2009 in New Zealand
Incumbents
Regal and vice-regal
Government
2009 was the first full year of the election of the current (49th) Parliament.
Other Party leaders
Main centre leaders
Events
February
- 27 February: Prime Minister John Key proposes a nine-day working fortnight, to counter the Late-2000s recession.[2]
March
April
May
- 7 May: Gunman Jan Molenaar shoots three police officers executing a routine cannabis search warrant, and a neighbour who tried to assist them. He killed Senior Constable Leonard Snee and seriously injured the others, and after a two-day siege was found dead.[5]
- 30 May: Metiria Turei elected as co-leader of the Green Party at the AGM in Dunedin.
June
- 3 June: A police investigation leads to MP Richard Worth resigning ministerial portfolios including Minister of Internal Affairs "for personal reasons", with Prime Minister John Key saying, "If he hadn't resigned I would have sacked him".[6]
- 5 June: David Bain is found not guilty of the murder of five family members.
- 12 June: Five members of the family of Janet Moses were found guilty of manslaughter after performing a fatal exorcism.[7]
- 24 June: A NZ$36.1 million first division jackpot in the New Zealand Lotteries Commission's Big Wednesday game is won by a Masterton-based lottery syndicate of four: the largest single lottery prize won in New Zealand.[8]
July
August
- 4 August: Former MP Phillip Field found guilty on bribery, corruption and obstruction of justice charges.[11]
- 8–9 August: New Zealand's first Telethon for 16 years raises $2 million for the KidsCan Stand Tall Trust.[12]
October
- 30 October – Electricity supply to Northland and northern Auckland is cut for three hours, affecting 280,000 customers, after a forklift carrying a shipping container hits the only major transmission line supplying the region.[13]
November
- 30 November: Atea-1, the first New Zealand rocket into space, is launched from Great Mercury Island.[14]
Holidays and observances
- 6 February - Waitangi Day (Friday)
- 10 April/13 April Good Friday/Easter Monday
- 25 April - ANZAC Day (Saturday)
- 1 June - Queen's Birthday Monday
- 24 June - Matariki (Wednesday)
- 26 October - Labour Day Monday
Arts and literature
Music
- May - New Zealand Music Month
- Vodafone Album of the year: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
- Vodafone Single of the year: Ladyhawke - My Delerium
- Best group: Midnight Youth
- Best male solo artist: Savage
- Best female solo artist: Ladyhawke
- Breakthrough artist of the year: Ladyhawke
- Best Music Video: Chris Graham – Brother (Smashproof)
- Best Rock Album: Midnight Youth – "The Brave Don't Run"
- Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: Ladi 6 – "Time Is Not Much"
- Best Aotearoa Roots Album: Fat Freddy's Drop – "Dr Boondigga and the Big BW"
- Best dance/electronica album: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
- Best gospel/Christian album: Mumsdollar - Ruins
- Best classical album: David Bremner – "Gung Ho"
- The Vodafone People's Choice Award, voted by New Zealand music fans: Smashproof
- Highest Selling NZ Single: Smashproof feat. Gin - Brother
- Highest Selling NZ Album: The Feelers - The Best: 1998 - 2008"
- Radio Airplay Record of the Year: Tiki Taane- "Always on my mind"
Performing arts
- Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku[15]
Sport
Horse racing
Harness racing
Thoroughbred racing
Soccer
The 2009 Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Olympic, who beat Three Kings United 2–1 in the final.
Shooting
Births
- 27 August – Sacred Falls, thoroughbred racehorse
- 4 September – Habibi, thoroughbred racehorse
- 18 November – It's A Dundeel, thoroughbred racehorse
Deaths
January
February
March
- 2 March – Robert Bruce, professional wrestler and talent agent (born 1943)
- 9 March – Graham Mexted, rugby union player (born 1927)
- 12 March – Mary Batchelor, politician (born 1927)
- 13 March – Geoff Moon, veterinary surgeon, ornithologist and photographer (born 1915)
- 21 March – Beach Towel, standardbred racehorse (foaled 1987)
- 24 March – Denis Miller, air force bomber and airline pilot (born 1918)
April
- 11 April – James Brodie, geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist (born 1920)
- 17 April – Richard Sutton, chess player and legal academic (born 1938)
- 26 April – Sir Pupuke Robati, Cook Islands politician (born 1925)
- 27 April – John Bollard, lawyer, environment court judge (born 1940)
May
June
- 7 June – Keith Steele, cricketer and lawyer (born 1951)
- 8 June – Taini Morrison, kapa haka leader (born c.1958)
- 12 June – Ivan Lichter, thoracic surgeon and palliative care pioneer (born 1918)
- 19 June – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (born 1929)
- 28 June – Tom Paulay, earthquake engineer (born 1923)
- 30 June – Joan Wiffen, amateur paleontologist (born 1922)
July
- 3 July – Frank Devine, newspaper editor and journalist (born 1931)
- 7 July – Ian Grey, rugby league player (born 1931)
- 11 July –
- 14 July – Bill Young, politician and diplomat (born 1913)
- 18 July – Graham Stanton, New Testament scholar (born 1940)
- 19 July – Ces Mountford, rugby league player and coach (born 1919)
- 20 July – Hew McLeod, historian (born 1932)
- 25 July – Herbert Pickering, politician (born 1919)
- 30 July –
August
September
October
November
- 4 November – Sir Don Beaven, diabetes researcher (born 1924)
- 5 November – Adam Firestorm, professional wrestler (born 1976)
- 15 November – Tia Barrett, diplomat (born 1947)
- 19 November – Pat Mackie, miner and trade unionist (born 1914)
- 29 November – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (born 1929)
December
- 3 December – Brian Mason, geochemist and mineralogist (born 1917)
- 8 December – Bub Bridger, poet and short-story writer (born 1924)
- 20 December – John Veitch, cricketer (born 1937)
- 29 December – Paul Sapsford, rugby union player (born 1949)
- 30 December – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer (born 1927)
See also
References
- ↑ "Former Governors-General". New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ↑ Gower, Patrick (2 March 2009). "Nine-day plan must protect pay: unions". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ↑ stuff.co.nz (1 April 2009). "Clark won't linger on 'gee, golly, gosh'". Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ↑ Thompson, Wayne (28 March 2009). "Super-city tipped to save $113m a year". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ Francis, Clio (9 May 2009). "Napier siege: Gunman found dead". stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ↑ Gower, Patrick (3 June 2009). "Complaint against Worth made two weeks ago - police". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ↑ "Five guilty in exorcism case". New Zealand Herald. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ↑ Gower, Patrick (25 June 2009). "'People like us ...we just don't win money,' says shocked $36m winner". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ↑ "Three New Zealand deaths linked to swine flu". stuff.co.nz. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ↑ Dye, Stuart and Davison, Isaac (16 July 2009). "Checks for damage after big quake rocks south". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ Field, Michael and NZPA (4 August 2009). "Taito Phillip Field found guilty". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ "Telethon's $2m 'enough to feed hungry kids'". NZ Herald. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ↑ "Forklift sparks blackout for thousands - tvnz.co.nz". Television New Zealand. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ↑ "NZ rocket launches into space". The New Zealand Herald. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ↑ http://www.wickcandle.co.nz/index.html Official website for Earth Whisperer; accessed 4 January 2010
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
External links
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