NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
MISCELLANEOUS DROWNINGS
The following are New Zealand drownings that have been sent to me either by relatives or from cemetery etc records. If you have any names you would like to add please let me know. (The dates are extendable either way). Please also see the Miscellaneous Drowning Inquests page as there are many on there also.
The * denotes the date the body was found. Please note that there are many rivers in New Zealand with the same name (Wai means water in Maori). Province's are no longer used in New Zealand so access to a good gazetteer is recommended or the book "Wises NZ Index to Every Place in New Zealand" be consulted.
For the Canterbury drowings also see transcriptions from the Press and Star - Daily Newspapers - Christchurch - New Zealand - for random months from 1870 - 1930
| 1877Jun09 | - | "Austrian Jack" | 24 | Wellington Harbour | Wellington |
| 1909Sep15* | - | A Maori known as "Smiler" | Waikohu River | Poverty Bay | |
| 1866Jun08 | - | Anthony # | - | Late servant to Father Moreau. Drowned at Rattray St Jetty, Dunedin | Otago |
| 1887Sep09 | - | Unknown Male | - | Body found drowned at Penny's Bay | Thames |
| 1866Jan27* | - | Unknown Male # | - | Parker's Creek, Waitaki | Canterbury |
| 1889Dec14 | ABBOT | Robenia T. (Rubina) | 9 | Waioeka River, Opunake | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1913May10 | ABBOTT | Spencer | 18 | Pipiriki, Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1909Sep07 | ABRAM | John | 50 | Lost at Sea SS Duco | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1882Mar19 | ACKER | Herbert Arnold | 8 | New River (Oreti) near Otarata | Southland |
| 1910Jun16 | ACKER (nee STUART) | Jane | 66 | Oreti River, near Otatara | Southland |
| 1877Jun08 | ACKER | Lewis | 28 | Wellington Harbour | Wellington |
| 1882Mar19 | ACKER | Mabel Jane | 14 | New River (Oreti) near Otarata | Southland |
| 1869Jun07 | ADAMS (nee PANNETT) | Lucy | 25 | Drowned in well, Greendale, Canterbury (M/I Barbadoes St Cemetery, Christchurch) | Dictionary of NZ Biography |
| 1867Jan14 | ADAMS | Samuel | - | Te Papa, Tauranga | Southern Cross 28 Jan 1867 |
| 1867Feb26 | ADES | William | 27 | Auckland | Southern Cross 1 Mar 1867 |
| 1887May27 | AH MOKE | - | - | Waipori Goldfields. Also on boat of Chinese Coffins which sunk off the coast of NZ | Otago |
| 1890Dec08 | AINSWORTH | George William | 36 | RMS "Tainui". Buried at sea | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1883Feb17 | ALBRECHT | Harry | 41 | Ohinemuri, Thames | Thames |
| 1886Dec26 | ALFORD | Marian Emma | 14 | Waikato River, Cambridge | Waikato Times 5 Jan 1886 |
| 1863Oct24 | ALLEN | Henry | 22 | Waikato River, Cambridge | New Zealander 29 Oct 1863 |
| 1887Mar00 | ALLEN | William Edward | 45 | Tairua | Bay of Plenty Times 24 Mar 1887 |
| 1889Jan00 | ANDERSON | Amelia Mary Laura | 23 | Waikato River, Taupo | Bay of Plenty Times 28 Jan 1889 |
| 1897Sep12 | ANDERSON | Andrew Joseph Thomas (Captain) | 32 | Pipiriki, Wanganui River | Wanganui Herald 13 Sep 1897p3 |
| 1958Aug16 | ANDERSON | Andrew (Andy/Anaru) (Captain) | 63 | Pipiriki, Wanganui River | Dictionary of NZ Biography |
| 1926Mar11 | ANDERSON | Annie Doreen | 6 1/2 | Oponae (Opotiki) | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1910Apr10 | ANDERSON | Ernest | 3 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1910Apr10 | ANDERSON | Euphemia | 47 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1892Jul23 | ANDERSON | Frank | - | Katikati Heads - Boating accident | Bay of Plenty Times 25 Jul 1892 |
| 1910Apr10 | ANDERSON | Maud | 18 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1872Sep23 | ARROLL | Thomas James | 44 | Dunedin Harbour | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1868Feb03 | BAKER | - | 3 | Foundering of Star of Tasmania, Oamaru Harbour | North Otago |
| 1868Feb03 | BAKER | - | 5 | Foundering of Star of Tasmania, Oamaru Harbour | North Otago |
| 1883Feb06 | BAKER | Charles (Captain) | 44 | Opotiki Bar, Opotiki | Bay of Plenty |
| 1869Dec18 | BALFOUR # | James | - | Roadstead of Timaru | Canterbury |
| 1944Apr17 | BAMBRY | George Dixon | 17 | Matamate | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1919Jan14 | BARKER | Thomas | 14 | Raparapahoe Stream, Te Puke | Bay of Plenty |
| 1892Oct23 | BARNARD | Charles Thomas | 46 | Avon River, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1887Nov00 | BARNARD# | John | - | Clutha River | Otago |
| 1887Jul14 | BATES | Nathaniel | - | Aparima River | Southland |
| 1871Nov11 | BATY | John | 34 | Drowned while attempting to rescue Joseph QUIN | Thames |
| 1872Dec30 | BEAN | Silas | - | Waimakariri River, Kaiapoi | Canterbury |
| 1882Dec10 | BECK | Ebenezer | - | Napier | Hawkes Bay |
| 1918Feb17 | BEDFORD | Harry Dodgshun (Proff) | 40 | Mair Pool, Whangarei | Dictionary of NZ Biography |
| 1844Aug08 | BELL | Charles | 45 | HMS Hazard | Bay of Islands |
| 1878Aug29 | BENNY | James | 37 | Drowned (Boating Accident - Boat: Colombo) | Thames |
| 1937Jan23 | BEST | George | - | Capsizing of yacht - off Mount Maunganui, Tauranga | Bay of Plenty |
| 1893Apr00 | BIRCH | Horace J | - | Sumner, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1961Oct04 | BIRD | William James | 31 | Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1903Jan28 | BOLTON | Ellen | - | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1875Mar30 | BOOKER | William | 24 | Drowned at Ohinemuri. Coroner's Warrant. (Buried without Certificate) | Thames |
| 1934Feb25 | BOON | Edna Helen | 28 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1960Feb16 | BOOTH | Carolyn Ann | 18m | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1891Mar16 | BRAY# | James | - | Helensville | Auckland |
| 1896Feb11 | BRIDGES | William James | 13 | Tongaporutu River | Taranaki |
| 1896Nov29 | BRIGGS | Robert Ephraim | - | Off Ohawe Beach, Hawera | South Taranaki |
| 1868Feb03 | BROOKS | William | 32 | Foundering of Star of Tasmania, Oamaru Harbour | North Otago |
| 1873May02 | BROWN | Rebecca | 36 | Drowned by falling into a well | Thames |
| 1873May02 | BROWN | Sarah | 14m | Drowned by falling into a well | Thames |
| 1891Mar08 | BROWN# | Charles Henry | 12 | Waimakiriri River | Canterbury |
| 1872Sep21 | BROWN | Thomas Cairns | 21 | Dunedin Harbour | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1918Jan01 | BROWN | Walter | 15 | Oamaru Beach | Ashburton Guardian 2 Jan 1918 |
| 1891Mar08 | BROWN# | William Edward | 37 | Waimakiriri River | Canterbury |
| 1950Jan02 | BRUNGAR | Norman Geoffrey (Ted) | 20 | Patea | H/Stone Patea Cemetery |
| 1902Jan12 | BUCHANAN | Duncan | 33 | Castlecliff, Wanganui (with OVERTON) | Wanganui |
| 1912Nov26 | BURCH | William | - | Rumahunga River | H/Stone Greytown Cemetery |
| 1899Jun27 | BURNS | Robert | - | Near Dannevirke | Feilding Star 27 Jun 1899 p2 |
| 1904Apr | CADWALLADER | Henry Richard | 29 | Rumahunga River | Wairarapa |
| 1869Aug30 | CADY | John | - | Tauranga | H/S Tauranga Mission Cemetery |
| 1886Dec23* | CALLAGHAN | Jeremiah | - | Waipori River | Otago |
| 1891Feb17 (Inquest) | CAMERON | Donald | - | Dunedin Harbour | Otago |
| 1907Mar08 | CAMPBELL | Kate Lucy | 25 | Wanganui River (with GIESEN) | Wanganui |
| 1915Mar16 | CANN | Alfred V | - | Parua Bay, Whangarei | Northland |
| 1889May16 | CANNON | Henry | Waipiri, Gisborne | Poverty Bay | |
| 1918Nov21 ? | CARLSON | Carl August | 53 | Auckland Harbour near Central Wharf | Auckland |
| 1882Nov16 | CARLYON | Arthur Lawrance | 37 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1863Dec19 | CARTER | James MacKenzie (or James MacKenzie, Carter) | - | Molyneaux River, Otago | Otago Witness (Newspaper) 19 Dec 1863 p5 |
| 1903Sep03 | CARTWRIGHT | Ernest Boyer | 21 | Kaiti Beach, Gisborne (Theological student of England) | Poverty Bay |
| 1918Apr01 | CHAPMAN | Harold Gordon | 19 | Papamoa, Tauranga | Bay of Plenty |
| 1861Oct04 | CHAPMAN | John | 6 | Ure River | Marlborough |
| 1868Feb03 | CHAPMAN | John | 35 | Whare Creek, West Taieri | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1915Jan11 | CHAPMAN | Phyllis | 12 | Hokio Beach, Levin | Horowhenua |
| 1904Dec04 | CLINTON | Francis Richard | 23 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1886Jun | COLE | Richard | 35 | Raumahana River at Tewhiti | Wairarapa |
| 1910Feb | COLES | A M | - | Waikareao Estuary, Tauranga | Inquest BOP Times 23 Feb 1910 |
| 1907Oct16 | CONNOR | Matthew Charles | 43 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1904Jan11 | CONROY | John Charles | - | Found drowned in Dredge Pond, Lower Enfield, Waipori | Otago |
| 1894Apr15 | COOK | Jesey (sic) | 6 | Mautaura River | Otago |
| 1940Dec18 | CORBETT | Maria Kuia (Bubbles) | 7 | Maketu, Te Puke | H/S Maketu Cemetery |
| 1886Jun19 | CRANE | Charles | - | Otago Heads | Otago |
| 1937May08 | CROMPTON | Donald | 12 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1896Nov29 | CROWHURST | Clara | - | Off Ohawe Beach, Hawera | South Taranaki |
| 1863Dec09 | CUMMING | Henry | - | Wakaia River, Otago | Otago Witness (Newspaper) 19 Dec 1863 p5 |
| 1872Feb10 | DALE | John | 6 | Greymouth Floods | Family member |
| 1872Feb10 | DALE | George | 9 | Greymouth Floods | Family member |
| 1895Dec09 | DALGITTY | James | 21 | Tauera River, at Te Whiti | Wairarapa |
| 1908July-- | DALLIN | John | - | Drowned in Westport Coal Co's dam at Denniston | West Coast |
| 1915Mar26 | DALTON | David | 78 | Pukekohe | Franklin |
| 1871Jun07 | DANIELS | Jonathan | 44 | Drowned. | Thames |
| 1891Feb11 | DAVIS# | David | 32 | Seaman, off Railway Wharf, Wellington | Wellington |
| 1872Aug01 | DAVIS | Isaac | 45 | Lagoon at Oamaru | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1887Nov00 | DAVIS# | Stephen | - | Roaring Meg, near Cromwell (Body found at Miller's Flat, Molyneux River) | Otago |
