- 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: 97.3Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
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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
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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 atWaitangi 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 theNorth Island Main Trunk Railway is complete.
*1 July : The Government announces the return ofBastion Point to itsNgāti 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 VOCALISTShona Laing
*BEST GROUP Herbs
*MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Peter Marshall
*MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Mara Finau
*MOST PROMISING GROUP Holidaymakers
*INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTNeil Finn
*BEST VIDEO Fane Flaws - Sweet Lovers (Holidaymakers)
*BEST FILM SOUNDTRACKDalvanius Prime / Dave Hurley - Poi E
*BEST PRODUCER Nigel Stone – Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers)
*BEST ENGINEER Nigel Stone – Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers)
*BEST JAZZ ALBUMBeaver - Live At Ronnie Scott's
*BEST CLASSICAL ALBUMNZ Symphony Orchestra - Prodigal Country
*BEST FOLK ALBUM Mike Harding - From The Edge
*BEST COUNTRY ALBUMThe Warratahs - Only Game In Town
*BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Derek Lind - Strange Logic
*BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUMPatea Maori Club - Poi E
*BEST SONGWRITERRikki Morris - Nobody Else
*BEST COVER Lesley Maclean - Pagan in a Pagan LandSee:
1988 in music Radio and Television
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December 1 : TheBroadcasting Corporation of New Zealand is split intoRadio New Zealand andTelevision 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
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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 Dioceseport
:See:
1988 in sports , ,Summer Olympic Games (See andWinter Olympic Games ,Commonwealth Games (Check name).Athletics
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Paul Ballinger wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:05 onApril 30 inRotorua , whileJillian 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 leagueNew 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 SportsBirths
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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
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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 , 28thPrime Minister of New Zealand .
*11 September :Bernard Holman , artist.*
Brian Brake , photographer.References
ee also
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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":
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