2009 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in New Zealand.
Population[]
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,332,100[1]
- Increase since 31 December 2008: 51,900 (1.21%)
- Males per 100 Females: 95.8
Incumbents[]
Regal and vice-regal[]
- Head of State – Elizabeth II
- Governor-General – Anand Satyanand[2]
Elizabeth II
Anand Satyanand
Government[]
2009 was the first full year of the election of the 49th New Zealand Parliament.
- Speaker of the House – Lockwood Smith
- Prime Minister – John Key
- Deputy Prime Minister – Bill English
- Minister of Finance – Bill English
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Murray McCully
Lockwood Smith
John Key
Bill English
Murray McCully
Other party leaders[]
- Labour – Phil Goff (Leader of the Opposition since 11 November 2008)
- Act – Rodney Hide, since 13 June 2004
- Greens – Metiria Turei (since 30 May 2009) and Russel Norman (since 3 June 2006)
- Māori Party – Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, both since 7 July 2004
Phil Goff
Rodney Hide
Russel Norman
Metiria Turei
Pita Sharples
Tariana Turia
Judiciary[]
- Chief Justice — Sian Elias
Dame Sian Elias
Main centre leaders[]
- Mayor of Auckland – John Banks, since October 2007
- Mayor of Tauranga – Stuart Crosby, since October 2004
- Mayor of Hamilton – Bob Simcock, since May 2007
- Mayor of Wellington – Kerry Prendergast, since October 2001
- Mayor of Christchurch – Bob Parker, since October 2007
- Mayor of Dunedin – Peter Chin, since October 2004
John Banks
Stuart Crosby
Kerry Prendergast
Bob Parker
Peter Chin
Events[]
January[]
February[]
- 27 February: Prime Minister John Key proposes a nine-day working fortnight, to counter the Late-2000s recession.[3]
March[]
- 6 March: Retrial of David Bain begins in the Christchurch High Court
- 20 March: Roads of National Significance announced
- 25 March: Former Prime Minister Helen Clark is appointed Head of the United Nations Development Program;[4] her resignation necessitates the 2009 Mount Albert by-election
- 26 March: the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance recommends eight Auckland Region local government bodies merge to form a "supercity".[5]
April[]
- 25 April: First indication of potential for Flu infection with return of students from Mexico, see 2009 flu pandemic in New Zealand
May[]
- 7 May: Gunman Jan Molenaar shoots three police officers executing a routine cannabis search warrant, as well as a neighbour who tried to assist them. He killed Senior Constable Leonard Snee and seriously injured the others, and after a two-day siege, he was found dead.[6]
June[]
- 3 June: A police investigation leads to MP Richard Worth resigning ministerial portfolios including Minister of Internal Affairs "for personal reasons", with Prime Minister John Key saying, "If he hadn't resigned I would have sacked him".[7]
- 5 June: David Bain is found not guilty of the murder of five family members.
- 12 June: Five members of the family of Janet Moses were found guilty of manslaughter after performing a fatal exorcism.[8]
- 24 June: A NZ$36.1 million first division jackpot in the New Zealand Lotteries Commission's Big Wednesday game is won by a Masterton-based lottery syndicate of four: the largest single lottery prize won in New Zealand.[9]
July[]
- 4 July: The Ministry of Health confirms the first three deaths in New Zealand from the 2009 flu pandemic.[10]
- 15 July: The magnitude 7.8 2009 Fiordland earthquake strikes at 9:22 pm, 90 km north-west of Tuatapere.[11]
August[]
- 4 August: Former MP Phillip Field found guilty on bribery, corruption and obstruction of justice charges.[12]
- 8–9 August: New Zealand's first Telethon for 16 years raises $2 million for the KidsCan Stand Tall Trust.[13]
October[]
- 30 October – Electricity supply to Northland and northern Auckland is cut for three hours, affecting 280,000 customers, after a forklift carrying a shipping container hits the only major transmission line supplying the region.[14]
November[]
- 30 November: Atea-1, the first New Zealand rocket into space, is launched from Great Mercury Island.[15]
Holidays and observances[]
- 6 February - Waitangi Day (Friday)
- 10 April/13 April Good Friday/Easter Monday
- 25 April - ANZAC Day (Saturday)
- 1 June - Queen's Birthday Monday
- 24 June - Matariki (Wednesday)
- 26 October - Labour Day Monday
Arts and literature[]
Awards[]
Music[]
- May - New Zealand Music Month
- Vodafone Album of the year: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
- Vodafone Single of the year: Ladyhawke - My Delerium
- Best group: Midnight Youth
- Best male solo artist: Savage
- Best female solo artist: Ladyhawke
- Breakthrough artist of the year: Ladyhawke
- Best Music Video: Chris Graham – Brother (Smashproof)
- Best Rock Album: Midnight Youth – "The Brave Don't Run"
- Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: Ladi 6 – "Time Is Not Much"
- Best Aotearoa Roots Album: Fat Freddy's Drop – "Dr Boondigga and the Big BW"
- Best dance/electronica album: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
- Best gospel/Christian album: Mumsdollar - Ruins
- Best classical album: David Bremner – "Gung Ho"
- The Vodafone People's Choice Award, voted by New Zealand music fans: Smashproof
- Highest Selling NZ Single: Smashproof feat. Gin - Brother
- Highest Selling NZ Album: The Feelers - The Best: 1998 - 2008"
- Radio Airplay Record of the Year: Tiki Taane- "Always on my mind"
Performing arts[]
- Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Eddie Low MNZM.
Television[]
Film[]
- Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku[16]
Internet[]
Sport[]
Horse racing[]
Harness racing[]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Auckland Reactor[17]
Thoroughbred racing[]
- Katie Lee becomes the first racehorse to win both the New Zealand 2000 Guineas and the New Zealand 1000 Guineas.
Soccer[]
The 2009 Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Olympic, who beat Three Kings United 2–1 in the final.
Shooting[]
- Ballinger Belt –
- David Rich (Australia)
- Mike Collings (Te Puke), second, top New Zealander[18]
Births[]
- 27 August – Sacred Falls, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 4 September – Habibi, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 18 November – It's A Dundeel, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 20 November – Prince of Penzance, Thoroughbred racehorse
Deaths[]
January[]
- 4 January – Sonny Fai, rugby league player (born 1988)
- 8 January – Wally Williams, water polo player (born 1921)
- 17 January – Mike Parkinson, rugby union player (born 1948)
- 20 January – Lyn Forster, arachnologist (born 1925)
- 26 January – Gerry Merito, entertainer (born 1938)
- 26 January – Don Ladner, rugby league player (born c.1948)
February[]
- 4 February – Antonie Dixon, convicted murderer (born 1968)
- 27 February – Kilmeny Niland, artist and illustrator (born 1950)
March[]
- 2 March – Robert Bruce, professional wrestler and talent agent (born 1943)
- 9 March – Graham Mexted, rugby union player (born 1927)
- 10 March – Dell Bandeen, netball player (born 1922)
- 12 March – Mary Batchelor, politician (born 1927)
- 13 March – Geoff Moon, veterinary surgeon, ornithologist and photographer (born 1915)
- 21 March – Beach Towel, standardbred racehorse (foaled 1987)
- 24 March – Denis Miller, air force bomber and airline pilot (born 1918)
April[]
- 1 April – Kevin Briscoe, rugby union player (born 1936)
- 11 April – James Brodie, geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist (born 1920)
- 17 April – Richard Sutton, chess player and legal academic (born 1938)
- 26 April – Sir Pupuke Robati, Cook Islands politician (born 1925)
- 27 April – John Bollard, lawyer, environment court judge (born 1940)
May[]
- 1 May – Sunline, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1995)
- 3 May – Percy Marunui Murphy, soldier and politician, first Māori mayor (born 1924)
- 12 May – Dame Heather Begg, opera singer (born 1932)
- 23 May – Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician (born 1921)
- 30 May – Ferris de Joux, automotive design, engineer and constructor (born 1935)
June[]
- 7 June – Keith Steele, cricketer and lawyer (born 1951)
- 8 June – Taini Morrison, kapa haka leader (born c.1958)
- 12 June – Ivan Lichter, thoracic surgeon and palliative care pioneer (born 1918)
- 19 June – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (born 1929)
- 28 June – Tom Paulay, earthquake engineer (born 1923)
- 30 June – Joan Wiffen, amateur paleontologist (born 1922)
July[]
- 3 July – Frank Devine, newspaper editor and journalist (born 1931)
- 7 July – Ian Grey, rugby league player (born 1931)
- 11 July –
- Seddon Bennington, museum administrator (born 1947)
- Cyril Paskell, rugby league player (born 1927)
- 14 July – Bill Young, politician and diplomat (born 1913)
- 18 July – Graham Stanton, New Testament scholar (born 1940)
- 19 July – Ces Mountford, rugby league player and coach (born 1919)
- 20 July
- Tom Hellaby, cricketer (born 1958)
- Hew McLeod, historian (born 1932)
- 25 July – Lorrie Pickering, politician (born 1919)
- 30 July –
- Julian Dashper, artist (born 1960)
- Diggeress Te Kanawa, tohunga raranga (born 1920)
August[]
- 7 August
- Jack Laird, potter (born 1920)
- Eru Potaka-Dewes, actor, Māori religious leader and activist (born 1939)
- 16 August – Alistair Campbell, poet, playwright and novelist (born 1925)
- 18 August – Rufus Rogers, politician (born 1913)
- 21 August – Reg King, association football player (born 1927)
- 24 August – Kashin, elephant (born 1968)
- 26 August – Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet, businessman (born 1906)
- 29 August – Bob Parker, rower (born 1934)
- 30 August – Percy Tetzlaff, rugby union player (born 1920)
September[]
- 8 September – Ahmed Said Musa Patel, Muslim religious leader (born 1937)
- 9 September – Dame Patricia Bergquist, zoology and anatomy academic (born 1933)
- 11 September – John Pattison, pilot, Battle of Britain veteran (born 1917)
- 12 September – Helen Wily, mathematician (born 1921)
- 20 September – Ken Hough, dual international cricketer and association footballer (born 1928)
- 24 September – Sir Howard Morrison, entertainer (born 1935)
- 26 September – Paul Medhurst, track cyclist (born 1953)
- 27 September – Murray Smith, politician (born 1941)
October[]
- 3 October – Leigh Davis, writer (born 1955)
- 4 October – Roger Green, archaeologist (born 1932)
- 9 October – Noel Bowden, rugby union player (born 1926)
- 13 October – Betty Clegg, watercolour artist (born 1926)
- 14 October – Martyn Sanderson, actor, filmmaker and poet (born 1938)
- 17 October – Dame Doreen Blumhardt, potter, ceramicist and arts educator (born 1914)
- 31 October – Tim Bickerstaff, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and author (born 1942)
November[]
- 4 November – Sir Don Beaven, diabetes researcher (born 1924)
- 5 November – Adam Firestorm, professional wrestler (born 1976)
- 15 November – Tia Barrett, diplomat (born 1947)
- 19 November – Pat Mackie, miner and trade unionist (born 1914)
- 29 November – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (born 1929)
December[]
- 3 December – Brian Mason, geochemist and mineralogist (born 1917)
- 6 December – Eldred Stebbing, record label founder and owner (born 1921)
- 8 December – Bub Bridger, poet and short-story writer (born 1924)
- 20 December – John Veitch, cricketer (born 1937)
- 29 December – Paul Sapsford, rugby union player (born 1949)
- 30 December – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer (born 1927)
See also[]
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References[]
- ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
- ^ "Former Governors-General". New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ Gower, Patrick (2 March 2009). "Nine-day plan must protect pay: unions". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Stuff (1 April 2009). "Clark won't linger on 'gee, golly, gosh'". Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ Thompson, Wayne (28 March 2009). "Super-city tipped to save $113m a year". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ Francis, Clio (9 May 2009). "Napier siege: Gunman found dead". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ Gower, Patrick (3 June 2009). "Complaint against Worth made two weeks ago - police". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Five guilty in exorcism case". The New Zealand Herald. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ Gower, Patrick (25 June 2009). "'People like us ...we just don't win money,' says shocked $36m winner". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Three New Zealand deaths linked to swine flu". stuff.co.nz. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Dye, Stuart; Davison, Isaac (16 July 2009). "Checks for damage after big quake rocks south". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ Field, Michael and NZPA (4 August 2009). "Taito Phillip Field found guilty". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "Telethon's $2m 'enough to feed hungry kids'". The New Zealand Herald. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ "Forklift sparks blackout for thousands - tvnz.co.nz". Television New Zealand. 30 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "NZ rocket launches into space". The New Zealand Herald. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ http://www.wickcandle.co.nz/index.html Official website for Earth Whisperer; accessed 4 January 2010
- ^ 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 18 April 2014.
External links[]
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