 1934 – 19 February 2014) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts from 1959 to 1965, and Hawke Cup cricket for Nelson from 1958 to 1975. His best first-class season was his ...

, cricketer (born 1934) * 20 February **

Ian McKay Ian John McKay, VC (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) was a British Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Bor ...

, Judge of the Court of Appeal (1991–97) (born 1929) **

Anthony Whitaker Anthony Hume Whitaker (5 September 1944 – 20 February 2014) was a New Zealand herpetologist, contributing a 50-year career of fieldwork, pioneering research and species discoveries. His is still the largest collection of reptile and amphibi ...

, herpetologist (born 1944) * 22 February –

Charlotte Dawson Charlotte Dawson (8 April 1966 – 22 February 2014) was a New Zealand–Australian television personality. She was known in New Zealand for her roles as host of '' Getaway'', and in Australia as a host on ''The Contender Australia'' and as a ju ...

, television personality (born 1966) * 24 February –

Alexis Hunter Alexis Jan Atthill Hunter (4 November 1948 – 24 February 2014) was a New Zealand painter and photographer, who used feminist theory in her work.Gifford, Adam"Feminist art buys a fight" ''The New Zealand Herald'', 4 April 2007. Retrieved 26 Febr ...

, artist (born 1948) * 25 February – David McKinney, author and journalist (born 1945) * 28 February – Donald Murdoch, cricketer (born 1923)

March

* 5 March –

Little Bridge Little Bridge (5 November 2006 - 5 March 2014) was a Horse racing, racehorse originating from New Zealand. He is best known as the winner of the 2012 Sprinting Champion in Hong Kong and the Winner of the 2012 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 2006) * 10 March –

John Pring John Pym Gray Pring (30 December 1927 – 10 March 2014) was a New Zealand rugby union referee. His refereeing career spanned 40 years, and included controlling all four test matches between the All Blacks and the British Lions on their 1971 t ...

, rugby union referee (born 1927) * 13 March – Vince McGlone, seaman and television personality (born 1916) * 16 March –

Frank Oliver Frank Oliver may refer to: *Frank Oliver (American football) (born 1952), American football player *Frank Oliver (footballer) (1882–?), English footballer *Frank Oliver (politician) (1853–1933), Canadian politician *Frank Oliver (rugby union) ( ...

, rugby union player and coach, All Blacks captain (born 1948) * 19 March – Gordon Patrick, cyclist (born 1914) * 20 March – Bill Toomath, architect (born 1925) * 21 March –

David Beaglehole David Beaglehole (8 January 1938 – 21 March 2014) was a New Zealand physicist. Early life, family and education Beaglehole was born in Wellington in 1938 into an academic family. His parents were American-born linguist Pearl Beaglehole (née ...

, physicist (born 1938) * 23 March – David Henshaw, cartoonist (born 1939) * 24 March –

Margaret di Menna Margaret Elaine di Menna (8 July 1923 – 24 March 2014) was a New Zealand microbiologist. In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Otago was ...

, microbiologist (born 1923) * 31 March – David Hannay, film producer (born 1939)

April

* 1 April – Merimeri Penfold, Māori language academic (born 1920) * 3 April – Dame

Dorothy Winstone Dame Dorothy Gertrude Winstone (née Fowler, 23 January 1919 – 3 April 2014) was a New Zealand educationist and academic. She sat on the Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion which ran from 1975 to 1977. The Dorothy Win ...

, educationalist and academic (born 1919) * 6 April –

Charles Farthing Charles Frank Farthing CF (22 April 1953 – 6 April 2014) was a New Zealand doctor who specialised in the treatment of AIDS. He was the medical director of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation from 2001 to 2007. He later worked at Merck Sharp & Dohme ...

, doctor specialising in the treatment of HIV/AIDS (born 1953) * 8 April –

Ivan Mercep Ivan Mercep (22 February 1930 – 8 April 2014) was a New Zealand architect. Early life and family Born in Taumarunui in 1930 to a Croatian family, Mercep was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland and Auckland University College, from whe ...

