The following lists events that happened during 2000 in New Zealand.
Population Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,873,100. Increase since 31 December 1999: 21,900 (0.57%). Males per 100 Females: 96.3.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Michael Hardie Boys
Government Legislature term: 46th New Zealand Parliament.
The Fifth Labour Government, elected in 1999, continues.
Speaker of the House – Jonathan Hunt Prime Minister – Helen Clark Deputy Prime Minister – Jim Anderton Leader of the House – Michael Cullen Minister of Finance – Michael Cullen Minister of Foreign Affairs – Phil Goff
Other party leaders in parliament
National – Jenny Shipley (Leader of the Opposition) Greens – Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald Act – Richard Prebble New Zealand First – Winston Peters United – Peter Dunne
Judiciary Chief Justice — Sian Elias
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
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': Winners are shown first with nominees underneath. 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.
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 Jubilee Stickmen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Price of Milk
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.Basketball New Zealand » 2000 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 SouthAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Thoroughbred racing
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. Total 1 0 3 4
Paralympics
New Zealand sends a team of 43 competitors. 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)
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.Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
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 (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)