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The following lists events that happened during 1994 in New Zealand .
Population [ edit ]
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,648,300.[1]
Increase since 31 December 1993: 50,400 (1.40%).[1]
Males per 100 Females: 97.2.[1]
Incumbents [ edit ]
Regal and viceregal [ edit ]
Government [ edit ]
The 44th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party , led by Jim Bolger .
Opposition leaders [ edit ]
See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand , New Zealand elections
Main centre leaders [ edit ]
18 June: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes 5 kilometres south-west of Arthur's Pass , Canterbury.[3]
20 June: Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four children – Arawa, Laniet, and Stephen – were shot to death in Dunedin .[4] Bain Family Murder case has been described as "the most widely discussed and divisive in New Zealand's criminal history".[5]
Arts and literature [ edit ]
See 1994 in art , 1994 in literature , Category:1994 books
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[7] [8]
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
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 [ edit ]
4 March: Australian police drama Blue Heelers TV One .
4 April: US children's television series Barney & Friends TV2 .
27 April: US science fiction drama The X-Files TV2 .
19 July: Australian children's cartoon series The Adventures of Blinky Bill 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 TV3 . It was also the first British cartoon to air on TV3 as well as making the New Zealand the first country outside of the UK to broadcast it.
8 September: Acclaimed British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV2 as a stand alone for the very last time.
19 October: The last broadcast of Goodnight Kiwi on TV2 .[9]
3 December: Orange , a brand new general entertainment channel is launched by Sky .
3 December: Long running children's Saturday morning series What Now TV2 .
TV 2 begins 24-hour/7-day programming.[10]
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
See: Category:1994 film awards , 1994 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand , Category:1994 films
Internet [ edit ]
See: NZ Internet History
Athletics [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
The NBL was won by Nelson
Commonwealth Games [ edit ]
Total
5 16 20 41
Cricket [ edit ]
Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell–Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.
Horse racing [ edit ]
Harness racing [ edit ]
Thoroughbred racing [ edit ]
Olympic Games [ edit ]
New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in two sports.
Total
0
0
0
0
Paralympic Games [ edit ]
New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in one sport.
Total
3 0
3 6
Rugby league [ edit ]
Rugby union [ edit ]
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Rugby Union World Cup , National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
Shooting [ edit ]
Ballinger Belt –
Andy Luckman (United Kingdom)
John Whiteman (Upper Hutt), sixth, top New Zealander[13]
February [ edit ]
September [ edit ]
October [ edit ]
November [ edit ]
December [ edit ]
Full date unknown [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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
22 May – Norman Read , racewalker (born 1931)
25 May – Jack Best , rugby union player (born 1914)
27 May
31 May
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 [ edit ]
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
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
6 September – Edward Gaines , Roman Catholic bishop (born 1926)
12 September – John Chewings , politician (born 1920)
October–December [ edit ]
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
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 [ edit ]
^ "A magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred 5 km south-west of Arthur's Pass, New Zealand on Sat Jun 18 1994 3:25 PM. The quake was 4 kilometres deep and the shaking was severe close to the quake" . www.geonet.org.nz . Retrieved 28 April 2024 .
^ "Black Hands: A family mass murder" . Stuff . 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024 .
^ A Case that divides a nation , Stuff,
^ White, Mike (15 December 2023). " . The Press . Retrieved 15 December 2023 .
^ "Awards 1994" . Listing . NZ Music Awards. Retrieved 29 September 2012 .
^ "1994 New Zealand Music Awards" . Web page . RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012 .
^ The Goodnight Kiwi - Holmes 18th October 1994 , retrieved 14 August 2023
^ "Where we've come from" (PDF) . TVNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2016.
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners" . Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009 .
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners" . National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2014 .
^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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