1989 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 4.4 Internet 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,369,800 ¹
• Increase since 31/12/1988: 24,600 (0.74%)
• Males per 100 Females: 97.1

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO ²

Government

The 42nd New Zealand Parliament continued. The fourth Labour Party government was in power.

• Speaker of the House - Kerry Burke
• Prime Minister - David Lange then Geoffrey Palmer
• Deputy Prime Minister - Geoffrey Palmer then Helen Clark
• Minister of Finance - Roger Douglas then David Caygill
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Russell Marshall

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Jim Bolger (National). ³

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Catherine Tizard
• Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen then Margaret Evans
• Mayor of Wellington - James Belich
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay then Vicki Buck
• Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs then Richard Walls

Events

• First annual balance of payments surplus since 1973.
• The Reserve Bank Act sets the role of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as maintaining price stability.
• The Tomorrow's Schools reforms shift substantial financial and administrative responsibilities for managing schools to elected boards of trustees.
• Local Government elections under a revised structure.
• Mäori Fisheries Act passed.
• The Sale of Liquor Act passed.⁴

• 25 April: David Lange suggests New Zealand should withdraw from the ANZUS council.
• 29 April: The Taranaki Herald publishes its last issue. The newspaper had published since 1852, and was New Zealand's oldest newspaper from 1935.⁵
• 1 May: Jim Anderton forms the NewLabour Party.
• 7 August: David Lange resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand and is replaced by Geoffrey Palmer.
• 26 November: TV3 begins broadcasting.
• 10 December: Sunday trading begins.

Arts and literature

• Renee wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1989 in art, 1989 in literature, Category:1989 books

Music

• New Zealand Music Awards
  • Album of the Year: Margaret Urlich – Safety In Numbers
  • Single of the Year: Margaret Urlich - Escaping
  • Best Male Vocalist: Tim Finn
  • Best Female Vocalist: Margaret Urlich
  • Best Group: When The Cat’s Away
  • Most Promising Male Vocalist: Paul Ubana Jones
  • Most Promising Female Vocalist: Janet Roddick
  • Most Promising Group: The Front Lawn
  • International Achievement: The Front Lawn
  • Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry: Tony Vercoe
  • Best Video: Paul Middleditch / Polly Walker / Debbie Watson - I Feel Love (Fan Club)
  • Best Film Soundtrack / Compilation: The Front Lawn - Songs From The Front Lawn
  • Best Producer: Ian Morris - Nobody Else
  • Best Engineer: Nigel Stone/ Tim Farrant - Everything Will Be Alright
  • Best Jazz Album: No Award
  • Best Classical Album: Stanley Friedman - The Lyric Trumpet
  • Best Folk Album: Paul Ubana Jones - Paul Ubana Jones
  • Best Gospel Album: Stephen Bell-Booth – Shelter
  • Best Polynesian Album: Howard Morrison - Tukua Ahau
  • Best Songwriter: Barry Saunders - St Peters Rendezvous
  • Best Cover: Polly Walker / Debbie Watson - Safety In Numbers (Margaret Urlich)

See: 1989 in music

Radio and Television

• April 3: Paul Holmes makes his first broadcast.
• July 1: The Broadcasting Act 1989 removes restriction of broadcasting. The public broadcasting fee of NZ$110 per annum is established.
• July 1: The Dunedin station is reduced to the Natural History Unit.
• November 27: TV3 begins broadcasting. [1]

See: 1989 in New Zealand television, 1989 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

See: Category:1989 film awards , 1989 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1989 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: 1989 in sports , Category:1989 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

• Paul Ballinger wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:21 on April 29 in Rotorua, while Bernardine Portenski claims her first in the women's championship (2:46:02).

• 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
• 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:Horse racing in New Zealand, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
• Other Sports

Births

• 2 February: Shane Archbold, professional cyclist. ⁶
• 13 August: Greg Draper, soccer player.
• 15 September: Chetan Ramlu, musician.

Deaths

• 2 February: Arnold Nordmeyer, Leader of the Opposition from 1963 to 1965
• 4 September: Ronald Syme, historian
• 14 August: Dove-Myer Robinson, long-serving mayor of Auckland
• 14 September: Eddie McLeod, cricketer
• 15 September: Harry Cave, cricketer
• 26 October: Andrew Roberts, cricketer

• Keith Elliott, soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Harry Highet, engineer, designer of the "P" class yacht
• Sister Mary Leo, music teacher

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 environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1989 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1989

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