1999 in New Zealand explained
The following lists events that happened during 1999 in New Zealand.
Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,851,100.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1998: 22,500 (0.57%).
- Males per 100 Females: 96.5.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued. until the general election, held 27 November for the 46th New Zealand Parliament starting 10 December. The governing National Party was defeated. The Labour Party, led by Helen Clark, in coalition with Alliance, led by Jim Anderton, formed the new government.
Opposition leaders
See:,
Main centre leaders
Events
- The Animal Welfare Act 1999 is passed into law
- The Pohatu Marine Reserve was formally established
- Kapiti Island is declared free of mammalian predators.[3]
- 3 May: The Daily Telegraph and The Hawke's Bay Herald Tribune merge to form Hawke's Bay Today.[4]
- 7 July: A daytime meteor is visible throughout New Zealand.[5] [6]
- 11–15 September: State visit by United States President Bill Clinton to attend the 11th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders meeting; the second Presidential visit after Lyndon Johnson in 1966; see Visit.
- 11 October: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan visits New Zealand.
- 26 October: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes west of Taupō.[7]
- 27 November: The last "dry" electorates in New Zealand (Eden, Roskill and Tawa) voted to go "wet" and to allow alcohol sales.[8]
- 1 December: Changes to alcohol licensing in the Sale of Liquor Amendment Act:[9] Sunday sales in on-licence and off licence premises, supermarkets could sell beer (they sold wine from 1989) and the drinking age dropped from 20 to 18; the changes were passed by Parliament, 59 to 55.
Arts and literature
- Montana Medal: Heather Nicholson, The Loving Stitch: A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand
- Deutz Medal: Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck
- Reader's Choice: Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck
- First Book Awards
- Fiction: Willian Brandt, Alpha Male
- Poetry: Kate Camp, Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars
- Non-Fiction: Helen Schamroth, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists
See 1999 in art, 1999 in literature,
Music
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[10] [11]
- Album of the Year: The Feelers - Supersystem
- Che Fu - 2b S Pacific
- Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
- Single of the Year: Che Fu - Scene III
- The Feelers - Venus
- Ardijah - Love So Right
- Top Male Vocalist: Neil Finn
- Top Female Vocalist: Betty-Anne Monga (Ardijah)
- Sulata Foai (Te Vaka)
- Alesha Siosiua (Urban Pacifika)
- Top Group: The Feelers
- Most Promising Male Vocalist: Andrew Tilby (Breathe)
- King Kapisi
- Nathan King (Zed)
- Most Promising Female Vocalist: Boh Runga (Stellar*)
- Liz Faalogo (NV)
- Sina Saipaia
- Most Promising Group: Stellar*
- International Achievement: Bic Runga
- Best Music Video: Reuben Sutherland Wait & See (Shihad)
- Sima & Makerita Urale- Sub Cranium Feeling (King Kapisi)
- Mark Tierney & Fiona Champtloup - Unlikely (NV)
- Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford & The Feelers - Supersystem
- Eddie Raynor - ENZSO 2
- Che Fu & Andy Morton - 2b Spacific (Che Fu)
- Best Engineer: Andy Morton - 2BS Pacific (Che Fu)
- Sam Gibson - Try Whistling This (Neil Finn)
- Malcolm Welsford - Supersystem (The Feelers)
- Best Jazz Album: Chris White / Aaron Nevezie Quartet - Take Me With You
- Wil Sargisson - Steppin'Out
- Rodger Fox Quartet - Back To Being One
- Best Classical Album: Alexander Ivashkin - Under The Southern Cross
- Tamas Vesmas - Debussy, Bartok Piano Music
- New Zealand String Quartet - Bartok The Six Quartets
- Best Country Album: Barry Saunders - Magnetic South
- Glen Moffat - A Place To Play
- Home Tonight - Coalrangers
- Best Folk Album: Windy City Strugglers - On Top of the World
- Gallowglass - Sparven
- Philip Riley & Jayne Elleson - The Blessing Tree
- Best Gospel Album: Parachute Band - Always & Forever
- Debbie Harwood and Friends - Angels - The New Zealand Christmas Album
- Steve Apirana - It's Inevitable
- Best Mana Maori Album: Moana and the Moa Hunters - Rua
- Hori Chapman - Toku Reo
- Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere -National Champions
- Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
- Best Mana Reo Album: Traditional Waiata - He Waiata Onemata (Songs From the Past)
- Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
- Moana & The Moahunters - Rua
- Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere National Champions
- Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss - Jennifer's Garden
- David LaPlance - A Hand Full of Songs
- Universal Children's Audio - Kori Kori / Busi Bodies / Lue Lue Mai
- Tessarose Productions - Dancing to the Beat Volume 2
- Best Songwriter: James Reid - Venus (The Feelers)
- Best Cover: Elroy Finn - Try Whistling This (Neil Finn)
- Marcus Ringrose - Supersystem (The Feelers)
- Mark Roach & Andrew Durno - HLAH IV: Are You Gonna Kiss It Or Shoot It? (HLAH)
- New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Melanie Wise - Q92FM Queenstown
- Tony Neilsen -Radio Otago Group
- Jo Hampton - NRG FM
- Robert Taylor - Radio Hauraki
See: 1999 in music
Performing arts
Radio and television
See: 1999 in New Zealand television, 1999 in television, List of TVNZ television programming,, TV3 (New Zealand),, Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See:, 1999 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,
Internet
See: NZ Internet History
Sport
Athletics
- Phil Costley wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:43 on 24 October in Auckland, while Gabrielle O'Rourke claims her second as well in the women's championship (2:38:47).
Basketball
Cricket
Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
- 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England: New Zealand finished third in its pool and fourth in the super-six round before being beaten by Pakistan in the first semifinal.
- The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up.
Horse racing
Harness racing
Thoroughbred racing
Netball
Rugby league
See main article: 1999 New Zealand rugby league season.
Rugby union
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Shooting
- Ballinger Belt – Rick Fincham (Upper Hutt)[14]
Soccer
Births
January–March
- 7 January – Scott Gregory, rugby union player
- 16 January – Michael Woud, association footballer
- 18 January
- 20 January – Sarpreet Singh, association footballer
- 27 January – Kaleb Trask, rugby union player
- 19 February – Jacqui Hand, association footballer
- 23 February – Emily Shearman, cyclist
- 25 February – Nando Pijnaker, association footballer
- 6 March – Mawene Hiroti, rugby league player
- 12 March – Murray Taulagi, rugby league player
- 23 March – Danny Toala, rugby union player
- 29 March – Caleb Clarke, rugby union player
April–June
- 3 April – Chanel Harris-Tavita, rugby league player
- 4 April – Lwamba Chileshe, squash player
- 10 April – Grace Jale, association footballer
- 15 April – Dalton Wilkins, association footballer
- 19 April – Connor Garden-Bachop, rugby union player
- 22 April – Finn Allen, cricketer
- 27 April – Joe Bell, association footballer
- 30 April
- 10 May – Quinn Tupaea, rugby union player
- 13 May – Alex Greive, association footballer
- 14 May
- 8 June – Dane Ingham, association footballer
- 13 June – Maddi Wesche, shot putter
- 29 June – Madison Doar, field hockey player
July–September
October–December
- 7 October – Kate Heffernan, cricketer
- 11 October – Leicester Fainga'anuku, rugby union player
- 17 October – Gabrielle Fa'amausili, swimmer
- 28 October – Campbell Pithie, cyclist
- 30 October – Caleb Muntz, rugby union player
- 9 November
- 10 November – Matthew Fisher, cricketer
- 16 November
- 17 November – Ronaldo Mulitalo, rugby league player
- 18 November – Rachin Ravindra, cricketer
- 29 November – Bobbi Gichard, swimmer
- 5 December – William Stedman, athlete
- 12 December – Jakob Bhula, cricketer
- 19 December – Elsu, Standardbred racehorse
- 20 December – Cullen Grace, rugby union player
- 30 December
- 31 December
Undated
Deaths
January–March
April–June
- 13 April – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player (born 1924)
- 19 April – Doug Dillon, jurist (born 1924)
- 28 April – Harold Wellman, geologist (born 1909)
- 29 April – Barbara Bevege, cricketer (born 1942)
- 30 April – Bruce Jesson, journalist, republican activist, politician (born 1944)
- 9 May – Jeff Whittington, murder victim (born 1985)
- 12 May – Dan Walls, theoretical physics academic (born 1942)
- 17 May – Chris Corne, linguist (born 1942)
- 21 May – Yvonne Lawley, actor (born 1913)
- 22 May – Maxwell Fernie, organist, music teacher and conductor (born 1910)
- 10 June – SIr Leonard Thornton, army officer (born 1916)
- 12 June – Gerry Clark, sailer, writer, ornithologist (born 1927)
- 25 June – Bill Rapson, chemist (born 1912)
July–September
- 5 July –
- 22 July – Syd Jensen, motorcycle racer, motor racing driver (born 1922)
- 24 July – Rona McKenzie, cricketer (born 1922)
- 2 August – Charles Rappolt, politician (born 1939)
- 9 August – Les Riley, cricketer (born 1948)
- 10 August – Jens Hansen, jeweller (born 1940)
- 12 August – Wilfrid Kalaugher, athlete, cricketer, school teacher (born 1904)
- 23 August – Frank Tredrea, cyclist (born 1920)
- 24 August – Peter Mann, Anglican bishop (born 1924)
- 28 August – Muriel Hilton, politician, Mayor of Timaru (1959–1962) (born 1904)
- 31 August – Sylvia Potts, middle-distance athlete (born 1943)
- 1 September – Joe Genet, wrestler (born 1914)
- 5 September – Robert Arthur Owens, Mayor of Tauranga (born 1921)
October–December
- 5 October – Jack Somerville, Presbyterian leader (born 1910)
- 17 October – Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton, diplomat (born 1910)
- 22 October – Martin Donnelly, cricketer (born 1917)
- 25 October
- 2 November – Hardy Browning, potter, local politician (born 1915)
- 11 November – Bob Walls, artist (born 1927)
- 14 November – Garth Harris, taxation law academic (born 1942)
- 25 November – Sua Sulu'ape Paulo II, Samoan master tattooist (born 1950)
- 1 December – Frank Newhook, plant pathology academic (born 1918)
- 6 December – Sheikh Khalid Hafiz, Muslim cleric (born 1938)
- 13 December – Peter Adams, actor (born 1938)
See also
For world events and topics in 1999 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1999
Notes and References
- Web site: Historical population estimates tables . 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.
- http://gg.govt.nz/node/1371 The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO
- Web site: Conservation . Department of . 2022-02-09 . How the Kāpiti Island Rat eradication (almost) didn't happen Conservation blog . 2023-09-19 . blog.doc.govt.nz . en-US.
- Web site: Local Newspapers. Hastings District Libraries. 21 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015091819/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/Libraries/resources_news_local.htm. 15 October 2008. dead. dmy-all.
- News: 7 July 2022 . Meteor sighted in parts of lower North Island . 3 July 2024 . RNZ.
- Web site: 2006JIMO...34..135M Page 135 . 3 July 2024 . adsabs.harvard.edu.
- Web site: M 6.2 - 24 km W of Taupo, New Zealand . 2024-04-28 . earthquake.usgs.gov.
- Web site: Tawa ditches prohibition a century after banning alcohol . Stuff (Fairfax) . 4 September 2015.
- Web site: Sale of Liquor Amendment Act, 1999 . New Zealand Law online . 1999 .
- Web site: Awards 1988 . Listing . NZ Music Awards . 28 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121030145758/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1988-winners/ . 30 October 2012 . dmy .
- Web site: 1999 New Zealand Music Awards. https://archive.today/20121220092926/http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1999.asp. dead. 20 December 2012. Web page. RIANZ. 28 September 2012.
- Web site: 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 .
- http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- Web site: 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 .
- http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/chatham_cup_records.html Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
