The following lists events that happened during 2010 in New Zealand.

Population

* Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,373,900 * Increase since 31 December 2009: 41,700 (0.96%) * 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 ...

–

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 –

Sir Anand Satyanand Sir Anand Satyanand, (born 22 July 1944) is a former lawyer, judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011. Satyanand was chair of the Commonwealth Foundation for two 2-year terms, ending in D ...

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Government

2010 was the second full year of the 49th Parliament. *

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 i ...

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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 from 2008 to 2016 and as Leader of the New Zealand National Party from 2006 to 2016. After resigning from bo ...

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 ...

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 co ...

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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 Ar ...

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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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Phil Goff Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 N ...

( Leader of the Opposition) * Act –

Rodney Hide Rodney Philip Hide (born 16 December 1956) is a former New Zealand politician of the ACT New Zealand party. Hide was a Member of Parliament for ACT from 1996 until 2011, was ACT's leader between 2004 and 2011, and represented the constituency f ...

, since 13 June 2004 * Greens –

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 ...

(since 30 May 2009) and

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 ...

(since 3 June 2006) *

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 ...

–

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 ...

and

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 ...

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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, Dame 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 amal ...

– John Banks since October 2007, followed by

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 ...

for the Auckland super city *

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 ...

– Stuart Crosby, since October 2004 * Mayor of Hamilton – Bob Simcock since May 2007, followed by Julie Hardaker in October 2010 *

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 representat ...

–

Kerry Prendergast Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast (née Ferrier, born 28 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010, succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position, after Fran W ...

since October 2001, followed by

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 ...

in October 2010 *

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, Ph ...

– Bob Parker, since October 2007 *

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 ...

– Peter Chin succeeded by

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

US Army 100806-A-IP583-082 Timothy O'Donnell transfer case

January

*17–19 January: Prince William of Wales visits New Zealand, and represents The Queen officially for the first time by opening the new Supreme Court building in Wellington.

February

March

April

*25 April: Three members of the air force are killed when their Iroquois helicopter crashes on the way to Wellington for Anzac day commemorations.

May

June

July

*13 July: Two police officers are injured and police dog Gage is killed after being confronted by an armed offender during a routine drugs search in Phillipstown,

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 Rive ...

. Gage would later be posthumously awarded the PDSA Gold Medal after taking a fatal gunshot wound protecting his injured handler.

August

*4 August: Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell becomes the first New Zealand fatality of the

War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) * Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) *Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see al ...

after his convoy is attacked.

September

*4 September ** The 7.1 magnitude

2010 Canterbury earthquake The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at on , and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. Som ...

causes widespread damage and several power outages, particularly in Christchurch. ** All nine passengers on board are killed in a Fletcher FU24 crash, the worst aircraft crash in New Zealand in 17 years. * 17 September: MP and Corrections Minister

David Garrett David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist. Early life When Garrett was four years old his father purchased a violin for his ol ...

resigns from the ACT party caucus after revelations that in 1984 he obtained a false passport using details of a deceased child. *17–22 September: A "storm the size of Australia" passes to the south of New Zealand bringing snow, rain, gales, tornadoes and causing widespread damage – 72,000 homes lose power, and the roof of a stadium collapses under a snow load in Invercargill and numerous roads are closed.

October

* 1 October: The largest reform in the tax system since the 1980s takes effect:

GST GST may refer to: Taxes * General sales tax * Goods and Services Tax, the name for the value-added tax in several jurisdictions: ** Goods and services tax (Australia) ** Goods and Services Tax (Canada) ** Goods and Services Tax (Hong Kong) **G ...

is raised to 15%, company tax rates drop from 30% to 28%, and the top tax bracket falls from 38% to 33%. * 5 October: '' Breakfast'' broadcaster Paul Henry is suspended by TVNZ after questioning if New Zealand's ethnic minority Governor-General

Anand Satyanand Sir Anand Satyanand, (born 22 July 1944) is a former lawyer, judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011. Satyanand was chair of the Commonwealth Foundation for two 2-year terms, ending in De ...

, is a proper New Zealander. On 7 October Henry is embroiled in further controversy as his mockery of Delhi Chief Minister

Sheila Dikshit Sheila Dikshit () (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019) was an Indian politician. The longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, she served for a period of 15 ye ...

is declared "racist" and "unacceptable" and New Zealand's ambassador to

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

is summoned for a dressing down. Henry resigns from TVNZ on 10 October. * 9 October:

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held for all of New Zealand's city, district and regional councils, and all District Health Boards. * 27 October: After crisis talks with Warner Bros executives, Prime Minister

announces the $670 million project to film ''The Hobbit'' will go ahead in New Zealand. Acting unions had threatened to boycott the movies, leading Warner Bros and New Line to consider taking the production elsewhere.

November

* 19 November: A gas explosion in the Pike River coal mine traps 29 workers underground. *20 November: Labour candidate

Kris Faafoi Kristopher John Faafoi (born 23 June 1976) is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician. He became the Member of Parliament for the Mana electorate in 2010. He did not contest the seat as an electorate MP in 2020 but continued as a list MP ...

wins the 2010 Mana by-election

December

*28 December: A storm moves up the country. Two bridges on the

Aorere River The Aorere River is in the South Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are within Kahurangi National Park. The river flows generally northwards for before draining into Golden Bay at the town of Collingwood. The Heaphy Track's northeastern ...

are swept away, including the historic Salisbury Swing Bridge.

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 Wai ...

* 25 April – ANZAC Day * 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 * 5 June –

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* 27 October – Labour Day

Awards

New Zealander of the year

The inaugural awards take place. *New Zealander of the Year: Ray Avery *Senior New Zealander of the Year: Sir Eion Edgar *Young New Zealander of the Year: Divya Dhar *Community of the Year: Victory Village *Local Hero: Haami (Sam) Tutu Chapman

Arts and literature

New books

Music

Performing arts

* Benny Award 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 Gary Daverne ONZM.

Television

Film

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* Predicament * Tracker * Wound

Internet

Sports

Commonwealth Games

Cricket

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Motorsport

Netball

Olympic Games

* New Zealand sends a team of 16 competitors in eight sports.

Paralympic Games

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

Rowing

The 2010 World Rowing Championships were held at

Lake Karapiro Lake Karapiro () is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River at Karapiro, south-east of Cambridge in New Zealand's North Island. The lake was formed in 1947 by the damming of the Waikato River to store water for the 96-megawatt Karapir ...

, near

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, New Zealand between 29 October – 7 November.

Rugby league

*New Zealand co-hosted the

2010 Four Nations The 2010 Rugby League Four Nations tournament was played in Australia and New Zealand in October and November 2010. The tournament was the second time the Four Nations had been held, following on from the 2009 edition held in England and France. ...

and also won the tournament, defeating Australia in the final at

Suncorp Stadium Lang Park, also known as Brisbane Football Stadium, by the sponsored name Suncorp Stadium, and nicknamed: 'The Cauldron', is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Milton. The current facility co ...

. *The

New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

finished fifth in the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

, before being eliminated in the first round of the play-offs. The Junior Warriors won the Toyota Cup. *

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

won the Albert Baskerville Trophy, defeating Counties Manukau in the final.

Rugby union

Shooting

*Ballinger Belt – ** Jonathan Cload (United Kingdom) ** Ross Geange (Otorohanga), second, top New Zealander

Soccer

At the

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finals in South Africa,

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finish third in their pool after achieving three draws: 1–1 vs Slovakia, 1-1 vs Italy and 0-0 vs Paraguay.

Tennis

Births

* 21 August – Suavito, Thoroughbred racehorse * 25 September –

Puccini Giacomo Puccini ( Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse * 23 October –

Tiger Tara Tiger Tara (foaled 23 October 2010) is a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse that raced at the very top level in both New Zealand and Australia. He is notable in that he was voted Australian Harness Horse of the Year for the 2019 season and ...

, Standardbred racehorse

Deaths

January

* 7 January –

Peggy Dunstan Margaret Elizabeth Dunstan (née Baylis; 28 October 1920 – 7 January 2010) was a New Zealand poet and writer. Biography Dunstan was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 28 October 1920, and was educated at Wellington East Girls' College. Sh ...

, poet, writer (born 1920) * 12 January ** Patricia Hook, religious sister, nurse and hospital administrator (born 1921) **

Elizabeth Moody Elizabeth Moody (1737 Kingston upon Thames - 1814) was a British poet, and literary critic. Life Elizabeth Greenly was the daughter of a wealthy lawyer, who died when she was 13, but left a legacy for her family. A book-lover from an early age, s ...

, actor (born 1939) ** Juliet Peter, artist, potter, printmaker (born 1915) * 23 January – Douglas J. Martin, religious leader (born 1927) * 31 January –

Pauly Fuemana Paul Lawrence Fuemana (8 February 1969 – 31 January 2010) was a Niuean-New Zealand singer, songwriter and musician from Auckland. One of the first globally successful pioneers of his country's unique style of hip-hop, Fuemana was one of New ...

, musician (born 1969)

February

* 7 February –

Peter Lorimer Peter Patrick Lorimer (14 December 1946 – 20 March 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer, best known for his time with Leeds United and Scotland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. An attacking midfielder and the club's youngest-ever ...

, mathematician (born 1939) * 8 February – Duncan McVey, association football player (born 1938) * 23 February –

Richard Giese Richard William Giese (30 April 1924 – 23 February 2010) was a New Zealand flautist and principal flautist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra from 1962 to 1986. Giese's ancestors originated from Thuringia, Germany. His parents were Carl ...

, flautist (born 1924)

March

* 2 March – Mate Jakich, rugby union player (born 1940) * 13 March ** Sir

Ian Axford Sir William Ian Axford (2 January 1933 – 13 March 2010) was a New Zealand space scientist who was director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1974 to 1990. Axford's research was focused on the interaction of the sun with the ...

, space scientist (born 1933) ** Terry Heffernan, politician (born 1952) * 17 March – Tim Chadwick, artist and author (born 1962) * 21 March –

Margaret Moth Margaret Gipsy Moth (January 30, 1951– March 21, 2010) was a photojournalist who worked for CNN. Early life Born in Gisborne, New Zealand, as Margaret Wilson, she got her first camera at age 8. She was the first news camerawoman in New Zea ...

, photojournalist (born 1951) * 25 March –

Ben Gascoigne Sidney Charles Bartholemew "Ben" Gascoigne (11 November 191525 March 2010) was a New Zealand-born optical astronomer and expert in photometry who played a leading role in the design and commissioning of Australia's largest optical telescope, t ...

, astronomer (born 1915) * 28 March – Sir

Gaven Donne Sir Gaven John Donne (8 May 1914 – 28 March 2010) was a New Zealand-born former Chief Justice of Samoa, Niue, the Cook Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu. Biography Donne was born in Christchurch and educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School, Ha ...

, jurist, former Chief Justice of various Pacific nations (born 1914) * 30 March –

Bruce Turner Malcom Bruce Turner (5 July 1922 – 28 November 1993) was an English jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. Biography Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England, and educated at Dulwich College, he learned to play the clarine ...

, field hockey player and cricketer (born 1930)

April

* 2 April – Malcolm Hahn, athlete (born 1931) * 5 April – Jim Edwards, politician (born 1927) * 6 April –

Tony MacGibbon Anthony Roy MacGibbon (28 August 1924 – 6 April 2010) was a cricketer who played 26 Tests for New Zealand in the 1950s. MacGibbon was a useful lower-order right-hand batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who led the attack for his count ...

, cricketer (born 1924) * 17 April –

Mervyn Probine Mervyn Charles Probine (30 April 1924 – 17 April 2010) was a New Zealand physicist and public servant. He served as chairman of the State Services Commission between 1981 and 1986. Early life and family Born in Auckland on 30 April 1924, Prob ...

, physicist and public servant (born 1924) * 28 April –

Elma Maua Elma Ngatokoa Maua (12 November 1948 – 28 April 2010) was a Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor. Maua was one of New Zealand's first Pacific Islander journalists. Maua was born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in 1948, the youngest ...

, journalist (born 1948)

May

* 8 May –

Deborah Pullen Deborah Anne Pullen (née Kok) (12 June 1963 – 8 May 2010) was an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. She made her Football Ferns debut in a 2–2 draw with Australia on 6 October 1979. She represen ...

, association football player (born 1963) * 12 May – John Warham, photographer and ornithologist (born 1919) * 16 May – Jason Palmer, prison guard (born 1977) * 20 May – Hugh Morris, founder of

McDonald's New Zealand McDonald's Restaurants (New Zealand) Limited (also using the trading name "Macca's") is the New Zealand subsidiary of the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. Its first location opened in 1976. In 2017 McDonald's New Zealand had ...

(born 1929) * 21 May –

Trevor Meale Trevor Meale (11 November 1928 – 21 May 2010) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1958. Meale was born in Papatoetoe, Auckland and died in Orewa, Auckland. Cricket career A left-handed opening batsman, Meale play ...

, cricketer (born 1928) * 22 May – Peter Hall, World War II flying ace (born 1922) * 23 May ** Beaver, singer (born 1950) ** Paul Reynolds, internet commentator (born 1949) * 30 May – Dame

Pat Evison Dame Helen June Patricia Evison (née Blamires; 2 June 1924 – 30 May 2010), known professionally as Pat Evison, was a New Zealand-born actress. Early life and education Evison was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 2 June 1924, the daughter of ...

, actor (born 1924) * 31 May –

Merata Mita Merata Mita (19 June 1942 – 31 May 2010) was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, and writer, and a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Early life Mita was born on 19 June 1942 in Maketu in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. Sh ...

, filmmaker (born 1942)

June

* 3 June ** Ross Beever, geneticist and mycologist (born 1946) **

Bill Clark William Clark (1770–1838) was an American soldier and explorer; governor of Missouri Territory. William Clark may also refer to: Business * W. H. Clark (brewer) (William Henry Clark, c. 1815–c. 1870), brewer in South Australia * William Bell ...

, rugby union player (born 1929) * 5 June – Sir Neil Anderson, naval officer (born 1927) * 6 June –

Vincent Ingram Alfred Kura Taratu Ingram (10 July 1946 – 6 June 2010) was a Cook Islands politician and Cabinet Minister. Ingram was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and initially raised in Samoa and then Rarotonga. He was educated at Avarua Side School, and ...

, Cook Islands politician (born 1946) * 10 June – Paul Dobbs, motorcycle road racer (born 1970) * 27 June – Eric Godley, botanist and biographer (born 1919)

July

* 7 July –

Moko In the mythology of Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Moko is a wily character and grandfather of the heroic Ngaru. Moko is a ruler or king of the lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging acro ...

, bottlenose dolphin (born 2006) * 8 July – Scott Guy, farmer * 10 July ** Eric Batchelor, soldier (born 1920) ** David Gay, soldier, cricketer and educator (born 1920) * 20 July ** Sir Randal Elliott, ophthalmologist (born 1922) ** Gus Fisher, fashion industry leader and philanthropist (born 1920) ** Sir

Gordon Mason Sir Gordon Charles Mason (8 November 1921 – 20 July 2010) was a New Zealand local-body politician and businessman. He served as the mayor of Rodney District from 1989 to 1992. Biography Born in Helensville on 8 November 1921, Mason was the ...

, local-body politician (born 1921) ** Peta Rutter, actor (born 1959) * 25 July –

Barrie Devenport John William Barrie Devenport (7 October 1935 – 25 July 2010, often mistakenly reported as "Barrie Davenport") was a New Zealand swimmer and lifesaver who was the first person in modern history to swim Cook Strait. Devenport was born in Wel ...

, Cook Strait swimmer (born 1935) * 28 July – Bob Quickenden, association footballer (born 1923) * 30 July – Esme Tombleson, politician (born 1917)

August

* 1 August –

Eric Tindill Eric William Thomas Tindill (18 December 1910 – 1 August 2010) was a New Zealand sportsman. Tindill held a number of unique records: he was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the time of his death, the only person to play Tests for New Zeala ...

, cricketer and rugby player (born 1910) * 11 August – Sir

Ron Trotter Sir Ronald Ramsay Trotter (9 October 1927 – 11 August 2010) was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent business leaders. He was knighted for his service to business in 1985. Early life and family Born in Hāwera on 9 October 1927, Trotter was the ...

, businessman (born 1927) * 14 August – O. E. Middleton, writer (born 1925) * 17 August –

Koro Dewes Te Kapunga Matemoana "Koro" Dewes (7 April 1930 – 17 August 2010) was a kaumātua of the Ngāti Porou iwi of New Zealand. He was a pioneer of Māori education and an advocate for the Māori language. Dewes attended Horoera Native Primary School ...

, Ngāti Porou kaumātua and Māori language advocate (born 1930) * 24 August – Sir

Graham Liggins Sir Graham Collingwood "Mont" Liggins (24 June 192624 August 2010) was a New Zealand medical scientist. A specialist in obstetrical research, he is best known for his pioneering use of hormone injections ( antenatal steroids) in 1972 to acceler ...

, medical scientist (born 1926) * 28 August – Sir Patrick O'Dea, public servant (born 1918)

September

* 21 September – Sir

Archie Taiaroa Sir Archie John Te Atawhai Taiaroa (3 January 1937 – 21 September 2010) was a New Zealand Māori leader who affiliated to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Maru iwi. He chaired the Whanganui River ...

, Māori leader (born 1937) * 22 September – Graeme Hunt, journalist, author and historian (born 1952) * 25 September **

Allan Elsom Allan Edwin George Elsom (18 July 1925 – 25 September 2010) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A three-quarter, Elsom represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks Th ...

, rugby union player (born 1925) ** Morrie McHugh, rugby union player (born 1917)

October

* 7 October – Ian Morris, musician (born 1957) * 10 October – Les Gibbard, cartoonist (born 1945) * 27 October – Maurice Goodall, Anglican bishop (born 1928) * 28 October –

Keith Bracey Keith Arthur Bracey (3 May 1916 – 28 October 2010) was a New Zealand television reporter and host who with his goatee beard was one of Television New Zealand's most recognised figures. Background In 1966 he was the inaugural presenter for New ...

, broadcaster (born 1916) * 29 October – John Mudgeway, rugby player (born 1961) * 31 October –

Alan Blake Alan Walter Blake (3 November 1922 – 31 October 2010) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Blake represented Wairarapa at a provincial level. He played for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in a single test match in ...

, rugby union player (born 1922)

November

* 7 November –

Kurt Baier Kurt Baier (26 January 1917 – 7 November 2010) was an Austrian moral philosopher who taught for most of his career in Australia and the United States. Life and career Born in Vienna, Austria, Baier studied law at the University of Vienna. I ...

, philosophy academic (born 1917) * 8 November – Tom Walker, soil science academic and television personality (born 1916) * 9 November –

John Cunneen John Cunneen (May 18, 1848 near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland – February 21, 1907 Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA) was an American lawyer and politician. Life He came to the United States when 14 years old to live with relatives at ...

, eighth Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch The Latin Rite Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. Its cathedral and see city are located in Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. It was form ...

(born 1932) * 14 November – Sir

Gordon Bisson Sir Gordon Ellis Bisson (23 November 1918 – 14 November 2010) was a New Zealand Court of Appeal judge and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Early life and education Bisson was born to Clarence Henry Bisson and Ada Bisson (n ...

, naval officer and jurist (born 1918) * 17 November – Johnny Simpson, rugby player (born 1922) * 28 November – Te Aue Davis, Māori weaver (born 1925)

December

* 4 December – Adrienne Simpson, broadcaster, historian, musicologist and writer (born 1943) * 14 December –

Ruth Park Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 191714 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels '' The Harp in the South'' (1948) and ''Playing Beatie Bow'' (1980), and the children's radio serial '' ...

, author (born 1917) * 15 December ** Tom Newnham, political activist and educationalist (born 1926) ** Sir

Ross Jansen Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen (6 September 1932 – 15 December 2010) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as mayor of Hamilton from 1977 to 1989. He was an expert in local government, held a variety of positions, was academically ackno ...

, local-body politician (born 1932) * 28 December –

Denis Dutton Denis Laurence Dutton (9 February 1944 – 28 December 2010) was an American philosopher of art, web entrepreneur, and media activist. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was also a ...

, philosophy academic (born 1944) * 30 December – Rex Hamilton, sport shooter (born 1928) * 31 December – Syd Ward, cricketer (born 1907)

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