| 1889Mar09 | DAWSON | Thomas | 38 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1891Mar26 | DE SOUZA | Frank | Mokihinui River, Westport | West Coast | |
| 1878Aug18 | DE THIERRY (THIERRY) | George | 45 | Drowned (Boating Accident - Boat: Colombo) | Thames |
| 1888Nov03 | DEAN | James | Infant | Leathem's Creek, Pokeno | Auckland |
| 1886Jun16 | DODD | E C | - | Shortland Embankment, Thames | Thames |
| 1904Nov27 | DODD | Theodore Henry | 23 | Meremere, Hawera | Hawera Star 28Nov1904 p2 |
| 1868Feb03 | DRAPER | Edwin | 32 | Tokomairiro | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1862Sep18 | DUNCAN | Christina | - | Waipori River | Otago |
| 1892Jun06 | DUNCAN | John Hugh | 22 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1902Sep19 | EASTON | Unnamed son William EASTON | 3 | Lagoon at Richmonds, Oamaru | Otago |
| 1914Nov23 | EDMONSTON | Moses | 39 | Lake Rotorua | Bay of Plenty |
| 1909Nov11 | EDWARDS | Andrew | 40 | Kaiwarra, Wellington Harbour | Hawera & Normanby Star 27 Nov 1909 p5 |
| 1958Nov14 | ELLISON | Stewart | 7 | Lake Rotoehu | Bay of Plenty |
| 1893Sep12 | ENGLISH | William Morwood | 52 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1910Sep07 | EVANS | Emrys | 26 | Ohiwa Harbour | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1899Jan30 | EVANS | Frederick Walter | 11 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1891Feb02 | EVANS | James | - | A dam at Mardon's flaxmill, Upper Riccarton | Canterbury |
| 1928May20 | FAHEY | John M | - | Tuapeka River Mouth (when their Chevrolet lurched off the punt into the river) | Otago |
| 1928May20 | FAHEY | Mary Mrs | - | Tuapeka River Mouth (when their Chevrolet lurched off the punt into the river) | Otago |
| 1872Aug03 | FAIR (or McCULLOCH) | Bridget | 40 | A lagoon near Kakanui, Oamaru | Otago |
| 1880Dec25 | FARNIE | Andrew | 25 | Wanganui | Wanganui Herald 4 January 1881 Page 2 |
| 1873 | FEIST | Mary Mrs | - | Waingawa River | Wairarapa |
| 1856 | FENDALL | Charles Whitelocke | 21 | Rangitata River, Canterbury | Dictionary of NZ Biography |
| 1885Sep06 | FERGUSON | Alexander | Child | Port Chalmers (with JACKSON) | Otago |
| 1885Sep06 | FERGUSON | James | Child | Port Chalmers (with JACKSON) | Otago |
| 1885Sep06 | FERGUSON | John | Child | Port Chalmers (with JACKSON) | Otago |
| 1885Sep06 | FERGUSON | Mary | Child | Port Chalmers (with JACKSON) | Otago |
| 1884Feb27 | FILMER | John Edmund | 5 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1885 | FINLAY | Clement | 2 | Uawa River, Poverty Bay (with HARVEY) | Poverty Bay |
| 1905Dec03 | FISHER | Thomas | - | Drowned in a water hole, Waipori River | Otago |
| 1915Nov22 | FRANKLIN | Alice Mrs & 2yr old child | - | Whakatane River Heads, Whakatane | Bay of Plenty |
| 1891Mar11? | FULTON# | John | - | Kauapakapa | Auckland |
| 1866Dec23 | GALLAGHER | Jermia (Jeremiah?) | - | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1907Jul21 | GALLIENE | John Phillip (Captain) | - | Drowned with the loss of the Scow Surprise | Ohui Beach, Bay of Plenty |
| 1884Mar22 | GARDINER | Catherine | 21 | Patea River (Late Stewardess of SS Waverley) | Wanganui |
| 1891Jan01 | GEANEY | Timothy | Buggy capsize in the Tengawai, Timaru | Canterbury | |
| 1939Mar03 | GEE | Walter Henry | 61 | Swimming in the sea off Northcote, Auckland Harbour | Auckland |
| 1878Mar01 | GELLIBRAND | Selina Hannah | - | Drowned off Oponui | H/S Tauranga Mission Cemetery |
| 1876Mar08 | GEMMILL | William | 7y7m | River, German Terrace, Westport | West Coast |
| 1892Mar15 | GENT | David | 13 | Lake Waihola | Otago |
| 1907Mar08 | GIESEN | Sarah Jane | 37 | Wanganui River (with CAMPBELL) | Wanganui |
| 1873May27 | GILFILLAN | John Gordon | - | Lake Rotorua | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1911Jan11 | GLANFIELD | Edwin James | 23 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1878Aug25 | GLEESON | John | - | Dunedin Jetty | Otago |
| 1881Dec05 | GODSO | James | - | Otago Harbour | Otago |
| 1868Nov02 | GOLDING | Charles Mrs | - | of Deep Stream, near Oamaru. Wife of the innkeeper | Oamaru Times & Waitaki Reporter 6 Nov 1868 |
| 1911Aug17 | GOODIN (nee FRANCIS) | Fanny | 66 | Buried Clareville, near Carterton | Wairarapa |
| 1967Aug19 | GRANGER | Harry | - | Buried at sea (Headstone Te Puke cemetery) | Bay of Plenty |
| 1871May31 | GREEN | George | 37 | Drowned. | Thames |
| 1893Oct04 | GREEN | W S | - | Waiapu River, Awanui | East Cape |
| 1876May24 | GRIBBLE | John | 24 | Drowned whilst proceeding to Coromandel with R POLKINGHORNE and M WILLIAMSON | Thames |
| 1886Feb13 | GRIFFITHS | James Saynor | 7 | Wellington Harbour | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1906Feb04 | GRIFFITHS | Peter | - | Wellington Harbour | Evening Post Inquest 5 Feb 1906 p6 |
| 1887Jul20 | GULLICK | William | 21 | Avon River, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1887Jul20 | GULLICK | Frederick | 14 | Avon River, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1915Apr05 | HAIR | John | - | Tamaki River, Auckland | Auckland |
