2000 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO

Government

The 46th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The Labour Party led by Helen Clark, in coalition with Alliance, led by Jim Anderton.

• Speaker of the House - Jonathan Hunt
• Prime Minister - Helen Clark
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jim Anderton
• Minister of Finance - Michael Cullen
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Phil Goff

Opposition leaders

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

• National - Jenny Shipley (Leader of the Opposition)
• Greens - Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act - Richard Prebble
• New Zealand First - Winston Peters
• United - Peter Dunne

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Christine Fletcher
• Mayor of Hamilton - Russell Matthew Remmington
• Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky
• Mayor of Christchurch - Garry Moore
• Mayor of Dunedin - Sukhi Turner

Events

January

• 1 January: Broadcasts from the Chatham Islands and the New Zealand mainland are watched worldwide as New Zealand, by virtue of time zone, kicks off the worldwide millennium celebrations.

Arts and literature

• James Norcliffe wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
  • Montana Medal: Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney
  • Deutz Medal: Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex
  • Reader's Choice: Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney
  • First Book Awards
    • Fiction: Duncan Sarkies, Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds
    • Poetry: Glenn Colquhoun, The Art of Walking Upright
    • Non-Fiction: Pether Thomson, Kava in the Blood

See 2000 in art, 2000 in literature, Category:2000 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

This year of awards included a new category, ' Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation': Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.

• Album of the Year: Stellar* – Mix
  • Shihad - The General Electric
  • Ardijah - Time
  • Salmonella Dub - Killervision
  • The Mutton Birds - Rain, Steam and Speed
• Single of the Year: Stellar* - Violent
  • AKA Brown - Something I Need
  • Shihad - My Minds Sedate
  • The Mutton Birds - Pulled Along By Love
  • Breathe - Landslide
• Top Male Vocalist: Jon Toogood – The General Electric (Shihad)
  • Dave Dobbyn
  • Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds)
• Top Female Vocalist: Boh Runga - Mix (Stellar*)
  • Betty-Anne Monga (Ardijah)
  • Zara Clark (Deep Obsession)
• Top Group: Stellar* – Mix
  • Shihad - The General Electric
  • Deep Obsession - Infinity
• Most Promising Male Vocalist: Aaron Tokona (Weta)
  • Sama Feo (AKA Brown)
  • Conan Wilcox (Salmonella Dub)
• Most Promising Female Vocalist: Vanessa Kelly - Infinity (Deep Obsession)
  • Maybelle Galuvao (Ma-V-Elle)
  • Lavina Williams (The Invasion Band / Ma-V-Elle)
• Most Promising Group: Weta
  • Breathe
  • AKA Brown
• International Achievement: Bic Runga
  • Te Vaka
  • Shihad
• Best Video: Reuben Sutherland - My Mind's Sedate (Shihad)
  • Marc Swadel - Birthday (The Stereo Bus)
  • Jonathan King - Violent (Stellar*)
• Best Producer: Tom Bailey & Stellar* - Mix
  • Anthony Ioasa - Dream (TrueBliss)
  • Malcolm Welsford - Landslide (Breathe)
• Best Engineer: Luke Tomes - Mix (Stellar*)
  • Sam Gibson - Rain Steam & Speed (The Mutton Birds)
  • Paddy Free & Tiki Taane - Killervision (Salmonella Dub)
• Best Jazz Album: Jason Jones - Subspace
  • Mark De Clive-Lowe - Six Degrees
  • Steve Sherriff - See What Happens
• Best Classical Album: John Psathas - Rhythm Spike
  • NZ National Youth Choir - Winds That Whisper
  • Gareth Farr / NZSO - Te Papa
• Best Country Album: The Warratahs – One Of Two Things
  • The Minstrel - Blaaack
  • Rosy Parsons - Pride Of Place
• Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation (new category): Dave Dobbyn – Overnight Success: The Definitive Dave Dobbyn Collection
  • Various - World Famous in New Zealand
  • The Exponents - Hello, Love You, Goodbye
• Best Folk Album: -
• Best Gospel Album: The Lads – Lost at Sea
  • The Invasion Band - Everything
  • The Parachute Band - Adore
• Best Mana Maori Album: Southside Of Bombay – Live in Aotearoa
  • Maisey Rika - 20 Favourite Maori Songs
  • Hato Paora College - Hato Paora - 50 Years On
• Best Mana Reo Album: Iwi – Iwi
  • Maisey Rika - 20 Favourite Maori Songs
  • Hato Paora College - Hato Paora - 50 Years On
  • He Taonga Reo - Tahi/Rua'
• Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss - Jennifer's House
  • Janet Channon & Wendy Jensen - You've Got to Clap
  • Janet Grierson and Kidz Choice Singers - Singing Is Fun
  • Tessarose Productions - Sing A Song About The Body
• Best Songwriter: Boh Runga – Violent (Stellar*)
  • Salmonella Dub - For The Love Of It (Salmonella Dub)
  • Christopher Bands and Zara Clark - Cold (Deep Obsession)
• Best Cover: Shihad & Karl Kippenberger – The General Electric
  • Kimberley Renwick - Second Nature (Margaret Urlich)
  • Gideon Keith and Seven - Infinity (Deep Obsession)
• New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Grant Hislop - (ZM / Hauraki Auckland)
  • Martin Good (Hits 89FM)
  • Rodger Clamp (More FM Auckland)

See: 2000 in music, New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2000

Performing arts

• Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Doug Aston.

