1998 in New Zealand

none February 2020 1998 The following lists events that happened during 1998 in New Zealand. Population Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,829,200.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 1997: 26,500 (0.70%). Males per 100 Females: 96.8. 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, with the Fourth National Government in power. Speaker of the House - Doug Kidd Prime Minister - Jenny Shipley Deputy Prime Minister - Winston Peters then Wyatt Creech Minister of Finance - Bill Birch Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum Opposition leaders See: :Category:Parliament of New Zealand, :New Zealand elections National - Prime Minister Jenny Shipley Act - Richard Prebble New Zealand First - Winston Peters United New Zealand - Peter Dunne Labour - Helen Clark (Leader of the Opposition) The Alliance - Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – Les Mills then Christine Fletcher Mayor of Hamilton – Margaret Evans then Russ Rimmington Mayor of Wellington – Mark Blumsky Mayor of Christchurch – Vicki Buck then Garry Moore Mayor of Dunedin – Sukhi Turner Events 2 May – By-election in Taranaki-King Country after the former Prime Minister Jim Bolger resigned. Shane Ardern retained the seat for National. 14 August – Prime Minister Jenny Shipley sacks Winston Peters from Cabinet after a dispute over the privatisation of Wellington International Airport. Peters subsequently cancels New Zealand First's coalition agreement with National. 22 October – Magnum Photo Supplies Ltd v Viko New Zealand Ltd, [1999] (1 NZLR 395) case is decided.Butterworths Student Companion Contract 4th Walker Campbell LexisNexis 0-408-71770-X 2004 57–58Understanding Commercial Law 5th Gerbic Philippa Lawrence Martin LexisNexis 0-408-71714-9 2003 27-30 October – Heavy rainfall and flooding in western New Zealand costs over $2 million in insurance payouts.October 1998 Western New Zealand Flooding ( 1998-10-27 ) https://hwe.niwa.co.nz/event/October_1998_Western_New_Zealand_Flooding 30 September 2024 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research New Zealand appoints a resident ambassador to Argentina and establishes an embassy in Buenos Aires.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 Until 2016, this year was New Zealand's warmest year on record.Morton Jamie Did NZ just have its hottest year? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/did-nz-just-have-its-hottest-year/FQAOBOO52WSAX7YP4MN3QP6O2Q/#:~:text=The%20warmest%20year%20on%20record,among%20the%20worst%20in%20history. 15 November 2022 The New Zealand Herald 4 January 2022 Arts and literature Michael King wins the Robert Burns Fellowship. Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Montana Medal: Harry Orsman (ed.), Dictionary of New Zealand English Deutz Medal: Maurice Gee, Live Bodies Reader's Choice: Malcolm McKinnon(ed.), New Zealand Historical Atlas First Book Awards Fiction: Catherine Chidgey, In a fishbone church Poetry: Kapka Kassabova, All Roads Lead to the Sea Non-Fiction: Genevieve Noser, Olives: The new passion See 1998 in art, 1998 in literature, :Category:1998 books Music New Zealand Music Awards Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.Awards 1998 http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1998-winners/ Listing NZ Music Awards 29 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110613181007/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1998-winners/ 13 June 2011 1998 New Zealand Music Awards http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1998.asp https://archive.today/20121220130033/http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1998.asp dead 20 December 2012 Web page RIANZ 28 September 2012 were: Album of the Year: Bic Runga - Drive Salmonella Dub - Calming of the Drunken Monkey Rob Guest - Standing Ovation The Stereobus - Stereobus Greg Johnson - Chinese Whispers Single of the Year: Bic Runga - Sway Shihad - Home Again The Feelers - Pressure Man Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil Moizna - Just Another Day Best Male Vocalist: Jon Toogood – (Shihad) Greg Johnson (Greg Johnson Set) Booga Beazley (Head Like A Hole) Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga Sulata Annie Crummer Best Group: Shihad The Mutton Birds Dam Native Most Promising Male Vocalist: Darcy Clay Dave Yetton (The Stereobus) James Reid (The Feelers) Most Promising Female Vocalist: Alesha Siosiua (Miozna) Maisey Rika (St Josephs Maori Girls College) Jordan Reyne Most Promising Group: Moizna The Feelers The Stereobus International Achievement: OMC The Mutton Birds Garageland Best Video: Mark Hurley - Home Again (Shihad) Joe Lonie - Pressure Man (The Feelers) Wayne Conway - Suddenly Strange (Bic Runga) Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford - Pressure Man (The Feelers) Chris Sinclair - Kia Koe (Sulata) Debbie Harwood & Stephen Small - So This Is Love Best Engineer: Simon Sheridan - Sway (Bic Runga) Chris Sinclair - Kia Koe (Sulata) Malcolm Welsford - Pressure Man (The Feelers) Best Jazz Album: the New Loungehead - Came a Weird Way Trip to the Moon - Jazz Hop Sustenance - Food For Thought Best Classical Album: Daniel Poynton - You Hit Him, He