2000 in New Zealand

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,873,100.
• Increase since 31 December 1999: 21,900.
• Males per 100 Females: 96.3.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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

Government

• 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

• [New Zealand New Zealand National Party|National Party|National] – Jenny Shipley
• Greens – Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act – Richard Prebble
• New Zealand First – Winston Peters
• United – Peter Dunne

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Christine Fletcher
• Mayor of Hamilton – Russ Rimmington
• Mayor of Wellington – Mark Blumsky
• Mayor of Christchurch – Garry Moore
• Mayor of Dunedin – Sukhi Turner

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.

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

Music

[New Zealand Music Awards]

• 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
• *Dave Dobbyn
• *Don McGlashan
• Top Female Vocalist: Boh Runga – Mix
• *Betty-Anne Monga
• *Zara Clark
• Top Group: Stellar* – Mix
• *Shihad – The General Electric
• *Deep Obsession – Infinity
• Most Promising Male Vocalist: Aaron Tokona
• *Sama Feo
• *Conan Wilcox
• Most Promising Female Vocalist: Vanessa Kelly – Infinity
• *Maybelle Galuvao
• *Lavina Williams
• Most Promising Group: Weta
• *Breathe
• *AKA Brown
• International Achievement: Bic Runga
• *Te Vaka
• *Shihad
• Best Video: Reuben Sutherland – My Mind's Sedate
• *Marc Swadel – Birthday
• *Jonathan King – Violent
• Best Producer: Tom Bailey & Stellar* – Mix
• *Anthony Ioasa – Dream
• *Malcolm Welsford – Landslide
• Best Engineer: Luke Tomes – Mix
• *Sam Gibson – Rain Steam & Speed
• *Paddy Free & Tiki Taane – Killervision
• 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 : 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
• *Salmonella Dub – For The Love of It
• *Christopher Bands and Zara Clark – Cold
• Best Cover: Shihad & Karl Kippenberger – The General Electric
• *Kimberley Renwick – Second Nature
• *Gideon Keith and Seven – Infinity
• New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Grant Hislop –
• *Martin Good
• *Rodger Clamp

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.

Film

• Jubilee
• Stickmen
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Price of Milk

Internet

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.

Basketball

• The NBL was won by the Auckland Stars who beat the Nelson Giants, 95–78 in the final.
• 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
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Flight South

Netball

• Silver Ferns
• National Bank Cup

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.

Paralympics

• New Zealand sends a team of 43 competitors.

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

Shooting

• Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman

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.

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
• 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
• * Bill Sutton, artist
• 28 January – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer
• 12 February – Ray Hrstich, professional wrestler
• 16 February – Ian Lythgoe, public servant
• 19 February – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist, and architect
• 2 March – Roger Capey, field hockey player
• 4 March – Michael Noonan, novelist and scriptwriter
• 16 March – Connie Purdue, trade unionist, anti-abortion activist
• 18 March – Tom Ah Chee, businessman
• 19 March – Alison Duff, sculptor
• 20 March – Dame Ruth Kirk, anti-abortion campaigner, wife of Norman Kirk
• 24 March – Rod MacKenzie, rugby union player

April–June

• 1 April – Dorothy Freed, author, composer and music historian
• 8 April – A. K. Grant, writer, satirist
• 12 April – Ronald Lockley, ornithologist, naturalist, author
• 17 April – Beau Zam, Throroughbred racehorse and sire
• 24 April
• * John Beck, cricketer
• * Pru Chapman, swimmer
• 30 April – Gwen Rix, diver
• 11 May – Gwyn Evans, association footballer
• 12 May – Dave Crowe, cricketer
• 14 May – Graeme Nesbitt, music, arts and radio promoter
• 30 May – Maurie Robertson, rugby league player and coach
• 31 May – Jock Barnes, trade unionist
• 1 June – Angela Annabell, musicologist
• 8 June – Lucy Cranwell, botanist
• 10 June – Archibald Graham, cricketer
• 11 June – Guy Bowers, rugby union player
• 17 June – Alex Moir, cricketer

July–September

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

October–December

• 3 October – Herbert Moyle, cricketer
• 8 October – Harold Cameron, cricketer
• 10 October – Ken Bloxham, rugby union player
• 18 October – Bruce Biggs, Māori language academic
• 20 October – Ken Deas, cricketer
• 21 October – Alan Rowe, actor
• 22 October
• * Iosefa Enari, opera singer
• * Sir Joseph Ongley, cricket player and administrator, jurist
• 30 October – Norman Henderson, cricketer
• 8 November – Patricia Bartlett, pro-censorship activist
• 9 November – Bos Murphy, boxer
• 19 November – Pearl Savin, cricketer
• 21 November – Frank Dennis, cricketer
• 26 November – James Austin, meteorology academic
• 18 December – Stan Fox, motor racing driver
• 28 December – Douglas Bagnall, air force officer