| 1891Feb20* | HALE | Gordon | - | Wairoa South | ? |
| 1958Jan04 | HALL | Susan Jennifer | 8 | Waiotahi Beach, Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1876Feb23 | HAMILTON | David | - | Campbelltown (now Bluff) | Southland |
| 1875Aug - btwn 18-20 | HAMILTON | Henry John (Captain) | - | Ketch Emily - foundered between Collingwood and Nelson with loss of her crew of two. | Nelson |
| 1884Jun24 | HARPER | James | - | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1891Feb21 | HARPING | Maude | - | Motutapu Island, Auckland | Auckland |
| 1916Jul02 | HARRIS | John Samuel | 19 | Havelock North | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1860 | HARRISON | Francis | - | Rangitata | Otago |
| 1885 | HARVEY | Maggie | - | Uawa River, Poverty Bay (with FINLAY) | Poverty Bay |
| 1885 | HARVEY | Sarah | - | Uawa River, Poverty Bay (with FINLAY) | Poverty Bay |
| 1895Oct06 | HASLETT | William John | 15 | Rakaia River | Canterbury |
| 1877Dec16 | HASTIE | Matthew James | 11 | Waioeka River, Opunake | Bay of Plenty |
| HASTIE | Robert | 5 | Waioeka River, Opunake | Bay of Plenty | |
| 1899Jun26 | HEARD | Thomas | - | Mangahao River | Feilding Star 27 Jun 1899 p2 |
| 1883Aug31 | HIBBARD # | Lucy Martha | - | at Oakleigh, Timaru | Canterbury |
| 1891 | HINGSTON | James | - | Collecting pipis at Little Waihi, Maketu | Bay of Plenty |
| 1899Dec15 | HODGE | James Heron | - | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1915Jan15 | HODGE | Mr & Son | - | Te Horo Beach, Levin | Horowhenua |
| 1940Dec18 | HOKO | William (Billy) | 6 | Maketu, Te Puke | H/S Maketu Cemetery |
| 1918Mar08 | HOOD | John | 60 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1890Dec07 | HOULIHAN | Thomas Patrick | 18m | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1891Aug15 | HUDSON | Frank Heath | - | Opotiki Bar, Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1886Sep25 | HUGHAN | David | 23 | Taieri Beach | Otago |
| 1886Sep25 | HUGHAN | Samuel Gordon | 24 | Taieri Beach | Otago |
| 1905Apr07 | HUGHES | Edward Stuart | 4y6m | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1894Apr23 | HUMFFRIES | Percy | Child | Wairau River, Blenheim | Marlborough (Marlborough Express 24 Apr) |
| 1894Apr23 | HUMFFRIES | Sarah Mrs | - | Wairau River, Blenheim | Marlborough (Marlborough Express 24 Apr) |
| 1909Mar09 | HUNT | Eli Francis | - | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1872Jul07 | HUTTON | Thomas | 42 | Kawarau River, Bannockburn | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1873Dec30 | HYAM | George | 14 | Drowned Kauaeranga River while crossing on horseback | Thames |
| 1872Jul25 | HYAMS | Alice | 3m | Drowned while coming from Tapu | Thames |
| 1872Jul25 | HYAMS | Elizabeth | 30 | Drowned while coming from Tapu | Thames |
| 1872Jul25 | HYAMS | Thomas | 3 | Drowned while coming from Tapu | Thames |
| 1892Jul23 | IRWIN | Robert | - | Katikati Heads - Boating accident | Bay of Plenty Times 25 Jul 1892 |
| 1869May26 | JACKSON | Allan | - | Seaman from the Defiance. Drowned at Kakanui | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1885Sep06 | JACKSON | Christina | Child | Port Chalmers (with FERGUSON) | Otago |
| 1885May09 | JAMES | John | 44 | Firth of Thames | Inquest held |
| 1887Oct12 | JENKINS | Charles Frederick | 7 | Asburton River | Canterbury |
| 1887Oct12 | JENKINS | Emily Mabel | 1 | Asburton River | Canterbury |
| 1887Oct12 | JENKINS | Thomas Charles | 5 | Asburton River | Canterbury |
| 1887Oct12 | JENKINS | William Robert | 3 | Asburton River | Canterbury |
| 1875Jan17 | JOHANNESSEN (JOHNSON) | Peder (Pender) | Waitemata (Death reg at Helensville) | Auckland | |
| 1907Jul21 | JOHANSEN | E | 19 | Drowned with the loss of the Scow Surprise | Ohui Beach, Bay of Plenty |
| 1870Sep10 | JOHNSON | Margaret | 20m | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1915Jul29 | JOHNSTONE | Lindsay | - | Mangakowhai Stream, Whatawhata | Waikato |
| 1912Dec11 | JOUNNAX | Reginald William | 15y11m | Te Aro Baths, Wellington | Wellington |
| 1871Nov | JUDD | James | 21 | Wellington Harbour | Wellington |
| 1871Nov | JUDD | William Eden | 25 | Wellington Harbour | Wellington |
| 1902Jan28 | KELLY | John | 44 | Ohiwa, Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1888Nov09 | KENDALL | Martha | 43 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1888Nov09 | KENDALL | Richard | 6 1/2 | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1915Nov05 | KENNEDY | Alexander | 2 | Paora Flax Mill, Kaituna River, near Te Puke | Bay of Plenty |
| 1871Mar02 | KENT | Henry | 17 | Drowned. | Thames |
| 1907Jul21 | KELLY | W | 17 | Drowned with the loss of the Scow Surprise | Ohui Beach, Bay of Plenty |
| 1903Aug14 | KIDD | Thomas | 30 | Mangawhero Stream | South Taranaki |
| 1891Jan ?? | KIRBY | Young Girl | - | Molyneaux River. Daughter of Kirby, a rabbiter | Otago |
