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The following lists events that happened during 1998 in New Zealand .
Population [ edit ]
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,829,200.[1]
Increase since 31 December 1997: 26,500 (0.70%).[1]
Males per 100 Females: 96.8.[1]
Incumbents [ edit ]
Regal and viceregal [ edit ]
Government [ edit ]
The 45th New Zealand Parliament continued, with the Fourth National Government in power.
Opposition leaders [ edit ]
See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand , New Zealand elections
Main centre leaders [ edit ]
Arts and literature [ edit ]
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
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[7] [8]
Album of the Year: Bic Runga - Drive
Salmonella Dub - Calming of the Drunken Monkey
Rob Guest - Standing Ovation
The Stereobus - Stereobus
Greg Johnson - Chinese Whispers
Single of the Year: Bic Runga - Sway
Shihad - Home Again
The Feelers - Pressure Man
Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil
Moizna - Just Another Day
Best Male Vocalist: Jon Toogood – (Shihad )
Greg Johnson (Greg Johnson Set)
Booga Beazley (Head Like A Hole)
Best Female Vocalist: Bic Runga
Best Group: Shihad
The Mutton Birds
Dam Native
Most Promising Male Vocalist: Darcy Clay
Dave Yetton (The Stereobus)
James Reid (The Feelers)
Most Promising Female Vocalist: Alesha Siosiua (Miozna)
Maisey Rika (St Josephs Maori Girls College)
Jordan Reyne
Most Promising Group: Moizna
The Feelers
The Stereobus
International Achievement: OMC
The Mutton Birds
Garageland
Best Video: Mark Hurley - Home Again (Shihad)
Joe Lonie - Pressure Man (The Feelers)
Wayne Conway - Suddenly Strange (Bic Runga)
Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford - Pressure Man (The Feelers )
Chris Sinclair - Kia Koe (Sulata)
Debbie Harwood & Stephen Small - So This Is Love
Best Engineer: Simon Sheridan - Sway (Bic Runga)
Chris Sinclair - Kia Koe (Sulata)
Malcolm Welsford - Pressure Man (The Feelers)
Best Jazz Album: the New Loungehead - Came a Weird Way
Trip to the Moon - Jazz Hop
Sustenance - Food For Thought
Best Classical Album: Daniel Poynton - You Hit Him, He Cry Out
Alexander Ivashkin - Shostakovich Cello Concertos
Keith Lewis And NZ Chamber Orchestra - Opera Kings Gods And Mortals
Best Country Album: Kylie Harris - Fancy
Best Folk Album: Paul Ubana Jones - Blessings and Burdens
T&D Bigger Band - Hillingdon
AJ Bell - Ragwort Touch
Best Gospel Album: Parachute Band - You Alone
Best Mana Maori Album: Te Matapihi – Te Matapihi
Maori Volcanics - Kia Ora
Dam Native - Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted
Best Mana Reo Album: St Josephs Maori Girls College - E Hine
The Willie Matthews Quartet - A Treasury of Maori Songs
Nga Kura O Hananah - Nga Kura O Hananah
Best Children's Album: Kids TV - Sing Something Simple
Tessa Grigg & Brian Ringrose - Where Are You Going Colin
Jules Riding - Kids Time With Jules Riding
Best Songwriter: Bic Runga - Sway
Greg Johnson - Liberty
Jordan Luck - Change Your Mind
Best Cover: Wayne Conway - Drive (Bic Runga)
Crispin Schuberth - Came A Weird Way (The New Loungehead)
A Penman & Ross (Finnart) - Calming of the Drunken Monkey (Salmonella Dub)
New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: John Diver - Channel Z (Wellington)
Melanie Wise - Q92FM (Queenstown)
Kaye Glamuzina - National Radio
See: 1998 in music
Performing arts [ edit ]
Radio and television [ edit ]
See: 1998 in New Zealand television , 1998 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
See: Category:1998 film awards , 1998 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand , Category:1998 films
Internet [ edit ]
See: NZ Internet History
Athletics [ edit ]
Basketball [ edit ]
the NBL was won by the Nelson Giants
Commonwealth Games [ edit ]
Total
8 6 20 34
Cricket [ edit ]
Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up.
New Zealand Open Category:New Zealand golfers
Horse racing [ edit ]
Harness racing [ edit ]
Thoroughbred racing [ edit ]
Netball [ edit ]
Olympic Games [ edit ]
New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in six sports.
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Paralympic Games [ edit ]
New Zealand sends a team of five competitors in one sport.
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4 1 1 6
Rugby league [ edit ]
The Auckland Warriors finished 15th out of 20 teams in the first season of the National Rugby League premiership.[11]
Auckland won the National Provincial Competition by defeating Canterbury 44-8 while Waikato ended the season holding the Rugby League Cup .
