1994 in New Zealand

1994 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1994 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,648,300.
Increase since 31 December 1993: 50,400 (1.40%).
Males per 100 Females: 97.2.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Hon Dame Catherine Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO
Government
The 44th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger.
Speaker of the House – Peter Tapsell
Prime Minister – Jim Bolger
Deputy Prime Minister – Don McKinnon
Minister of Finance – Bill Birch
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Don McKinnon
Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum
Opposition leaders
See: :Category:Parliament of New Zealand, :New Zealand elections
Act – Roger Douglas
New Zealand First – Winston Peters
United Future – TBD
Labour – Helen Clark (Leader of the Opposition)
Progressives – TBD
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – Les Mills
Mayor of Hamilton – Margaret Evans
Mayor of Wellington – Fran Wilde
Mayor of Christchurch – Vicki Buck
Mayor of Dunedin – Richard Walls
Events
13 August: By-election in Selwyn after the National MP Ruth Richardson retired from politics. David Carter retained the seat for National.
Arts and literature
Christine Johnston wins the Robert Burns Fellowship
See 1994 in art, 1994 in literature, :Category:1994 books
Music
New Zealand Music Awards
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.
Album of the Year: Straitjacket Fits – Blow
Strawpeople – World Service
The 3Ds – Venus Trail
Single of the Year: Headless Chickens – Juice / Chopper
Strawpeople – Love Explodes
Straitjacket Fits – Cat Inna Can
Best Male Vocalist: Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits)
Jon Toogood (Shihad)
Chris Matthews
Best Female Vocalist: Fiona McDonald (Headless Chickens)
Annie Crummer
Shona Laing
Best Group: Headless Chickens
Strawpeople
Straitjacket Fits
Most Promising Male Vocalist: Matty J (Matty J and the Soul Syndicate)
Michael Gregg & Brendan Gregg
Jason Ioasa
Most Promising Female Vocalist: Emma Paki
Jan Preston
Rima Te Wiata
Most Promising Group: Urban Disturbance
Holy Toledos
3Ds
International Achievement: Crowded House
Straitjacket Fits
Headless Chickens
Best Video: Matt Noonan / Josh Frizzell – System Virtue (Emma Paki)
Fane Flaws – The Beautiful Things (Front Lawn)
Johnny Ogilvie – Mr Moon (Headless Chickens)
Best Producer: Strawpeople – World Service
Stuart Pearce – Pacifico (Kantuta)
Jaz Coleman – Churn (Shihad)
Best Engineer: Malcolm Welsford – Churn (Shihad)
Malcolm Wellsford – You Gotta Know (Supergroove)
Graeme Myhre – Travellin' On (Midge Marsden)
Best Jazz Album: Freebass – Raw
Bluespeak – Late Last Night
Nairobi Trio – Through The Clouds
Best Classical Album: Dame Malvina Major – Casta Diva
NZ Symphony Orchestra – The Three Symphonies/ Douglas Lilburn
Tamas Vesmas – Eastern European Piano Music
Best Country Album: Al Hunter – The Singer
The Warratahs – Big Sky
Patsy Riggir – My Little Corner of the World
Best Folk Album: Steve McDonald – Sons of Somerled
Adam Bell – Summerland
Beverly Young – It's Then I Wish
Best Gospel Album: Stephen Bell-Booth – Undivided
Woodford House Chapel Choir – Celebration
Monica O'Hagan – His Love
Andrew & Saskia Smith – The Gemcutter
Polynesian Album of the Year: Pasifik MX – Manuiri
Andre Tapena – It's Raro
Mana – Mana
Best Songwriter: Emma Paki – System Virtue
Stephen Bell-Booth – Undivided
Greg Johnson – Winter Song
Best Cover: Brett Graham – Te Rangatahi
Johnny Pain & Jonathan King – Drinking With Judas (Hallelujah Picassos)
Chris Knox – Duck Shaped Pain and Gum
See: 1994 in music
Radio and television
4 March: Australian police drama Blue Heelers comes to New Zealand when the series begins screening on TV One.
4 April: US children's television series Barney & Friends first airs on TV2.
27 April: US science fiction drama The X-Files makes its New Zealand television debut on TV2.
19 July: Australian children's cartoon series The Adventures of Blinky Bill begins airing on TV2 in New Zealand (the same country where the author of the books Dorothy Wall was born).
4 September: British children's animation based on the books by Sarah Ferguson Budgie the Little Helicopter appears on New Zealand television screens for the very first time on TV3. It was also the very first British cartoon to air on TV3 as well as making the New Zealand the very first country outside of the UK to broadcast it.
8 September: Acclaimed British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends screens on TV2 as a stand alone for the very last time.
19 October: The last broadcast of Goodnight Kiwi on TV2.
3 December: Orange, a brand new general entertainment channel is launched by Sky.
3 December: Long running children's Saturday morning series What Now has its final broadcast for 1994 on TV2.
TV 2 begins 24-hour/7-day programming.
Newstalk ZB begins broadcasting nationwide.
The Classic Hits brand is rolled out nationwide when heritage stations operated by Radio New Zealand are rebranded as Classic Hits originally retaining local programming.
See: List of TVNZ television programming, TV3 (New Zealand), Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
Bread and Roses
Heavenly Creatures
Once Were Warriors
See: :Category:1994 film awards, 1994 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1994 films
Internet
See: NZ Internet History
Sport
Athletics
Paul Smith wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:12 on 30 April in Rotorua, while Nyla Carroll claims her first in the women's championship (2:37:37).
Basketball
The NBL was won by Nelson
Commonwealth Games
Cricket
Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team, Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Cricket World Cup
Golf
New Zealand Open, Check :Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup: Bee Bee Cee
Auckland Trotting Cup: Chokin – 2nd win
Thoroughbred racing
Netball: Silver Ferns, National Bank Cup, Netball World Championships
Olympic Games
New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in two sports.
Paralympic Games
New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in one sport.
Rugby league
The Lion Red Cup competition was introduced, with 12 teams participating. The Counties Manukau Heroes were the Minor Premiers, but were beaten 24–16 in the Grand Final by the North Harbour Sea Eagles.
Canterbury rugby league team retained the Rugby League Cup throughout the season.
16 October, New Zealand defeated Papua New Guinea 28-12
27 October, New Zealand defeated Papua New Guinea 30-16
Rugby union
:Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship, :Category:All Blacks, Bledisloe Cup, Tri Nations Series, Ranfurly Shield
Shooting
Ballinger Belt –
Andy Luckman (United Kingdom)
John Whiteman (Upper Hutt), sixth, top New Zealander
Soccer
The Superclub competition was won by North Shore United
The Chatham Cup is won by Waitakere City who beat Wellington Olympic 1–0 in the final.