| 1910Feb25 | LANG | Hubert | - | Methven Domain Pond, Ashburton | Canterbury |
| 1920Feb06 | LASKER | Zona May | 7 | Waipaoa River, Kaitaratahi | Poverty Bay Herald 7 Feb 1920 |
| 1920Feb06 | LASKER | Charles William | 8 | Waipaoa River, Kaitaratahi | Poverty Bay Herald 7 Feb 1920 |
| 1908July-- | LAURENSON | Robert | 35 | Drowned off a launch in Pelorous Sound | Marlborough |
| 1882Dec24 | LAVER | Minnie | - | In a boat from the Weslyan service at Raglan, when the craft capsized. | Waikato |
| 1891Mar21 | LE BRUN | (Male) | - | Upper Harbour, Dunedin | Otago |
| 1890 | LEVERT | Arthur F. | - | Lost at sea | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1975Jan03 | LEWIS | Eric David | 64 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1876June | LINKLATER | John (Capt.) | 49 | Brig "Britains Pride" | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1881Mar | LOFQUIST | James Gustav | - | Presumed drowned fording the Haast River | West Coast Times 3 Jun 1881 |
| 1891Jan10 | LORD | John | - | Pool of water near the Cross Wharf, Oamaru | Otago |
| 1910Apr10 | LUDLAM | Claude Henry | 11 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1910Apr10 | LUDLAM | Gladys Muriel | 6 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1910Apr10 | LUDLAM | James Alexander | 18 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1910Apr10 | LUDLAM | Martha | 48 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1910Apr10 | LUDLAM | Walter John | 19 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1891Mar00 | LYONS | Thomas | - | Fell overboard from a yacht in Wairoa River | ? |
| 1877Apr16 | MACKAY | Thomas | - | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1925Aug07 | MACKAY (MACKIE) (McKAY) | Joseph W | - | Waimakariri River, Kimberley (Body found 5 Apr 1926) | Canterbury |
| 1883Feb11 | MAHAN # | William Ludlow | - | Saltwater Creek | Canterbury |
| 1901Mar24 | MANSON (nee HARWOOD) | Elizabeth Austen | - | Dry River, Motupipi, Golden Bay | Nelson |
| 1891Feb02 | MARDON | Samuel | - | A dam at Mardon's flaxmill, Upper Riccarton | Canterbury |
| 1879Aug16 | MARKS | Hannibal (Captain) | 62 | Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1879Aug16 | MARKS | Hannibal (Junior) | 34 | Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1961Jan03 | MARTINOVICH | James Kendrick | 10 | Waiarohia Stream, Cafler Park, Whangarei, Northland | Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland |
| 186?Sep29 | MASTERTON | William (Royal Engineers) | - | Wanganui River | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1865Jul27 | McANARY | James (Private - 68th Durham Light Infantry) | 30 | Judea, Tauranga | H/S Tauranga Mission Cemetery |
| 1901Dec30 | McARTHUR | Frank | 21 | Lucas Creek, Auckland | Auckland Star 2 January 1902 Page 4 |
| 1865Aug04 | McAULEY | William (Private) | 28 | Tauranga | H/S Tauranga Mission Cemetery |
| 1940Dec18 | McDONALD | Bessie Florence (Betty) | 7 | Maketu, Te Puke | H/S Maketu Cemetery |
| 1929Feb15 | McGOWAN | John McNab | 8 | Mt Maunganui Wharf | Bay of Plenty |
| 1887Jul20 | McGRATH | James Joseph | 19 | Avon River, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1886Jun | McGREGOR | John | - | Open boat sailing for Moutere from Nelson | Nelson |
| 1906Jul16 | McGUINNESS | James | 52 | Moss Creek, Gumtown, Whitianga (Buried Symonds St Cemetery, Auckland) | Coromandel |
| 1923Feb27 | McHARDIE | Clarence Vivian | 26 | A water-drain near Ashburton | Canterbury |
| 1938Jan04 | McILWRAITH | Robert Quinton (Bobby) | 8 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1882Dec20 | McIVOY | John | - | "In a water closet at the back of the South Star Hotel, Blenheim" | Marlborough |
| 1891Mar30 | McKAY | James | 2y4m | Tub of water, St Asaph St, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1882Feb04 | McKAY | Thomas | - | Drowned. Shepherd for COTTON | Otago |
| 1909Sep06 | McKENZIE | Dudley | - | Waihuka River | Poverty Bay |
| 1918Nov 21? | McLANDRESS | John | Middle aged | Auckland Harbour off Kings Drive | Auckland |
| 1902Sep13 ? | McLAY | Donald | - | From cutter Variance. Lost of Ruggedy Point, Stewart Island | Stewart Island |
| 1883Feb26 | McLEOD | Alexander P | 4y10m | Drowned | Bay of Islands |
| 1936Jan31/Feb1 | McLEOD | W F | - | Drowned off Launch "Mokau" | New Plymouth |
| 1936Jan31/Feb1 | McLEOD | Angus | - | Drowned off Launch "Mokau" | New Plymouth |
| 1902 | McLUSKY | James Joseph (Jim) | - | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1867Dec27 | McMENY | Francis | - | Waipori River | Otago |
| 1862Jan31 | McNAMARA | John | - | Waipori River | Otago |
| 1915Nov15 | MELDRUM | Andrew | 40 | Town wharf, Whangarei | Northland |
| 1940Jan14 | MELLOWS | Leslie M | 38 | Yacht dashed to pieces near Matakana Island, Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1861Feb02 | METCALF | Joseph | - | Passenger in a bullock dray that overturned crossing the Rakaia River during a fresh | Canterbury |
