The following lists events that happened during 1998 in New Zealand.
Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,829,200.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1997: 26,500 (0.70%).[1]
- Males per 100 Females: 96.8.[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State - Elizabeth II
- Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO[2]
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.[3][4]
- New Zealand appoints a resident ambassador to Argentina and establishes an embassy in Buenos Aires.[5]
- Until 2016, this year was New Zealand's warmest year on record.[6]
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.[7][8] 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
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
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
 Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
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 Cullen[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Christian Cullen[10]
Thoroughbred racing
Netball
Olympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in six sports.
| Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paralympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of five competitors in one sport.
| Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Rugby league
- The Auckland Warriors finished 15th out of 20 teams in the first season of the National Rugby League premiership.[11]
- 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
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)[12]
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.[13]
- 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
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
Deaths
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. E. 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
- ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
- ^ The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012
- ^ Walker, Campbell (2004). Butterworths Student Companion Contract (4th ed.). LexisNexis. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0-408-71770-X.
- ^ Gerbic, Philippa; Lawrence, Martin (2003). Understanding Commercial Law (5th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71714-9.
- ^ "New Zealand and Argentina". NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ Morton, Jamie (4 January 2022). "Did NZ just have its hottest year?". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Awards 1998". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ^ "1998 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NRL 1998 Competition Ladder
- ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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