1984 in New Zealand

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See also: 1983 in New Zealand, other events of 1984, 1985 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 Unknown Dates 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.1.1 New Zealand Music Awards 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Basketball 6.2 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1984 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Hon. Sir David Beattie

[edit] Government

The 40th New Zealand Parliament, led by the National Party, concluded, and in the general election the Labour Party was elected in the 41st New Zealand Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - Richard Harrison then Basil Arthur
• Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon then David Lange
• Deputy Prime Minister - Duncan MacIntyre then Jim McLay then Geoffrey Palmer
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon then Roger Douglas
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Warren Cooper then David Lange

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Labour - David Lange (Leader of the Opposition) (before 26 July).
• Social Credit Party - Bruce Beetham (before 26 July).

• National - Robert Muldoon (Leader of the Opposition) (between 26 July and 29 November).

• National - Jim McLay (Leader of the Opposition) (after 29 November).

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Catherine Tizard
• Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
• Mayor of Wellington - Ian Lawrence
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
• Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs

[edit] Events

• February 6 - Te Hikoi ki Waitangi march disrupts Waitangi Day celebrations.
• March 27 - A suitcase bomb explodes at the Wellington Trades Hall, killing one person. Nobody has yet been arrested for the crime.
• 14 July: Election of the Fourth Labour Government

[edit] Unknown Dates

• New Zealand signs the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
• Auckland's population exceeds that of the South Island.
• Government devalues New Zealand dollar by 20 percent. See New Zealand constitutional crisis, 1984.
• The fifth Sweetwaters Music Festival is held in South Auckland.

See also 1984, 1984 in politics, 1984 in science, Category:1984 in Australia, 1984 in Australia, 1984 in music, 1984 timelines, History of New Zealand, Category:History of New Zealand, Military history of New Zealand, Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand, Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

[edit] Arts and literature

• Brian Turner wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1984 in art, 1984 in literature, Category:1984 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR Dance Exponents - Prayers be Answered
• SINGLE OF THE YEAR The Narcs - You Took Me Heart and Soul
• TOP MALE VOCALIST Jordan Luck (Dance Exponents)
• TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Patsy Riggir
• TOP GROUP Dance Exponents
• MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Martin Phillips (The Chills)
• MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Meryl Yvonne
• MOST PROMISING GROUP The Chills
• BEST JAZZ ALBUM Brian Smith Quartet - Southern Excursio
• BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir - You'll Never Take the Country Out Of Me
• BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZSO & Others – Music By Larry Pruden
• BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM Patea Maori Club & Dalvanius Prime - Aku Raukura
• BEST FOLK ALBUM Phil Garland - Springtime In The Mountains
• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave MCartney - You Took Me Heart & Soul
• ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Graham Myhre - You Took Me Heart & Soul
• BEST COVER DESIGN Joe Wylie - Aku Raukura (Patea Maori Club)
• BEST MUSIC VIDEO Bruce Morrison - I'm In Heaven
• BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Jenny Mcleod - The Silent One
• INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Tim Finn
• OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY Eldred Stebbing - (For his Lifelong Contribution to the Recording Arts in New Zealand)

See: 1984 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

See: 1984 in New Zealand television, 1984 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Came a Hot Friday
• Constance
• Other Halves
• The Silent One
• Vigil
• The Bounty

See: Category:1984 film awards, 1984 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1984 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Basketball

• NBL won by Wellington.

• See: 1984 in sports , Category:1984 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by Gisborne City
• Chatham Cup won by Manurewa

[edit] Births

• 27 January: Vince Mellars, rugby player
• 14 February: Jared Wrennall, musician
• 21 February: Andrew Ellis, rugby player
• 25 February: Paul Vodanovich, soccer player
• 8 March: Ross Taylor, cricketer
• 16 March: Hosea Gear, rugby player
• 25 March: Liam Messam, rugby and rugby sevens player
• 2 April: Meryl Cassie, actor
• 6 April: Stacey Carr, field hockey player
• 28 May: Beth Allen, actor
• 2 June: Jack Afamasaga, rugby player
• 6 June: Antonia Prebble, actor
• 7 June: Jennyfer Jewell, actor
• 20 June: Jarrod Smith, soccer player
• 27 June: Emma Lahana, actor
• 28 June: Evarn Tuimavave, rugby player
• 6 August: Jesse Ryder, cricketer
• 12 September: Ben Townley, motocrosser
• 6 October: Valerie Vili, shot putter
• 23 November: Jerome Ropati, rugby player
• 14 December: Keshia Paulse, singer

[edit] Deaths

• 6 March: Ian Cromb, cricketer
• 13 June: Ken Armstrong, soccer player
• 15 June: Tom Heeney, boxer
• 26 November: Eliot V. Elliott, trade unionist
• Dean Goffin, composer
• Sylvia Ashton-Warner, writer / poet
• Lois White, painter

[edit] See also