1997 in New Zealand
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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[1]
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.
- Speaker of the House - Doug Kidd
- Prime Minister - Jim Bolger then Jenny Shipley
- Deputy Prime Minister - Winston Peters
- Minister of Finance - Bill Birch
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon
Parliamentary leaders
- Labour - (37 seats) Helen Clark (Leader of the Opposition)
- Alliance - (13 seats) Jim Anderton
- ACT New Zealand - (8 seats) Richard Prebble
- United New Zealand- (1 seat) Peter Dunne
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills
- Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans
- Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky
- Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck
- Mayor of Dunedin - Sukhi Turner
Events
- 8 February: Stephen Anderson, 24, shoots 11 people, killing 6 of them (including his wife and parents) at Raurimu.[2]
- 16 July: List MP Alamein Kopu resigns from the Alliance Party but remains a member of parliament. This causes controversy because Kopu has signed contracts with the party that she would resign from Parliament should she leave the party.[3]
- 10 September: Parliament's privileges committee finds that Alamein Kopu is entitled to remain an independent MP.
- Argentina reopens its embassy in Wellington (closed since 1982).[4]
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
Music
New Zealand Music Awards
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[5][6]
- Album of the Year: Strawpeople - Vicarious
- Emma Paki - Oxygen of Love
- Garageland
- OMC
- The Mutton Birds
- Single of the Year: DLT Featuring Che Fu - Chains
- Bic Runga
- Garageland
- Strawpeople
- The Mutton Birds
- Best Male Vocalist: Che Fu - Chains
- Jeremy Eade (Garageland)
- Jon Toogood (Shihad)
- Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga
- Emma Paki
- Fiona McDonald (Strawpeople)
- Best Group: Garageland
- Shihad
- The Mutton Birds
- Most Promising Male Vocalist: Daniel Haimona (Dam Native)
- Andrew Tilby (Breathe)
- Ed Cake (Bressa Creeting Cake)
- Most Promising Female Vocalist: Lole Usoalii
- Andrea Cook
- Maryanne Antonuvich (D Faction)
- Most Promising Group: Dam Native
- Bike
- Bressa Creeting Cake
- Cinematic
- International Achievement: OMC
- Crowded House
- Jane Campion
- Peter Jackson
- Best Video: Sigi Spath & Joe Lonie – if I Had My Way (Supergroove)
- Kevin Sprig - La La Land (Shihad)
- Jonathan King - Behold My Kool Style (Damn Native)
- Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford / Karl Steven - Backspacer (Supergroove)
- Alan Jansson - How Bizarre
- Eddie Raynor - ENZSO
- Best Engineer: Rick Huntington / Alan Jansson – How Bizarre (OMC)
- Chris Van Der Geer (Strawpeople)
- Malcolm Welsford - Backspacer (Supergroove)
- Best Jazz Album: Bluetrain – No Free Lunch
- Jazz in the Present Tense - Jazz in the Present Tense
- Nairobi Trio - Shelf Life
- Best Classical Album: the Nzso, Janos Furst, Michael Houston – Live : Tower Beethoven Festival
- New Zealand String Quartet - Bartok String Quartet 1-5
- Alexander Ivashin & Tama Vesmas - Sergie Prokofiev
- Best Country Album: Coalrangers – Coast to Coast
- Dennis Marsh - Out Of Nashville
- Bartlett, Dugan, Vaughan - Together Again
- Best Folk Album: Wild Geese – Betwixt Time and Place
- Michael Scorey - Angel Station
- Bob Bickerton - Music in the Glen
- Best Gospel Album: Max Jacobson – Found
- The Lands - Arbor Day
- Evan Silva - Aint No Two Ways About It
- Best Mana Maori Album: Emma Paki – Oxygen of Love
- DLT - The True School
- Dam Native - Behold My Kool Style
- Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College - a Gift of Song
- Te Kura Tuatahi Me Te Ropu Kapahaka O Ranana - Te Wainui A Rua
- Turakina Maori Girls College - Mana Wahine
- Best Childrens Album: Universal Childrens Audio - Waiata Karahere
- Helen Willberg - Ranona Moemoea
- Love To Sing Choir - Love My First Songbook
- Best Polynesian Album: Annie Crummer – Seventh Wave
- Felise Mikaele -Se Taitau
- The Five Stars - Samoa Ea
- Best Songwriter: Dl Thompson, C Ness, A McNaughton, K Rangihuna – Chains (DLT Feat Che Fu)
- Paul Casserley, Fiona McDonald, Greg Johnson - Boxers (Strawpeople)
- Bic Runga - Bursting Through
- Best Cover: Wayne Conway – ENZSO (ENZSO)
- Jeremy Takacs, Karl & Jon - Shihad
- Rick Huntington And Alan Jansson - How Bizarre (OMC)
See: 1997 in music
Performing arts
- Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Paul Bennett.
Radio and television
- CanWest takes complete ownership of TV3 and launches TV4.
- TVNZ broadcasts MTV.
- July: Prime Television in Australia purchases 34 licences covering all major New Zealand centres.
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
Film
- Lost Valley (film)[7]
- 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
Internet
See: NZ Internet History
Sport
Athletics
- Peter Buske wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:49 on 8 March in New Plymouth, while Terri-Lee Farr claims her first in the women's championship (2:55:20).
- Beatrice Faumuina became the first New Zealander to win an event at a World Athletics Championships.[8]
Basketball
- The Men's NBL was won by the Auckland Stars
- Tall Blacks
Cricket
- Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
Golf
- New Zealand Open won by Greg Turner
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Iraklis[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Kate's First[10]
Netball
- Silver Ferns
- National Bank Cup
Rugby league
Main article: 1997 New Zealand rugby league season
- The Auckland Warriors competed in the breakaway Super League and finished 7th out of 10 teams.
- Waikato won the Super League Challenge Cup, defeating Canterbury 34-18 in the final. Waikato also won the Rugby League Cup.
- 25 April, New Zealand lost to Australia 22-34
- 26 September, New Zealand defeated Australia 30-12
Rugby union
- Super 12
- Rugby Union World Cup
- National Provincial Championship
- Bledisloe Cup
- Tri Nations Series
- Ranfurly Shield
Shooting
- Ballinger Belt – Ross Geange (Masterton)[11]
Soccer
- The Chatham Cup is won by Central United who beat Napier City Rovers 3—2 in the final (after extra time).[12]
Births
- 3 February – Paige Hourigan, tennis player
- 20 March – Bobby Cheng, chess player
- 23 March – Sirocco, kākāpō
- 24 April – Lydia Ko, golfer
- 30 April – Daisy Cleverley, association footballer
- 8 June – James Rolleston, actor
- 5 August – Clara van Wel, singer–songwriter
- 27 September – Hail, thoroughbred racehorse
- 1 October – Sam Verlinden, singer
- 5 November – Jackson Owens, singer
- 16 November – Ethereal, thoroughbred racehorse
- 15 December – Stefania Owen, actor
Deaths
January–March
- 1 January – Nora Crawford, police officer (born 1917)
- 2 January – Keith Hay, construction company founder, politician, conservative activist (born 1917)
- 10 January – John Rodgers, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1915)
- 15 January – Ted Smith, rower (born 1922)
- 29 January – Sir Clifford Richmond, jurist (born 1914)
- 26 March – Sir Norman Alexander, physics academic, university administrator (born 1907)
April–June
- 8 April – Lord Module, standardbred racehorse (foaled 1974)
- 10 April – Sir Robert Aitken, medical academic, university administrator (born 1901)
- 14 April – Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet, pretender to the Polish throne (born 1903)
- 17 April – Henry Lang, public servant, economics academic (born 1919)
- 24 April – Hugh McLean, rugby union player (born 1907)
- 3 May – Bruce Beetham, politician (born 1936)
- 7 May – Owen Jensen, musician, composer, music critic and broadcaster (born 1907)
- 17 May – James Newhook, veterinary science academic (born 1915)
- 21 May – Sir Tristram, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1971)
- 22 May – Rachael Zister, Māori community leader (born 1893)
- 2 June – Oscar Garden, aviator (born 1903)
- 14 June – Sir Jack Hunn, public servant (born 1906)
- 15 June – Kim Casali, cartoonist (born 1941)
- 26 June – Dent Harper, cricketer (born 1937)
- 28 June – Jack Hinton, soldier (born 1909)
- 29 June – Ian Clarke, rugby union player, referee and administrator (born 1931)
July–September
- 3 July – Ron Westerby, rugby league player (born 1920)
- 6 July – Brun Smith, cricketer (born 1922)
- 8 July – Ray Speed, association football player (born 1914)
- 12 July – Frank Shuter, speedway rider (born 1943)
- 23 July – David Warbeck, actor (born 1941)
- 25 July – Matiu Rata, politician (born 1934)
- 31 July – Sir Hepi Te Heuheu, Māori leader (born 1919)
- 15 August – Dave Solomon, rugby union and league player (born 1913)
- 16 August – Kitty Kain, dietician, WAAF leader (born 1908)
- 25 August – James Gould, rower (born 1914)
- 5 September – Emily Schuster, master weaver (born 1927)
- 17 September – Trevor Redmond, speedway rider (born 1927)
- 22 September – Silver Lad, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1973)
- 26 September – Richard Gerard, politician (born 1904)
October–December
- 8 October – Desmond Scott, fighter pilot (born 1918)
- 11 October – Sidney Koreneff, French resistance worker, newspaper managing director, Anglican priest (born 1918)
- 18 October
- David Seath, politician (born 1914)
- Geoff Walker, canoeist, surf lifesaver (born 1952)
- 31 October – Adrian Rodda, public servant (born 1911)
- 16 November – Roy Sheffield, cricketer (born 1906)
- 21 November – Stanley Dallas, radio technician and recording engineer (born 1926)
- 27 November – Jim Kershaw, association football player (born 1906)
- 6 December – Eva Rickard, Māori land and women's rights activist (born 1925)
- 10 December – Ted Coubray, filmmaker (born 1900)
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
For world events and topics in 1997 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1997
References
- ↑ The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012
- ↑ CNN report on Raurimu massacre
- ↑ Privileges committee report on the Kopu case
- ↑ "New Zealand and Argentina". NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ↑ "Awards 1997". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "1997 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/lost-valley-the
- ↑ http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/beatrice-faumuina-wins-athletics-world-championship-gold
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
External links
Media related to 1997 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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