Cry Out Alexander Ivashkin - Shostakovich Cello Concertos Keith Lewis And NZ Chamber Orchestra - Opera Kings Gods And Mortals Best Country Album: Kylie Harris - Fancy Best Folk Album: Paul Ubana Jones - Blessings and Burdens T&D Bigger Band - Hillingdon AJ Bell - Ragwort Touch Best Gospel Album: Parachute Band - You Alone Dennis Marsh - Faith Invasion Band - You Call My Name Best Mana Maori Album: Te Matapihi – Te Matapihi Maori Volcanics - Kia Ora Dam Native - Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College - E Hine The Willie Matthews Quartet - A Treasury of Maori Songs Nga Kura O Hananah - Nga Kura O Hananah Best Children's Album: Kids TV - Sing Something Simple Tessa Grigg & Brian Ringrose - Where Are You Going Colin Jules Riding - Kids Time With Jules Riding Best Songwriter: Bic Runga - Sway Greg Johnson - Liberty Jordan Luck - Change Your Mind Best Cover: Wayne Conway - Drive (Bic Runga) Crispin Schuberth - Came A Weird Way (The New Loungehead) A Penman & Ross (Finnart) - Calming of the Drunken Monkey (Salmonella Dub) New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: John Diver - Channel Z (Wellington) Melanie Wise - Q92FM (Queenstown) Kaye Glamuzina - National Radio See: 1998 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Dame Malvina Major ONZ GNZM DBE. Radio and television 16 March: British children's television series Teletubbies premieres on TV3. 30 August: Prime Television New Zealand begins transmission. See: 1998 in New Zealand television, 1998 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 Memory and Desire Saving Grace See: :Category:1998 film awards, 1998 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1998 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport See: 1998 in sports, :Category:1998 in sports Athletics Mark Hutchinson wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:51 on 25 October in Auckland while Bernardine Portenski claims her second in the women's championship (2:44:52) Basketball the NBL was won by the Nelson Giants Commonwealth Games New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Total 8 6 20 34 Cricket Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up. Golf New Zealand Open :Category:New Zealand golfers Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Christian Cullenhttp://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: Christian CullenAuckland 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 Netball World Championships Olympic Games New Zealand at the 1998 Winter Olympics New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in six sports. Total 0 0 0 0 Paralympic Games New Zealand at the 1998 Winter Paralympics New Zealand sends a team of five competitors in one sport. Total 4 1 1 6 Rugby league 1998 New Zealand rugby league season The Auckland Warriors finished 15th out of 20 teams in the first season of the National Rugby League premiership.NRL 1998 Competition Ladder Auckland won the National Provincial Competition by defeating Canterbury 44-8 while Waikato ended the season holding the Rugby League Cup. 24 April, New Zealand defeated Australia 22-16 9 October, New Zealand lost to Australia 12-30 31 October, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 22-16 7 November, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 36-16 14 November, New Zealand drew with Great Britain 23-all 1998 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain Rugby union :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Super 12 - was won by the Canterbury Crusaders who defeated the Auckland Blues 20–13 in the final. Season summary National Provincial Championship - won by Otago Bledisloe Cup - won 3-0 by Australia Tri Nations Series - won by South Africa. New Zealand came last with no wins and only 2 bonus points Ranfurly Shield - Waikato held the shield all season, beating Poverty Bay 121–0, King Country 76–0, Bay of Plenty 25–18, Auckland 24–23, Southland 95–7, Nth Harbour 39–22, Northland 63–22, and Canterbury 29-23 Shooting Ballinger Belt – Mike Collings (Te Puke)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 second National Summer Soccer League was won by Napier City Rovers The New Zealand national soccer team won the OFC Nations Cup tournament held in Australia, beating the host nation 2–0 in the final. The Chatham Cup is won by Central United who beat Dunedin Technical 5–0 in the final.Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090314234154/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/chatham_cup_records.html 14 March 2009 New Zealand U-16 team coached by Wynton Rufer travels to unofficial U-16 World Cup in France to coincide with 1998 FIFA World Cup. Achieve mixed results (0-3 v Italy, 0-2 v Cameroon, 1-1 v Austria, 0-1 v USA, 0-1 v Israel, 1-0 v Norway) Births 30em January–March 6 January – Eleanor Epke, squash player 11 January – Thomas Mikaele, rugby league player 25 January – Sione Havili, rugby union player 4 February – Tevita Mafileo, rugby union player 5 February – Tai Wynyard, basketballer 6 February – Hayden Phillips, field hockey player 11 February – Ben Sears, cricketer 20 February Emma Cumming, racing cyclist Nicole Fujita, model and tarento 24 February – Will Jordan, rugby union player 3 