1997 in New Zealand

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1997 in New Zealand:
Other years in New Zealand
1994199519961997199819992000


Contents

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

[edit] Government

The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger, in coalition with New Zealand First, led by Winston Peters.

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

[edit] Events

31 August: News is coming in of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. British people are not aware of the tragedy, as they are still asleep.

[edit] Arts and literature

  • Paddy Richardson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
  • Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
    • Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage: Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert
    • First Book Awards
      • Fiction: Dominic Sheehan, Finding Home
      • Poetry: Diane Brow, Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland
      • Non-Fiction: Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert

See 1997 in art, 1997 in literature, Category:1997 books

[edit] Music

See: 1997 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

See: 1997 in New Zealand television, 1997 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

  • Lost Valley
  • Topless Women Talk About Their Lives

See: Category:1997 film awards, 1997 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1997 films

[edit] Internet

See: NZ Internet History

[edit] Appointments and awards

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

  • Peter Buske wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:49 on March 8 in New Plymouth, while Terri-Lee Farr claims her first in the women's championship (2:55:20).

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

  • See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

[edit] Netball

[edit] Rugby league

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Births

Category:1997 births

[edit] Deaths

Category:1997 deaths


[edit] References

  1. ^ NZ fighter museum

[edit] See also

For world events and topics in 1997 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1997