1992 in New Zealand

none February 2020 1992 The following lists events that happened during 1992 in New Zealand. Population Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,552,200.Historical population estimates tables http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20171231000952/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx 31 December 2017 Statistics New Zealand Increase since 31 December 1991: 37,200 (1.06%). Males per 100 females: 97.0. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Elizabeth II Governor-General – The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSOhttp://www.gg.govt.nz/the-governor-general/historical/former.htm Former Governors-General | the Governor-General of New Zealand te Kawana o Tianara o Aotearoa 2011-05-23 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110606103825/http://www.gg.govt.nz/the-governor-general/historical/former.htm 6 June 2011 dmy Government The 43rd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger. National controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats in Parliament. Speaker of the House – Robin Gray Prime Minister – Jim Bolger Deputy Prime Minister – Don McKinnon Minister of Finance – Ruth Richardson Minister of Foreign Affairs – Don McKinnon Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Mike Moore (Labour).http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition 6 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html 17 October 2008 dead dmy-all Alliance – Jim Anderton Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – Les Mills Mayor of Hamilton – Margaret Evans Mayor of Wellington – Jim Belich then Fran Wilde Mayor of Christchurch – Vicki Buck Mayor of Dunedin – Richard Walls Events 6 February – Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of New Zealand 15 June – A by-election is held in the Tamaki electorate after the resignation of former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. Clem Simich wins the seat and retains it for the National Party. 22 August – New Zealand Phone Number Update: Christchurch completes its switch to seven-digit local telephone numbers.13 July 1992 NZ PHONE NUMBER UPDATE. Christchurch Your Number's Up on Saturday August 22nd. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19920713.2.94.1? The Press 20 28 August – Canterbury experiences "The Big Snow", its heaviest snowstorm in 30 years. The storm causes widespread disruption across the region and the deaths of an estimated one million sheep.Canterbury's 'Big Snow' NZ History https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/canterburys-big-snow 2026-10-11 nzhistory.govt.nz 19 September – An indicative referendum on the voting system is held, with 85% of voters voting to change from the existing First Past the Post system, and 70% voting for Mixed Member Proportional as the replacement system. 27 October – New Zealand is elected to the United Nations Security Council for two years (1993–94) on the third ballot 12 December – A by-election is held in the Wellington Central electorate after Fran Wilde resigns to become Mayor of Wellington. Chris Laidlaw wins the seat and retains it for the Labour Party. The country experiences an electricity crisis after drought conditions result in low South Island hydro lake levels. Kapiti Marine Reserve is established Arts and literature Owen Marshall wins the Robert Burns Fellowship. See 1992 in art, 1992 in literature, :Category:1992 books Music New Zealand Music Awards Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.Awards 1992 http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1992-winners/ Listing NZ Music Awards 29 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130403015256/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1992-winners/ 3 April 2013 dmy-all1992 New Zealand Music Awards http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1992.asp https://archive.today/20121220082525/http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1992.asp dead 20 December 2012 Web page RIANZ 28 September 2012 Album of the Year: Headless Chickens – Body Blow Midge Marsden – Burning Rain MC OJ & The Rhythm Slave – What Can We Say Single of the Year: The Exponents – Why Does Love Do This To Me Headless Chickens – Cruise Control Push Push – Trippin Best Male Vocalist: Jordan Luck – (The Exponents) Mikey Havoc (Push Push) Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits) Best Female Vocalist: Fiona McDonald – (Headless Chickens) Moana Ngaire Best Group: Push Push The Exponents Headless Chickens Most Promising Male Vocalist: David Parker – (Parker Project) Jon Toogood (Shihad) James Gaylyn Most Promising Female Vocalist: Teremoana Rapley – (Moana & the Moahunters) Christina Fuemana (House Party) Lorina Harding Most Promising Group: Shihad The Exponents These Wilding Ways International Achievement: Crowded House Jenny Morris Straitjacket Fits Best Video: Mauger Bros – Trippin' (Push Push) Moana & The Moahunters – AEIOU Headless Chickens – Cruise Control Best Producer: Steve Garden – Burning Rain (Midge Marsden) Rex Visible/ Headless Chickens – Body Blow Carl Doy – Standing Ovation Best Engineer: Nick Morgan – Burning Rain (Midge Marsden) Tony Moan /Steve Smith – World Gone Wild Ian Morris/ Tim Farrant – What's The Time Mr Wolf Best Jazz Album: Various / Broadbent / Chisholm / Gibson / Brown – Fine & Dandy Nairobi Trio – Nairobi Trio Liz Braggins – Liz Braggins Best Classical Album: Mcintyre / Doig / Marc – Wagner Dorian Choir – Images of Light Viva Voce – Sounds & Sweet Airs Best Folk Album: Lorina Harding – Lucky Damn Woman Angela Dixon – Takin A Chance Martin Curtis – The Daisy Patch Best Country Album: John Grenell – Windstar Barbie Davidson – Borderline Renderers – Trail of Tears Best Gospel Album: Pacific Island Choir – O Mai Ia Ia Iesu Congregational Christian Church – Oe Le Faitoaga Moi Ambassador Gospel Singers – Hear The Call Best Polynesian Album: Charles & Andre – CÉst Toi Ma Vie The Five Stars – Children of Polynesia Tumuenua Dance Group – Drums, Songs And Chants Best Māori Album: Moana & The Moahunters – AEIOU John Rowles – E Te Tamaiti The Whanau Funksters – Funky Whanau Feeling Best Songwriter: Neil Finn – Fall at Your Feet (Crowded House) Jordan Luck – Why Does Love Do This To Me Neil & Tim Finn – It's Only Natural Best Cover: Hamish Kilgour – Pink Flying Saucers Over The Southern Alps (Various Artists) Richard Gourley -'Hold Onto Your Face Dick Frizzell -What Can We Say? See: 1992 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Carl Doy ONZM. Radio and television 25 May: Shortland Street first airs. See: 1992 in New Zealand television, 1992 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, :Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), :Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand Film Alex Braindead See: :Category:1992 film awards, 1992 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1992 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport Athletics Mark Hutchinson wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:32 on 25 October in Auckland, while Lee-Ann McPhillips claims her second in the women's championship (2:40:00). Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Blossom LadyList of NZ Trotting cup winners https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 22 February 2012 Auckland Trotting Cup: Master MusicianAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm 17 June 2009 Thoroughbred racing Olympic Games Summer Olympics New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics New Zealand sends a team of 134 competitors in 17 sports. Total 1 4 5 10 Winter Olympics New Zealand at the 1992 Winter Olympics New Zealand sends a team of nine competitors across three sports. Annelise Coberger wins New Zealand's first Winter Olympics medal. Total 0 1 0 1 Paralympic Games Summer Paralympics New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Paralympics New Zealand sends a team of 13 competitors. Total 5 1 0 6 Winter Paralympics New Zealand at the 1992 Winter Paralympics New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in one sport. Total 2 0 0 2 Shooting Ballinger Belt – Micheil Sweet (Australia) Diane Collings (Te Puke), sixth, top New Zealanderhttp://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners National Rifle Association of New Zealand 11 October 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150125012900/http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt 25 January 2015 Soccer The Chatham Cup is won by Miramar Rangers who beat Waikato United 3–1 in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzcuphist.html New Zealand - List of Chatham Cup Finals 2011-06-21 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110622105334/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzcuphist.html 22 June 2011 dmy Births 30em January 1 January Dane Cleaver, cricketer Aaron James Murphy, actor Nathaniel Peteru, rugby league player 3 January Scott Kuggeleijn, cricketer Daniel McLay, racing cyclist Sio Siua Taukeiaho, rugby league player 5 January Abby Damen, actor Hagen Schulte, rugby union player 6 January – James McDonald, jockey 7 January – Tohu Harris, rugby league player 9 January – Joseph Parker, boxer 10 January – Carlos Tuimavave, rugby league player 12 January – Cole McConchie, cricketer 13 January – Sam Cane, rugby union player 14 January – Te Paea Selby-Rickit, netball player 15 January Matthew Stanley, swimmer Chris Ulugia, rugby league player 16 January – Ihaia West, rugby union player 17 January – Craig Cachopa, cricketer 21 January – Gafatasi Su'a, rugby union player 23 January – TJ Perenara, rugby union player 24 January – Christian Lloyd, rugby union player 29 January – Jordan Taufua, rugby union player February 1 February Christian Huriwai, unicyclist 3 February – Bryn Hall, rugby union player 4 February – Kayla Imrie, canoeist 5 February – Mitchell Santner, cricketer 9 February – Caitlin Ryan, canoeist 11 February – Ope Peleseuma, rugby union player 13 February – Kayla Cullen, netball player 14 February – Paterika Vaivai, rugby league player 15 February – Leigh Kasperek, cricketer 18 February – Matt Taylor, cricketer 23 February – Jamison Gibson-Park, rugby union player 24 February – Bevan Small, cricketer 25 February – Rose Matafeo, comedian, television presenter 26 February – Michael Chee Kam, rugby league player March 1 March – Tom Walsh, athlete 4 March – Omar Slaimankhel, rugby union and rugby league player 8 March – Nathan Harris, rugby union player 14 March – Joe Wright, rower 16 March Olivia Merry, field hockey player Siate Tokolahi, rugby union player 17 March – Jake Heenan, rugby union player 19 March Alex Maloney, sailor Api Pewhairangi, rugby league player 25 March – Mosese Fotuaika, rugby league player 29 March – Morgan Figgins, figure skater April 1 April Alex Gilbert, adoption advocate James Musa, association footballer Adam Thomas, association footballer 2 April – Tom Latham, cricketer 3 April – Byron Wells, freestyle skier 4 April – Reggie Goodes, rugby union player 6 April – Francie Turner, rowing coxswain 7 April Sitaleki Akauola, rugby league player Joe Latta, rugby union player 9 April – Anna Willcox-Silfverberg, freestyle skier 13 April – Adam Milne, cricketer 17 April Ambrose Curtis, rugby union player Erin Nayler, association footballer 19 April - Ofa Tu'ungafasi, rugby union player 20 April – Sauaso Sue, rugby league player 28 April – Lakyn Heperi, musician May 3 May – Will Skelton, rugby union player 8 May – Wayne Ulugia, rugby league player 9 May – Paul Coll, squash player 10 May – Malakai Fekitoa, rugby union player 13 May – Josh Papalii, rugby league player 19 May Kwabena Appiah, association footballer Felise Kaufusi, rugby league player 24 May Ethan Rusbatch, basketball player Jack Whetton, rugby union player 26 May Isaac Grainger, rower Curtis Rona, rugby league player 27 May - Ollie Pringle, cricketer 28 May - Hannah Wilkinson, association footballer June 5 June – Tupou Sopoaga, rugby league player 6 June – Nela Zisser, model 8 June – Sean Lovemore, association footballer 14 June – Penani Manumalealii, rugby league player 30 June Tom Doyle, association footballer Grace Prendergast, rower July 3 July – Ryan Cocker, rugby union player 4 July – Brooke Neal, field hockey player 5 July – Felicity Milovanovich, actor 8 July – James Lowe, rugby union player 16 July – Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, rugby union player 23 July – Seta Tamanivalu, rugby union player 24 July – Shaun Kirkham, rower 26 July – Samantha Lucie-Smith, swimmer 30 July – Adam Barwood, alpine skier 31 July – John Palavi, rugby league player August 6 August – Hamish Northcott, rugby union player 7 August – Albert Nikoro, rugby union player 8 August – Jimmy Tupou, rugby union player 14 August Liam Graham, association footballer Marty McKenzie, rugby union player 17 August - Alex Elisala, rugby league player 20 August – Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick, netball player 24 August – James Hunter, rower 28 August – Willis Feasey, alpine skier September 3 September – Michael Davidson, cricketer 4 September – Princess Chelsea, musician 5 September – Teimana Harrison, rugby union player 6 September – Joe Walker, cricketer 10 September – Hugh Blake, rugby union player 14 September – Michael Fatialofa, rugby union player 21 September – Avalon Biddle, motorcycle racer 24 September Pita Ahki, rugby union player Darcina Manuel, judoka 27 September – Eve MacFarlane, rower October 7 October – Hayley Jensen, cricketer 8 October – Octagonal, thoroughbred racehorse 9 October – Jay White, professional wrestler 11 October – Ligi Sao, rugby league player 12 October – Rhys Marshall, rugby union player 13 October – Alex Kennedy, rower 19 October – Scott Eade, rugby union player 20 October – Maddy Green, cricketer 21 October – Aaron Barclay, triathlete 22 October – Nathan Flannery, rower 24 October – Roysyn, thoroughbred racehorse 26 October Matt Proctor, rugby union player Sam Vaka, rugby union player 29 October – Eric Sione, rugby union player 31 October – Ish Sodhi, cricketer November 3 November Lance Beddoes, squash player Jamie McDell, singer-songwriter 9 November – Bridgette Armstrong, association footballer 22 November Natalie Dodd, cricketer Will Young, cricketer December 4 December – Peta Hiku, rugby league player 8 December David Correos, comedian Julia King, field hockey player 9 December – Sarah Goss, rugby union player 11 December – Megan Craig, squash player 12 December – Sophia Fenwick, netball player 17 December – Joe Carter, cricketer 21 December – Cameron Lindsay, association footballer 22 December – Aki Seiuli, rugby union player 23 December – Damon Leitch, motor racing driver 25 December – Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie, model Exact date unknown Stevie Tonks, singer Deaths 30em January–March 6 January – Steve Gilpin, musician (born 1949) 18 January – Desmond O'Donnell, rugby union player (born 1921) 20 January – Snow Bowman, rugby union player (born 1915) 3 February – Merv Corner, rugby union player, soldier, sports administrator (born 1908) 19 February – Sir Gordon Minhinnick, cartoonist (born 1902) 25 February – F. Russell Miller, politician (born 1914) 9 March – Ethel Gould, politician, MLC (born 1895) 13 March – Morgan Moffat, lawn bowls player (born 1943) 15 March – Allan Dick, politician (born 1915) April–June 21 April – Barry Dallas, doctor, politician (born 1926) 28 April – Allan Highet, politician (born 1913) 2 May – Trevor Hatherton, geophysicist, scientific administrator (born 1924) Kel Tremain, rugby union player (born 1938) 9 May – Alex Stenhouse, association footballer (born 1910) 23 May – Ernst Plischke, architect (born 1903) 29 May – Mavis Rivers, jazz singer (born 1929) 4 June – Mortie Foreman, plastics manufacturer (born 1902) 5 June – Rangitaamo Takarangi, Māori welfare officer and community leader (born 1901) 9 June – Jim Clayton, rower (born 1911) July–September 4 July – Jimmy James, dancer, dance teacher, cabaret proprietor (born 1915) 10 July – Laurie Haig, rugby union player (born 1922) 11 July – Douglas St John, cricketer (born 1928) 17 July – Frank Haigh, lawyer, social reformer (born 1898) 27 July – Audrey Gale, lawyer, politician (born 1909) 30 July – John Scott, architect (born 1924) July (date unknown) – Mervyn Thompson, playwright, theatre director, drama academic (born 1936) 2 August – Alf Cleverley, boxer (born 1907) Roderick Finlayson, writer (born 1904) 5 August – Sir Robert Muldoon, politician (born 1921) 6 August – Jack Brooke, yachtsman, yacht designer, research engineer (born 1907) 14 August – Bill Hamilton, agricultural scientist, scientific administrator (born 1909) 15 August – Ronald Moore, soldier (born 1915) 29 August - Ian Hamilton, cricketer (born 1906) 19 September – Percy Allen, politician (born 1913) October–December 1 October – Samantha Dubois, radio presenter (born 1955) 4 October – Denny Hulme, motor racing driver (born 1936) 13 October – Ruth Page, political activist (born 1905) 24 October – Oswald Sanders, Christian teacher, missionary and writer (born 1902) 6 November – Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1910) 18 November – Ken Gray, rugby union player, politician (born 1938) 22 November – Ronald Sinclair, child actor, film editor (born 1924) Sir Gerard Wall, surgeon, politician (born 1920) 12 December – Sir Robert Rex, Niuean politician (born 1909) 19 December – Eve Sutton, children's author (born 1906) 26 December – Eve Poole, Mayor of Invercargill (born 1924) 28 December – Paul Beadle, sculptor and medallist (born 1917) 29 December – Avice Bowbyes, home science academic (born 1901) 31 December – Sir Denis Barnett, air force officer (born 1906) See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica References External links 1992 in yes New Zealand Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand