1998 in New Zealand
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See also: 1997 in New Zealand, other events of 1998, 1999 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.
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[edit] Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1998 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. Government was The National Party, led by Jenny Shipley, in coalition with New Zealand First, led by Winston Peters.
- 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
[edit] Opposition Leaders
See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections
- National - Prime Minister Jenny Shipley
- Act - Richard Prebble
- New Zealand First - Winston Peters
- United Future - Peter Dunne
- Labour - Helen Clark (Leader of the Opposition)
- The Alliance - Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills then Christine Fletcher
- Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans then Russell Matthew Remmington
- Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky
- Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck then Garry Moore
- Mayor of Dunedin - Sukhi Turner
[edit] Events
See 1998, 1998 in politics, 1998 in science, Category:1998 in Australia, 1998 in Australia, 1998 in music, 1998 timelines, History of New Zealand, Category:History of New Zealand, Military history of New Zealand, Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand, Timeline of New Zealand history
[edit] January
- 2 January: description
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] May
- 2 May: By-election in Taranaki-King Country after the former Prime Minister Jim Bolger resigned. Shane Ardern retained the seat for National.
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] 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
[edit] Music
See: 1998 in music
[edit] Radio and Television
- 30 August: Prime Television New Zealand begins transmission.
See: 1998 in New Zealand television, 1998 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
- 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
[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
[edit] Basketball
- the NBL was won by the Nelson Giants
[edit] Commonwealth Games
[edit] Cricket
Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
- 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
[edit] Olympic Games
[edit] Rugby league
[edit] Rugby Union
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ,
- Super 12 - was won by the Canterbury Crusaders who defeated the Auckland Blues 20-13 in rhe 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
[edit] 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.
- Chatham Cup won by Central United of Auckland.
[edit] Births
- 2 January: Somebody, description
[edit] Deaths
- 10 March: Dr C. E. Beeby, educationalist
- 30 August: Toss Woollaston, painter and writer
