1988 in New Zealand

1988 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 (1988) • 1989 • 1990 • 1991

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,345,200^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1987: 3,100 (0.09%)
• Males per 100 Females: 97.3

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO^[2]

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).^[3]

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.^[4]
• 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 between Hamilton and Palmerston North is completed.
• 1 July: The Government announces the return of Bastion Point to its Ngāti Whātua owners.
• 1 July: Commercial TV goes 7 days a week, except Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day.

Arts and literature

• John Dickson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1988 in art, 1988 in literature, Category:1988 books

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

• 1 December: 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. [1]

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

Film

• Illustrious Energy
• Mauri
• Send a Gorilla
• The Grasscutter
• The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey

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

Internet

See: 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

Sport

Athletics

• Paul Ballinger wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:05 on 30 April in Rotorua, while Jillian Costley claims her second in the women's championship (2:39:20).

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Luxury Liner^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Luxury Liner - 2nd win^[6]

Thoroughbred racing

Olympic games

• New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Waikato United who beat Christchurch United on the basis of away goals (2-2 and 1-1 in a two-leg final).^[7]

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.

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

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

References

External links

Media related to 1988 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons