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- Incumbents Regal and viceregal Government Opposition leaders Main centre leaders
- Events
- Arts and literature Music New Zealand Music Awards Performing arts Radio and television Film Internet
- Sport Athletics Basketball Commonwealth Games Cricket Golf Horse racing Harness racing Thoroughbred racing Netball Olympic Games Paralympic Games Rugby league Rugby union Shooting Soccer
- Births January–June July–December Undated
- Deaths January–March April–June July–September October–December
- See also
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}{{Year in NZ|1998}}The following lists events that happened during 1998 in New Zealand. IncumbentsRegal and viceregal- Head of State - Elizabeth II
- Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO[1]
GovernmentThe 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 leadersSee: 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 Russell Matthew Remmington
- 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.
- New Zealand appoints a resident ambassador to Argentina and establishes an embassy in Buenos Aires.[2]
- As of December 2016, this year is New Zealand's warmest year on record.[3]
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 MusicNew Zealand Music AwardsWinners are shown first with nominees underneath.[4][5] 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
- 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
- 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 Drvien 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- 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- 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 InternetSee: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070501015030/http://www.wlug.org.nz/NewZealandInternetHistory NZ Internet History] Sport- See: 1998 in sports, Category:1998 in sports
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{{main|New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games}} {{gold medal | {{silver medal | {{bronze medal | Total |
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8 | 6 | 20 | 34 |
CricketVarious Tours, New Zealand cricket team - The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up.
GolfNew Zealand Open Category:New Zealand golfersHorse racingHarness racing- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Christian Cullen[6]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Christian Cullen[7]
Thoroughbred racingNetball- Silver Ferns
- National Bank Cup
- Netball World Championships
Olympic Games{{main|New Zealand at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}- New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in six sports.
{{gold medal | {{silver medal | {{bronze medal | Total |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paralympic Games{{main|New Zealand at the 1998 Winter Paralympics}}- New Zealand sends a team of five competitors in one sport.
{{gold medal | {{silver medal | {{bronze medal | Total |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Rugby league{{main|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.[8]
- 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 unionCategory: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)[9]
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.[10]
- 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{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}January–June- 5 February – Tai Wynyard, basketballer
- 6 February – Hayden Phillips, field hockey player
- 20 February
- Emma Cumming, racing cyclist
- Nicole Fujita, model and tarento
- 24 February – Will Jordan, rugby union player
- 28 March – James Fouche, racing cyclist
- 5 April – Michaela Drummond, racing cyclist
- 9 April – James McGarry, 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
- 12 May – Campbell Stewart, racing cyclist
- 18 May – Brianna Fruean, environmental activist
- 28 May – Logan Rogerson, association footballer
July–December- 7 July – Mackenzie Slee, artistic gymnast
- 9 July – Mikayla Harvey, racing cyclist
- 15 July – Nathan Smith, cricketer
- 1 August – Rosie Cheng, tennis player
- 22 August – Leica Guv, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 3 September – Baylin Sullivan, rugby union player
- 13 September – Evelina Afoa, swimmer
- 20 September – Isaiah Papali'i, rugby league player
- 20 October – Tasmyn Benny, boxer
- 29 October – Felix Murray, cricketer
- 17 November – Courtney McGregor, artistic gymnast
- 19 November – Thomas Sexton, racing cyclist
- 11 December – Rakai Tait, snowboarder
- 18 December – Jade Lewis, tennis player
- 22 December – Ben Beecroft, cricketer
- 24 December – Nikita Howarth, swimmer
Undated{{Div col end}}Deaths{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}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- 2 June – Brian Johnston, field hockey player (born 1933)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
{{Div col end}}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 References1. ^The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzembassy.com/argentina/relationship-between-nz-and-argentina/nz-and-argentina|title=New Zealand and Argentina|publisher=NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|accessdate=26 August 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100818002835/http://www.nzembassy.com/argentina/relationship-between-nz-and-argentina/nz-and-argentina| archivedate= 18 August 2010 | deadurl= no}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=11765947|title=Heating up: 2016 set to be NZ's warmest on record|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|date=December 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Awards 1998 |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1998-winners/ |work=Listing |publisher=NZ Music Awards |accessdate=29 September 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613181007/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1998-winners/ |archivedate=13 June 2011 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=1998 New Zealand Music Awards|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1998.asp|work=Web page|publisher=RIANZ|accessdate=28 September 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm |title=List of NZ Trotting cup winners |access-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm |archive-date=22 February 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 7. ^Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm |date=17 June 2009 }} 8. ^NRL 1998 Competition Ladder 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt |title=New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners |date= |website= |publisher=National Rifle Association of New Zealand |accessdate=11 October 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125012900/http://www.nranz.com/competitions/ballinger_belt |archivedate=25 January 2015 |df= }} 10. ^Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314234154/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/chatham_cup_records.html |date=14 March 2009 }}
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