1999 in New Zealand

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Other years in New Zealand

1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002

Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 4.4 Internet 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 6.2 Basketball 6.3 Cricket 6.4 Golf 6.5 Horse racing 6.6 Netball 6.7 Rugby league 6.8 Rugby Union 6.9 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

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

See: 1999 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys

[edit] Government

The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued. until the General election, held 27 November. The governing National Party was defeated. The Labour Party, led by Helen Clark, in coalition with Alliance, led by Jim Anderton, formed the new government.

• Speaker of the House - Doug Kidd then Jonathan Hunt
• Prime Minister - Jenny Shipley then Helen Clark
• Deputy Prime Minister - Wyatt Creech then Jim Anderton
• Minister of Finance - Bill Birch then Bill English then Bill Birch then Michael Cullen
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon then Phil Goff

[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 - Winston Peters
• United New Zealand - TBD

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Christine Fletcher
• Mayor of Hamilton - Russell Matthew Remmington
• Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky
• Mayor of Christchurch - Garry Moore
• Mayor of Dunedin - Sukhi Turner

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Michael King and Paula Boock win the Robert Burns Fellowship.
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
  • Montana Medal: Heather Nicholson, The Loving Stitch: A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand
  • Deutz Medal: Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck
  • Reader's Choice: Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck
  • First Book Awards
    • Fiction: Willian Brandt, Alpha Male
    • Poetry: Kate Camp, Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars
    • Non-Fiction: Helen Schamroth, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists

See 1999 in art, 1999 in literature, Category:1999 books

[edit] Music

See: 1999 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• TVNZ sells its shareholding in SKY Network Television. [1]

See: 1999 in New Zealand television, 1999 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

• Channelling Baby
• I'll Make You Happy
• Savage Honeymoon
• Scarfies

See: Category:1999 film awards, 1999 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1999 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: 1999 in sports , Category:1999 in sports

[edit] Athletics

• Phil Costley wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:43 on October 24 in Auckland, while Gabrielle O'Rourke claims her second as well in the women's championship (2:38:47).

[edit] Basketball

• Tall Blacks
• NBL (Men's) was won by the Auckland Stars

[edit] Cricket

Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team

• 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England: New Zealand finished third in its pool and fourth in the super-six round beore being beaten by Pakistan in the first semifinal.
• The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up.

[edit] Golf

New Zealand Open Category:New Zealand golfers

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

[edit] Netball

• Silver Ferns
• National Bank Cup
• Netball World Championships

[edit] Rugby league

• New Zealand Warriors
• Bartercard Cup
• New Zealand national rugby league team
• Rugby League World Cup

[edit] Rugby Union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ,

• Super 12
• Rugby Union World Cup
• National Provincial Championship
• Bledisloe Cup
• Tri Nations Series
• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand champions (soccer)
• New Zealand Football Championship
• New Zealand National Soccer League
• New Zealand national soccer team
• The Chatham Cup was won by Dunedin Technical

[edit] Births

• 25 May: Maisy McLeod-Riera, actress.

Category:1999 births

[edit] Deaths

• 29 April: Barbara Bevege, cricketer
• 8 May: Jeff Whittington, murder victim.
• 24 July: Rona McKenzie, cricketer.
• 22 October: Martin Donnelly, cricketer.

• Freda Stark, dancer.

Category:1999 deaths

[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 1999 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1999