1988 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,345,200 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1987: 3,100 (0.09%)
* Males per 100 Females: 97.3

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor-General - The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 42nd New Zealand Parliament continued. The fourth Labour Party government was in power.

*Speaker of the House - Kerry Burke
*Prime Minister - David Lange
*Deputy Prime Minister - Geoffrey Palmer
*Minister of Finance - Roger Douglas
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Russell Marshall

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Jim Bolger (National). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Catherine Tizard
*Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
*Mayor of Wellington - James Belich
*Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
*Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs

Events

*The number of unemployed reaches 100,000.
*The Federation of Labour and Combined State Unions merge to form the Council of Trade Unions.
*New Zealand Post closed 432 post offices.
*Fisheries quota package announced for Mäori iwi.
*The "Hokitika Guardian and Star" ceases publication. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.WCT|title=West Coast Times|publisher=National Library of New Zealand]
*6 February: Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi are suspended.
*7 March: Cyclone Bola strikes the East Coast of the North Island
*30 March: The State Sector Act is passed to reform the Public Service.
*April: The Royal Commission on Social Policy issues its report.
*5 April: Gibbs Report ("Unshackling the Hospitals") released.
*May: Picot Report on educational administration released.
*June: The electrification of the North Island Main Trunk Railway is complete.
*1 July: The Government announces the return of Bastion Point to its Ngāti Whātua owners.

Arts and literature

*John Dickson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1988 in art, 1988 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR Dave Dobbyn - Loyal
*SINGLE OF THE YEAR Holidaymakers – Sweet Lovers
*BEST MALE VOCALIST Dave Dobbyn
*BEST FEMALE VOCALIST Shona Laing
*BEST GROUP Herbs
*MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Peter Marshall
*MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Mara Finau
*MOST PROMISING GROUP Holidaymakers
*INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Neil Finn
*BEST VIDEO Fane Flaws - Sweet Lovers (Holidaymakers)
*BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Dalvanius Prime / Dave Hurley - Poi E
*BEST PRODUCER Nigel Stone – Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers)
*BEST ENGINEER Nigel Stone – Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers)
*BEST JAZZ ALBUM Beaver - Live At Ronnie Scott's
*BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra - Prodigal Country
*BEST FOLK ALBUM Mike Harding - From The Edge
*BEST COUNTRY ALBUM The Warratahs - Only Game In Town
*BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Derek Lind - Strange Logic
*BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM Patea Maori Club - Poi E
*BEST SONGWRITER Rikki Morris - Nobody Else
*BEST COVER Lesley Maclean - Pagan in a Pagan Land

See: 1988 in music

Radio and Television

*December 1: The Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand is split into Radio New Zealand and Television New Zealand. The Avalon studio becomes a separate subsidiary of TVNZ. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

See: 1988 in New Zealand television, 1988 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , TV3 (New Zealand), , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Illustrious Energy
*Mauri
*Send a Gorilla
*The Grasscutter
*

See: , 1988 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Internet

See: [http://www.wlug.org.nz/NewZealandInternetHistory NZ Internet History]

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
*Archbishop of New Zealand
*Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

port

:See: 1988 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

* Paul Ballinger wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:05 on April 30 in Rotorua, while Jillian Costley claims her second in the women's championship (2:39:20).
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
*Gold: New Zealand Open , Check in overseas tourniments.
*Horse racing: See , list winners.
*Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
*Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
*Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
*Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
*Other Sports

Births

* 8 February: Mathieu Wilson, figure skater.
* 23 February: Ashley Cooper, singer.
* 6 March (in Croatia): Marina Erakovic, tennis player.
* 16 April: Simon Child, field hockey player.
* 11 July: Paula Griffin, netball player.
* 31 July: Brackin Karauria-Henry, rugby player.

Deaths

* 11 January: Arthur Collins, rugby player.
* 24 May: Tom Burtt, cricketer.
* 1 June: Ricky May, musician.
* 28 August: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer.
* 30 August: Jack Marshall, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
* 11 September: Bernard Holman, artist.

* Brian Brake, photographer.

References

ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

"For world events and topics in 1988 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1988