, architect (born 1930) * 15 April ** Jim Sprott, analytical chemist, forensic scientist (born 1924) ** Sir

Owen Woodhouse Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse (18 July 1916 – 15 April 2014) was a New Zealand jurist and chair of government commissions. Biography Woodhouse was born in Napier in 1916 and completed an LL.B. at the University of Auckland in 1940. He served as ...

, naval officer, jurist, President of the Court of Appeal (1981–86) (born 1916) * 21 April –

Maria Olsen Maria Olsen (born July 22, 1966) is a South African film producer and actress known for her many roles in horror films. These include ''Paranormal Activity 3'', '' The Lords of Salem'', '' Gore Orphanage,'' and ''Starry Eyes''. Non-horror role ...

, painter and sculptor (born 1947) * 26 April ** David Brokenshire, architect, potter (born 1925) **

Patrick Hanan Patrick Dewes Hanan (4 January 192726 April 2014) was a New Zealand scholar of Chinese literature who was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. A sinologist, he specialised in pre-20th-century vernacular f ...

, Sinology academic (born 1927)

May

* 8 May –

Allan Potts Allan W. Potts (May 14, 1904 – November 5, 1952) was an American National Indoor and Outdoor Champion speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Winter Olympics. Inducted May 18, 1967, at Detroit, Michigan, into ...

, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (born 1934) * 10 May – Lane Penn, rugby union player, coach and administrator (born 1938) * 11 May –

Yvonne Cartier Yvonne Cartier (27 February 1928 – 11 May 2014) was a New Zealand-born ballet dancer and instructor, and mime. Her artistic biography coincides with the rebirth of theatrical dancing in England after World War II. Ballet career Born in t ...

, ballet dancer and instructor, mime (born 1928) * 14 May **

Morvin Simon Morvin Te Anatipa Simon (1944 – 14 May 2014) was a New Zealand Māori composer, kapa haka leader, choirmaster and historian. Biography Born at Kaiwhaiki marae on the Whanganui River, Simon was of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa and ...

, composer, kapa haka leader, academic, historian (born 1944) ** Warren Sinclair, radiation physicist (born 1924) * 20 May – Ross Brown, rugby union player (born 1934) * 21 May **

Duncan Cole Duncan Edward Cole (12 July 1958 – 21 May 2014) was a New Zealand association football player who represented New Zealand at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. His senior career began with North Shore United before he moved to Australia to jo ...

, association football player (born 1958) **

Mack Herewini McFarlane Alexander "Mac" Herewini (20 October 1939 – 21 May 2014) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A Rugby union positions#Fly-half, first five-eighth and Rugby union positions#Full-back, fullback, Herewini represented Auckland Rugby Fo ...

, rugby union player (born 1939) * 22 May –

Pani Stirling Southern Cross Campus (''Te Kura Taki o Autahi'') is a composite school that caters for students in Years 1-13 in the suburb of Mangere East in Auckland, New Zealand. The school (also referred to as 'SCC', 'The Campus' or 'The Cross') has deep t ...

, educationalist (born 1937) * 23 May – Sam Harvey, cartoonist (born 1922) * 28 May – Ethel Divers, netball player (born 1915) * 30 May – Peter Hall, cricketer (born 1927)

June

* 9 June – William Bradfield, amateur astronomer (born 1927) * 12 June –

Pat Rosier Patricia Jean Rosier (21 January 1942 – 12 June 2014) was a New Zealand writer, editor and feminist activist. Born and educated in Auckland into a working-class family, after marriage and raising two children she came out as a lesbian in the 1 ...

, writer, editor, feminist activist (born 1942) * 18 June – Ces Renwick, cricketer (born 1924) * 21 June – John Heslop, surgeon, cricket administrator (born 1925) * 30 June – Rik Tau, Ngāi Tahu kaumātua (born 1941)

July

* 2 July – Dave Feickert, mining safety expert (born 1946) * 3 July ** Peter Dawkins, musician and record producer (born 1946) **

Ramai Hayward Patricia Rongomaitara "Ramai" Hayward (née Te Miha, 11 November 1916 – 3 July 2014) was a New Zealand photographer, actor, and filmmaker who made films in five countries. Her film career began in 1940 when she co-starred in the historical mo ...

