1988 in New Zealand

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The following events occurred in New Zealand in the year 1988.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,345,200.
• Increase since 31 December 1987: 3,100 (0.09%).
• Males per 100 females: 97.3.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO

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 until 14 December, then David Caygill
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Russell Marshall
• Chief Justice — Sir Ronald Davison

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Jim Bolger (National).

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Catherine Tizard
• Mayor of Hamilton – Ross Jansen
• Mayor of Wellington – Jim 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.
• 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.
• 5 September – Telecom extends mobile phone service to Christchurch.
• 17 October – Kmart opens its first store in Henderson, Auckland.

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

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR Dave Dobbyn – Loyal
  • Shona Laing – South
  • The Warratahs – Only game in Town
• SINGLE OF THE YEAR Holidaymakers–Sweet Lovers
  • Dave Dobyyn – Love You Like I Should
  • Tex Pistol / Rikki Morris – Nobody Else
• BEST MALE VOCALIST Dave Dobbyn
  • Herbs
  • Barry Saunders
• BEST FEMALE VOCALIST Shona Laing
  • Aishah
  • Annie Crummer
• BEST GROUP Herbs
  • The Chills
  • The Warratahs
• MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Peter Marshall
  • Rikki Morris
  • Thom Nepia
• MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Mara Finau
  • Tracey Birnie
  • Helen Mulholland
• MOST PROMISING GROUP Holidaymakers
  • Straightjacket Fits
  • The Tunnellers
• INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Neil Finn
  • The Chills
  • Shona Laing
• BEST VIDEO Fane Flaws – Sweet Lovers (Holidaymakers)
  • Janine Morell – Haere Mai
  • Paul Middleditch – Nobody Else
• BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Dalvanius Prime / Dave Hurley – Poi E
  • Dalvanius / Ginane / Smith – Ngati
• BEST PRODUCER Nigel Stone–Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers)
  • Tex Pistol – Nobody Else
  • Stephen McCurdy/ Shona Laing/ Graeme Myhre – South
• BEST ENGINEER Nigel Stone–Holidaymakers (Holidaymakers)
  • Rhys Moody – Brazier'
  • Rhys Moody/ Doug Rogers – Sensation
• BEST JAZZ ALBUM Beaver – Live at Ronnie Scott's
  • Frank Gibsons Jazz Mobile – Spreading The Word
  • Sustenance – Sustenance 3
• BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra – Prodigal Country
  • NZ Symphony Orchestra – War and Peace/ Jack Winters Dream
• BEST FOLK ALBUM Mike Harding – From The Edge
  • Wayne Gillespie – Hearts For
  • David Hollis – With Love
• BEST COUNTRY ALBUM The Warratahs – Only Game in Town
  • Patsy Riggir – The Best OF (Plus Four)
  • Al Hunter – Jealous Guy
• BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Derek Lind – Strange Logic
  • Barry McGuire – Sailing Free
  • Stephen Bell Booth – Timeless
• BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM Pātea Māori Club – Poi E
  • Kahurangi – Magically Maori
  • Dalvanius Prime/ Patea Maori/ Moana/ Dave Dobbyn Guinney/ Kara Pewhairangi – Ngoi Ngoi
• BEST SONGWRITER Rikki Morris – Nobody Else
  • Hona/ Lundon/ Cassells – Listen
  • Dave Dobbyn – Love You Like I Should
• BEST COVER Lesley Maclean – Pagan in a Pagan Land
  • John Collie – Bird Dog
  • Susan Pryor – You Don't Need Me

See: 1988 in music

Performing arts

• Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Alma Woods MBE and Ricky May.

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] Archived 22 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine

See: 1988 in New Zealand television, 1988 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

Programme debuts

• 25 July – Neighbours (Network 2)

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

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
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Luxury Liner – 2nd win

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics

Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics

• New Zealand sends a team of 83 competitors in 16 sports.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3	2	8	13

Winter Olympics

Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Winter Olympics

• New Zealand sends a team of nine competitors across three sports.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	0	0

Paralympic Games

Summer Paralympics

Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	4	11	17

Winter Paralympics

Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

• New Zealand sends a team of three competitors in one sport.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	1	0	1

Rugby

League

• 17 July – The 1988 Great Britain Lions tour concludes with New Zealand defeating Great Britain in a Test match at Addington Showground, Christchurch before a crowd of 8,525.
• 9 October – In the 1988 Rugby League World Cup final Australia defeats New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland before a crowd of 47,363.

Shooting

• Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt)

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).

Births

January

• 2 January – Joseph Paulo, rugby league player
• 3 January – Steven Kent, swimmer
• 4 January – Peter Saili, rugby union player
• 6 January – Esther Lanser, cricketer
• 11 January – Andre Taylor, rugby union player
• 12 January – Ben Afeaki, rugby union player
• 15 January – Riki Hoeata, rugby union player
• 17 January – Kade Poki, rugby union player
• 18 January – Andrew Wheeler, basketball player
• 20 January – Rushlee Buchanan, cyclist
• 23 January – Shaun Kenny-Dowall, rugby league player

February

• 1 February – Katie Duncan, association footballer
• 2 February – Kieron Fonotia, rugby union player
• 3 February – Daniel O'Regan, rugby league player
• 7 February – Mataupu Poching, rugby league player
• 8 February
  • Graham Oberlin-Brown, rower
• 13 February – Eddy Pettybourne, rugby league player
• 15 February
  • Sam Anderson-Heather, rugby union player
  • Claire Garrood, cricketer
• 16 February
  • James Baker, cricketer
  • Sarah Murphy, biathlete
• 20 February – Troy Garton, boxer
• 23 February – Ashley Cooper, singer
• 24 February
  • Levi Hanssen, association footballer
  • Emma Hayman, tennis player
• 25 February – Lagi Setu, rugby league and rugby union player

March

• 6 March
  • Marina Erakovic, tennis player
  • Frank Halai, rugby union player
• 8 March – Hannah Broederlow, netball player
• 9 March – Ash Moeke, rugby union player
• 10 March – Josh Hoffman, rugby league player
• 17 March – Patrick Ah Van, rugby league player
• 18 March – Grace Rasmussen, netball player
• 20 March – Sonny Fai, rugby league player
• 21 March – Anthony Cherrington, rugby league player
• 23 March – Suaia Matagi, rugby league player
• 24 March – Matt Todd, rugby union player
• 30 March – Petrea Webster, field hockey player
• 31 March – Curtis McGrath, canoeist

April

• 5 April – Quade Cooper, rugby union player
• 14 April
  • Francis Mossman, actor
  • Dan Pryor, rugby union player
• 16 April – Simon Child, field hockey player
• 18 April
  • Sam Belkin, amateur wrestler
  • Erin Bermingham, cricketer
• 21 April – Niall Williams, rugby union and touch player
• 24 April – Junior Tia-Kilifi, rugby league player
• 25 April – Liam Foran, rugby league player

May

• 3 May – Brent Renouf, Australian rules footballer
• 4 May – Westley Gough, cyclist
• 5 May
  • Jaimee Lovett, canoeist
  • Ant Pedersen, motor racing driver
• 6 May
  • Evie, professional wrestler
  • Rhys Phillips, cricketer
• 11 May – Stephen Paea, American football player
• 13 May – Trent Renata, rugby union player
• 16 May
  • Marty Kain, cricketer
  • Daniel Quigley, rowing coxswain
• 17 May – Scott Curry, rugby union player
• 20 May – Nikki Hamblin, athlete
• 29 May – Tom Furniss, comedian
• 30 May – Antonio Winterstein, rugby league player

June

• 1 June – Natalie Rooney, sports shooter
• 6 June – Israel Dagg, rugby union player
• 8 June – Charlotte Kight, netball player
• 19 June – Grayson Hart, rugby union player
• 23 June – Nick McLennan, rugby union player
• 24 June – Ryan Sissons, triathlete
• 25 June – Eliana Rubashkyn, transgender refugee
• 28 June – Alana Millington, field hockey player

July

• 1 July – Kendra Cocksedge, cricketer and rugby union player
• 3 July
  • Cole Peverley, association footballer
  • Winston Reid, association footballer
• 6 July
  • Andrew de Boorder, cricketer
  • Jesse Sergent, cyclist
• 7 July – Katie Perkins, cricketer
• 8 July – Mike Harris, rugby union player
• 10 July – Sarah Walker, BMX rider
• 11 July – Paula Griffin, netball player
• 13 July – Robbie Fruean, rugby union player
• 16 July – Lyndon Sheehan, freestyle skier
• 18 July – Andrew Horrell, rugby union player
• 20 July – B. J. Anthony, basketball player
• 21 July – Julian Matthews, athlete
• 26 July
  • Derek Carpenter, rugby union player
  • Tetera Faulkner, rugby union player
• 27 July – John Hardie, rugby union player
• 31 July
  • Alex Glenn, rugby league player
  • Brackin Karauria-Henry, rugby union player

August

• 1 August
  • Tim Perry, rugby union player
  • Bodene Thompson, rugby league player
• 6 August – Kayla McAlister, netball and rugby union player
• 8 August – Brad Cachopa, cricketer
• 12 August – Suliasi Taufalele, rugby union player
• 14 August – Dave Thomas, rugby union player
• 15 August – Nasi Manu, rugby union player
• 18 August – Michael Boxall, association footballer
• 22 August – Sarah Major, actor
• 24 August
  • Cathryn Finlayson, field hockey player
  • Manu Maʻu, rugby league player
• 28 August – Kane Hames, rugby union player
• 29 August
  • Fritz Lee, rugby union player
  • Lewis Marshall, rugby union player

September

• 1 September – Ash Dixon, rugby union player
• 4 September – David Eade, rower
• 5 September – Jackson Willison, rugby union player
• 7 September – Tevita Koloamatangi, rugby union player
• 14 September
  • Callum Gibbins, rugby union player
  • Sean Maitland, rugby union player
• 16 September – Nathaniel Neale, rugby league player
• 17 September – Michael Fitzgerald, association footballer
• 18 September – Joe Moody, rugby union player
• 19 September – Rebecca Spence, triathlete
• 22 September – Jeet Raval, cricketer
• 23 September
  • Hayley Crofts, netball player
  • Ryan Crotty, rugby union player
• 25 September
  • Quentin MacDonald, rugby union player
  • Josh Rowland, rugby union player
• 30 September – Joelle King, squash player

October

• 3 October – Helen Collins, association footballer
• 4 October – Mitchey Greig, freestyle skier
• 5 October – Luke Braid, rugby union player
• 7 October
  • Kurt Baker, rugby union player
  • Michael Leitch, rugby union player
• 10 October – Rose McIver, actor
• 12 October – Sam Whitelock, rugby union player
• 14 October – Terefe Ejigu, athlete
• 16 October
  • Fiona Bourke, rower
  • Karl Filiga, rugby league player
• 18 October – Luuka Jones, slalom canoeist
• 19 October – Naturalism, Thoroughbred racehorse
• 27 October – Rodney Ah You, rugby union player
• 29 October
  • Roman Van Uden, cyclist
  • Kayne Vincent, association footballer

November

• 1 November
  • Nick Barrett, rugby union player
  • Hamish Carson, athlete
• 4 November – Paea Faʻanunu, rugby union player
• 8 November – Shaun Teasdale, archer
• 10 November
  • Lord Gyllene, Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Jeremy Su'a, rugby union player
• 14 November – Mitchell Crosswell, rugby union player
• 18 November – Lucy Oliver, athlete
• 20 November – Vicky Rodewyk, actor, model and dancer
• 21 November – Aaron Smith, rugby union player
• 22 November – Tu'u Maori, rugby league player
• 23 November – Tony Goodin, cricketer
• 25 November – Mat Luamanu, rugby union player
• 28 November
  • Daniel Kirkpatrick, rugby union player
  • Nic Mayhew, rugby union player
  • Christy Prior, snowboarder
• 29 November – Corey Webster, basketball player
• 30 November – Edward Purcell, rugby league player

December

• 1 December – Taione Vea, rugby union player
• 7 December – James Marshall, rugby union player
• 8 December – Simon van Velthooven, cyclist
• 11 December – Tim Southee, cricketer
• 12 December – Isaac John, rugby league player
• 13 December – James Tamou, rugby league player
• 16 December – Robin Cheong, taekwando competitor
• 17 December – Steve Rapira, rugby league player

Exact date unknown

• Eli Kent, playwright and actor
• Sam McCarthy, songwriter and musician

Deaths

January–February

• 2 January – Bill Crawford-Compton, World War II air ace, air force commander (born 1915)
• 10 January – Ron King, rugby union player and selector (born 1909)
• 11 January – Arthur Collins, rugby union player (born 1906)
• 9 February – Zelma Roberts, writer (born 1915)
• 17 February – Reginald Uren, architect (born 1906)
• 23 February – Charlie Jackman, cricketer (born 1906)
• 29 February – Sister Mary Gabriel, nun, pharmacist (born 1904)

March–April

• 16 March – Harold Turbott, medical practitioner, public health administrator, broadcaster and writer (born 1899)
• 23 March – Cyril Walter, cricketer, field hockey player and coach, sports writer (born 1912)
• 30 March – Sir Donald McKay, politician (born 1908)
• 7 April – