1997 in New Zealand

none February 2020 1997 The following lists events that happened during 1997 in New Zealand. Population Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,802,700.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 1996: 40,400 (1.07%). Males per 100 Females: 97.1. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Elizabeth II Governor-General – The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSOThe Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012 Government The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger, in coalition with New Zealand First, led by Winston Peters. Speaker of the House – Doug Kidd Prime Minister – Jim Bolger then Jenny Shipley Deputy Prime Minister – Winston Peters Minister of Finance – Bill Birch Minister of Foreign Affairs – Don McKinnon Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum Parliamentary leaders Labour – (37 seats) Helen Clark (Leader of the Opposition) Alliance – (13 seats) Jim Anderton ACT New Zealand – (8 seats) Richard Prebble United New Zealand- (1 seat) Peter Dunne Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – Les Mills Mayor of Hamilton – Margaret Evans Mayor of Wellington – Mark Blumsky Mayor of Christchurch – Vicki Buck Mayor of Dunedin – Sukhi Turner Events 8 February: Stephen Anderson, 24, shoots 11 people, killing 6 of them (including his wife and parents) at Raurimu.CNN report on Raurimu massacre 16 July: List MP Alamein Kopu resigns from the Alliance Party but remains a member of parliament. This causes controversy because Kopu has signed contracts with the party that she would resign from Parliament should she leave the party.Privileges committee report on the Kopu case https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025418/http://www.crownlaw.govt.nz/uploads/Kopu.pdf 14 October 2008 10 September: Parliament's privileges committee finds that Alamein Kopu is entitled to remain an independent MP. Argentina reopens its embassy in Wellington (closed since 1982).http://www.nzembassy.com/argentina/relationship-between-nz-and-argentina/nz-and-argentina New Zealand and Argentina NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 26 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100818002835/http://www.nzembassy.com/argentina/relationship-between-nz-and-argentina/nz-and-argentina 18 August 2010 live Arts and literature Paddy Richardson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship. Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage: Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert First Book Awards Fiction: Dominic Sheehan, Finding Home Poetry: Diane Brown, Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland Non-Fiction: Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert See 1997 in art, 1997 in literature, :Category:1997 books Music New Zealand Music Awards Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.Awards 1997 http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1997-winners/ Listing NZ Music Awards 29 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131016024252/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1997-winners/ 16 October 2013 1997 New Zealand Music Awards http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1997.asp Web page RIANZ 28 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120305094744/http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1997.asp 5 March 2012 Album of the Year: Strawpeople – Vicarious Emma Paki – Oxygen of Love Garageland – Last Exit to Garageland OMC The Mutton Birds – Envy of Angels Single of the Year: DLT Featuring Che Fu – Chains Bic Runga – Bursting Through Garageland Strawpeople – Taller Than God The Mutton Birds Best Male Vocalist: Che Fu – Chains Jeremy Eade (Garageland) Jon Toogood (Shihad) Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga Emma Paki Fiona McDonald (Strawpeople) Best Group: Garageland Shihad The Mutton Birds Most Promising Male Vocalist: Daniel Haimona (Dam Native) Andrew Tilby (Breathe) Ed Cake (Bressa Creeting Cake) Most Promising Female Vocalist: Lole Usoalii Andrea Cook Maryanne Antonuvich (D Faction) Most Promising Group: Dam Native Bike Bressa Creeting Cake Cinematic International Achievement: OMC Crowded House Jane Campion Peter Jackson Best Video: Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie – if I Had My Way (Supergroove) Kevin Sprig – La La Land (Shihad) Jonathan King – Behold My Kool Style (Damn Native) Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford / Karl Steven – Backspacer (Supergroove) Alan Jansson – How Bizarre Eddie Raynor – ENZSO Best Engineer: Rick Huntington / Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC) Chris Van Der Geer (Strawpeople) Malcolm Welsford – Backspacer (Supergroove) Best Jazz Album: Bluetrain – No Free Lunch Jazz in the Present Tense – Jazz in the Present Tense Nairobi Trio – Shelf Life Best Classical Album: the Nzso, Janos Furst, Michael Houston – Live : Tower Beethoven Festival New Zealand String Quartet – Bartok String Quartet 1–5 Alexander Ivashin & Tama Vesmas – Sergie Prokofiev Best Country Album: Coalrangers – Coast to Coast Dennis Marsh – Out of Nashville Bartlett, Dugan, Vaughan – Together Again Best Folk Album: Wild Geese – Betwixt Time and Place Michael Scorey – Angel Station Bob Bickerton – Music in the Glen Best Gospel Album: Max Jacobson – Found The Lands – Arbor Day Evan Silva – Aint No Two Ways About It Best Mana Maori Album: Emma Paki – Oxygen of Love DLT – The True School Dam Native – Behold My Kool Style Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College – a Gift of Song Te Kura Tuatahi Me Te Ropu Kapahaka O Ranana – Te Wainui A Rua Turakina Maori Girls College – Mana Wahine Best Childrens Album: Universal Childrens Audio – Waiata Karahere Helen Willberg – Ranona Moemoea Love To Sing Choir – Love My First Songbook Best Polynesian Album: Annie Crummer – Seventh Wave Felise Mikaele -Se Taitau The Five Stars – Samoa Ea Best Songwriter: Dl Thompson, C Ness, A McNaughton, K Rangihuna – Chains (DLT Feat Che Fu) Paul Casserley, Fiona McDonald, Greg Johnson – Boxers (Strawpeople) Bic Runga – Bursting Through Best Cover: Wayne Conway – ENZSO (ENZSO) Jeremy Takacs, Karl & Jon – Shihad Rick Huntington And Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC) See: 1997 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Paul Bennett. Radio and television CanWest takes complete ownership of TV3 and launches TV4. TVNZ broadcasts MTV. July: Prime Television in Australia purchases 34 licences covering all major New Zealand centres. See: 1997 in New Zealand television, 1997 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 Lost Valleyhttp://www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/lost-valley-the Lost Valley, the Topless Women Talk About Their Lives See: :Category:1997 film awards, 1997 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1997 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport Athletics Peter Buske wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:49 on 8 March in New Plymouth, while Terri-Lee Farr claims her first in the women's championship (2:55:20). Beatrice Faumuina became the first New Zealander to win an event at a World Athletics Championships.https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/beatrice-faumuina-wins-athletics-world-championship-gold Beatrice Faumuina wins athletics world championship gold Basketball The Men's NBL was won by the Auckland Stars Tall Blacks Cricket Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team Golf New Zealand Open won by Greg Turner Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Iraklishttp://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm List of NZ Trotting cup winners 6 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 22 February 2012 dead dmy-all Auckland Trotting Cup: Kate's FirstAuckland 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 Netball Silver Ferns National Bank Cup Rugby league 1997 New Zealand rugby league season The Auckland Warriors competed in the breakaway Super League and finished 7th out of 10 teams. Waikato won the Super League Challenge Cup, defeating Canterbury 34–18 in the final. Waikato also won the Rugby League Cup. 25 April, New Zealand lost to Australia 22–34 26 September, New Zealand defeated Australia 30-12 Rugby union Super 12 Rugby World Cup National Provincial Championship Bledisloe Cup Tri Nations Series Ranfurly Shield Shooting Ballinger Belt – Ross Geange (Masterton)http://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 Central United who beat Napier City Rovers 3–2 in the final (after extra time).Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090314234154/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/chatham_cup_records.html 14 March 2009 Births 30em January–February 3 January – Jacob Cowley, rugby union player 7 January – Dylan Schmidt, trampolinist 10 January – Patrick Herbert, rugby league player 20 January – James Munro, motor racing driver 21 January – Josh Clarkson, cricketer 23 January – Duncan Campbell, snowboarder 24 January Hailey Duff, Scottish curlerAthletes - Hailey DUFF Beijing 2022 Olympics https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/profile/duff-hailey-1044149/ www.eurosport.com 20 February 2022 en Jordan Uelese, rugby union player 3 February – Paige Hourigan, tennis player 11 February – Rosé, singer and member of South Korean girl group Blackpink 12 February Anna Grimaldi, athlete Clayton Lewis, association footballer 13 February – Sevu Reece, rugby union player 17 February – Jordie Barrett, rugby union player March–April 1 March Nick Kwant, cricketer Niccolo Tagle, badminton player 3 March – Du'Plessis Kirifi, rugby union player 5 March – Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, rugby union player 11 March – Ata Hingano, rugby league player 12 March – Stephen Perofeta, rugby union player 13 March – Orbyn Leger, rugby union player 14 March – Sam Dobbs, cyclist 18 March – Rieko Ioane, rugby union player 19 March – Zak Gibson, cricketer 20 March – Bobby Cheng, chess player 21 March – Moses Dyer, association footballer 23 March – Sirocco, kākāpō 8 April – Ella Greenslade, rower 20 April – Luke Jacobson, rugby union player 23 April – Myer Bevan, association footballer 24 April – Lydia Ko, golfer 26 April – Tima Fainga'anuku, rugby union player 30 April Daisy Cleverley, association footballer Sam Lane, field hockey player May–June 1 May – Terina Te Tamaki, rugby union player 2 May – Aotearoa Mata'u, rugby union player 5 May – Asafo Aumua, rugby union player 6 May – Carlos Garcia Knight, snowboarder 7 May – Harry Allan, rugby union player 8 May Tahuna Irwin, darts player Amanda Jamieson, cyclist 13 May – Ngatokotoru Arakua, rugby league player 23 May – Sam Timmins, basketball player 24 May – Olivia Podmore, cyclist (died 2021) 30 May Ere Enari, rugby union player Sitili Tupouniua, rugby league player 5 June – Ross ter Braak, cricketer 8 June – James Rolleston, actor 11 June – Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, rugby union player 17 June KJ Apa, actor Pouri Rakete-Stones, rugby union player 28 June – Henry Cameron, association footballer July–August 5 July – Abigail Latu-Meafou, netball player 9 July – Grace Anderson, cyclist 16 July Braydon Ennor, rugby union player Isaia Walker-Leawere, rugby union player 5 August – Clara van Wel, singer–songwriter 6 August – Noah Billingsley, association footballer 12 August – Elizabeth Cui, diver 19 August – Alex Fidow, rugby union player 21 August – Sione Katoa, rugby league player September–October 9 September – Erin Clark, rugby league player 10 September – Jacob Pierce, rugby union player 11 September – Zoe Hobbs, sprinter 16 September – Martine Puketapu, association footballer 17 September – Christian Leopard, cricketer 21 September – Maia Wilson, netball player 27 September – Hail, Thoroughbred racehorse 30 September – Ryan Coxon, rugby union player 1 October Troy Johnson, cricketer Sam Verlinden, singer 8 October – Taniela Paseka, rugby league player 10 October – Josh McKay, rugby union player 11 October – Dalton Papalii, rugby union player 23 October – Jaydn Su'A, rugby league player 30 October – Abbie Palmer, squash player November–December 1 November – Kimiora Poi, netball player 4 November – Bryony Botha, cyclist 16 November – Ethereal, Thoroughbred racehorse 21 November – Caleb Aekins, rugby league player 26 November – Tamati Tua, rugby union player 7 December – Briton Nikora, rugby league player 15 December – Stefania Owen, actor 27 December – Jona Nareki, rugby union player 31 December Peter Umaga-Jensen, rugby union player Thomas Umaga-Jensen, rugby union player Deaths 30em January–March 1 January – Nora Crawford, police officer (born 1917) 2 January – Keith Hay, construction company founder, politician, conservative activist (born 1917) 10 January – John Rodgers, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1915) 15 January – Ted Smith, rower (born 1922) 29 January – Sir Clifford Richmond, jurist (born 1914) 2 February – Ray Dalton, rugby union player (born 1919) 26 March – Sir Norman Alexander, physics academic, university administrator (born 1907) April–June 8 April – Lord Module, Standardbred racehorse (foaled 1974) 10 April – Sir Robert Aitken, medical academic, university administrator (born 1901) 14 April – Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet, pretender to the Polish throne (born 1903) 17 April – Henry Lang, public servant, economics academic (born 1919) 24 April – Hugh McLean, rugby union player (born 1907) 25 April – Terry O'Sullivan, rugby union player (born 1936) 3 May – Bruce Beetham, politician (born 1936) 7 May – Owen Jensen, musician, composer, music critic and broadcaster (born 1907) 17 May – James Newhook, veterinary science academic (born 1915) 21 May – Sir Tristram, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1971) 22 May – Rachael Zister, Māori community leader (born 1893) 2 June – Oscar Garden, aviator (born 1903) 14 June – Sir Jack Hunn, public servant (born 1906) 15 June – Kim Casali, cartoonist (born 1941) 26 June – Dent Harper, cricketer (born 1937) 28 June – Jack Hinton, soldier (born 1909) 29 June – Ian Clarke, rugby union player, referee and administrator (born 1931) July–September 3 July – Ron Westerby, rugby league player (born 1920) 6 July – Brun Smith, cricketer (born 1922) 8 July – Ray Speed, association football player (born 1914) 12 July – Frank Shuter, speedway rider (born 1943) 23 July – David Warbeck, actor (born 1941) 25 July Jack Davies, swimmer (born 1916) Matiu Rata, politician (born 1934) 31 July – Sir Hepi Te Heuheu, Māori leader (born 1919) 15 August – Dave Solomon, rugby union and league player (born 1913) 16 August – Kitty Kain, dietician, WAAF leader (born 1908) 21 August – Jean Horsley, artist (born 1913) 25 August – James Gould, rower (born 1914) 5 September – Emily Schuster, master weaver (born 1927) 17 September – Trevor Redmond, speedway rider (born 1927) 22 September – Silver Lad, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1973) 23 September – Christopher John Lewis, criminal (born 1964) 26 September – Geoff Gerard, politician (born 1904) October–December 8 October – Desmond Scott, fighter pilot (born 1918) 11 October – Sidney Koreneff, French resistance worker, newspaper managing director, Anglican priest (born 1918) 18 October David Seath, politician (born 1914) Geoff Walker, canoeist, surf lifesaver (born 1952) 31 October – Adrian Rodda, public servant (born 1911) 9 November – Margaret Pawson, netball player (born 1940) 16 November – Roy Sheffield, cricketer (born 1906) 21 November – Stanley Dallas, radio technician and recording engineer (born 1926) 27 November – Jim Kershaw, association football player (born 1906) 6 December – Eva Rickard, Māori land and women's rights activist (born 1925) 10 December – Ted Coubray, filmmaker (born 1900) 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 For world events and topics in 1997 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1997 References External links 1997 in yes New Zealand Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand