1991 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1991 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,516,000[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1990: 40,900 (1.18%) Note that there is a discontinuity between the 1990 and 1991 figures as Statistics NZ switched from using the de facto population concept to estimated resident population.
  • Males per 100 Females: 99.7

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO[2]

Government[]

The 43rd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger. National controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats in Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Mike Moore (Labour) .[3]
  • NewLabour Party – Jim Anderton

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

January[]

  • 2 January: description

February[]

March[]

April[]

  • 17 April: Prime Minister Jim Bolger stated, "We intend to keep New Zealand nuclear-free this term, next term, and the term after that."[4]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Arts and literature[]

  • Lynley Hood wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1991 in art, 1991 in literature, Category:1991 books

Performing arts[]

  • Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Debbie Dorday.

Radio and television[]

  • CanWest takes management control of TV3. [1]

See: 1991 in New Zealand television, 1991 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

Film[]

See: Category:1991 film awards, 1991 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1991 films

Internet[]

See: NZ Internet History

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:34 on 2 March in New Plymouth, while Lee-Ann McPhillips claims her first in the women's championship (2:40:12).

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup – Christopher Vance[6]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup – Christopher Vance[7]

Thoroughbred racing[]

Shooting[]

  • Ballinger Belt –
    • Graeme Berman (Australia)
    • Geoffrey Smith (Malvern), second, top New Zealander[8]

Soccer[]

Births[]

January[]

  • 1 January – Peter Burling, sailor
  • 3 January – Joe Kayes, water polo player
  • 4 January – Olivia Tennet, actor
  • 5 January – Shane Savage, Australian rules footballer
  • 7 January
  • 13 January – Mako Vunipola, rugby union player
  • 16 January – James Lentjes, rugby union player
  • 17 January
    • Kate Chilcott, road cyclist
    • Slade Griffin, rugby league player
    • Brad Weber, rugby union player
  • 27 January
    • Beth Chote, actor
    • Sebastine Ikahihifo, rugby league player
  • 28 January
    • Jordan Kahu, rugby league player
    • Mike Kainga, rugby union player
  • 29 January – Luke Whitelock, rugby union player
  • 30 January

February[]

  • 2 February
  • 3 February – Lima Sopoaga, rugby union player
  • 7 February – Ben Murdoch-Masila, rugby league player
  • 14 February – Michael Bracewell, cricketer
  • 15 February - Matt McEwan, cricketer
  • 16 February – Francis Saili, rugby union player
  • 18 February
  • 19 February – Ethan Mitchell, track cyclist
  • 20 February – Julia Edward, rower

March[]

April[]

  • 1 April
    • Graham Candy, singer-songwriter
    • Iopu Iopu-Aso, rugby union player
  • 2 April
    • Kara Pryor, rugby union player
    • Brad Shields, rugby union player
  • 4 April – Sam Meech, sailor
  • 6 April – Paratene McLeod, basketball player
  • 9 April – Dominic Bird, rugby union player
  • 10 April - Kirsten Pearce, field hockey player
  • 17 April ��� Augusta Xu-Holland, actor
  • 20 April – Daniel Hawkins, rugby union player
  • 26 April – Isaac Liu, rugby league player
  • 27 April – Dylan Collier, rugby union and rugby league player
  • 29 April – Steven Luatua, rugby union player
  • 30 April – Brett Hampton, cricketer

May[]

  • 2 May – Patrick Bevin, road cyclist
  • 3 May – Hannah Wall, association footballer
  • 5 May – Joel Faulkner, rugby union player
  • 7 May – Kenny Ardouin, cleft lip and palate community advocate
  • 8 May – Waisake Naholo, rugby union player
  • 9 May
  • 10 May – Gareth Anscombe, rugby union player
  • 11 May – Tony Ensor, rugby union player
  • 12 May
  • 15 May – Matt Moulds, rugby union player
  • 20 May – Daryl Mitchell, cricketer
  • 24 May – Ian McPeake, cricketer
  • 25 May
    • Maritino Nemani, rugby union player
    • James Raideen, professional wrestler
  • 27 May
    • Beauden Barrett, rugby union player
    • Kayla Pratt, rower
  • 31 May – Brodie Retallick, rugby union player

