2018 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 2018 in New Zealand.
Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December 2018 – 4,886,100[1]
- Increase since 31 December 2017 – 80,700 (1.68%)[1]
- Males per 100 females – 96.8[1]
Incumbents
Regal and vice-regal
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Elizabeth II
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Patsy Reddy
Government
2018 is the first full year of the 52nd Parliament, which first sat on 7 November 2017.
The Sixth Labour Government, elected in 2017, continues.
- Speaker of the House – Trevor Mallard
- Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern
- Deputy Prime Minister – Winston Peters
- Leader of the House – Chris Hipkins
- Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Winston Peters
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Trevor Mallard
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Jacinda Ardern
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Winston Peters
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Chris Hipkins
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Grant Robertson
Other party leaders
- National – Bill English until 27 February, then Simon Bridges (Leader of the Opposition)
- New Zealand First – Winston Peters
- Green – James Shaw and, from 8 April, Marama Davidson
- ACT New Zealand – David Seymour
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Bill English
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Winston Peters
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James Shaw
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Marama Davidson
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David Seymour
Judiciary
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Sian Elias
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Phil Goff
- Mayor of Tauranga – Greg Brownless
- Mayor of Hamilton – Andrew King
- Mayor of Wellington – Justin Lester
- Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
- Mayor of Dunedin – Dave Cull
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Phil Goff
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Greg Brownless
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Justin Lester
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Lianne Dalziell
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Dave Cull
Events
February
- 3 February - Murder of Amber-Rose Rush, a Dunedin teenager. A doctor named Venod Skantha is charged with her murder.[2]
March
- 6 March – The 2018 New Zealand census is held.
May
- 11 May – A wave of about 24 metres (79 ft) height, the highest ever recorded, is observed near Campbell Island south of New Zealand; the previous record wave in 2012 was about 22 metres (72 ft).[3]
- 17 May – The 2018 New Zealand budget is presented to Parlimanet by the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson.[4]
June
- 4 June – The 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced.[5]
- 9 June – The Northcote by-election is won by National, who retain the seat.
December
- 1 or 2 December – Murder of Grace Millane, a British tourist. A 26-year-old man is charged with her murder on 8 December.[6]
- 31 December – The 2019 New Year Honours are announced.[7]
Sport
Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand sends a team of 253 competitors in 17 sports.
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Total |
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15 | 16 | 15 | 46 |
Olympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of 21 competitors in five sports.
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Total |
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Paralympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of three competitors in two sports.
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Total |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Sailing
- 24 February – 18 March: Auckland is a stopover on the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race
Shooting
- Ballinger Belt – John Snowden (Ashburton)[8]
Youth Olympics
- New Zealand sends a team of 61 competitors.
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3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Deaths
January
- 4 January
- Owen Hardy, World War II fighter pilot (born 1922)
- Gail McIntosh, politician (born 1955)
- 5 January
- Barry Thomas, rugby union player (born 1937)
- Peter Wells, high jumper (born 1929)
- 7 January
- Jim Anderton, politician (born 1938)
- Buster Stiggs, musician (born 1954)
- 17 January – Ted McCoy, architect (born 1925)
- 21 January – Michael Selby, geomorphologist (born 1936)
- 22 January
- Jack Doms, swimmer (born 1927)
- Kevin Tate, soil chemist, climate scientist (born 1943)
- 25 January – Graham Williams, rugby union player (born 1945)
- 27 January – Grant Fell, musician (born c. 1961)
- 31 January – Pat Booth, journalist (born 1929)
February
- 3 February – Ted Corbett, organic chemist (born 1923)
- 8 February – Gary Seear, rugby union player (born 1952)
- 10 February – Bevan Congdon, cricketer (born 1938)
- 11 February – Darien Boswell, rower (born 1938)
- 21 February – Beryl Fletcher, novelist (born 1938)
- 25 February – Noel Scott, politician (born 1929)
- 27 February – Keith Murdoch, rugby union player (born 1943)
March
- 2 March – Gordon Challis, poet (born 1932)
- 9 March – Robin Archer, rugby union player and coach (born 1930)
- 11 March – Paddy Donovan, boxer, rugby union player (born 1936)
- 14 March
- Peter Entwisle, art historian (born 1948)
- Mac McCallion, rugby union player and coach (born 1950)
- 20 March – Dylan Mika, rugby union player (born 1972)
- 28 March – Norm Wilson, cricketer (born 1931)
April
- 6 April – Colin McLeod, civil engineer (born 1921)
- 10 April – Fergie McCormick, rugby union player (born 1939)
- 11 April – Robert Matthews, Paralympic athlete (born 1961)
- 16 April – Ivan Mauger, motorcycle speedway rider (born 1939)
- 23 April – Haddon Donald, soldier, politician (born 1917)
- 24 April – Arthur Eustace, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (born 1926)
- 25 April – Margo Buchanan-Oliver, marketing academic (born 1952)
- 26 April – David Mitchell, architect (born 1941)
May
- 2 May – Katherine O'Regan, politician (born 1946)
- 4 May – Tony Steel, rugby union player, politician (born 1941)
- 9 May
- Norma, Lady Beattie – vice-regal consort (born 1925)
- Carl Perkins, musician (born c. 1959)
- 15 May – Hopeful Christian, founder of Gloriavale Christian Community (born 1926)
- 16 May – Tom Hadfield, rugby league player (born 1934)
- 19 May – John Moorfield, Māori language academic (born 1943)
- 28 May – Dick Quax, athlete, local-body politician (born 1948)
June
- 4 June – J. B. Munro, politician, disability advocate (born 1936)
- 7 June – Sir Neil Waters, university administrator (born 1931)
- 13 June – Milan Mrkusich, artist, designer (born 1925)
- 14 June
- Vincent Gray, chemist, climate change denier (born 1922)
- Steve Kuzmicich, statistician (born 1931)
- 18 June – Graham Davy, athlete, sports administrator (born 1936)
- 23 June – Koro Wētere, politician (born 1935)
- 30 June – Mark Irwin, rugby union player (born 1935)
July
- 1 July – Merv Richards, pole vaulter, gymnastics and pole vault coach (born 1930)
- 3 July – Gary Bold, physicist (born 1938)
- 4 July – Harry M. Miller, impresario (born 1934)
- 9 July
- Sam Chisholm, media executive (born 1939)
- Colin Quincey, first person to row solo across the Tasman Sea (born 1945)
- 13 July – Naturalism, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1988)
- 14 July – Janet Holm, environmental activist, historian (born 1923)
- 17 July – David Stevens, screenwriter (born 1940)
- 25 July – Rick Littlewood, judoka (born 1940)
- 29 July
- Graham Finlay, boxer (born 1936)
- Phillip Orchard, rugby league player (born 1948)
August
- 2 August – Bob Berry, dendrologist (born 1916)
- 3 August
- Reinhart Langer, botanist, university administrator (born 1921)
- Murray Matthewson, orthopaedic surgeon (born 1944)
- 4 August – Delwyn Costello, cricketer (born 1960)
- 17 August – Warwick Roger, journalist, magazine editor (born 1945)
- 18 August – Ronnie Moore, speedway rider (born 1933)
- 19 August – Margaret Reid, Presbyterian minister (born 1923)
- 20 August – Greg Boyed, television presenter (born 1970)
- 21 August – Spencer P. Jones, musician (born 1956)
- 23 August – Wendy Hutton, travel and food writer (born 1940)
- 30 August – Jack Garrick, ichthyologist (born 1928)
September
- 5 September
- Alan Peart, World War II fighter ace (born 1922)
- John Stacpoole, architect, historian (born 1919)
- 7 September – John O'Sullivan, rugby league player (born 1950)
- 14 September – Ruth Dowman, athlete (born 1930)
- 16 September – Assid Corban, politician, businessman (born 1925)
- 24 September — Merv Smith, radio personality (born 1933)
October
- 2 October – Barry Linton, cartoonist (born 1947)
- 3 October – David Fergusson, psychologist (born 1944)
- 4 October
- Penny Bright, activist (born 1954)
- Barrie Frost, psychologist, neuroscientist (born c. 1939)
- 6 October – Wilf Malcolm, mathematician, university administrator (born 1933)
- 13 October – Bob Doran, computer scientist (born 1944)
- 14 October – Tom Delahunty, association football referee (born 1935)
- 17 October
- Denis Adam, arts patron (born 1924)
- Sir Ngātata Love, academic, Te Āti Awa leader (born 1937)
- Sir Thomas Thorp, jurist (born 1925)
- 19 October – Sir John McGrath, jurist (born 1945)
- 24 October – Keith Hunter, marine and freshwater chemist (born 1951)
- 27 October – Murray Khouri, clarinetist (born 1941)
- 31 October
- Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, jurist (born 1931)
- Maurice Mahoney, architect (born 1929)
November
- 4 November – Tama Renata, musician
- 6 November – Gordon Whiting, jurist (born 1942)
- 13 November – Sir John Anderson, businessman, sports administrator (born 1945)
- 14 November – Douglas Wright, dancer, choreographer (born 1956)
- 18 November – Peter Peryer, photographer (born 1941)
- 19 November – Neil Collins, broadcaster, local-body politician (born 1941)
- 20 November – Cyril Belshaw, anthropologist (born 1921)
- 24 November – Gordon Copeland, politician (born 1943)
- 28 November – Georgie Salter, netball player and coach (born c. 1951)
December
- 1 December – Vivian Lynn, artist (born 1931)
- 2 December – William Smith, naval officer (born 1922)
- 3 December – Geoff Murphy, film director and screenwriter (born 1938)
- 5 December – John Armstrong, politician (born 1935)
- 6 December – Robin Clark, chemist (born 1935)
- 11 December
- Winifred Griffin, swimmer (born 1932)
- Hiwi Tauroa, rugby union player and coach, Race Relations Conciliator (born 1927)
- 20 December
- Randall Carrington, cricketer (born 1934)
- Trevor Chinn, glaciologist (born 1937)
- 21 December – Fay Gock, horticulturalist (born 1933)
- 25 December – Bill Baillie, athlete (born 1934)
References
- ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Man accused of murdering Dunedin teen Amber-Rose Rush named". 1 News. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "A Wave 8-Floor High, Largest Ever Recorded, Forms Near New Zealand". NDTV. Agence France-Presse. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Budget statement — Budget debate". New Zealand Parliament. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2018". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Backpacker Grace Millane met murder accused on dating app". Stuff. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Tso, Matthew (5 February 2018). "Ballinger Belt title back in New Zealand after tight final". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 March 2018.