1934 in New Zealand

January

• 3 January – Bob Elliott, paediatrician (died 2020)
• 6 January – Harry M. Miller, entertainment promoter and publicist (died 2018)
• 11 January – Barrie West, naval officer
• 22 January – Graham Kerr, television cook
• 26 January – Rex Percy, rugby union and rugby league player (died 2015)

February

• 4 February – Donal Smith, athlete
• 6 February – Barry Magee, athlete
• 7 February – Ossie Butt, rugby league player (died 2002)
• 10 February – Fleur Adcock, poet and editor
• 26 February – Kara Puketapu, public servant and Maori leader (died 2023)

March

• 3 March – Lindsay Townsend, rugby union player (died 2020)
• 15 March – Wally Hughes, association football player and coach (died 2011)
• 16 March
  • Ian McLean, politician
  • Des Townson, yacht designer (died 2008)
• 17 March – Ian Barker, jurist (died 2022)
• 20 March
  • Graeme Hansen, equestrian (died 2007)
  • Ralph Maxwell, politician (died 2012)
• 26 March
  • Harle Freeman-Greene, diplomat
  • Matiu Rata, politician (died 1997)
• 31 March – Randall Carrington, cricketer (died 2018)

April

• 3 April – Pamela Allen, children's writer and illustrator
• 9 April – Bill Birch, politician
• 14 April – Duncan MacRae, rugby league player (died 2019)
• 21 April – Martin Horton, cricket player and coach (died 2011)
• 30 April – Tom Coughlan, rugby union player (died 2017)

May

• 1 May
  • Nev MacEwan, rugby union player
  • Apirana Mahuika, Ngāti Porou leader (died 2015)
• 8 May
  • Graeme Lowans, cricketer (died 2014)
  • Gordon Ogilvie, historian and biographer (died 2017)
• 12 May – Peter Bland, poet, actor
• 15 May – Frank McAtamney, rugby union player (died 2022)
• 16 May – Roy Kerr, mathematician
• 21 May – Guy Henderson, oboist (died 2013)
• 28 May – Bill Baillie, athlete (died 2018)
• 30 May
  • Mel Cooke, rugby league player (died 2013)
  • Peter Dronke, medievalist (died 2020)

June

• 5 June
  • Ashley Lawrence, conductor (died 1990)
  • Margaret Stuart, athlete (died 1999)
• 8 June – David Abbott, cricket umpire (died 2016)
• 11 June – John da Silva, wrestler, boxer (died 2021)
• 13 June – Mel Brieseman, public health official, missionary (died 2010)
• 19 June – Arthur Candy, cyclist (died 2019)

July

• 12 July – Tuna Scanlan, boxer (died 2014)
• 15 July – Noel Hobson, field hockey player
• 19 July – Tessa Birnie, concert pianist (died 2008)
• 22 July
  • Sam Chaffey, alpine skier, businessman (died 1998)
  • Neville Denton, rugby league player and coach (died 2015)
• 25 July – Peter Skelton, cricketer (died 2009)
• 27 July – Robin Leamy, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2022)
• 31 July – Roger Urbahn, rugby union player, cricketer, sports journalist (died 1984)

August

• 1 August – John Beck, cricketer (died 2000)
• 6 August – Dave Gillespie, rugby union player
• 9 August – Kevin Laidlaw, rugby union player
• 21 August – Ruth Butterworth, political scientist (died 2020)
• 24 August
  • Tony Campbell, biblical scholar (died 2020)
  • John Waddingham, cricketer
• 29 August – John Guy, cricketer

September

• 2 September
  • Leslie Butler, cricketer (died 2006)
  • Colin Knight, educationalist (died 2016)
• 6 September – Alison Roxburgh, women's rights advocate, community leader (died 2020)
• 8 September – Ross Brown, rugby union player (died 2014)
• 9 September
  • Eugene Paykel, psychiatrist
  • John Wallace, jurist (died 2012)
  • Roy Williams, decathlete
• 10 September
  • John Abrams, field hockey player
  • Des Webb, rugby union player (died 1987)
• 11 September – Evon Dickson, cricketer (died 2012)
• 14 September – Paul Little, rugby union player (died 1993)
• 19 September – Austin Mitchell, journalist, politician (died 2021)
• 25 September – Allan Potts, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (died 2014)
• 29 September – Bob Parker, rower (died 2009)

October

• 1 October – Teupoko'ina Utanga Morgan, teacher, politician, author (died 2007)
• 4 October – Joe Williams, physician, politician (died 2020)
• 8 October – Jean Coulston, cricketer (died 2001)
• 12 October – Maurice Langdon, cricketer
• 18 October – Allan Wilson, biochemist (died 1991)
• 20 October – Leo Close, Paralympic sportsman and sports organiser (died 1977)
• 22 October – Donald McIntyre, opera singer
• 28 October – Brian Davis, Anglican archbishop (died 1998)
• 29 October – George Cuthill, association footballer
• 31 October – Don Aickin, obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 2019)

November

• 1 November – Les Mills, athlete, politician
• 11 November – Peter Snow, physician (died 2006)
• 12 November – Peter Wilkinson, politician (died 1987)
• 13 November – Peter Arnett, TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner

December

• 1 December – Peter Williams, lawyer, penal reform advocate (died 2015)
• 6 December – Johnny Hanks, boxer (died 2013)
• 11 December
  • Tom Hadfield, rugby league player (died 2018)
  • Ross McNabb, mycologist (died 1972)
• 25 December – John Shrapnell, journalist, actor, singer (died 2020)
• 26 December – Don Hunn, diplomat and public servant
• 27 December – Ron Ackland, rugby league player and coach (died 2013)
• 28 December – Bob Skelton, jockey (died 2016)
• 30 December
  • Barry Briggs, speedway rider
  • Eddie Tonks, rugby union administrator (died 2020)

Undated

• Gillian Cowlishaw, anthropologist
• James Flynn, intelligence researcher, politician (died 2020)
• Gil Hanly, artist
• Olaf Keil, musician
• Leo McKendry, politician
• Norma Restieaux, cardiologist
• Tepaeru Tereora, artist, Cook Islands Māori language advocate
• Ted Thomas, jurist
• Ann Verdcourt, potter (died 2022)

January–February

• 6 January – Hikapuhi, Ngāti Pikiao tohunga (born c. 1871)
• 7 January – Alfred West, rugby union player (born 1893)
• 9 January – George Smailes, politician, clergyman (born 1862)
• 10 January – Lawrence Grace, politician (born 1854)
• 18 January – Jessie Aitken, community worker, political activist (born 1867)
• 20 January – Joseph Lawton, cricket player and coach (born 1857)
• 27 January – Spencer Gollan, rower, golfer (born 1860)
• 31 January – Duncan Sommerville, mathematician and astronomer (born 1879)
• 8 February– Herbert Izard, Anglican clergyman (born 1869)
• 15 February – John Fletcher, businessman, politician (born 1888)
• 22 February
  • Rosetta Baume, feminist, community leader (born 1871)
  • George Witters, conservationist (born 1876)

March–April

• 5 March – Sir Arthur Dobson, surveyor, engineer, explorer (born 1841)
• 12 March – Fanny Osborne, botanical illustrator (born 1852)
• 31 March – James Mackintosh Bell, geologist, writer (born 1877)
• 5 April – Thomas Davey, politician (born 1856)
• 9 April – John Charles Thomson, politician (born 1866)
• 11 April
  • Harry Beswick, politician (born 1860)
  • Sir Edwin Mitchelson, politician (born 1846)
  • Alexander Peebles, politician (born 1856)
• 29 April – Bert Pither, cyclist, aviation experimenter (born 1871)
• 30 April – James Testro, cricketer (born 1851)

May–June

• 5 May – Ann O'Donnell, hotel proprietor (born c. 1858)
• 6 May
  • William McGirr, cricketer (born 1859)
  • Sir Henry Wigram, businessman, politician, aviation pioneer (born 1857)
• 14 May – George Fowler, cricketer (born 1860)
• 26 May – John Anderson, rugby union player, engineer, politician (born 1849)
• 2 June – David Ashby, cricketer (born 1852)
• 7 June
  • William Vorrath, cricketer, rugby league player (born 1904)
  • George Webbe, cricketer (born 1856)
• 9 June – John Joseph Woods, composer of "God Defend New Zealand" (born 1849)
• 13 June – Guy Thornton, army chaplain (born 1872)
• 14 June – Walter Empson, schoolteacher (born 1856)
• 15 July – George Anson, cricketer, physician (born 1850)
• 17 June – William Triggs, journalist, newspaper editor, politician (born 1855)
• 27 June – Harry Ell, politician, conservationist (born 1862)

July–August

• 1 July – Frederick William Ward, journalist and newspaper editor (born 1847)
• 2 July – Arthur Plugge, army officer (born 1877)
• 6 July – Thomas Pettit, businessman, politician (born 1858)
• 8 July – Leonard Cockayne, botanist (born 1855)
• 10 July – Andrew Walker, politician (born 1855)
• 13 July – Kate Sheppard, suffragist (born 1848)
• 16 July
  • Walter Bennett, politician (born 1864)
  • Carlo Bergamini, sculptor (born 1868)
• 18 July – Herbert Fenwick, cricketer (born 1861)
• 20 July – William Alfred Bayly, convicted murderer (born 1906)
• 3 August – Allan Johnson, Anglican clergyman (born 1871)
• 10 August – Sally Low, social reformer and peace campaigner (born 1876)
• 11 August – William Collins, surgeon, politician, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1853)
• 12 August – James Glasgow, cricketer (born 1934)
• 17 August – Sir George Fowlds, politician (born 1860)

September–October

• 2 September – James Allan, rugby union player (born 1860)
• 4 September – Tini Taiaroa, community worker (born c. 1846)
• 5 September – John Joseph Dougall, politician (born 1860)
• 13 September – Sir John Roberts, businessman, politician (born 1845)
• 14 September – Robert Loughnan, journalist, politician (born 1841)
• 21 September – Hugh Stewart, soldier, historian (born 1884)
• 30 September – Joseph Butler, timber merchant (born 1862)
• 9 October – Roderick McKenzie, politician (born 1852)
• 20 October – Arthur Blacklock, cricketer (born 1868)

November–December

• 2 November – Alexander Don, Presbyterian missionary (born 1857)
• 8 November – Arthur Eastwood, jockey, rowing coxswain (born 1905)
• 19 November – Charles Wilson, politician (born 1862)
• 25 November – Eliza Anscombe, painter (born 1872)
• 2 December – Horace Packe, Anglican clergyman (born 1865)
• 8 December – Robert Brown, cricketer (born 1850)
• 10 December – Margaret Stoddart, botanical artist (born 1865)
• 22 December – Robert Davenport, cricketer (born 1852)
• 29 December – Sir Arthur Fell, politician (born 1850)