# 1992 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1992 in New Zealand.

## Population

* Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,552,200.
* Increase since 31 December 1991: 37,200 (1.06%).
* Males per 100 females: 97.0.

## Incumbents
### Regal and viceregal

* Head of State – Elizabeth II
* Governor-General – The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO

### Government

The 43rd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger. National controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats in Parliament.
* Speaker of the House – Robin Gray
* Prime Minister – Jim Bolger
* Deputy Prime Minister – Don McKinnon
* Minister of Finance – Ruth Richardson
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – Don McKinnon
* Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum

### Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition – Mike Moore (Labour).
* Alliance – Jim Anderton

### Main centre leaders

* Mayor of Auckland – Les Mills
* Mayor of Hamilton – Margaret Evans
* Mayor of Wellington – Jim Belich then Fran Wilde
* Mayor of Christchurch – Vicki Buck
* Mayor of Dunedin – Richard Walls

## Events

* 6 February – Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of New Zealand
* 15 June – A by-election is held in the Tamaki electorate after the resignation of former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. Clem Simich wins the seat and retains it for the National Party.
* 19 September – An indicative referendum on the voting system is held, with 85% of voters voting to change from the existing First Past the Post system, and 70% voting for Mixed Member Proportional as the replacement system.
* 27 October – New Zealand is elected to the United Nations Security Council for two years (1993–94) on the third ballot
* 12 December – A by-election is held in the Wellington Central electorate after Fran Wilde resigns to become Mayor of Wellington. Chris Laidlaw wins the seat and retains it for the Labour Party.
* The country experiences an electricity crisis after drought conditions result in low South Island hydro lake levels.
* Kapiti Marine Reserve is established

## Arts and literature

* Owen Marshall wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1992 in art, 1992 in literature, Category:1992 books

### Music
#### New Zealand Music Awards

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.
* Album of the Year: Headless Chickens – Body Blow
** Midge Marsden – Burning Rain
** MC OJ & The Rhythm Slave – What Can We Say
* Single of the Year: The Exponents – Why Does Love Do This To Me
** Headless Chickens – Cruise Control
** Push Push – Trippin
* Best Male Vocalist: Jordan Luck – (The Exponents)
** Mikey Havoc (Push Push)
** Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits)
* Best Female Vocalist: Fiona McDonald – (Headless Chickens)
** Moana
** Ngaire
* Best Group: Push Push
** The Exponents
** Headless Chickens
* Most Promising Male Vocalist: David Parker – (Parker Project)
** Jon Toogood (Shihad)
** James Gaylyn
* Most Promising Female Vocalist: Teremoana Rapley – (Moana & the Moahunters)
** Christina Fuemana (House Party)
** Lorina Harding
* Most Promising Group: Shihad
** The Exponents
** These Wilding Ways
* International Achievement: Crowded House
** Jenny Morris
** Straitjacket Fits
* Best Video: Mauger Bros – Trippin' (Push Push)
** Moana & The Moahunters – AEIOU
** Headless Chickens – Cruise Control
* Best Producer: Steve Garden – Burning Rain (Midge Marsden)
** Rex Visible/ Headless Chickens – Body Blow
** Carl Doy – Standing Ovation
* Best Engineer: Nick Morgan – Burning Rain (Midge Marsden)
** Tony Moan /Steve Smith – World Gone Wild
** Ian Morris/ Tim Farrant – What's The Time Mr Wolf
* Best Jazz Album: Various / Broadbent / Chisholm / Gibson / Brown – Fine & Dandy
** Nairobi Trio – Nairobi Trio
** Liz Braggins – Liz Braggins
* Best Classical Album: Mcintyre / Doig / Marc – Wagner
** Dorian Choir – Images of Light
** Viva Voce – Sounds & Sweet Airs
* Best Folk Album: Lorina Harding – Lucky Damn Woman
** Angela Dixon – Takin A Chance
** Martin Curtis – The Daisy Patch
* Best Country Album: John Grenell – Windstar
** Barbie Davidson – Borderline
** Renderers – Trail of Tears
* Best Gospel Album: Pacific Island Choir – O Mai Ia Ia Iesu
** Congregational Christian Church – Oe Le Faitoaga Moi
** Ambassador Gospel Singers – Hear The Call
* Best Polynesian Album: Charles & Andre – CÉst Toi Ma Vie
** The Five Stars – Children of Polynesia
** Tumuenua Dance Group – Drums, Songs And Chants
* Best Māori Album: Moana & The Moahunters – AEIOU
** John Rowles – E Te Tamaiti
** The Whanau Funksters – Funky Whanau Feeling
* Best Songwriter: Neil Finn – Fall at Your Feet (Crowded House)
** Jordan Luck – Why Does Love Do This To Me
** Neil & Tim Finn – It's Only Natural
* Best Cover: Hamish Kilgour – Pink Flying Saucers Over The Southern Alps (Various Artists)
** Richard Gourley -'Hold Onto Your Face
** Dick Frizzell -What Can We Say?
See: 1992 in music

### Performing arts

* Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Carl Doy ONZM.

### Radio and television

* 25 May: Shortland Street first airs.
See: 1992 in New Zealand television, 1992 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

### Film

* Alex
* Braindead
See: Category:1992 film awards, 1992 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1992 films

### Internet

See: NZ Internet History

## Sport
### Athletics

* Mark Hutchinson wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:32 on 25 October in Auckland, while Lee-Ann McPhillips claims her second in the women's championship (2:40:00).

### Horse racing
#### Harness racing

* New Zealand Trotting Cup: Blossom Lady
* Auckland Trotting Cup: Master Musician

#### Thoroughbred racing
### Olympic Games
#### Summer Olympics

* New Zealand sends a team of 134 competitors in 17 sports.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |

#### Winter Olympics

* New Zealand sends a team of nine competitors across three sports.
* Annelise Coberger wins New Zealand's first Winter Olympics medal.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Paralympic Games
#### Summer Paralympics

* New Zealand sends a team of 13 competitors.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

#### Winter Paralympics

* New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in one sport.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Shooting

* Ballinger Belt –
** Micheil Sweet (Australia)
** Diane Collings (Te Puke), sixth, top New Zealander

### Soccer

* The Chatham Cup is won by Miramar Rangers who beat Waikato United 3–1 in the final.

## Births
### January

* 1 January
** Dane Cleaver, cricketer
** Aaron James Murphy, actor
** Nathaniel Peteru, rugby league player
* 3 January
** Scott Kuggeleijn, cricketer
** Daniel McLay, racing cyclist
** Sio Siua Taukeiaho, rugby league player
* 5 January
** Abby Damen, actor
** Hagen Schulte, rugby union player
* 6 January – James McDonald, jockey
* 7 January – Tohu Harris, rugby league player
* 9 January – Joseph Parker, boxer
* 10 January – Carlos Tuimavave, rugby league player
* 12 January – Cole McConchie, cricketer
* 13 January – Sam Cane, rugby union player
* 14 January – Te Paea Selby-Rickit, netball player
* 15 January
** Matthew Stanley, swimmer
** Chris Ulugia, rugby league player
* 16 January – Ihaia West, rugby union player
* 17 January – Craig Cachopa, cricketer
* 21 January – Gafatasi Su'a, rugby union player
* 23 January – TJ Perenara, rugby union player
* 24 January – Christian Lloyd, rugby union player
* 29 January – Jordan Taufua, rugby union player

### February

* 1 February
** Christian Huriwai, unicyclist
* 3 February – Bryn Hall, rugby union player
* 4 February – Kayla Imrie, canoeist
* 5 February – Mitchell Santner, cricketer
* 9 February – Caitlin Ryan, canoeist
* 11 February – Ope Peleseuma, rugby union player
* 13 February – Kayla Cullen, netball player
* 14 February – Paterika Vaivai, rugby league player
* 15 February – Leigh Kasperek, cricketer
* 18 February – Matt Taylor, cricketer
* 23 February – Jamison Gibson-Park, rugby union player
* 24 February – Bevan Small, cricketer
* 25 February – Rose Matafeo, comedian, television presenter
* 26 February – Michael Chee Kam, rugby league player

### March

* 1 March – Tom Walsh, athlete
* 4 March – Omar Slaimankhel, rugby union and rugby league player
* 8 March – Nathan Harris, rugby union player
* 14 March – Joe Wright, rower
* 16 March
** Olivia Merry, field hockey player
** Siate Tokolahi, rugby union player
* 17 March – Jake Heenan, rugby union player
* 19 March
** Alex Maloney, sailor
** Api Pewhairangi, rugby league player
* 25 March – Mosese Fotuaika, rugby league player
* 29 March – Morgan Figgins, figure skater

### April

* 1 April
** Alex Gilbert, adoption advocate
** James Musa, association footballer
** Adam Thomas, association footballer
* 2 April – Tom Latham, cricketer
* 3 April – Byron Wells, freestyle skier
* 4 April – Reggie Goodes, rugby union player
* 6 April – Francie Turner, rowing coxswain
* 7 April
** Sitaleki Akauola, rugby league player
** Joe Latta, rugby union player
* 9 April – Anna Willcox-Silfverberg, freestyle skier
* 13 April – Adam Milne, cricketer
* 17 April
** Ambrose Curtis, rugby union player
** Erin Nayler, association footballer
* 19 April - Ofa Tu'ungafasi, rugby union player
* 20 April – Sauaso Sue, rugby league player
* 28 April – Lakyn Heperi, musician

### May

* 3 May – Will Skelton, rugby union player
* 8 May – Wayne Ulugia, rugby league player
* 9 May – Paul Coll, squash player
* 10 May – Malakai Fekitoa, rugby union player
* 13 May – Josh Papalii, rugby league player
* 19 May
** Kwabena Appiah, association footballer
** Felise Kaufusi, rugby league player
* 24 May
** Ethan Rusbatch, basketball player
** Jack Whetton, rugby union player
* 26 May
** Isaac Grainger, rower
** Curtis Rona, rugby league player
* 27 May - Ollie Pringle, cricketer
* 28 May - Hannah Wilkinson, association footballer

### June

* 5 June – Tupou Sopoaga, rugby league player
* 6 June – Nela Zisser, model
* 8 June – Sean Lovemore, association footballer
* 14 June – Penani Manumalealii, rugby league player
* 30 June
** Tom Doyle, association footballer
** Grace Prendergast, rower

### July

* 3 July – Ryan Cocker, rugby union player
* 4 July – Brooke Neal, field hockey player
* 5 July – Felicity Milovanovich, actor
* 8 July – James Lowe, rugby union player
* 16 July – Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, rugby union player
* 23 July – Seta Tamanivalu, rugby union player
* 24 July – Shaun Kirkham, rower
* 26 July – Samantha Lucie-Smith, swimmer
* 30 July – Adam Barwood, alpine skier
* 31 July – John Palavi, rugby league player

### August

* 6 August – Hamish Northcott, rugby union player
* 7 August – Albert Nikoro, rugby union player
* 8 August – Jimmy Tupou, rugby union player
* 14 August
** Liam Graham, association footballer
** Marty McKenzie, rugby union player
* 17 August - Alex Elisala, rugby league player
* 20 August – Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick, netball player
* 24 August – James Hunter, rower
* 28 August – Willis Feasey, alpine skier

### September

* 3 September – Michael Davidson, cricketer
* 4 September – Princess Chelsea, musician
* 5 September – Teimana Harrison, rugby union player
* 6 September – Joe Walker, cricketer
* 10 September – Hugh Blake, rugby union player
* 14 September – Michael Fatialofa, rugby union player
* 21 September – Avalon Biddle, motorcycle racer
* 24 September
** Pita Ahki, rugby union player
** Darcina Manuel, judoka
* 27 September – Eve MacFarlane, rower

### October

* 7 October – Hayley Jensen, cricketer
* 8 October – Octagonal, thoroughbred racehorse
* 9 October – Jay White, professional wrestler
* 11 October – Ligi Sao, rugby league player
* 12 October – Rhys Marshall, rugby union player
* 13 October – Alex Kennedy, rower
* 19 October – Scott Eade, rugby union player
* 20 October – Maddy Green, cricketer
* 21 October – Aaron Barclay, triathlete
* 22 October – Nathan Flannery, rower
* 24 October – Roysyn, thoroughbred racehorse
* 26 October
** Matt Proctor, rugby union player
** Sam Vaka, rugby union player
* 29 October – Eric Sione, rugby union player
* 31 October – Ish Sodhi, cricketer

