2014 in New Zealand explained
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in New Zealand.
Population
- NationalEstimated populations as at 30 June.[1]
- Main urban areasFollowing the 2013 census, Statistics New Zealand added Blenheim to the list of main urban areas, increasing the total number to 17.[2] Estimated populations as at 30 June.
- Auckland – 1,413,500
- Blenheim – 30,200
- Christchurch – 375,200
- Dunedin – 116,200
- Gisborne – 35,400
- Hamilton – 218,800
- Invercargill – 49,800
- Kapiti – 41,000
- Napier-Hastings – 128,800
- Nelson – 64,100
- New Plymouth – 55,600
- Palmerston North – 82,400
- Rotorua – 56,200
- Tauranga – 127,700
- Wellington – 393,600
- Whanganui – 39,200
- Whangārei – 54,400
Incumbents
Regal and vice-regal
Government
2014 is the third and last full year of the 50th Parliament, which first sat on 20 December 2011. The general election following the dissolution of parliament was held on 20 September 2014.
The Fifth National Government, first elected in 2008, continues.
Other party leaders
Judiciary
Main centre leaders
Arts and literature
Performing arts
Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Tina Cross.
Events
January
March
April
June
July
- 11–21 July – Severe flooding damages thousands of properties in the Northland and Auckland regions.
August
September
- 1 September – A gunman shoots dead two people and injures a third at the Work and Income office in Ashburton. The town is locked down for seven hours while police search for and apprehend the suspected gunman.[6]
- 20 September – the 2014 general election is held.
October
- 16 October – New Zealand is elected to the United Nations Security Council for two years (2015–16) on the first ballot.
- October – Demand for Lewis Road Creamery chocolate milk is so high that it is often sold out in supermarkets within hours of opening. The demand saw the placement of security guards to monitor fridges, the implementation of rationing and purchase limits, and the creation of black markets.[7]
November
Holidays and observances
Sport
Basketball
Commonwealth Games
See main article: New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Olympic Games
See main article: New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- New Zealand sends a team of 15 competitors in five sports.
Paralympic Games
See main article: New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
- New Zealand sends a team of three competitors in one sport.
Rowing
Rugby
Shooting
Births
- 13 September – Vin De Dance, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 26 September – Melody Belle, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 12 November – Grunt, Thoroughbred racehorse
Deaths
January
February
March
- 5 March – Little Bridge, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 2006)
- 10 March – John Pring, rugby union referee (born 1927)
- 13 March – Vince McGlone, seaman and television personality (born 1916)
- 16 March – Frank Oliver, rugby union player and coach, All Blacks captain (born 1948)
- 19 March – Gordon Patrick, cyclist (born 1914)
- 20 March – Bill Toomath, architect (born 1925)
- 21 March – David Beaglehole, physicist (born 1938)
- 23 March – David Henshaw, cartoonist (born 1939)
- 24 March – Margaret di Menna, microbiologist (born 1923)
- 31 March – David Hannay, film producer (born 1939)
April
- 1 April – Merimeri Penfold, Māori language academic (born 1920)
- 3 April – Dame Dorothy Winstone, educationalist and academic (born 1919)
- 6 April – Charles Farthing, doctor specialising in the treatment of HIV/AIDS (born 1953)
- 8 April – Ivan Mercep, architect (born 1930)
- 15 April
- Jim Sprott, analytical chemist, forensic scientist (born 1924)
- Sir Owen Woodhouse, naval officer, jurist, President of the Court of Appeal (1981–86) (born 1916)
- 21 April – Maria Olsen, painter and sculptor (born 1947)
- 26 April
May
- 8 May – Allan Potts, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (born 1934)
- 10 May – Lane Penn, rugby union player, coach and administrator (born 1938)
- 11 May – Yvonne Cartier, ballet dancer and instructor, mime (born 1928)
- 14 May
- 20 May – Ross Brown, rugby union player (born 1934)
- 21 May
- 22 May – Pani Stirling, educationalist (born 1937)[11]
- 23 May – Sam Harvey, cartoonist (born 1922)[12] [13]
- 28 May – Ethel Divers, netball player (born 1915)[14]
- 30 May – Peter Hall, cricketer (born 1927)
June
- 9 June – William Bradfield, amateur astronomer (born 1927)
- 12 June – Pat Rosier, writer, editor, feminist activist (born 1942)
- 18 June – Ces Renwick, cricketer (born 1924)
- 21 June – John Heslop, surgeon, cricket administrator (born 1925)
- 30 June – Rik Tau, Ngāi Tahu kaumātua (born 1941)[15]
July
August
- 5 August
- Dave Hereora, politician and trade unionist (born 1956)
- Joe McManemin, athletics coach, sports administrator, Freemason (born 1923)
- 10 August – Graham Gedye, cricketer (born 1929)
- 13 August – Jack Shallcrass, author, educator, humanist (born 1922)
- 16 August – Kevin Barry, rugby union player (born 1936)
- 19 August – Bob Glading, golfer (born 1920)
- 20 August – Margaret Marks, cricketer (born 1918)
- 22 August – Helen Mason, potter (born 1915)
- 27 August – Frank Corner, diplomat and public servant (born 1920)
September
- 3 September
- 5 September – Eoin Young, motoring journalist (born 1939)
- 8 September – Errol Clince, hunter, engineer (born 1953)
- 14 September –
- 22 September – Ben Webb, artist (born 1976)
- 29 September – John Ritchie, composer, music academic (born 1921)
October
- 3 October – Ewen Gilmour, comedian (born 1963)
- 6 October – Peg Griffin, supercentenarian, oldest person in New Zealand (born 1904)
- 9 October – Connell Thode, naval officer, yachtsman (born 1911)
- 10 October
- 13 October – Yvette Bromley, stage actor and theatre director (born 1913)
- 14 October – Bob Neilson, rugby league player (born 1923)
- 18 October – Veandercross, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1988)
- 21 October – Tuna Scanlan, boxer (born 1934)
- 26 October – Sir Tay Wilson, sports administrator (born 1925)
- 27 October – Ian Monro, naval officer (born 1927)
November
- 2 November – Robert Tripe, actor (born 1973)
- 5 November – Don McLaren, animal healthcare businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse breeder, horse racing administrator (born 1933)
- 6 November – Len Jordan, rugby league player (born 1920)
- 7 November – Rough Habit, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1986)
- 9 November – Jeanne Macaskill, painter (born 1931)
- 14 November – Dave Dephoff, athlete (born 1928)
- 15 November – John Sparnon, rugby league player (born 1943)
- 16 November – Binney Lock, journalist and newspaper editor (born 1932)
- 17 November – Warren Murdock, cricketer (born 1944)
- 20 November
- 24 November – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, athlete (born 1926)
- 30 November – Norm Holland, jockey (born 1924)
December
- 1 December – Rocky Wood, writer (born 1959)
- 3 December – Pat O'Connor, Roman Catholic priest, Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (1992–2011) (born 1932)
- 12 December
- 13 December – John Hickman, meteorologist (born 1927)
- 14 December – John McCraw, soil scientist and local historian (born 1925)
- 16 December – Jack Hazlett, rugby union player, tannery company founder (born 1938)
- 17 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer (born 1924)
- 18 December – John Beedell, canoeist (born 1933)
- 23 December – Nigel Priestley, earthquake engineer (born 1943)
- 25 December
- Dave Comer, photographer, film location scout (born 1956)
- Tom O'Donnell, medical doctor, researcher and academic (born 1926)
- 26 December – Judith, Lady Hay, community leader, mayoress of Christchurch (1974–89) (born 1927)
- 29 December – Sir Ivor Richardson, jurist (born 1930)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2014 (provisional) . 22 October 2014 . . 2 November 2014. Also Web site: Infoshare; Group: Population Estimates - DPE; Table: Estimated Resident Population for Urban Areas, at 30 June (1996+) (Annual-Jun) . 22 October 2014 . . 2 November 2014.
- Web site: Urban area: Definition . Statistics New Zealand . 10 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113181922/http://www.stats.govt.nz/surveys_and_methods/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/urban-area/definition.aspx . 13 November 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae . Governor-General of New Zealand . 8 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603173912/http://gg.govt.nz/content/biography-lt-gen-rt-hon-sir-jerry-mateparae . 3 June 2012 .
- News: Waitawa: paddling your own canoe . 1 March 2014 . . Elisabeth . Easther . 26 July 2022.
- News: Royals to spend 9 days in NZ . Tracy . Watkins . 3 March 2014 . Fairfax New Zealand . Stuff.co.nz . 27 March 2014.
- News: 1 September 2014 . Ashburton Work and Income shooting: Suspect arrested . The New Zealand Herald. 28 August 2015.
- Web site: Whittaker . John Anthony and Emma . 2014-10-22 . Security guards monitor chocolate milk . 2023-09-19 . Stuff . en.
- Web site: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred 150 km east of Te Araroa, New Zealand on Mon Nov 17 2014 11:33 AM. The quake was 32 kilometres deep and the shaking was moderate close to the quake. . 2024-04-28 . www.geonet.org.nz . en.
- News: Waikato double at Maadi Cup in schools eights . Jacob . Page . Fairfax New Zealand (via Stuff.co.nz) . 29 March 2014 . 19 April 2014.
- Web site: New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners . National Rifle Association of New Zealand . 18 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150125012900/http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt . 25 January 2015 . dmy .
- News: Ngā Tapuwae to farewell beloved matriarch . 23 May 2014 . Māori Television . 24 May 2014 . Piripi . Taylor.
- News: Sam Harvey obituary . 27 May 2014 . New Zealand Herald . 28 May 2014.
- News: 'Goodnight Kiwi' creator dies . 27 May 2014 . oneNews . 28 May 2014.
- Web site: Cemeteries search . Dunedin City Council . 11 August 2021.
- News: Body of influential "Uncle Rik" Tau returns home . 3 July 2014 . . 4 July 2014 . Arielle . Monk.
