2000 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in New Zealand.

Population

Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,873,100.^[1]
Increase since 31 December 1999: 21,900 (0.57%).^[1]
Males per 100 Females: 96.3.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO^[2]

Government

The 46th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The Labour Party led by Helen Clark, in coalition with Alliance, led by Jim Anderton.

Speaker of the House – Jonathan Hunt
Prime Minister – Helen Clark
Deputy Prime Minister – Jim Anderton
Minister of Finance – Michael Cullen
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Phil Goff
Chief Justice — Sian Elias

Opposition leaders

See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand, New Zealand elections

National – Jenny Shipley (Leader of the Opposition)
Greens – Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
Act – Richard Prebble
New Zealand First – Winston Peters
United – Peter Dunne

Main centre leaders

Events

January

1 January: Broadcasts from the Chatham Islands and the New Zealand mainland are watched worldwide as New Zealand, by virtue of time zone, kicks off the worldwide millennium celebrations.

November

1 November: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes north-west of Te Anau, Southland.^[3]

Arts and literature

James Norcliffe wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
- Montana Medal: Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney
- Deutz Medal: Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex
- Reader's Choice: Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney
- First Book Awards
  - Fiction: Duncan Sarkies, Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds
  - Poetry: Glenn Colquhoun, The Art of Walking Upright
  - Non-Fiction: Pether Thomson, Kava in the Blood

See 2000 in art, 2000 in literature, Category:2000 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

This year of awards included a new category, ' Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation':^[4] Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.^[5]

Album of the Year: Stellar* – Mix
- Shihad – The General Electric
- Ardijah – Time
- Salmonella Dub – Killervision
- The Mutton Birds – Rain, Steam and Speed
Single of the Year: Stellar* – Violent
- AKA Brown – Something I Need
- Shihad – My Minds Sedate
- The Mutton Birds – Pulled Along By Love
- Breathe – Landslide
Top Male Vocalist: Jon Toogood – The General Electric (Shihad)
- Dave Dobbyn
- Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds)
Top Female Vocalist: Boh Runga – Mix (Stellar*)
- Betty-Anne Monga (Ardijah)
- Zara Clark (Deep Obsession)
Top Group: Stellar* – Mix
- Shihad – The General Electric
- Deep Obsession – Infinity
Most Promising Male Vocalist: Aaron Tokona (Weta)
- Sama Feo (AKA Brown)
- Conan Wilcox (Salmonella Dub)
Most Promising Female Vocalist: Vanessa Kelly – Infinity (Deep Obsession)
- Maybelle Galuvao (Ma-V-Elle)
- Lavina Williams (The Invasion Band / Ma-V-Elle)
Most Promising Group: Weta
- Breathe
- AKA Brown
International Achievement: Bic Runga
- Te Vaka
- Shihad
Best Video: Reuben Sutherland – My Mind's Sedate (Shihad)
- Marc Swadel – Birthday (The Stereo Bus)
- Jonathan King – Violent (Stellar*)
Best Producer: Tom Bailey & Stellar* – Mix
- Anthony Ioasa – Dream (TrueBliss)
- Malcolm Welsford – Landslide (Breathe)
Best Engineer: Luke Tomes – Mix (Stellar*)
- Sam Gibson – Rain Steam & Speed (The Mutton Birds)
- Paddy Free & Tiki Taane – Killervision (Salmonella Dub)
Best Jazz Album: Jason Jones – Subspace
- Mark De Clive-Lowe – Six Degrees
- Steve Sherriff – See What Happens
Best Classical Album: John Psathas – Rhythm Spike
- NZ National Youth Choir – Winds That Whisper
- Gareth Farr / NZSO – Te Papa
Best Country Album: The Warratahs – One of Two Things
- The Minstrel – Blaaack
- Rosy Parsons – Pride of Place
Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation (new category): Dave Dobbyn – Overnight Success: The Definitive Dave Dobbyn Collection
- Various – World Famous in New Zealand
- The Exponents – Hello, Love You, Goodbye
Best Folk Album: –
Best Gospel Album: The Lads – Lost at Sea
- The Invasion Band – Everything
- The Parachute Band – Adore
Best Mana Maori Album: Southside of Bombay – Live in Aotearoa
- Maisey Rika – 20 Favourite Maori Songs
- Hato Paora College – Hato Paora – 50 Years On
Best Mana Reo Album: Iwi – Iwi
- Maisey Rika – 20 Favourite Maori Songs
- Hato Paora College – Hato Paora – 50 Years On
- He Taonga Reo – Tahi/Rua'
Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss – Jennifer's House
- Janet Channon & Wendy Jensen – You've Got to Clap
- Janet Grierson and Kidz Choice Singers – Singing Is Fun
- Tessarose Productions – Sing A Song About The Body
Best Songwriter: Boh Runga – Violent (Stellar*)
- Salmonella Dub – For The Love of It (Salmonella Dub)
- Christopher Bands and Zara Clark – Cold (Deep Obsession)
Best Cover: Shihad & Karl Kippenberger – The General Electric
- Kimberley Renwick – Second Nature (Margaret Urlich)
- Gideon Keith and Seven – Infinity (Deep Obsession)
New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Grant Hislop – (ZM / Hauraki Auckland)
- Martin Good (Hits 89FM)
- Rodger Clamp (More FM Auckland)