Radio and television

• 1 July: Public Broadcasting Fee finishes. [1]

See: 2000 in New Zealand television, 2000 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television programmes, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Jubilee
• Stickmen (film)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Price of Milk

See: Category:2000 film awards, 2000 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:2000 films

Internet

See: NZ Internet History

Sport

• See: 2000 in sports, Category:2000 in sports

Athletics

• Mark Hutchinson wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:58 on 29 October in Auckland, while Melissa Moon claims her first in the women's championship (2:45:42).

Basketball

• The NBL was won by the Auckland Stars who beat the Nelson Giants, 95-78 in the final.
• The Women’s NBL was won by the Otago Breakers, who beat Waikato in the final, 75-69
• The Tall Blacks lost all five pool games at the Olympic Men's tournament, then beat Angola in the classification game to finish 11th out of 12 teams.
• The Tall Ferns lost all five pool games at the Olympic Women's tournament, then beat Senegal in the classification game to finish 11th out of 12 teams.

Cricket

• New Zealand cricket team
• The State Championship was won by the Northern Districts Knights

Golf

• New Zealand Open, Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Yulestar
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Flight South

Netball

• Silver Ferns
• National Bank Cup

Summer Olympic Games

• New Zealand sent 151 athletes to the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia. The medal tally of 1 gold and 3 bronze medals was considered very disappointing and sparked a review of high-performance sports training programmes.

Rugby league

Main article: 2000 New Zealand rugby league season

• The inaugural Bartercard Cup was won by the Canterbury Bulls who defeated the Otahuhu Leopards 38-24 in the grand final.
• The Auckland Warriors finished 13th of 14 teams in the NRL. The club was under severe financial pressure until purchased by Eric Watson after the season had ended and rebranded as the New Zealand Warriors.
• 27 April, New Zealand lost to Australia 0-52.
• New Zealand competed in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, losing to Australia 12-40 in the final.

Rugby union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Super 12, National Provincial Championship, Category:All Blacks, Bledisloe Cup, Tri Nations Series, Ranfurly Shield

Shooting

• Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt)

Soccer

• The New Zealand National Soccer League was relaunched as a winter competition with 10 teams and finals playoffs. The winner was Napier City Rovers.
• New Zealand placed second to Australia at the OFC Nations Cup tournament held in Tahiti
• The Chatham Cup is won by Napier City Rovers who beat Central United 4—1 in the final.

Births

• 21 September – Vengeance of Rain. thoroughbred racehorse
• 5 October – Glamour Puss, thoroughbred racehorse
• 21 October – Starcraft, thoroughbred racehorse
• 26 October – Cut The Cake, thoroughbred racehorse
• 30 December – Tayla Alexander, singer

Deaths

January–March

• 23 January
  • George Hoskins, athlete (born 1928)
  • Bill Sutton, artist (born 1917)
• 28 January – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer (born 1924)
• 12 February – Ray Hrstich, professional wrestler (born 1920)
• 16 February – Ian Lythgoe, public servant (born 1914)
• 19 February – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist, and architect (born 1928)
• 4 March – Michael Noonan, novelist and scriptwriter (born 1921)
• 16 March – Connie Purdue, trade unionist, pro-life activist (born 1912)
• 19 March – Alison Duff, sculptor (born 1914)
• 20 March – Dame Ruth Kirk, anti-abortion campaigner, wife of Norman Kirk (born 1922)

April–June

• 1 April – Dorothy Freed, author, composer and music historian (born 1919)
• 8 April – A. K. Grant, writer, satirist (born 1941)
• 12 April – Ronald Lockley, ornithologist, naturalist, author (born 1903)
• 24 April – John Beck, cricketer (born 1934)
• 12 May – Dave Crowe, cricketer (born 1933)
• 14 May – Graeme Nesbitt, music, arts and radio promoter (born 1950)
• 30 May – Maurie Robertson, rugby league player and coach (born 1925)
• 31 May – Jock Barnes, trade unionist (born 1907)
• 8 June – Lucy Cranwell, botanist (born 1907)
• 11 June – Guy Bowers, rugby union player (born 1932)
• 17 June – Alex Moir, cricketer (born 1919)

July–September

• 1 July – Ray Forster, arachnologist, museum administrator (born 1922)
• 7 July – Dame Stella Casey, social issues campaigner (born 1924)
• 10 July – Norma Wilson, athlete (born 1909)
• 27 July – John Stoke, occupational health pioneer (born 1928)
• 3 September – Gordon Burgess, cricket player and administrator (born 1918)
• 13 September – Ronald Hemi, rugby union and cricket player (born 1933)
• 26 September – Maurice Heenan, lawyer, public servant (born 1912)

October–December

• 8 October – Harold Cameron, cricketer (born 1912)
• 10 October – Ken Bloxham, rugby union player (born 1954)
• 18 October – Bruce Biggs, Māori language academic (born 1921)
• 21 October – Alan Rowe, actor (born 1926)
• 22 October – Iosefa Enari, opera singer (born 1954)
• 8 November – Patricia Bartlett, pro-censorship activist (born 1928)
• 9 November – Bos Murphy, boxer (born 1924)
• 19 November – Pearl Savin, cricketer (born 1914)
• 21 November – Frank Dennis, cricketer (born 1907)
• 26 November – James Austin, meteorology academic (born 1915)
• 18 December – Stan Fox, motor racing driver (born 1952)

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

External links

Media related to 2000 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons