April 2006 in Australia and New Zealand

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[edit] Events in Australia and New Zealand

This page deals with events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the territories of those countries (such as Norfolk Island and Ross Dependency), and/or current events that involve Australians and/or New Zealanders.

[edit] 3 April 2006 (Monday)

Judge Anand Satyanand has been appointed to succeed Dame Silvia Cartwright as Governor-General of New Zealand. He will take up office on August 4, 2006. (wikinews)

[edit] 6 April 2006 (Thursday)

The New Zealand Parliament passes an act making New Zealand Sign Language the third official language of New Zealand, alongside English and Māori. (TVNZ)
Helen Clark and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meet in Wellington and agree to aim for a Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and China within two years. (NZ Herald)

[edit] 7 April 2006 (Friday)

David de Kretser succeeds John Landy to become the 27th Governor of the Australian state of Victoria. (ABC)
Following the acquittal of three men in the Louise Nicholas rape trial, pamphlets and emails about two of the defendants are spread widely in defiance of previous court suppression orders. (NZ Herald)

[edit] 10 April 2006 (Monday)

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Mark Vaile gives evidence to the Cole Inquiry into the alleged AWB Ltd. rorting of the Oil-for-Food Programme. (ABC)
Auckland rises to fifth place behind Zurich and Geneva in a survey of the world's top 55 cities for quality of life. Sydney stays at ninth place. (citymayors)

[edit] 19 April 2006 (Wednesday)

The New Zealand and Australian Governments are to send reinforcements to the Solomon Islands to support RAMSI following an outbreak of violence after the election of Snyder Rini as the new Prime Minister yesterday. Wikinews

[edit] 21 April 2006 (Friday)

Jacob Kovco is the first death of an Australian serviceperson during the Iraq campaign. (Sydney Morning Herald)

[edit] 25 April 2006 (Tuesday)

Australians and New Zealanders throughout the world stood still and turned out in huge numbers for ANZAC Day. wikinews

[edit] 26 April 2006 (Wednesday)

Former New Zealand Attorney-General David Parker is cleared of any misconduct by the Companies Office. He was granted an exemption in 1999 from the rules he had fallen foul of. He is likely to be reinstated to the Cabinet next week. (NZ Herald)

[edit] 27 April 2006 (Thursday)

The New Zealand Electricity Commission rejects Transpower's plan to build a line of power pylons from Auckland to Whakamaru. The plan attracted protests from landowners along the route. (NZ Herald)

[edit] 30 April 2006 (Sunday)

Following acquittal of three men in the Louise Nicholas rape trial, several hundred people march up Queen Street, Auckland in support of Louise Nicholas. (NZ Herald)

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