See: 2000 in music, New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2000

Performing arts

Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Doug Aston.

Radio and television

1 July: Public Broadcasting Fee finishes. [1] Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine

See: 2000 in New Zealand television, 2000 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:2000 film awards, 2000 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:2000 films

Internet

See: NZ Internet History

Sport

See: 2000 in sports, Category:2000 in sports

Athletics

Mark Hutchinson wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:58 on 29 October in Auckland, while Melissa Moon claims her first in the women's championship (2:45:42).

Basketball

The NBL was won by the Auckland Stars who beat the Nelson Giants, 95–78 in the final.^[6]
The Women’s NBL was won by the Otago Breakers, who beat Waikato in the final, 75-69
The Tall Blacks lost all five pool games at the Olympic Men's tournament, then beat Angola in the classification game to finish 11th out of 12 teams.
The Tall Ferns lost all five pool games at the Olympic Women's tournament, then beat Senegal in the classification game to finish 11th out of 12 teams.

Cricket

New Zealand cricket team
The State Championship was won by the Northern Districts Knights

Golf

New Zealand Open, Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup: Yulestar^[7]
Auckland Trotting Cup: Flight South^[8]

Thoroughbred racing

Netball

Olympic Games

New Zealand sends a team of 151 competitors.
The medal tally is considered very disappointing and sparks a review of high-performance sports training programmes.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	0	3	4

Paralympics

New Zealand sends a team of 43 competitors.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
6	8	4	18

Rugby league

The inaugural Bartercard Cup was won by the Canterbury Bulls who defeated the Otahuhu Leopards 38–24 in the grand final.
The Auckland Warriors finished 13th of 14 teams in the NRL. The club was under severe financial pressure until purchased by Eric Watson after the season had ended and rebranded as the New Zealand Warriors.
27 April, New Zealand lost to Australia 0–52.
New Zealand competed in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, losing to Australia 12–40 in the final.

Rugby union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Super 12, National Provincial Championship, Category:All Blacks, Bledisloe Cup, Tri Nations Series, Ranfurly Shield

Shooting

Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt)^[9]

Soccer

The New Zealand National Soccer League was relaunched as a winter competition with 10 teams and finals playoffs. The winner was Napier City Rovers.
New Zealand placed second to Australia at the OFC Nations Cup tournament held in Tahiti
The Chatham Cup is won by Napier City Rovers who beat Central United 4–1 in the final.^[10]

Births

January–June

4 January – Veronica Wall, rower
9 January – Olivia McTaggart, pole vaulter
28 January – Zac Reid, swimmer
30 January – Benee, singer-songwriter
1 February – Llew Johnson, cricketer
7 February – Nadia Olla, association footballer
16 February – Matthew Palmer, association footballer
21 March – Max Chu, cricketer
24 March – Ben Lockrose, cricketer
1 May – Elijah Just, association footballer
5 May – Hannah Blake, association footballer
28 May – Risi Pouri-Lane, rugby sevens player^[11]
29 May – Chloe McMillan, freestyle skier
8 June – Jarrod McKay, cricketer
21 June – Dylan Brown, rugby league player
23 June – Starford To'a, rugby league player

July–December

10 July – Max Mata, association footballer
26 July – Thomasin McKenzie, actor
29 July – Marcus Armstrong, motor racing driver
2 August – Madeline Stewart, motor racing driver
27 August – Shylah Waikai, boxer
8 September – Spencer Leniu, rugby league player
21 September – Vengeance of Rain. Thoroughbred racehorse
27 September – Liberato Cacace, association footballer
5 October – Glamour Puss, Thoroughbred racehorse
13 October – Amelia Kerr, cricketer
21 October – Starcraft, Thoroughbred racehorse
26 October – Cut The Cake, Thoroughbred racehorse
7 November – Jesse Tashkoff, cricketer
12 December – Imogen Ayris, pole vaulter
20 December – Kyle Chen, boxer
29 December – Bernadette Doyle, water polo player
30 December – Tayla Alexander, singer

Deaths

January–March

23 January
- George Hoskins, athlete (born 1928)
- Bill Sutton, artist (born 1917)
28 January – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer (born 1924)
12 February – Ray Hrstich, professional wrestler (born 1920)
16 February – Ian Lythgoe, public servant (born 1914)
19 February – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist, and architect (born 1928)
2 March – Roger Capey, field hockey player (born 1945)
4 March – Michael Noonan, novelist and scriptwriter (born 1921)
16 March – Connie Purdue, trade unionist, anti-abortion activist (born 1912)
18 March – Tom Ah Chee, businessman (born 1928)
19 March – Alison Duff, sculptor (born 1914)
20 March – Dame Ruth Kirk, anti-abortion campaigner, wife of Norman Kirk (born 1922)
24 March – Rod MacKenzie, rugby union player (born 1909)

April–June

1 April – Dorothy Freed, author, composer and music historian (born 1919)
8 April – A. K. Grant, writer, satirist (born 1941)
12 April – Ronald Lockley, ornithologist, naturalist, author (born 1903)
17 April – Beau Zam, Throroughbred racehorse and sire (foaled 1984)
24 April
- John Beck, cricketer (born 1934)
- Pru Chapman, swimmer (born 1950)
30 April – Gwen Rix, diver (born 1918)
11 May – Gwyn Evans, association footballer (born 1935)
12 May – Dave Crowe, cricketer (born 1933)
14 May – Graeme Nesbitt, music, arts and radio promoter (born 1950)
30 May – Maurie Robertson, rugby league player and coach (born 1925)
31 May – Jock Barnes, trade unionist (born 1907)
1 June – Angela Annabell, musicologist (born 1929)
8 June – Lucy Cranwell, botanist (born 1907)
10 June – Archibald Graham, cricketer (born 1917)
11 June – Guy Bowers, rugby union player (born 1932)
17 June – Alex Moir, cricketer (born 1919)

July–September

1 July – Ray Forster, arachnologist, museum administrator (born 1922)
7 July – Dame Stella Casey, social issues campaigner (born 1924)
10 July – Norma Wilson, athlete (born 1909)
12 July – Peter Langloh Donkin, air force officer (born 1913)
24 July – Basil Dowling, poet (born 1910)
27 July – John Stoke, occupational health pioneer (born 1928)
3 September – Gordon Burgess, cricket player and administrator (born 1918)
13 September – Ronald Hemi, rugby union and cricket player (born 1933)
19 September – Humphrey Gould, rower, businessman (born 1927)
26 September – Maurice Heenan, lawyer, public servant (born 1912)

October–December

3 October – Herbert Moyle, cricketer (born 1922)
8 October – Harold Cameron, cricketer (born 1912)
10 October – Ken Bloxham, rugby union player (born 1954)
18 October – Bruce Biggs, Māori language academic (born 1921)
20 October – Ken Deas, cricketer (born 1927)
21 October – Alan Rowe, actor (born 1926)
22 October
- Iosefa Enari, opera singer (born 1954)
- Sir Joseph Ongley, cricket player and administrator, jurist (born 1918)
30 October – Norman Henderson, cricketer (born 1913)
8 November – Patricia Bartlett, pro-censorship activist (born 1928)
9 November – Bos Murphy, boxer (born 1924)
19 November – Pearl Savin, cricketer (born 1914)
21 November – Frank Dennis, cricketer (born 1907)
26 November – James Austin, meteorology academic (born 1915)
18 December – Stan Fox, motor racing driver (born 1952)
28 December – Douglas Bagnall, air force officer (born 1918)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012
^ "A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred 65 km north-west of Te Anau, New Zealand on Wed Nov 1 2000 11:35 PM. The quake was 9 kilometres deep and the shaking was moderate close to the quake". GeoNet. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ "2000 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ "Awards 2000". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ Basketball New Zealand » 2000
^ "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
^ "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
^ "Rugby Sevens | Athlete Profile: Risealeaana POURI-LANE - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

External links

Media related to 2000 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[:022-1] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[2] The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2012

[3] "A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred 65 km north-west of Te Anau, New Zealand on Wed Nov 1 2000 11:35 PM. The quake was 9 kilometres deep and the shaking was moderate close to the quake". GeoNet. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[4] "2000 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[5] "Awards 2000". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[6] Basketball New Zealand » 2000

[7] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[8] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "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.

[10] Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[11] "Rugby Sevens | Athlete Profile: Risealeaana POURI-LANE - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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