1994 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio and Television 5.3 Film 5.4 Internet 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Athletics 7.2 Basketball 7.3 Rugby league 7.4 Rugby Union 7.5 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,648,200 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1993: 50,400 (1.40%)
• Males per 100 Females: 97.2

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Dame Catherine Tizard

[edit] Government

The 44th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger.

• Speaker of the House - Peter Tapsell
• Prime Minister - Jim Bolger
• Deputy Prime Minister - Don McKinnon
• Minister of Finance - Bill Birch
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)
• Greens - Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act - TBD
• New Zealand First - TBD
• United Future - TBD
• Māori Party - TBD
• Labour - TBD
• Progressives - TBD
• United Future - TBD

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills
• Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans
• Mayor of Wellington - Fran Wilde
• Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck
• Mayor of Dunedin - Richard Walls

[edit] Events

• 13 August: By-election in Selwyn after the National MP Ruth Richardson retired from politics. David Carter retained the seat for National.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Christine Johnston wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1994 in art, 1994 in literature, Category:1994 books

[edit] Music

• New Zealand Music Awards:
  • Album of the Year: Straitjacket Fits - Blow
  • Single of the Year: Headless Chickens – Juice / Chopper
  • Best Male Vocalist: Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits)
  • Best Female Vocalist: Fiona McDonald (Headless Chickens)
  • Best Group: Headless Chickens
  • Most Promising Male Vocalist: Matty J (Matty J And The Soul Syndicate)
  • Most Promising Female Vocalist: Emma Paki
  • Most Promising Group: Urban Disturbance
  • International Achievement: Crowded House
  • Best Video: Matt Noonan / Josh Frizzell – System Virtue (Emma Paki)
  • Best Producer: Strawpeople – World Service
  • Best Engineer: Malcolm Welsford - Churn (Shihad)
  • Best Jazz Album: Freebass – Raw
  • Best Classical Album: Dame Malvina Major – Casta Diva
  • Best Country Album: Al Hunter – The Singer
  • Best Folk Album: Steve McDonald - Sons Of Somerled
  • Best Gospel Album: Stephen Bell-Booth – Undivided
  • Polynesian Album of the Year: Pasifik MX – Manuiri
  • Best Songwriter: Emma Paki – System Virtue
  • Best Cover: Brett Graham - Te Rangatahi

See: 1994 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• TV 2 begins 24 hour/7 day programming. [1]

See: 1994 in New Zealand television, 1994 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Bread and Roses
• Heavenly Creatures
• Once Were Warriors

See: Category:1994 film awards, 1994 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1994 films

[edit] Internet

See: NZ Internet History

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1994 in sports , Category:1994 in sports , Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games

[edit] Athletics

• Paul Smith wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:12 on April 30 in Rotorua, while Nyla Carroll claims her first in the women's championship (2:37:37).

[edit] Basketball

• The NBL was won by Nelson

• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships

[edit] Rugby league

• The Lion Red Cup competition was introduced, with 12 teams particiapting. The Counties Manukau Heroes were the Minor Premiers, but were beaten 24-16 in the Grand Final by the North Harbour Sea Eagles.

New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup

[edit] Rugby Union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Soccer

• The Superclub competition was won by North Shore United
• The Chatham Cup won by Waitakere City F.C.

[edit] Births

• Rafe Custance: actor

Category:1994 births

[edit] Deaths

• 1 January: Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, 11th Governor-general of New Zealand.
• 26 March: Whina Cooper Māori leader (b. 1895)
• 30 April: Ina Lamason, cricketer.
• 3 June: Jack Cowie, cricketer
• 24 October: Guy Powles, diplomat, ombudsman
• 22 November: Charles Upham VC and bar

• Dame Louise Henderson, painter

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1994 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1994