Births
January
1 January – Hayden McCormick, cyclist
6 January – Samantha McClung, beauty pageant contestant
7 January – Gemma Jones, sailor
10 January – Tim Payne, association football player
12 January – Simon Hickey, rugby union player
17 January – Chance Peni, rugby league player
20 January – Caitlin Lopes Da Silva, water polo player
23 January – Hamish Schreurs, cyclist
31 January
Georgia Fabish, actor
Rose Keddell, field hockey player
February
5 February
Lewis Ormond, rugby union player
Tom Sanders, rugby union player
15 February – Mitchell Drummond, rugby union player
18 February – Patrick Kaufusi, rugby league player
19 February
Sam Lisone, rugby league player
Brook Robertson, rower
23 February – Patrice Siolo, rugby league player
March
1 March – Siositina Hakeai, discus thrower
4 March – Max O'Dowd, cricketer
7 March – Ruby Tew, rower
15 March – Kip Colvey, association footballer
April
3 April – Kodi Nikorima, rugby league player
5 April
Sam Bosworth, coxswain
Tom Murray, rower
12 April – Holly Moon, gymnast
14 April – Beau Monga, singer and beatboxer
15 April – Katie Bowen, association footballer
16 April – Holly Patterson, association footballer
20 April – Tyrell Baringer-Tahiri, association footballer
May
4 May – Joseph Tapine, rugby league player
8 May – Luke Adams, association footballer
9 May – Epalahame Faiva, rugby union player
25 May
Richie Mo'unga, rugby union player
Josh Renton, rugby union player
29 May – Tai Webster, basketball player
June
7 June – Miranda Chase, water polo player
13 June – Liam Dudding, cricketer
22 June – Felicity Leydon-Davis, cricketer
24 June – Mitch Evans, motor racing driver
July
1 July – Tyla Nathan-Wong, rugby sevens and touch player
6 July – Tayla O'Brien, association footballer
16 July – Ken Maumalo, rugby league player
23 July
Selina Goddard, lawn bowler
Thomas Kingsmill, water polo player
25 July – Sophie Cocks, field hockey player
August
2 August
Manaia Cherrington, rugby league player
Jacob Duffy, cricketer
5 August – James Tucker, rugby union player
7 August – Regan Ware, rugby union player
11 August
Anton Cooper, cross-country cyclist
Kelsey Smith, field hockey player
12 August – Trent Jones, BMX cyclist
18 August – Ashleigh Ward, association footballer
19 August – Nick Cassidy, motor racing driver
September
3 September – Francis Molo, rugby league player
7 September
Herman Ese'ese, rugby league player
Matt Vaega, rugby union player
8 September – Leon Fukofuka, rugby union player
12 September – Robert O'Donnell, cricketer
14 September – Jamie Booth, rugby union player
19 September – Matthew Hutchins, swimmer
23 September – Malia Paseka, netball player
26 September – Emma Robinson, swimmer
October
1 October – Harshae Raniga, association footballer
2 October – Trinity Spooner-Neera, rugby union player
8 October – Jahrome Hughes, rugby league player
10 October – Anna Tempero, gymnast
16 October – David Fusitu'a, rugby league player
22 October – Michael Brake, rower
25 October – Ken McClure, cricketer
27 October – Stephanie Skilton, association footballer
31 October – Matthew Lewis, water polo player
November
6 November – Christian Cullen, standardbred racehorse
18 November – Anna-Lisa Christiane, beauty pageant contestant
22 November – Tautalatasi Tasi, rugby league player
23 November – Evie Millynn, association footballer
24 November – Brew, Thoroughbred racehorse
27 November – Racquel Sheath, cyclist
December
2 December – Rachel Schmidt, trampolinist
5 December – Zonda, Thoroughbred racehorse
8 December
Helena Gasson, swimmer
Dylan Kennett, cyclist
Elizabeth Thompson, field hockey player
10 December
Leo Carter, cricketer
Holly Robinson, athlete
14 December – Tim Seifert, cricketer
16 December – Jordan Rae, gymnast
17 December – Lloyd Perrett, rugby league player
20 December
Jacko Gill, shot putter
Ryan Thomas, association football player
22 December
Lalakai Foketi, rugby union player
Cameron Howieson, association football player
23 December – David Havili, rugby union player
24 December – Fa'amanu Brown, rugby league player
30 December
Tyler Boyd, association football player
Kyle Jamieson, cricketer
Full date unknown
Rafe Custance, actor
Kylie Price, singer-songwriter
Deaths
January–March
1 January – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1900)
2 January – Godfrey Bowen, sheep shearer (born 1922)
4 January – Dame Eileen Mayo, artist and designer (born 1906)
7 January – Dame Dorothea Horsman, women's rights advocate (born 1918)
18 January – Hēmi Pōtatau, Presbyterian minister, soldier, writer (born 1904)
25 January – Bertha Rawlinson, operatic singer, actor, composer (born 1910)
16 February – Graeme Caughley, population ecologist and conservation biologist (born 1937)
4 March – George Hughes, philosopher and logician (born 1918)
10 March – D. J. M. Mackenzie, colonial medical officer (born 1905)
20 March – John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist and editor (born 1926)
26 March – Dame Whina Cooper, Māori leader (born 1895)
April–June
17 April – Bill Dillon, politician (born 1933)
30 April – Ina Lamason, cricketer and field hockey player (born 1911)
2 May – Roderick Syme, agricultural instructor, mountaineer, local-body politician (born 1900)
3 May – Francis Bell, actor (born 1944)
5 May – Charles Diver, confectioner (born 1910)
7 May – Nassipour, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1980)
9 May – Connie Birchfield, political activist (born 1898)
16 May – Roy McElroy, politician, mayor of Auckland (1965–68) (born 1907)
18 May
Sir Harry Barker, newspaper journalist, politician (born 1898)
Charles Turner, mechanical and civil engineer (born 1901)
22 May – Norman Read, racewalker (born 1931)
25 May – Jack Best, rugby union player (born 1914)
27 May
James McHaffie, cricketer (born 1910)
Bert Roth, librarian, historian (born 1917)
31 May
Philip Blakeley, electrical engineer (born 1915)
Cedric Firth, architect, writer (born 1908)
Doug Freeman, cricketer (born 1914)
1 June – Bramwell Cook, Salvation Army leader, doctor (born 1903)
3 June – Jack Cowie, cricketer (born 1912)
7 June – Peter Jones, rugby union player (born 1932)
16 June – Stephen Scott, rugby union player (born 1955)
19 June – Florence Harsant, temperance worker, writer (born 1891)
27 June – Dame Louise Henderson, painter (born 1902)
July–September
3 July – Felix Kelly, designer, painter and illustrator (born 1914)
13 July – Richard B. Sibson, ornithologist (born 1911)
19 July – Jim Bellwood, physical education teacher, sports coach (born 1912)
25 July – Jay Epae, singer and songwriter (born 1933)
29 July – Wiremu Te Āwhitu, Roman Catholic priest (born 1914)
9 August – Charles Saunders, rower (born 1902)
17 August
Len Newell, swimmer (born 1913)
Dick Shortt, cricket umpire (born 1922)
Sir Fred White, physicist, ornithologist, science administrator (born 1905)
19 August – Harry Jacks, soldier, plant pathologist, forester (born 1908)
22 August – Sir Ralph Love, public servant, politician, Te Āti Awa leader (born 1907)
24 August – Cecil Holmes, film director (born 1921)
5 September
Kathleen Curtis, Lady Rigg, mycologist (born 1892)
Mick Williment, rugby union player (born 1940)
6 September – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1926)
12 September – John Chewings, politician (born 1920)
October–December
9 October – Bill Fox, politician (born 1899)
10 October – Nola Luxford, Hollywood actress (born 1895)
15 October – Avis Acres, artist, writer, illustrator, conservationist (born 1910)
24 October – Sir Guy Powles, diplomat, Ombudsman (born 1905)
26 October
Ronald Dobson, rugby union player (born 1923)
Pavel Tichý, logician, philosopher and mathematician (born 1936)
28 October – Jock Richardson, rugby union player (born 1899)
29 October – Gordon Cochrane, pilot (born 1916)
2 November – John Nimmo, cricketer (born 1910)
16 November – Ponty Reid, rugby union player (born 1929)
22 November – Charles Upham, soldier (born 1908)
6 December – Laura Ingram, community leader, local-body politician (born 1912)
10 December – James Healy, geologist (born 1910)
12 December – Frederick Turnovsky, manufacturer, entrepreneur, arts advocate (born 1916)
16 December – Les Gandar, politician, diplomat (born 1919)
24 December – Louise Sutherland, cyclist (born 1926)
26 December – Sybil Lupp, mechanic, motor racing driving, garage proprietor (born 1916)
27 December – Jimmy Kemp, cricketer (born 1918)
References
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
New Zealand
Years of the 20th century in New Zealand