| 1936Jan31/Feb1 | MIKOZ | Alexander | 58 | Drowned during the storm of 31 Jan/1Feb at Mangatangi | of Belwood Ave, Mt Eden, Auckland |
| 1892Mar04 | MOFFAT | (male) | - | Waipa River, Ngaruawahia | Waikato |
| 1866Apr00 | MONTEITH # | - | - | Waitaki | Canterbury |
| 1936Jan31/Feb1 | MONTGOMERY | J | - | Drowned during the storm of 31 Jan/1Feb | Piako River. Baker of Ngatea |
| 1886Aug24 | MOUNTAIN | Florence Leah | 12 | Drowned off Te Puna, Bay of Islands | Bay of Islands |
| 1862Jan01 | MOUTRIE (MUNTRIE) | Robert | - | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1934 | MUNDT | Carl Franz (Frank) | - | Slipped on a wooden plank and drowned in a stream on his farm at Kaimiro, Inglewood | Taranaki |
| 1846Jan18 | NATHAN | Charles William | 19m | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1892Mar16 | NAYSMITH | James | - | Reefton | West Coast |
| 1940Jan14 | NEILSON | Phillip H | 33 | Yacht dashed to pieces near Matakana Island, Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1886May28 | NEW | William | - | Stanton River, Waiau | Canterbury |
| 1915Apr05 | NICHOLLS | William George | - | Tamaki River, Auckland | Auckland |
| 1881 | NOBLE | Willie (Postman) | - | Wainuioru River | Wairarapa |
| 1958Nov14 | NORRIS | Barry John | 8 | Lake Rotoehu | Bay of Plenty |
| 1876Feb06 | NORTON | James | 41 | Drowned off the end of Grahamstown wharf while coming off Enterprise? | Thames |
| 1871Feb24 | NORTON | John | 20m | Drowned in well near Oddfellows Hall? Willoughby St | Thames |
| 1891Mar10or11 | NORTON# | John | 28 | Buller River | West Coast |
| 1937Jan23 | O'CONNELL | Maurice | - | Capsizing of yacht - off Mount Maunganui, Tauranga | Bay of Plenty |
| 1893Mar23 | O'CONNOR | John Patrick | 19 | Wairarapa. Son of John O'CONNOR and Margaret nee FRAWLEY. | Wairarapa |
| 1892Nov27 | O'CONNOR | Patrick | - | Otakeho River | South Taranaki |
| 1902Jan12 | OVERTON | James | 19 | Castlecliff, Wanganui (with BUCHANAN) | Wanganui |
| 1875Dec25 | PALETHORPE | Thomas | - | Otara River, Opotiki | Bay of Plenty Times 8Jan1876 p3ColA |
| 1953Dec06 | PALMER | Kathleen Ann | 18m | Lake Rotoiti | Bay of Plenty |
| 1960Dec10 | PARKINSON | Damien Leo | 48 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1931Jan18 | PARKINSON | Eric P. | 31 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1891Dec29 | PARKINSON | John | 21 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1895Jan10 | PARTINGTON | Arthur Victor | 14 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1869Dec16 | PATTERON | Thomas | 38 | Civil Engineer. Capsizing of J Chaplin & Co's coach in the Kakanui River | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1917Feb25 | PATTON | William | - | Waihi Beach, Waihi | Poverty Bay Herald 28 Feb 1917 |
| 1892Mar18 | PERKINS | Joe | 18 | Rumahunga River | Greytown, Wairarapa |
| 1891Feb08 | PETRIE | Daniel | - | 2 miles above Dobbin's Ford, Rakaia River | Canterbury |
| 1868Feb03 | PETRIE | David | 21 | Foundering of Star of Tasmania, Oamaru Harbour | North Otago |
| 1914Apr22 | PHILLIPS | Alice | - | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1892Feb03 | POLGLASE | Henry H | 13 | Pahiatua | Pahiatua |
| 1876June24* | POLKINHGORNE | Robert | 20 | Drowned whilst proceeding to Coromandel (See GRIBBLE)(Coroner's Warrant) | Thames |
| 1912Nov12 | POPE | Charles (Master Mariner) | 68 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1892Feb27 | POTHAN | George | - | Waiau River - Waggoner in employ of George Kemp | Canterbury |
| 1909Sep20 | PRESTON | Clarence John | 18m | Kiore | Taranaki |
| 1871Nov10 | QUIN | Joseph | 12 | Drowned while bathing Kauaeranga River | Thames |
| 1891Jan13 | QUINLAN | Infant | Infant | Drowned in a bucket of water at Dannevirke | Hawkes Bay |
| 1889Aug22 | RAINBOW | W | - | Ngaruroro River (Whilst trying to save George COTTERILL aged 9) | Hawkes Bay |
| 1887Sep27 | RALPH | John | 36 | River Acheron (Hanmer Springs Cemetery) | North Canterbury |
| 1882Dec12 | RAMSEY | David | 10y3m | Kaiapoi | Canterbury |
| 1893Dec26 | RANUM | Anton Marcus Brith | - | Shanks Creek, Makarau, Kaukapakapa | Auckland |
| 1885May09 | REA | William | 43 | Firth of Thames | Inquest held |
| 1859Feb22 | READING | George Frederick | - | Accidental drowning Rangitikei River. | Rangitikei |
| 1878Feb26 | REDDISH | Alfred | 19 | Fell overboard Naval Boat (Coroner's Warrant) | Thames |
| 1929Mar26 | REEVE | Gladys Winifred | 37 | Karori Reservoir, Wellington (Suicide) | NZ Truth 18 April 1929 |
| 1864Dec08 | RENDALL | George | - | Waipori River | Otago |
| 1913Dec27 | RENNIE | Alex (Ch Officer of SS Inga) | 35 | Accidentily drowned | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1908Dec20 | RHODES | Lewis (Louis) | 25 | Waitara River | Taranaki |
| 1864 | RICE | William | 40 | Drowned Upper Crossing, Waipori River | Otago |
| 1876May | RICHARDS | Charles | - | Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown | Otago |
| 1882Dec12 | RIDYARD | George | - | Upper Hutt River, Hutt Valley | Wellington |
| 1882Dec12 | RIDYARD | William | - | Upper Hutt River, Hutt Valley | Wellington |
| 1961Jun04 | RITCHIE | Douglas | 50 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1972May07 | ROBERTSON | Dean Graeme | 2 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1866Jan00 | ROBERTSON # | Gordon | - | Waimakariri | Canterbury |
| 1879Jun08 | ROBERTSON | Ronald Robert S | 20 | Taueru, Masterton | Wairarapa |
| 1892Mar08 | ROBINSON | Gerald | - | Raglan | Waikato |
| 1902Sep13 ? | RODERIQUE | Henry | - | From cutter Variance. Lost of Ruggedy Point, Stewart Island | Stewart Island |
| 1976Feb08 | ROSS | James Edward | 63 | Opotiki | H/S Opotiki Cemetery |
| 1869Dec16 | ROSS | Elizabeth Miss | 21 | Schoolteacher. Capsizing of a coach in the Kakanui River | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1880Jun19 | ROWLAND | Male | - | Upsetting of surf boat at Waikerikikeri (now Hickory Bay) Banks Peninsula | Canterbury |
| 1909Sep11 | ROWLEY | James E | 38 | Off Limestone Island | Auckland |
| 1872Jul28 | RUSSELL | Thomas | 15 | Lake Wakatipu | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1869Jan09 | RYAN | Margaret | 20m | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1915Mar16 | RYAN | Thomas | - | Parua Bay, Whangarei | Northland |
| 1868Feb03 | SALTER # | Emma Beatrice Bernice | - | Flood of the Opihi | Canterbury |
| 1868Feb03 | SALTER # | Robert Jutsum Amoor | - | Flood of the Opihi | Canterbury |
| 1882Dec19 | SAUNDERS | Joseph | 78 | Wellington Harbour | Wellington |
| 1867Feb11 | SCANLON | James | 22 | Te Papa, Tauranga | H/S Tauranga Mission Cemetery |
| 1886Jun | SEGRUE/SUGRUE | Dennis | - | Hae Hae, Te Moana, Geraldine | Canterbury |
| 1880Jan02 | SHANGHANESSY | Patrick | - | Moturoa Lagoon, New Plymouth | Taranaki |
| 1883Nov01 | SHELLEY | Joseph | 47 | Wanganui River | Wanganui |
| 1870Nov02 | SIGNAL | Henry | 8y2m | Wanganui | Wanganui |
| 1981 | SIMMONDS | Desmond Ashford | born 1923 | Hanmer Springs Cemetery | North Canterbury |
| 1873Jun01 | SIMMONS | Bridget | 37 | Found drowned off Shortland Wharf | Thames |
| 1917Jan16 | SIMPSON | Leslie | 13 | Drowned Lake Rotorua | Bay of Plenty |
| 1912Jan08 or 1913? | SINCLAIR | William M | 9 | Lake, Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton | Wairarapa |
| 1932Feb27 | SINGLETON | Clarence | 19 | Buried Maketu, Te Puke (Accidentally drowned) | Bay of Plenty |
| 1954Oct13 | SIXTUS | Augustus Friedrich Hugo | 86 | Waimea River Estuary | Nelson |
| 1951Mar11 | SMITH | Isadore Lillian Emily | 38 | Buried Te Puke Cemetery (Accidentally drowned) | Bay of Plenty |
| 1882Mar22 | SMITH (see ACKER) | William | 24 | New River (Oreti) near Otarata | Southland |
| 1936Jan31/Feb1 | SMITH | William George | - | Drowned during the storm of 31 Jan/1Feb at Mangatangi | of 5 Harding St, Auckland |
| 1891Mar-- | SMITH# | Harry | - | Hokitikia River | West Coast |
| 1882Dec24 | SNEATH | Thomas D | - | "While bathing in a waterhole in the Pareora River" | Otago |
| 1921 | SPENCER | Thomas Stockdale (Dale) | 38 | Yachting fatality, off Matiatia Point, Waiheke | Auckland |
| 1921 | SPENCER | Thomas S | 8 | Yachting fatality, off Matiatia Point, Waiheke | Auckland |
| 1919Sept29 | SQUIRE | Charles Florington | - | Raetihi, Waimarino | Bur Raetihi Cemetery (Born 8 March 1888 Timaru) |
| 1896Jan3 | SQUIRE | Henry | - | Pareora River, Rapseys Crossing, Beaconsfield near Timaru | "Born 1853 Launcells, Cornwall. Bur Timaru CemeteryPapers Past, Report, Timaru Herald, Volume L1X, issue 1970, 4th January 1896, Page3 Papers Past, Inquest, Timaru Herald, Volume L1X, issue 1971, 6th January 1896, Page4 " |
| 1925Aug25 | STAFF | Thomas | - | Manawatu River, Foxton | Manawatu |
| 1925Aug25 | STAFF | Walter | 17 | Manawatu River, Foxton | Manawatu |
| 1925Aug25 | STAFF | Alfred | 15 | Manawatu River, Foxton | Manawatu |
| 1925Aug25 | STAFF | Dulcie | 19 | Manawatu River, Foxton | Manawatu |
| 1925Aug25 | STAFF | Margaret | 14 | Manawatu River, Foxton | Manawatu |
| 1857Feb09 | ST GEORGE | G D F | 11 | Buried St Mary's Church, New Plymouth (Drowned) | Taranaki |
| 1959May14 | STEEVENS | James John (Jack) | 49 | Buried Te Puke Cemetery (Accidentally drowned) | Bay of Plenty |
| 1919Jan09 | STEPHENS | John | 10 | Off Railway Wharf, Wellington Harbour | Grey River Argus 11 Jan 1919 |
| 1907Jul21 | STEWART | A | 19 | Drowned with the loss of the Scow Surprise | Ohui Beach, Bay of Plenty |
| 1892Jul23 | STEWART | George Vesey (Jnr) | - | Katikati Heads - Boating accident | Bay of Plenty Times 25 Jul 1892 |
| 1920Mar05 | STOCKLEY | Henry/Harry | 24 | Paeroa (Collision with Puke Bridge) | Ohinemuri Gazette 26 Mar 1920 |
| - | STOKES | William | 73 | Winding Creek, Waikaia | Southland |
| 1915Aug22 | STRECHMANN | Female child | 18m | In a stream near Matata (Railway Camp) | Bay of Plenty |
| 1885Sep04 | SUMMERELL | Walter | - | Dunedin | Otago |
