1994 in New Zealand

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1994 in New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1994 in New Zealand.

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,648,300[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1993: 50,400 (1.40%)
  • Males per 100 Females: 97.2

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 44th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger.

Opposition leaders

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

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

See 1994 in art, 1994 in literature, Category:1994 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[3][4]

  • Album of the Year: Straitjacket Fits – Blow
    • Strawpeople – World Service
    • The 3Ds – Venus Trail
  • Single of the Year: Headless Chickens – Juice / Chopper
    • Strawpeople – Love Explodes
    • Straitjacket Fits – Cat Inna Can
  • Best Male Vocalist: Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits)
    • Jon Toogood (Shihad)
    • Chris Matthews
  • Best Female Vocalist: Fiona McDonald (Headless Chickens)
    • Annie Crummer
    • Shona Laing
  • Best Group: Headless Chickens
    • Strawpeople
    • Straitjacket Fits
  • Most Promising Male Vocalist: Matty J (Matty J and the Soul Syndicate)
    • Michael Gregg & Brendan Gregg
    • Jason Ioasa
  • Most Promising Female Vocalist: Emma Paki
    • Jan Preston
    • Rima Te Wiata
  • Most Promising Group: Urban Disturbance
    • Holy Toledos
    • 3Ds
  • International Achievement: Crowded House
    • Straitjacket Fits
    • Headless Chickens
  • Best Video: Matt Noonan / Josh Frizzell – System Virtue (Emma Paki)
    • Fane Flaws – The Beautiful Things (Front Lawn)
    • Johnny Ogilvie – Mr Moon (Headless Chickens)
  • Best Producer: Strawpeople – World Service
    • Stuart Pearce – Pacifico (Kantuta)
    • Jaz Coleman – Churn (Shihad)
  • Best Engineer: Malcolm WelsfordChurn (Shihad)
    • Malcolm Wellsford – You Gotta Know (Supergroove)
    • Graeme Myhre – Travellin' On (Midge Marsden)
  • Best Jazz Album: Freebass – Raw
    • Bluespeak – Late Last Night
    • Nairobi Trio – Through The Clouds
  • Best Classical Album: Dame Malvina Major – Casta Diva
    • NZ Symphony Orchestra – The Three Symphonies/ Douglas Lilburn
    • Tamas Vesmas – Eastern European Piano Music
  • Best Country Album: Al Hunter – The Singer
    • The Warratahs – Big Sky
    • Patsy Riggir – My Little Corner of the World
  • Best Folk Album: Steve McDonald – Sons of Somerled
    • Adam Bell – Summerland
    • Beverly Young – It's Then I Wish
  • Best Gospel Album: Stephen Bell-Booth – Undivided
    • Woodford House Chapel Choir – Celebration
    • Monica O'Hagan – His Love
    • Andrew & Saskia Smith – The Gemcutter
  • Polynesian Album of the Year: Pasifik MX – Manuiri
    • Andre Tapena – It's Raro
    • Mana – Mana
  • Best Songwriter: Emma Paki – System Virtue
    • Stephen Bell-Booth – Undivided
    • Greg Johnson – Winter Song
  • Best Cover: Brett Graham – Te Rangatahi
    • Johnny Pain & Jonathan King – Drinking With Judas (Hallelujah Picassos)
    • Chris Knox – Duck Shaped Pain and Gum

See: 1994 in music

Radio and Television

  • TV 2 begins 24-hour/7-day programming.[5]
  • Newstalk ZB begins broadcasting nationwide.
  • The Classic Hits brand is rolled out nationwide when heritage stations operated by Radio New Zealand are rebranded as Classic Hits originally retaining local programming.

See: List of TVNZ television programming, TV3 (New Zealand), Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1994 film awards, 1994 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1994 films

Internet

See: NZ Internet History

Sport

Athletics

  • Paul Smith wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:12 on 30 April in Rotorua, while Nyla Carroll claims her first in the women's championship (2:37:37).

Basketball

  • The NBL was won by Nelson

Commonwealth Games

 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
5 16 20 41

Cricket

Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team, Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Cricket World Cup

Golf

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

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Olympic Games

  • New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in two sports.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0

Paralympic Games

  • New Zealand sends a team of seven competitors in one sport.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
3 0 3 6

Rugby league

Rugby union

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

Shooting

  • Ballinger Belt –
    • Andy Luckman (United Kingdom)
    • John Whiteman (Upper Hutt), sixth, top New Zealander[8]

Soccer

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Full date unknown

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

  • 9 October – Bill Fox, politician (born 1899)
  • 10 October – Nola Luxford, Hollywood actress (born 1895)
  • 15 October – Avis Acres, artist, writer, illustrator, conservationist (born 1910)
  • 24 October – Sir Guy Powles, diplomat, Ombudsman (born 1905)
  • 26 October
  • 28 October – Jock Richardson, rugby union player (born 1899)
  • 29 October – Gordon Cochrane, pilot (born 1916)
  • 2 November – John Nimmo, cricketer (born 1910)
  • 22 November – Charles Upham, soldier (born 1908)
  • 6 December – Laura Ingram, community leader, local-body politician (born 1912)
  • 10 December – James Healy, geologist (born 1910)
  • 12 December – Frederick Turnovsky, manufacturer, entrepreneur, arts advocate (born 1916)
  • 16 December – Les Gandar, politician, diplomat (born 1919)
  • 24 December – Louise Sutherland, cyclist (born 1926)
  • 26 December – Sybil Lupp, mechanic, motor racing driving, garage proprietor (born 1916)
  • 27 December – Jimmy Kemp, cricketer (born 1918)

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. ^ "Awards 1994". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ "1994 New Zealand Music Awards". Web page. RIANZ. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  5. ^ http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf
  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

See also


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