, actor and filmmaker (born 1916) * 5 July –

Gugi Waaka Hore Wiremu "Gugi" Waaka (1 August 1937 – 5 July 2014), also known as Gugi Walker, was a New Zealand musical entertainer. A guitarist and singer, he was a founding member of the Quin Tikis and the Maori Volcanics Showband. Biography Of Ngāt ...

, entertainer (born 1937) * 10 July –

Douglas Goodfellow William Douglas Goodfellow (23 July 1917 – 10 July 2014) was a prominent New Zealand businessman and philanthropist. In the 1980 New Year Honours, Goodfellow was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the com ...

, businessman and philanthropist (born 1917) * 13 July ** Con Devitt, trade union leader (born 1928) ** Josh Liava'a, rugby league player (born 1948) * 17 July –

Ross Burden Ross Kelvin Burden (16 December 1968 – 17 July 2014) was a celebrity chef from New Zealand. His early career was as a model and he became a chef later in life inspired by the time spent cooking with his grandmother. Career Burden's profession ...

, model and celebrity chef (born 1968) * 20 July –

Lynda Patterson Lynda Jane Patterson (6 February 1974 – 20 July 2014) was a Northern Irish-born Anglican priest who was the 13th dean of Christchurch, New Zealand. She was the first woman to hold that position, serving from 2013 until her death in 2014. Earl ...

, Anglican priest (born 1974) * 21 July –

Kevin Skinner Patrick Kevin Skinner (born February 25, 1974) is an American country music singer from the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky. He is the winner of the fourth season of '' America's Got Talent''. Early life and career Skinner is from the ...

, rugby union player (born 1927) * 22 July –

Glenn Jowitt Glenn Nigel Jowitt (1955 – 22 July 2014) was a New Zealand photographer who specialized in the people and cultures of the Pacific Islands and the communities of Pacific Island descent in New Zealand. He published more than 70 books and booklet ...

, photographer (born 1955) * 25 July – Kenneth Ferries, cricketer (born 1936) * 27 July ** Eric Anderson, rugby union player and coach (born 1931) ** Sir

Richard Bolt Richard Henry Bolt (April 22, 1911 – January 13, 2002) was an American physics professor at MIT with an interest in acoustics. He was one of the founders of the company Bolt, Beranek and Newman, which built the ARPANET, a forerunner of the In ...

, air force officer (born 1923) ** Warren Dibble, poet and playwright (born 1931) * 29 July –

Ron Johnston Ronald Johnston (31 December 1930 – 29 July 2014) was a New Zealand speedway rider who rode for the Belle Vue Aces. He also rode in four World Finals (1955, 1957, 1958 and 1960) during his career finishing a best 5th in 1960. Career Jo ...

, speedway rider (born 1930)

August

* 5 August **

Dave Hereora David Murray Hereora (9 August 1956 – 5 August 2014) was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician. He was a list MP for the Labour Party from 2002 to 2008. Early life Hereora was born in 1956. He was a worker at Affco Meatworks and became ...

, politician and trade unionist (born 1956) **

Joe McManemin Joseph de Valley McManemin (2 January 1923 – 5 August 2014) was a New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator. Biography Born in Auckland in 1923, McManemin was educated at Auckland Grammar School and became a pharmacist, with a shop ...

, athletics coach, sports administrator, Freemason (born 1923) * 10 August –

Graham Gedye Sydney Graham Gedye (2 May 1929 – 10 August 2014) was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played first-class cricket for Auckland from 1956–57 to 1964–65. He was the 98th Test cap for New Zealand. Cricket career Gedye was born in Auckland, w ...