| 1887Jul05 ? | SWITZER | Samuel | - | Auckland Harbour | Auckland |
| 1940Dec18 | TAPSELL | Donald | 9 | Maketu, Te Puke | H/S Maketu Cemetery |
| 1873Nov13 | TAVERNER | George | 35 | A Packer found drowned in the Kauaeranga (river) (Coroner's Warrant) | Thames |
| 1865Mar00 | TAYLOR | - | - | Rangitata | Canterbury |
| 1873Feb15 | TAYLOR | George Cotton | 19 | Drowned at Waipori | Otago |
| 1882Dec18 | TAYLOR | William | - | Sumner, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| c1822 | TE PUKERE | - | - | of Te Atiawa-Ngati Raukawa tribes. Drowned in an unamed river during a 'heke" when his tribes migrated south from the Wanganui area. | |
| 1904Nov28 | TERRY | Charles | 26 | Rumahunga River | Wairarapa |
| 1892Mar12 | THOMPSON | Alexander | 14 | Hutt River, Petone | Wellington |
| 1891Feb15 | THOMPSON | Margaret | - | Avon River, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1891Mar16 | THOMPSON# | Frank W | - | Sea at Gisborne | Gisborne |
| - | THOMSON | George M | - | Quicksand at Lake Pukaki | Canterbury |
| 1887Jan06 | THOMSON | William | 19 | Kaikorai River, Green Island, Otago | Otago Witness (Newspaper) 14 Jan 1887 |
| 1878Sep15 | THRUPP | Thomas Edmund | 33 | Drowned (Boating Accident - Boat: Colombo) | Thames |
| 1865Dec-- | TOMBLESON | Sarah Wilson | Drowned in well | Dau Robert TOMBLESON - Report "Southern Cross" Newspaper 12 Dec 1865 p5 | |
| 1940Jan14 | TONKIN | Roy | - | Yacht dashed to pieces near Matakana Island, Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1886Apr16 | TREVETHICK | Edgar Charles | c5 | Hutt River | Wellington |
| 1904Apr07 | UDY | Owen Llewellyn | 17 | Rumahunga River | Wairarapa |
| 1920Mar05 | WALKER | E (William Charles ?) | 25 | Paeroa (Collision with Puke Bridge) | Ohinemuri Gazette 26 Mar 1920 |
| 1931Jan05 | WALKER | Leonard Cecil | 17 | Henderson Stream, Tui Glen | Auckland |
| 1869Mar29 | WALKER | Leslie (Lesley) | 11 | Born Collingwood, Melbourne 1858. Accidental drowning on inquest | Auckland |
| 1901Dec31 | WALKER | Leslie | 4 | Cox's Creek, Auckland | Auckland Star 2 January 1902 Page 4 |
| 1880Dec25 | WALKER | Samuel Dr | - | Huka Falls, Waikato River | Auckland |
| 1880Jun19 | WALLER | Edward Corrigill | 23 | Upsetting of surf boat at Waikerikikeri (now Hickory Bay) Banks Peninsula | Canterbury |
| 1882Dec24 | WALLIS | Edith | - | In a boat from the Weslyan service at Raglan, when the craft capsized. | Waikato |
| 1866Jul13 | WALLIS | Noel | 18m | In a duck pond, Motueka | Nelson |
| 1946May27 | WATERREUS (WATERIS) | Edward John | - | Maketu, Te Puke | Bay of Plenty |
| 1862 | WATTS | J W A | - | Waiau River (Hanmer Springs Cemetery) | North Canterbury |
| 1872Oct23 | WEATHERBY or EVENS | David | - | ?Unknown found drowned | Thames |
| 1914Nov24 | WEBB | Herbert | 40 | Lake Rotorua | Bay of Plenty |
| 1914Nov25 | WEBB | Mrs | 35 | Lake Rotorua | Bay of Plenty |
| 1914Nov26 | WEBB | Phyllis | 13 | Lake Rotorua | Bay of Plenty |
| 1955Jan18 | WEIR | Stuart | 17 | Wanganui River, Taumaranui | King Country |
| 1885Sep04 | WELDERNOTT | Frank | - | Dunedin | Otago |
| 1891Mar11 | WESTRUPP# | Cockram | - | Nelson Harbour | Nelson |
| 1915Jan01 | WHITEFORD | Gwen | 13 | Wanganui River | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1872Oct22 | WHITTING | Frederick | 8 | Drowned by their mother Caroline Whitting, Waikiwi River, Southland. Committed | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1872Oct22 | WHITTING | Charles | 5 | Drowned by their mother Caroline Whitting, Waikiwi River, Southland. Committed | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1872Oct22 | WHITTING | John | 10m | Drowned by their mother Caroline Whitting, Waikiwi River, Southland. Committed | Otago Police Gazette Inquest |
| 1842Nov27 | WILKIE | Isaac Earl Featherston | 2 | Hutt River | Wellington |
| 1940Jan14 | WILLCOCK | John Herbert | 19 | Yacht dashed to pieces near Matakana Island, Tauranga Harbour | Bay of Plenty |
| 1950Dec28 | WILLIS | Richard John | 30 | Buried Te Puke Cemetery (Accidentally drowned) | Bay of Plenty |
| 1891Jan06 | WILLMOTT | George | In the harbour at Lyttelton | Canterbury | |
| 1894 | WILLS | W | - | Waipori River | Otago |
| - | WILSON | Andrew | - | Drowned (Waipori River) after 1908 | Otago |
| 1907Jan27 | WIXCEY | Charles Mark | 20 | Castlecliff, Wanganui | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1896Jan26 | WOOTTON | Ed or E D | 24 | Turakina River, Wanganui | H/Stone Wanganui Old Cemetery |
| 1896Nov29 | WORDSWORTH | Charles F | - | Off Ohawe Beach, Hawera | South Taranaki |
| 1894Apr23 | WRATT | Sarah Jane | 24 | Wairau River, Blenheim | Marlborough (Marlborough Express 24 Apr) |
| 1880Mar16 | WRIGHT | Mabel | 2y8m | In a well, Selwyn Street, Addington, Christchurch | Canterbury |
| 1886May29 | WRIGLEY | John Dale | - | Lost at Sea (Headstone Te Puke cemetery) | Bay of Plenty |
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