1984 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1984 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,293,000[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1983: 28,200 (0.86%)
  • Males per 100 Females: 98.3

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – The Hon Sir David Beattie GCMG GCVO QSO QC.[2]

Government[]

The 40th New Zealand Parliament, led by the National Party, concluded, and in the general election the Labour Party was elected in the 41st New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – David Lange (Labour) until 26 July, then Robert Muldoon (National) until 29 November, then Jim McLay.[3]
  • Social Credit Party – Bruce Beetham until 26 July, then not represented in Parliament.

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • 27 January – A state of emergency is declared in Southland as record rainfall causes flooding which forces the evacuation of 4000 people and leaves damage totalling $55 million.[4]
  • 3–6 February – The fifth Sweetwaters Music Festival is held in Pukekawa, with the satellite Sweetwaters South held in Christchurch on 6 February.
  • 6 February – march disrupts Waitangi Day celebrations.
  • 27 March – A suitcase bomb explodes at the , killing the caretaker, Ernie Abbott. No arrest has been made, see Terrorism in New Zealand.
  • 24 June – New Zealand's first IVF-conceived baby, Amelia Bell, is born at Auckland's National Women's Hospital.[5]
  • 14 July – 1984 general election: The Labour Party, led by David Lange, wins 56 of the 95 seats in the House of Representatives. The Fourth Labour Government is formed, ending 9 years of National rule.
  • 18 July – Government devalues New Zealand dollar by 20 percent. See New Zealand constitutional crisis, 1984.[6]
  • 20 August – New Zealand reestablishes diplomatic relations with Argentina at a consular level.[7]

Unknown dates[]

  • New Zealand signs the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
  • Auckland's population exceeds that of the South Island.

Arts and literature[]

  • Brian Turner wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1984 in art, 1984 in literature, Category:1984 books

Music[]

New Zealand Music Awards[]

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[8]

  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR Dance Exponents – Prayers be Answered
    • The Mockers – Swear It's True
    • Patsy Riggir – You'll Never Take The Country Out of Me
  • SINGLE OF THE YEAR The Narcs – You Took Me Heart and Soul
    • Patea Maori Club and Dalvanius Prime – Aku Raukura
    • Dance Exponents – I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)
  • TOP MALE VOCALIST Jordan Luck (Dance Exponents)
    • Andy Dickson (The Narcs)
    • Andrew Fagan (The Mockers)
  • TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Patsy Riggir
    • Jodi Vaughan
    • Suzanne Prentice
  • TOP GROUP Dance Exponents
    • The Mockers
    • Patea Maori Club and Dalvanius Prime
  • MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Martin Phillips (The Chills)
    • Ross McKenzie (The Idles)
    • Wayne Gillespie
  • MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Meryl Yvonne
    • Janice Lampen
    • Sharon Dubont
  • MOST PROMISING GROUP The Chills
    • Jive Bombers
    • You're A Movie
  • BEST JAZZ ALBUM Brian Smith Quartet – Southern Excursio
    • Ken Avery/ Darktown Strutters – Jazz The Way It Used to Be
    • Rodger Fox – Something Juicy
  • BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir – You'll Never Take the Country Out of Me
    • Suzanne Prentice – So Precious To Me
    • Jodi Vaughn – Rodeo Eyes
  • BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZSO & Others – Music By Larry Pruden
    • Michael Houston – Michael Houston
    • Schola Musica – NZ Music For Strings
  • BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM Patea Maori Club & Dalvanius Prime – Aku Raukura
    • The Five Stars – Musika Malie (Good Music)
    • Rosalio – Samoan Serenade
  • BEST FOLK ALBUM Phil Garland – Springtime in the Mountains
    • Michael Warmuth – Hammered Duclimer
    • Wayne Gillespie – Wayward Son
  • PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave MCartney – You Took Me Heart & Soul
    • Glyn Tucker Jnr / Trevor Reekie – Swear It's True
    • Glyn Tucker Jnr / Trevor Reekie – You Fascinate
  • ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Graham Myhre – You Took Me Heart & Soul
    • Graham Myhre/ Gyn Tucker Jnr – Caught in the Act
    • Glyn Tucker Jnr – You Fascinate
  • BEST COVER DESIGN Joe Wylie – Aku Raukura (Patea Maori Club)
    • Murray Vincent – Music By Larry Purden
    • Mike Hutton – Vocal at the Local
  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO Bruce Morrison – I'm in Heaven
    • William Keddell – Elephunk in My Soup
    • Tom Parkinson – I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue) (Dance Exponents)
  • BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Jenny Mcleod – The Silent One
    • Mike Nock – Strata
    • John Charles/ Dave Fraser – Constance
  • INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Tim Finn
    • Dragon
    • Split Enz
  • OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY Eldred Stebbing – (For his Lifelong Contribution to the Recording Arts in New Zealand)
    • Jacqui Fitzgerald
    • Peter Blake & TVNZ
  • MOST POPULAR SONG The Narcs – You Took Me Heart and Soul