June[]

  • 3 June
  • 4 June
    • Matt McIlwrick, rugby league player
    • Ben Stokes, cricketer
  • 5 June – Chloe Tipple, sports shooter
  • 7 June – Amanda Landers-Murphy, squash player
  • 9 June – Ben Lam, rugby union player
  • 11 June – Nepo Laulala, rugby union player
  • 13 June – Lachie Ferguson, cricketer
  • 19 June – Zoe Stevenson, rower
  • 23 June – Mikhail Koudinov, gymnast
  • 25 June – Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, rugby union player
  • 26 June – Dakota Lucas, association footballer

July[]

  • 1 July
    • Annalie Longo, association footballer
    • Ruby Muir, endurance athlete
  • 7 July – Matt Hewitt, surfer
  • 12 July – Portia Woodman, rugby union player
  • 16 July – Sam Webster, track cyclist
  • 20 July
    • Jarrad Butler, rugby union player
    • Sam Lousi, rugby league and rugby union player
  • 24 July – Derone Raukawa, basketball player
  • 27 July – Ricky Wells, speedway rider
  • 28 July – Priyanka Xi, actor
  • 31 July – Tony Lamborn, rugby union player

August[]

  • 2 August
  • 5 August
    • Gareth Evans, rugby union player
    • Konrad Hurrell, rugby league player
    • Robert Loe, basketball player
  • 13 August – Michael Cochrane, athlete
  • 16 August – Angie Smit, athlete
  • 22 August - Kenny Bromwich, rugby league player
  • 29 August – Samantha Harrison, field hockey player
  • 30 August – Ben Tameifuna, rugby union player

September[]

  • 2 September – Adam Henry, rugby league player
  • 4 September – Chevannah Paalvast, basketball player
  • 5 September – Nepia Fox-Matamua, rugby union player
  • 9 September – Adam Ling, rower
  • 11 September – Rebecca Sinclair, snowboarder
  • 13 September – Lee Allan, rugby union player
  • 14 September – Ryan De Vries, association footballer
  • 16 September – Luke Rowe, association footballer
  • 19 September – Owen Ivins, cricketer
  • 23 September – Cardiff Vaega, rugby union player
  • 26 September – Look Who's Talking, thoroughbred racehorse
  • 29 September – Stefi Luxton, snowboarder

October[]

  • 5 October – Gareth Kean, swimmer
  • 7 October – Stefan Marinovic, association footballer
  • 12 October – Nabil Sabio Azadi, artist
  • 15 October – Mandy Boyd, lawn bowls player
  • 19 October – Michael Allardice, rugby union player
  • 22 October – Levi Sherwood, freestyle motocross rider
  • 26 October – Blair Soper, cricketer
  • 27 October – Il Vicolo, standardbred racehorse
  • 28 October – Duane Bailey, basketballer
  • 29 October – Parris Goebel, dancer, choreographer and actor
  • 31 October – Charles Piutau, rugby union player

November[]

  • 5 November – Marco Rojas, association footballer
  • 6 November – Matt Faddes, rugby union player
  • 10 November - Ben Wheeler, cricketer
  • 11 November – Kate Broadmore, cricketer
  • 13 November – David Light, boxer
  • 15 November – Henry Nicholls, cricketer
  • 20 November – Tim Simona, rugby league player
  • 21 November – Peni Terepo, rugby league player
  • 22 November – Michael Vink, cyclist
  • 24 November – Richie Stanaway, motor racing driver
  • 27 November – Brooke Duff, singer-songwriter

December[]

  • 1 December – Richard Moore, motor racing driver
  • 3 December – Jarrod Firth, rugby union player
  • 7 December
    • Samantha Charlton, field hockey player
    • Chris Wood, association footballer
  • 11 December – Kahurangi Taylor, beauty pageant contestant
  • 13 December – Ruby Tui, rugby sevens player
  • 14 December
    • Ben Henry, rugby league player
    • Matt Henry, cricketer
  • 22 December – Paul Alo-Emile, rugby union player

Exact date unknown[]

  • Holly Cassidy, beauty pageant contestant
  • Annah Mac, singer-songwriter

Deaths[]

January–March[]

  • 4 January – Vernon Sale, cricketer (born 1915)
  • 12 February – Norman Fisher, boxer (born 1916)
  • 17 February – Fuzz Barnes, political activist (born 1902)
  • 18 February – Elizabeth Lissaman, potter (born 1901)
  • 9 March – Esther Blackie, cricketer (born 1916)
  • 14 March – Emily Carpenter, consumer advocate (born 1917)
  • 17 March – Peter Gordon, politician (born 1921)
  • 21 March – William Ditchfield, cricketer (born 1903)
  • 28 March – Henry Field, educational psychologist (born 1903)

April–June[]

  • 3 April – Peter Hooper, writer (born 1919)
  • 9 April – June Litman, journalist (born 1926)
  • 14 April – Bob Page, rowing coxswain (born 1936)
  • 20 April – Clare Mallory, children's writer (born 1913)
  • 28 April – Ngata Pitcaithly, educationalist (born 1906)
  • 18 May – Horace Smirk, medical academic (born 1902)
  • 31 May – Ian Milner, public servant, academic, alleged spy (born 1911)
  • 6 June – Stella Jones, playwright (born 1904)
  • 10 June – Jim Burrows, rugby union player and coach, cricketer, military leader (born 1904)
  • 18 June – Eric Halstead, politician and diplomat (born 1912)
  • 23 June – Charles Begg, radiologist and historian (born 1912)
  • 28 June – Sydney Josland, bacteriologist (born 1904)

July–September[]

  • 3 July – Trevor Horne, politician (born 1920)
  • 17 July – John O'Sullivan, cricketer (born 1918)
  • 21 July – Allan Wilson, biochemistry academic (born 1934)
  • 7 August
    • Billy T. James, entertainer (born 1948)
    • Reginald Keeling, politician (born 1904)
  • 8 August – John Marsdon, cricketer (born 1928)
  • 22 August – Reuel Lochore, public servant and diplomat (born 1903)
  • 25 August – Charles Willocks, rugby union player (born 1919)
  • 17 September – Herb Mullon, philatelist (born 1905)
  • 25 September – Te Reo Hura, Rātana leader (born 1904)
  • 29 September – Sir Henry Kelliher, businessman and philanthropist (born 1896)

October–December[]

  • 6 October – Bob Loudon, rugby union player (born 1903)
  • 12 October – Murray Kay, association footballer (born 1905)
  • 13 October – Sir William Gentry, military leader (born 1899)
  • 22 October – Francis O'Brien, cricketer (born 1911)
  • 25 October – Roy Parsons, bookseller (born 1909)
  • 8 November – Billy Savidan, athlete (born 1902)
  • 9 November – Jack Newton, rugby league player (born 1920)
  • 10 November
    • Bill Gwynne, cricket umpire (born 1913)
    • Colin Johnstone, rower (born 1921)
  • 11 November – Sir Tom Skinner, politician and trade union leader (born 1909)
  • 12 November – Kamal Bamadhaj, human rights activist (born 1970)
  • 24 November – Allan Pyatt, Anglican bishop (born 1916)
  • 28 November – Te Kari Waaka, Ringatū minister and community leader (born 1916)
  • 1 December
    • Zin Harris, cricketer (born 1927)
    • Jim Knox, trade union leader (born 1919)
  • 2 December – Ted Spillane, rugby league player (born 1905)
  • 6 December – Bill Beattie, photographer (born 1902)
  • 12 December – Julia Wallace, educationalist, politician, community leader (born 1907)
  • 20 December
    • Beatrice Beeby, Playcentre pioneer (born 1903)
    • Wi Huata, clergyman (born 1917)
  • 21 December – Frank Solomon, rugby union player (born 1906)
  • 24 December – Muriel Moody, potter and sculptor (born 1907)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ New Zealand Parliamentary Debate Wednesday, 16 October 1991 Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2015
  5. ^ (July 1991) 51b Hansard, Resource Management Bill Third Reading, 3018–3020.
  6. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  7. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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