March – Sione Asi, rugby union player 4 March – Tom Christie, rugby union player 28 March – James Fouché, racing cyclist April–June 2 April – Sam Fischli, rugby union player 5 April – Michaela Drummond, racing cyclist 9 April – James McGarry, association footballer 13 April – Paige Satchell, association footballer 17 April – Vilimoni Koroi, rugby union player 18 April – Liana Dance, water polo player 21 April – Jackson Wells, freestyle skier 29 April – Fraser Sheat, cricketer 30 April – Liam Wood, association footballer 4 May – Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, rugby union player 7 May – Jess Watkin, cricketer 12 May – Campbell Stewart, racing cyclist 18 May – Brianna Fruean, environmental activist 28 May – Logan Rogerson, association footballer 16 June – Tanielu Tele’a, rugby union player 19 June Ali Galyer, swimmer Harry Plummer, rugby union player July–September 4 July – Olivia Ray, racing cyclist 6 July – Ma'ava Ave, cricketer 9 July – Mikayla Harvey, racing cyclist 12 July – Hoskins Sotutu, rugby union player 15 July – Nathan Smith, cricketer 18 July – Ella Harris, racing cyclist 1 August – Rosie Cheng, tennis player 2 August – Ricky Jackson, rugby union player 7 August – Jesse Arthars, rugby league player 22 August Leica Guv, Thoroughbred racehorse Adam Pompey, rugby league player 28 August Morgan Harper, rugby league player Sarah Morton, association footballer 30 August – Ngane Punivai, rugby union player 3 September – Bailyn Sullivan, rugby union player 13 September – Evelina Afoa, swimmer 20 September – Isaiah Papali'i, rugby league player 23 September – Bradley Slater, rugby union player October–December 20 October – Tasmyn Benny, boxer 29 October Laghlan McWhannell, rugby union player Felix Murray, cricketer 7 November – Rosemary Mair, cricketer 17 November – Courtney McGregor, artistic gymnast 19 November – Thomas Sexton, racing cyclist 29 November – Xavier Numia, rugby union player 4 December – Just An Excuse, Standardbred racehorse 11 December – Rakai Tait, snowboarder 12 December – Elizabeth Anton, association footballer 18 December – Jade Lewis, tennis player 22 December – Ben Beecroft, cricketer 24 December – Nikita Howarth, swimmer Undated Rupena Parkinson, rugby union player Henry Williams, actor Indy Yelich, poet and singer-songwriter Deaths 30em January–March 12 January – Neil Williams, water polo player (born 1918) 14 January – Leonard Atkinson, public servant (born 1906) 27 January – Gavin Downie, politician (born 1924) 14 February – Peter Jacobson, poet (born 1925) 20 February – Ces Blazey, rugby union and athletics administrator (born 1909) 8 March – Kuini Te Tau, Ngāi Tahu kaumātua, welfare worker, community leader (born 1899) 10 March – C. 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Beeby, educationalist (born 1902) 15 March – Darcy Clay, singer–songwriter (born 1972) 18 March – Vernon Clare, musician, cabaret owner, restaurateur, music teacher (born 1925) April–June 6 April – Sam Chaffey, alpine skier (born 1934) 26 April – Sir Alan Boxer, air force officer (born 1916) 30 April – William Newland, potter (born 1919) 1 May – Brian Kendall, boxer (born 1947) 14 May – Ron Withell, boxer (born 1916) Jade Wilson, squash player (born 1977) 15 May – Jack Warcup, mycologist (born 1921) 20 May – John Trenwith, novelist, marketing academic (born 1951) 2 June – Brian Johnston, field hockey player (born 1933) 13 June – Henry Tatana, rugby league player (born 1945) 21 June – Peter Mander, sailor (born 1928) 22 June – Brian Davis, Anglican archbishop (born 1934) July–September 3 July – Elizabeth Riddell, poet and journalist (born 1910) 5 July – Frank Creagh, boxer (born 1924) 7 July – Maurice Holmes, harness racing driver (born 1908) 17 July Marc Hunter, musician (born 1953) Ronald Tremain, composer, music academic (born 1923) 26 July – Dixie Cockerton, netball player and coach, cricketer, school principal (born 1925) 29 July – Alex Griffiths, conservationist (born 1911) 31 July – Athol Meyer, politician (born 1940) 3 August – Ronnie Boon, rugby union player (born 1909) 7 August – Bill Laney, politician (born 1913) 27 August – Essie Summers, novelist (born 1912) 30 August – Sir Toss Woollaston, painter and writer (born 1910) 12 September – Neville Thornton, rugby union player (born 1918) 13 September – Sir Frank Renouf, stockbroker, businessman, philanthropist (born 1918) 15 September – Amy Harper, photographer (born 1900) 18 September – Andy Wiren, cricketer (born 1911) 23 September – Trevor Berghan, rugby union player (born 1914) October–December 1 October – Jim Kearney, rugby union player (born 1920) 4 October – Tony Shelly, motor racing driver (born 1937) 18 October – Ilse von Randow, weaver (born 1901) 26 November – Sir Charles Bennett, broadcaster, military leader, public servant, diplomat, politician (born 1913) 6 December – Ken Comber, politician (born 1939) 8 December – Aaron Hopa, rugby union player (born 1971) 12 December – Phillippe Cabot, rugby union player (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 1998 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1998 References 1998 in yes New Zealand New Zealand Category:1990s in New Zealand Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand