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The following lists events that happened during 1998 in New Zealand.

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,829,200.
  • Increase since 31 December 1997: 26,500 (0.70%).
  • Males per 100 Females: 96.8.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued, with the Fourth National Government in power.

Opposition leaders

See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand, New Zealand elections

Main centre leaders

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, (1 NZLR 395) case is decided.
  • 27-30 October – Heavy rainfall and flooding in western New Zealand costs over $2 million in insurance payouts.
  • New Zealand appoints a resident ambassador to Argentina and establishes an embassy in Buenos Aires.
  • Until 2016, this year was New Zealand's warmest year on record.

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. 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
  • 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

Radio and television

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

Basketball

  • the NBL was won by the Nelson Giants

Commonwealth Games

Main article: New Zealand at the 1998 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

Thoroughbred racing

Netball

Olympic Games

Main article: New Zealand at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in six sports.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0

Paralympic Games

Main article: New Zealand at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of five competitors in one sport.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
4 1 1 6

Rugby league

Main article: 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.
  • 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
See also: 1998 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain

Rugby union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand,

Shooting

Soccer

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Undated

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

July–September

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

For world events and topics in 1998 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1998

References

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  2. The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012
  3. Walker, Campbell (2004). Butterworths Student Companion Contract (4th ed.). LexisNexis. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0-408-71770-X.
  4. Gerbic, Philippa; Lawrence, Martin (2003). Understanding Commercial Law (5th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71714-9.
  5. "October 1998 Western New Zealand Flooding ( 1998-10-27 )". National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. "New Zealand and Argentina". NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  7. Morton, Jamie (4 January 2022). "Did NZ just have its hottest year?". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  8. "Awards 1998". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  9. "1998 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  10. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  11. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. NRL 1998 Competition Ladder
  13. "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.
  14. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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