24 April, New Zealand defeated Australia 22-16
9 October, New Zealand lost to Australia 12-30
31 October, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 22-16
7 November, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 36-16
14 November, New Zealand drew with Great Britain 23-all
Rugby union [ edit ]
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ,
Shooting [ edit ]
6 January – Eleanor Epke , squash player
11 January – Thomas Mikaele , rugby league player
25 January – Sione Havili , rugby union player
4 February – Tevita Mafileo , rugby union player
5 February – Tai Wynyard , basketballer
6 February – Hayden Phillips , field hockey player
11 February – Ben Sears , cricketer
20 February
24 February – Will Jordan , rugby union player
3 March – Sione Asi , rugby union player
4 March – Tom Christie , rugby union player
28 March – James Fouché , racing cyclist
April–June [ edit ]
2 April – Sam Fischli , rugby union player
5 April – Michaela Drummond , racing cyclist
9 April – James McGarry , association footballer
13 April – Paige Satchell , association footballer
17 April – Vilimoni Koroi , rugby union player
18 April – Liana Dance , water polo player
21 April – Jackson Wells , freestyle skier
29 April – Fraser Sheat , cricketer
30 April – Liam Wood , association footballer
4 May – Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa , rugby union player
7 May – Jess Watkin , cricketer
12 May – Campbell Stewart , racing cyclist
18 May – Brianna Fruean , environmental activist
28 May – Logan Rogerson , association footballer
16 June – Tanielu Tele’a , rugby union player
19 June
July–September [ edit ]
4 July – Olivia Ray , racing cyclist
6 July – Ma'ava Ave , cricketer
9 July – Mikayla Harvey , racing cyclist
12 July – Hoskins Sotutu , rugby union player
15 July – Nathan Smith , cricketer
18 July – Ella Harris , racing cyclist
1 August – Rosie Cheng , tennis player
2 August – Ricky Jackson , rugby union player
7 August – Jesse Arthars , rugby league player
22 August
28 August
30 August – Ngane Punivai , rugby union player
3 September – Bailyn Sullivan , rugby union player
13 September – Evelina Afoa , swimmer
20 September – Isaiah Papali'i , rugby league player
23 September – Bradley Slater , rugby union player
October–December [ edit ]
20 October – Tasmyn Benny , boxer
29 October
7 November – Rosemary Mair , cricketer
17 November – Courtney McGregor , artistic gymnast
19 November – Thomas Sexton , racing cyclist
29 November – Xavier Numia , rugby union player
4 December – Just An Excuse , Standardbred racehorse
11 December – Rakai Tait , snowboarder
12 December – Elizabeth Anton , association footballer
18 December – Jade Lewis , tennis player
22 December – Ben Beecroft , cricketer
24 December – Nikita Howarth , swimmer
Undated [ edit ]
12 January – Neil Williams , water polo player (born 1918)
14 January – Leonard Atkinson , public servant (born 1906)
27 January – Gavin Downie , politician (born 1924)
14 February – Peter Jacobson , poet (born 1925)
20 February – Ces Blazey , rugby union and athletics administrator (born 1909)
8 March – Kuini Te Tau , Ngāi Tahu kaumātua, welfare worker, community leader (born 1899)
10 March – C. E. Beeby , educationalist (born 1902)
15 March – Darcy Clay , singer–songwriter (born 1972)
18 March – Vernon Clare , musician, cabaret owner, restaurateur, music teacher (born 1925)
April–June [ edit ]
6 April – Sam Chaffey , alpine skier (born 1934)
26 April – Sir Alan Boxer , air force officer (born 1916)
30 April – William Newland , potter (born 1919)
1 May – Brian Kendall , boxer (born 1947)
14 May –
15 May – Jack Warcup , mycologist (born 1921)
20 May – John Trenwith , novelist, marketing academic (born 1951)
2 June – Brian Johnston , field hockey player (born 1933)
13 June – Henry Tatana , rugby league player (born 1945)
21 June – Peter Mander , sailor (born 1928)
22 June – Brian Davis , Anglican archbishop (born 1934)
July–September [ edit ]
3 July – Elizabeth Riddell , poet and journalist (born 1910)
5 July – Frank Creagh , boxer (born 1924)
7 July – Maurice Holmes , harness racing driver (born 1908)
17 July
26 July – Dixie Cockerton , netball player and coach, cricketer, school principal (born 1925)
29 July – Alex Griffiths , conservationist (born 1911)
31 July – Athol Meyer , politician (born 1940)
3 August – Ronnie Boon , rugby union player (born 1909)
7 August – Bill Laney , politician (born 1913)
27 August – Essie Summers , novelist (born 1912)
30 August – Sir Toss Woollaston , painter and writer (born 1910)
12 September – Neville Thornton , rugby union player (born 1918)
13 September – Sir Frank Renouf , stockbroker, businessman, philanthropist (born 1918)
15 September – Amy Harper , photographer (born 1900)
18 September – Andy Wiren , cricketer (born 1911)
23 September – Trevor Berghan , rugby union player (born 1914)
October–December [ edit ]
1 October – Jim Kearney , rugby union player (born 1920)
4 October – Tony Shelly , motor racing driver (born 1937)
18 October – Ilse von Randow , weaver (born 1901)
26 November – Sir Charles Bennett , broadcaster, military leader, public servant, diplomat, politician (born 1913)
6 December – Ken Comber , politician (born 1939)
8 December – Aaron Hopa , rugby union player (born 1971)
12 December – Phillippe Cabot , rugby union player (born 1900)
See also [ edit ]
For world events and topics in 1998 not specifically related to New Zealand see : 1998
References [ edit ]
^ Walker, Campbell (2004). Butterworths Student Companion Contract (4th ed.). LexisNexis. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0-408-71770-X
^ Gerbic, Philippa; Lawrence, Martin (2003). Understanding Commercial Law (5th ed.). LexisNexis. ISBN 0-408-71714-9
^ "New Zealand and Argentina" . NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010 .
^ Morton, Jamie (4 January 2022). "Did NZ just have its hottest year?" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 15 November 2022 .
^ "Awards 1998" . Listing . NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2012 .
^ "1998 New Zealand Music Awards" . Web page . RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012 .
^ "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
^ NRL 1998 Competition Ladder
^ "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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