See: 1984 in music

Performing arts[]

  • Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to John Maybury Senior.

Radio and television[]

See: , 1984 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: Category:1984 film awards, 1984 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1984 films

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:03 on 25 March in Wanganui, while does the same in the women's championship (2:41:39).

Basketball[]

  • NBL won by Wellington.

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Camelot[9]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Enterprise[10]

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympics[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of 130 competitors across 18 sports.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
8 1 2 11

Winter Olympics[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1984 Winter Olympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of six alpine skiers.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0

Paralympic Games[]

Summer Paralympics[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
8 10 6 24

Winter Paralympics[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in one sport.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
1 3 1 5

Shooting[]

  • Ballinger Belt – Peter Cromwell (Cheltenham)[11]

Soccer[]

  • New Zealand National Soccer League won by Gisborne City
  • The Chatham Cup is won by Manurewa who beat Gisborne City 2–1 in the final.[12]

Births[]

  • 27 January: Vince Mellars, rugby league player.
  • 14 February: Jared Wrennall, musician.
  • 17 February: Timothy Gudsell, cyclist.
  • 21 February: Andrew Ellis, rugby union player.
  • 25 February: , soccer player.
  • 8 March: Ross Taylor, cricketer.
  • 16 March: Hosea Gear, rugby union player.
  • 25 March: Liam Messam, rugby union and rugby sevens player.
  • 2 April: Meryl Cassie, actor.
  • 6 April: Stacey Carr, field hockey player.
  • 20 April: Fraser Anderson, rugby league player.
  • 28 May: Beth Allen, actor.
  • 2 June: Jack Afamasaga, rugby league player.
  • 6 June: Antonia Prebble, actor.
  • 7 June: Jennyfer Jewell, actor.
  • 20 June: Jarrod Smith, soccer player.
  • 27 June: Emma Lahana, actor.
  • 28 June: Evarn Tuimavave, rugby league player.
  • 14 July: Fleur Saville, actor.
  • 6 August: Jesse Ryder, cricketer.
  • 12 September: Ben Townley, motocrosser.
  • 6 October: Valerie Adams, athlete, Olympic gold medallist (2008 Beijing and 2012 London)
  • 23 November: Jerome Ropati, rugby league player.
  • 14 December: Keshia Paulse, singer.
  • Vicki Lin, television presenter.

Category:1984 births

Deaths[]

  • 23 January: Dean Goffin, composer
  • 6 March: Ian Cromb, cricketer
  • 20 March: Robin Tait, discus thrower
  • 28 April: Sylvia Ashton-Warner, writer and educator
  • 13 June: Ken Armstrong, soccer player
  • 15 June: Tom Heeney, boxer
  • 21 July: Adam Adamson, former mayor of Invercargill
  • 13 September: Lois White, painter
  • 26 November: Eliot V. Elliott, trade unionist
  • 9 December: Guthrie Wilson, novelist and teacher (in Sydney)

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ NZhistory.net
  5. ^ Chisholm, Donna (June 2009). "Exclusive interview: NZ's first test tube baby turns 25". North & South: 36–47. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. ^ Daily Reporter, Iowa, 18 July 1984, pg 3
  7. ^ (subscription required)
  8. ^ "Awards 1984". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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