1998 in New Zealand

See also:1997 in New Zealand,other events of 1998,1999 in New Zealand,and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

Summary

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

See: 1998 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys

Government

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

• Speaker of the House - Doug Kidd
• Prime Minister - Jenny Shipley
• Deputy Prime Minister - Winston Peters then Wyatt Creech
• Minister of Finance - Bill Birch
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)
• Greens - Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act - TBD
• New Zealand First - TBD
• United Future - TBD
• Māori Party - TBD
• Labour - TBD
• Progressives - TBD
• United Future - TBD

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills then Christine Fletcher
• Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans then Russell Matthew Remmington
• Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky
• Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck then Garry Moore
• Mayor of Dunedin - Sukhi Turner

Events

See 1998, 1998 in politics, 1998 in science, Category:1998 in Australia, 1998 in Australia, 1998 in music, 1998 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

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

May

• 2 May: By-election in Taranaki-King Country after the former Prime Minister Jim Bolger resigned. Shane Ardern retained the seat for National.

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

• Michael King wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
  • Montana Medal: Harry Orsman (ed.), Dictionary of New Zealand English
  • Deutz Medal: Maurice Gee, Live Bodies
  • Reader's Choice: Malcolm McKinnon(ed.), New Zealand Historical Atlas
  • First Book Awards
    • Fiction: Catherine Chidgey, In a fishbone church
    • Poetry: Kapka Kassabova, All Roads Lead to the Sea
    • Non-Fiction: Genevieve Noser, Olives: The new passion

See 1998 in art, 1998 in literature, Category:1998 books

Music

See: 1998 in music

Radio and Television

• 30 August: Prime Television New Zealand begins transmission.

See: 1998 in New Zealand television, 1998 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

• Memory and Desire
• Saving Grace

See: Category:1998 film awards, 1998 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1998 films

Internet

See: NZ Internet History

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

Sport

• See: 1998 in sports , Category:1998 in sports

Basketball

• the NBL was won by the Nelson Giants

• Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games

• 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.
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield

Soccer

• The second National Summer Soccer League was won by Napier City Rovers
• The New Zealand national soccer team won the OFC Nations Cup tournament held in Australia, beating the host nation 2-0 in the final.
• Chatham Cup won by Central United of Auckland.

Births

• 2 January: Somebody, description

Category:1998 births

Deaths

• 10 March: Dr C. E. Beeby, educationalist
• 30 August: Toss Woollaston, painter and writer

Category:1998 deaths

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