### November

* 3 November
** Lance Beddoes, squash player
** Jamie McDell, singer-songwriter
* 9 November – Bridgette Armstrong, association footballer
* 22 November
** Natalie Dodd, cricketer
** Will Young, cricketer

### December

* 4 December – Peta Hiku, rugby league player
* 8 December
** David Correos, comedian
** Julia King, field hockey player
* 9 December – Sarah Goss, rugby union player
* 11 December – Megan Craig, squash player
* 12 December – Sophia Fenwick, netball player
* 17 December – Joe Carter, cricketer
* 21 December – Cameron Lindsay, association footballer
* 22 December – Aki Seiuli, rugby union player
* 23 December – Damon Leitch, motor racing driver
* 25 December – Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie, model

### Exact date unknown

* Stevie Tonks, singer

## Deaths
### January–March

* 6 January – Steve Gilpin, musician (born 1949)
* 18 January – Desmond O'Donnell, rugby union player (born 1921)
* 20 January – Snow Bowman, rugby union player (born 1915)
* 3 February – Merv Corner, rugby union player, soldier, sports administrator (born 1908)
* 19 February – Sir Gordon Minhinnick, cartoonist (born 1902)
* 25 February – F. Russell Miller, politician (born 1914)
* 9 March – Ethel Gould, politician, MLC (born 1895)
* 15 March – Allan Dick, politician (born 1915)

### April–June

* 21 April – Barry Dallas, doctor, politician (born 1926)
* 28 April – Allan Highet, politician (born 1913)
* 2 May –
** Trevor Hatherton, geophysicist, scientific administrator (born 1924)
** Kel Tremain, rugby union player (born 1938)
* 9 May – Alex Stenhouse, association footballer (born 1910)
* 23 May – Ernst Plischke, architect (born 1903)
* 29 May – Mavis Rivers, jazz singer (born 1929)
* 4 June – Mortie Foreman, plastics manufacturer (born 1902)
* 5 June – Rangitaamo Takarangi, Māori welfare officer and community leader (born 1901)
* 9 June – Jim Clayton, rower (born 1911)

### July–September

* 4 July – Jimmy James, dancer, dance teacher, cabaret proprietor (born 1915)
* 10 July – Laurie Haig, rugby union player (born 1922)
* 11 July – Douglas St John, cricketer (born 1928)
* 17 July – Frank Haigh, lawyer, social reformer (born 1898)
* 27 July – Audrey Gale, lawyer, politician (born 1909)
* 30 July – John Scott, architect (born 1924)
* July (date unknown) – Mervyn Thompson, playwright, theatre director, drama academic (born 1936)
* 2 August –
** Alf Cleverley, boxer (born 1907)
** Roderick Finlayson, writer (born 1904)
* 5 August – Sir Robert Muldoon, politician (born 1921)
* 6 August – Jack Brooke, yachtsman, yacht designer, research engineer (born 1907)
* 14 August – Bill Hamilton, agricultural scientist, scientific administrator (born 1909)
* 15 August – Ronald Moore, soldier (born 1915)
* 29 August - Ian Hamilton, cricketer (born 1906)
* 19 September – Percy Allen, politician (born 1913)

### October–December

* 1 October – Samantha Dubois, radio presenter (born 1955)
* 4 October – Denny Hulme, motor racing driver (born 1936)
* 13 October – Ruth Page, political activist (born 1905)
* 24 October – Oswald Sanders, Christian teacher, missionary and writer (born 1902)
* 6 November – Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1910)
* 18 November – Ken Gray, rugby union player, politician (born 1938)
* 22 November –
** Ronald Sinclair, child actor, film editor (born 1924)
** Sir Gerard Wall, surgeon, politician (born 1920)
* 12 December – Sir Robert Rex, Niuean politician (born 1909)
* 19 December – Eve Sutton, children's author (born 1906)
* 26 December – Eve Poole, Mayor of Invercargill (born 1924)
* 28 December – Paul Beadle, sculptor and medallist (born 1917)
* 29 December – Avice Bowbyes, home science academic (born 1901)
* 31 December – Sir Denis Barnett, air force officer (born 1906)