, cricketer (born 1929) * 13 August –

Jack Shallcrass John James Shallcrass (11 September 1922 – 13 August 2014) was a New Zealand author, educator and humanist. Biography Born in Takapuna in 1922, Shallcrass was educated at Wellington College, and served in the Pacific during World War II. He ...

, author, educator, humanist (born 1922) * 16 August –

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 union player (born 1936) * 19 August – Bob Glading, golfer (born 1920) * 20 August – Margaret Marks, cricketer (born 1918) * 22 August – Helen Mason, potter (born 1915) * 27 August –

Frank Corner Frank Henry Corner (17 May 1920 – 27 August 2014) was a New Zealand diplomat. Corner served as New Zealand's Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, before becoming New Zealand's third Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs (197 ...

, diplomat and public servant (born 1920)

September

* 3 September ** Dorothy Braxton, journalist (born 1927) ** Johnny Cooper, rock and roll musician (born 1929) **

Mark Otway Mark Anthony Otway (9 October 1931 – 2014) was a New Zealand tennis player. Born in Takapuna in 1931, Otway was educated at Takapuna Grammar School, and then, from 1946 to 1948, Mount Albert Grammar School. He competed at Wimbledon on eight o ...

, tennis player (born 1931) (death announced on this date) * 5 September –

Eoin Young Eoin S. Young (9 June 1939, Cave, New Zealand – 5 September 2014, 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 Sou ...

, motoring journalist (born 1939) * 8 September – Errol Clince, hunter, engineer (born 1953) * 14 September – **

Peter Gutteridge Peter Gutteridge (19 May 1961 – 15 September 2014) was a New Zealand musician, credited with pioneering the "Dunedin sound" with The Clean and The Chills.Joyce, Colin"New Zealand Indie Rock Icon Peter Gutteridge Dies"''SPIN''. 15 September 20 ...

, musician (born 1961) ** Charles Littlejohn, parliamentary official (born 1923) * 22 September – Ben Webb, artist (born 1976) * 29 September – John Ritchie, composer, music academic (born 1921)

October

* 3 October –

Ewen Gilmour David Ewen Gilmour (22 January 1963 – 3 October 2014), commonly known as Ewen Gilmour, was a New Zealand comedian and television presenter. Usually sporting long brown hair with a goatee and wearing a jacket and jeans, he was a self-describ ...

, comedian (born 1963) * 6 October – Peg Griffin, supercentenarian, oldest person in New Zealand (born 1904) * 9 October – Connell Thode, naval officer, yachtsman (born 1911) * 10 October ** Ivan Armstrong, field hockey player and coach, tennis umpire, educator (born 1928) **

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki (8 December 1943 – 10 October 2014) was a New Zealand art historian, academic, and curator. Of Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī and English descent, he was a pioneer in the study of contemporary Māori and Pa ...

, art historian, academic and curator (born 1943) **

Ernie Wiggs Ernest David "Ernie" Wiggs ( – 10 October 2014) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1968 World Cup. Playing career Wiggs played for Otahuhu in the Auckland Rugby League competition. An Auckland representa ...

, rugby league player and coach (born 1941) * 13 October –

Yvette Bromley The Court Theatre is a professional theatre company based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1971 and located in the Christchurch Arts Centre from 1976 until the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. It opened new premises in Add ...

, stage actor and theatre director (born 1913) * 14 October – Bob Neilson, rugby league player (born 1923) * 18 October –

Veandercross Veandercross (14 October 1988 – 18 October 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred gelding who won 14 stakes races, (including eight Group one), and was chosen Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year for the 1992–93 season. Veandercros ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1988) * 21 October – Tuna Scanlan, boxer (born 1934) * 26 October – Sir Tay Wilson, sports administrator (born 1925) * 27 October – Ian Monro, naval officer (born 1927)

November

* 2 November –

Robert Tripe Robert John Rostrevor "Robbie" Tripe (12 July 1973 – 2 November 2014) was a New Zealand stage, television and movie actor. Biography Background and Education Born in Whanganui in 1973, Tripe was educated at Huntley School in Marton and W ...

, actor (born 1973) * 5 November –

Don McLaren Donald George McLaren (21 August 1933 – 5 November 2014) was a New Zealand businessman specialising in equine pharmaceuticals. Biography Born in the Auckland suburb of Epsom in 1933, McLaren founded Bomac Laboratories, an animal remedies co ...

, animal healthcare businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse breeder, horse racing administrator (born 1933) * 6 November –

Len Jordan Leonard Beck Jordan (May 15, 1899June 30, 1983) was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of Idaho and a United States Senator for over ten years. Early life and education Born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, Jordan's father was a cou ...

, rugby league player (born 1920) * 7 November –

Rough Habit Rough Habit (2 December 1986 – 7 November 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One (G1) races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995. Background Rough H ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1986) * 9 November –

Jeanne Macaskill Jeanne Macaskill, (née Bensemann, 12 November 1931 – 9 November 2014) was a New Zealand artist. Biography Born in Motueka in 1931, Macaskill studied at Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University College, and teachers' colleges in ...

, painter (born 1931) * 14 November – Dave Dephoff, athlete (born 1928) * 15 November – John Sparnon, rugby league player (born 1943) * 16 November – Binney Lock, journalist and newspaper editor (born 1932) * 17 November – Warren Murdock, cricketer (born 1944) * 20 November ** Allan Baker, ornithologist (born 1943) **

Murray Gittos Murray Benjamin Gittos (4 January 1920 – 20 November 2014) was a New Zealand fencer, who won a silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games. Early life and family Gittos was born on 4 January 1920, the elder son of Benjamin Frank Gittos an ...

, fencer (born 1920) * 24 November – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, athlete (born 1926) * 30 November –

Norm Holland Norman Bannerman Holland (24 March 1924 – 30 November 2014) was a New Zealand jockey. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, England, in 1924, Holland emigrated to New Zealand on the ''Ruahine'' with his father and brother in 1929, and settled in Tara ...

, jockey (born 1924)

December

* 1 December –

Rocky Wood Rocky Wood (19 October 1959 – 1 December 2014) was a New Zealand-born Australian writer and researcher best known for his books about horror author Stephen King. He was the first author from outside North America or Europe to hold the pos ...

, writer (born 1959) * 3 December – Pat O'Connor, Roman Catholic priest, Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (1992–2011) (born 1932) * 12 December **

Graham Turbott Evan Graham Turbott (27 May 1914 – 12 December 2014) was a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator. He served as director of the Auckland Institute and Museum from 1964 to 1979. Early life and family Born at Stanley ...

, ornithologist and zoologist (born 1914) ** Alan Ward, historian (born 1935) * 13 December – John Hickman, meteorologist (born 1927) * 14 December – John McCraw, soil scientist and local historian (born 1925) * 16 December – Jack Hazlett, rugby union player, tannery company founder (born 1938) * 17 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer (born 1924) * 18 December –

John Beedell John Beedell (February 14, 1933 – December 18, 2014) was a New Zealand-born, Canadians, Canadian Canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s into the early 1960s. He competed for Canada at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cha ...

, canoeist (born 1933) * 23 December –

Nigel Priestley Michael John Nigel Priestley (21 July 1943 – 23 December 2014) was a New Zealand earthquake engineer. He made significant contributions to the design and retrofit of concrete structures, and developed the first displacement-based method of se ...

, earthquake engineer (born 1943) * 25 December ** Dave Comer, photographer, film location scout (born 1956) **

Tom O'Donnell Thomas G. O'Donnell (30 August 1926 – 8 October 2020) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1973 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East from 1961 to 1987. He also served as ...

, medical doctor, researcher and academic (born 1926) * 26 December – Judith, Lady Hay, community leader, mayoress of Christchurch (1974–89) (born 1927) * 29 December – Sir

Ivor Richardson Sir Ivor Lloyd Morgan Richardson (24 May 1930 – 29 December 2014) was an eminent New Zealand and Commonwealth jurist and legal writer and a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Education He was a student at Timaru Boys' H ...

, jurist (born 1930)

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