2001 in New Zealand

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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: 2001 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 followed by Dame Silvia Cartwright

[edit] Government

The 46th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The Labour Party led by Helen Clark, in coalition with Alliance, led by Jim Anderton.

• Speaker of the House - Jonathan Hunt
• Prime Minister - Helen Clark
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jim Anderton
• Minister of Finance - Michael Cullen
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - 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 - TBD
• United Future - TBD
• Māori Party - TBD
• Labour - TBD
• Progressives - TBD
• United Future - TBD

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Christine Fletcher then John Banks
• Mayor of Hamilton - Russell Matthew Remmington then David Braithwaite
• Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky then Kerry Prendergast
• 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

• Jo Randerson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
  • Montana Medal: Michael King, Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
  • Deutz Medal: Lloyd Jones, The Book of Fame
  • Reader's Choice: Michael King, Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
  • First Book Awards
    • Fiction: Karyn Hay, Emerald Budgies
    • Poetry: Stephanie de Montalk, Animals Indoors
    • Non-Fiction: Paul Tapsell, Pukaki: A Comet Returns

See 2001 in art, 2001 in literature, Category:2001 books

[edit] Music

See: 2001 in music, New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2001

[edit] Radio and Television

See: 2001 in New Zealand television, 2001 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

• Crooked Earth
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

See: Category:2001 film awards, 2001 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:2001 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: 2001 in sports , Category:2001 in sports

[edit] Athletics

• Alastair Snowdon wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:12 on June 3 in Christchurch, while Anne Clarke claims her first as well in the women's championship (2:47:55).

[edit] Basketball

• The Men's National Basketball League was won by the Waikato Titans who beat the Wellington Saints 112-97 in the final, the Titans having finished top of the league with 15/16 wins.
• The Women’s National Basketball League was won by the Wellington Swish

[edit] Cricket

• New Zealand cricket team
• The State Championship was won by the Wellington Firebirds

[edit] Golf

• New Zealand Open , Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.

[edit] Horse racing

• See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Netball

• Silver Ferns
• National Bank Cup

[edit] Rugby league

• Bartercard Cup won by the Hibiscus Coast Raiders who were also the minor premiers
• The New Zealand Warriors cane 8th of 14 teams in the NRL, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time. They were knocked out in the first round by minor premiers, Paramatta Eels, 56-12.

[edit] Rugby Union

• The Super 12 competition was won by the Brumbies, the first win by a non-NZ team. No NZ teams made the semifinals.
• National Provincial Championship: Division 1, Canterbury, Division 2: Hawke's Bay, Division 3: South Canterbury
• the Bledisloe Cup was won by Australia who won both games.
• the Tri Nations Series was won by Australia, with two wins and a draw. New Zealand came second with two wins.
• The Ranfurly Shield was held by Canterbury all season, with successful defences against Buller 69-3 (in Westport), Sth Canterbury 103-0 (in Timaru), Nelson Bays 67-10, Bay Of Plenty 72-3, Wellington 31-29, Taranaki 38-17, Auckland 38-10, Waikato 52-19

[edit] Soccer

• The New Zealand National Soccer League was relaunched as a winter competition with 10 teams and finals playoffs. The winner was Napier City Rovers.
• Chatham Cup won by University - Mount Wellington.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• 4 February: Sir David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand 1980-1985.
• March: Dr Herb Green, medical specialist.
• 10 April: Nyree Dawn Porter, actor.
• 11 April: Thaddeus McCarthy, judge.
• 20 April: Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer.
• 2 June: Kenneth Hayr, air marshal.
• 6 June: Douglas Lilburn, composer.
• 8 July: John O'Shea, director.
• 9 July: Rosemary, Lady Firth, ethnologist.
• 25 July: Alan Kirton, agricultural scientist.
• 27 July: Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, auto racing driver.
• 8 August: Peter Sinclair, Radio and television host.
• 21 September: Andrew Bradfield, computer programmer.
• 6 December: Peter Blake, yachtsman.

• Allen Curnow, poet and journalist.
• Trevor de Cleene, politician.
• Bill Pratney, cyclist.
• Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality.

[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 2001 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 2001