2004 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 2004 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,114,300[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 2003: 52,800 (1.30%)
  • Males per 100 Females: 96.1

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – Dame Silvia Cartwright[2]

  • Elizabeth II

  • Dame Silva Cartwright

Government[]

The 47th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was a coalition between Labour and the small Progressive party with United Future supporting confidence and supply votes.

  • Jonathan Hunt

  • Helen Clark

  • Michael Cullen

  • Phil Goff

Opposition leaders[]

  • National – Don Brash (Leader of the Opposition)
  • Greens – Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
  • Act – Richard Prebble to Rodney Hide
  • New Zealand First – Winston Peters
  • United Future – Peter Dunne
  • Māori Party – Tariana Turia

Judiciary[]

  • Dame Sian Elias

Main centre leaders[]

  • John Banks

  • Dick Hubbard

  • Stuart Crosby

  • Kerry Prendergast

  • Garry Moore

  • Sukhi Turner

  • Peter Chin

Other[]

Events[]

January[]

  • 27 January: National Party leader Don Brash delivers a speech at Orewa highly critical of the government's policy towards Māori.

February[]

March[]

April[]

  • 8 April: New Zealand First party announces it would give its support to the government's foreshore legislation.
  • 30 April: Tariana Turia announces she will vote against the Government's foreshore and seabed legislation.

May[]

  • 5 May: A hikoi against the foreshore and seabed legislation arrives in Wellington.
  • 7 May: The government's foreshore and seabed Bill passes its first vote in Parliament.
  • 11 May: The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act is passed. The Act allows people who have not reoffended for seven years to not declare minor criminal convictions in most circumstances.

June[]

  • 30 June: Statistics New Zealand estimates for this date put the Cities of Lower Hutt and Tauranga at over 100,000 residents for the first time and Waimakariri District at over 40,000

July[]

August[]

  • 2 August: Around 7,500 Destiny Church members march on Parliament in black shirts to protest liberal social policies.
  • 15 August: Tornado in Waitara. Two fatalities when a farmhouse is destroyed. [1]
  • 19 August: Cereal maker Dick Hubbard announces he is running for the position of Mayor of Auckland.

September[]

October[]

  • 6 October: Waikato Hospital doctors complete a 22-hour surgery to separate a pair of conjoined twins.
  • 9 October: 2004 local body and health board elections completed, but not all of the counting; and some results need to wait for special votes. All three West Coast mayors unseated, along with several in more populous centres such as Auckland.
  • 11 October: Disappearance under controversial circumstances of Iraena Asher at Piha, a west Auckland beach.

November[]

  • 1 November: A reciprocal working holiday agreement between New Zealand and Belgium comes into effect.[3]
  • 18 November: Legislation passed vesting ownership of all land up to the high tide mark in New Zealand with the Crown.
  • 29 November: The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act comes into force.

December[]

  • 9 December: The Supreme Court of New Zealand granted Ahmed Zaoui bail. He will reside in the Dominican Friary in Auckland. He will have to report to the police twice a week and must spent each night in the friary.
  • 9 December: The Civil Unions Act is passed. The Act establishes the new institution of civil union, available to same-sex and de facto couples.
  • 10 December: Smoking is banned in workplaces or licensed premises.
  • 26 December: 5 New Zealanders are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Arts and literature[]

Awards[]

  • Katherine Duignan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

Montana Book Awards 2004[]

  • Deutz Medal for Fiction – Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose
  • Montana Medal for Non-fiction – The Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond
  • Readers' Choice – Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
  • Poetry – Sing-song by Anne Kennedy
  • History – The Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond
  • Lifestyle and contemporary culture – Classic fly fishing in New Zealand Rivers by David Hallett and John Kent
  • Biography – Mason by Rachael Barrowman
  • Illustrative – Central by Arno Gasteiger
  • Reference & Anthology – Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English
  • Environment – Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss by Peter Batson
  • A.W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature – Joy Cowley

Music[]

New Zealand Music Awards[]

New categories introduced were 'Best Rock Album', 'People's Choice Award' and 'Airplay Record of the Year'. 'New Zealand Radio Programmer of the Year' was retired.[4]

  • Album of the Year: Scribe (rapper) – The Crusader
  • Single of the Year: Scribe – Stand Up
  • Best Group: Dimmer – You've Got To Hear The Music
  • Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight
  • Best Male Solo Artist: Scribe – The Crusader
  • Best Female Solo Artist: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight
  • Highest Selling Nz Album: Hayley Westenra – Pure
  • Highest Selling Nz Single: Ben Lummis – They Can't Take That Away
  • Songwriter of the Year: Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy & Savage (rapper) – Not Many : The Remix!
  • Best Music Video: – Stand Up (Scribe)
  • Best Rock Album (new category): Dimmer – You've Got To Hear The Music
  • Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: Scribe – The Crusader
  • Best Dance/Electronica Album: Salmonella Dub – One Drop East
  • Best Maori Album: – Hawaiki
  • Best Pacific Music Album: Te Vaka – Tutuki
  • Best Jazz Album: The Rodger Fox Big Band – A Rare Connection
  • Best Classical Album: John Psathas – Psathas : Fragments
  • Best Gospel / Christian Album: Magnify – In Wonder
  • International Achievement: Hayley Westenra
  • People's Choice Award (new category): Scribe
  • Best Producer: P-Money – The Crusader (Scribe)
  • Best Engineer: – Passenger – (Carly Binding)
  • Best Album Cover: – Postage (Supergroove)
  • Airplay Record of the Year (new category): Goldenhorse – Maybe Tomorrow
  • Best Country Music Album: – Money
  • Best Country Music Song: Donna Dean – Work It Out
  • Best Folk Album: And – Mountain Air
  • Lifetime Achievement Award:

Performing arts[]

  • Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Eldred Stebbing MNZM.

Television[]

Film[]

  • 29 February: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins all 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated.
  • Fracture
  • In My Father's Den

Internet[]

See: NZ Internet History

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • Dale Warrender wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:23:40 on 1 May in Rotorua, while Nyla Carroll claims her second in the women's championship (2:46:44).

Basketball[]

Cricket[]

  • The State Championship for 2003–04 was won by the Wellington Firebirds.
  • In December Australia and New Zealand played a series of 3 one-day matches in Australia for the inaugural Chappell–Hadlee Trophy. After winning one game each, the decider was washed out by rain, so the trophy was shared.

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Just an Excuse – 2nd win[5]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Elsu – 2nd win[6]

Olympic Games[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of 148 competitors in 18 sports.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
3 2 0 5

Paralympics[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
  • New Zealand sends a team of 35 competitors across nine sports.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
6 1 3 10

Rugby league[]

Rugby union[]

  • June – July: : The All Blacks beat England 36–3, England 36–12, Argentina 41-7 and Pacific Islanders rugby union team 41–26.
  • 17 July: The All Blacks beat Australia 16–7 at Westpac Stadium as part of the 2004 Tri Nations Series
  • 24 July: The All Blacks beat South Africa 23–21 at Jade Stadium as part of the 2004 Tri Nations Series
  • 7 August: The All Blacks lose 18–23 to Australia at Telstra Stadium as part of the 2004 Tri Nations Series
  • 14 August: The All Blacks lose 26–40 to South Africa at Ellis Park Stadium as part of the 2004 Tri Nations Series
  • 15 August: Bay of Plenty beat Auckland 33-28 to take the Ranfurly Shield
  • 5 September: Canterbury beat Bay of Plenty 33-26 to take the Ranfurly Shield
  • 13 November: The All Blacks beat Italy 59–10 at Stadio Flaminio as part of the
  • 20 November: The All Blacks beat Wales 26–25 at Millennium Stadium as part of the
  • 27 November: The All Blacks beat France 45–6 at Stade de France as part of the
  • 4 December: The All Blacks beat The Barbarians 47–9 at Twickenham as part of the

Shooting[]

  • Ballinger Belt –
    • Edd Newman (United States)
    • John Whiteman (Upper Hutt), second, top New Zealander[7]

Soccer[]

  • The Chatham Cup is won by Miramar Rangers who beat Waitakere City F.C. 1–0 in the final after extra time.[8]

Births[]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • 11 January – Sir Peter Elworthy, farmer, farming leader, businessman (born 1935)
  • 19 January – Murray Watkinson, rower (born 1939)
  • 21 January – Jock Newall, association football player (born 1917)
  • 25 January – Sonny Schmidt, bodybuilder (born 1953)
  • 29 January – Janet Frame, writer (born 1924)

February[]

  • 11 February – June Westbury, politician (born 1921)
  • 14 February – Jock Butterfield, rugby league player (born 1932)
  • 16 February – Don Cleverley, cricketer (born 1909)
  • 17 February – Sir Peter Quilliam, jurist (born 1920)
  • 21 February – Norval Morris, lawyer, criminologist, novelist (born 1923)
  • 26 February – Roger Mirams, filmmaker (born 1918)
  • 29 February – Graham Gordon, doctor (born 1927)

March[]

  • 1 March – John Lithgow, politician (born 1933)
  • 3 March – Susan Moller Okin, feminist political philosopher (born 1946)
  • 4 March – Arthur Kinsella, politician (born 1918)
  • 5 March – Martin Emond, cartoon illustrator and painter (born 1969)
  • 8 March – Frank Mooney, cricketer (born 1921)
  • 17 March – Sir William Pickering, rocket scientist (born 1910)
  • 19 March – Chris Timms, sailor (born 1947)
  • 30 March – Michael King, historian and biographer (born 1945)

April[]

  • 6 April – Joan Monahan (née Hastings), swimmer, botanist and schoolteacher (born 1925)
  • 16 April – John Caselberg, writer and poet (born 1927)

May[]

  • 3 May – Rahera Windsor, founding member and kuia of Ngāti Rānana (born 1925)
  • 15 May – Hector Wilson, rugby union player (born 1924)
  • 17 May – Ken Mudford, motorcycle racer (born 1923)
  • 19 May
    • Rowan Barbour, cricketer (born 1922)
    • Tim Hewat, television producer and journalist (born 1928)
  • 21 May – Frank McMullen, rugby union player and referee (born 1933)
  • 22 May – Wayne Kimber, politician (born 1949)

June[]

  • 5 June – Jack Foster, athlete (born 1932)
  • 24 June
    • Pat Kelly, trade union leader (born 1929)
    • , farmer, inventor of the herringbone milking shed (born 1919)[9]
  • 25 June – Morton Coutts, inventor, brewer (born 1904)

July[]

  • 5 July – Robert Burchfield, lexicographer (born 1923)
  • 11 July – Sir Terry McLean, sports journalist and writer (born 1913)
  • 22 July – Paul Clarkin, polo player (born 1950)
  • 28 July – Dame Janet Paul, publisher, painter and art historian (born 1919)
  • 29 July – Maurice Dixon, rugby union player (born 1929)

August[]

  • 14 August
    • Eric Petrie, cricketer (born 1927)
    • Sir Trevor Skeet, politician (born 1918)
  • 21 August – Amelia Batistich, writer (born 1915)
  • 23 August – Trevor Blake, cricketer (born 1937)
  • 25 August – Roger Broughton, cricketer (born 1958)
  • 26 August – Bill Marsters, Cook Islands religious leader (born 1923)

September[]

  • 1 September – Sir Alan Stewart, university administrator (born 1917)
  • 2 September – Alan Preston, association football player and cricketer (born 1932)
  • 11 September – Ruth Symons, cricketer (born 1913)
  • 20 September – Pat Hanly, painter (born 1932)
  • 29 September – David Jackson, boxer (born 1955)

October[]

  • 5 October – Maurice Wilkins, physicist and molecular biologist (born 1916)
  • 10 October – Maurice Shadbolt, writer and playwright (born 1932)
  • 23 October – George Silk, photojournalist (born 1916)

November[]

  • 1 November – Barry Brown, boxer (born 1931)
  • 7 November – Eddie Charlton, snooker and billiards player (born 1929)
  • 8 November – Frank Houston, religious leader (born 1922)
  • 12 November – Jim Eyles, archaeologist (born 1926)

December[]

  • 8 December – Noel Mills, rower (born 1944)
  • 11 December – Arthur Lydiard, athlete, athletics coach (born 1917)
  • 17 December – Ray Dowker, cricketer and association football player (born 1919)
  • 29 December – Liddy Holloway, actor and television scriptwriter (born 1947)

See also[]

For world events and topics in 2004 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 2004

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ The Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 April 2012
  3. ^ nzembassy.com
  4. ^ "2004 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  5. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  6. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  8. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Pickmere, Arnold (17 July 2004). "Obituary: Ronald John Sharp". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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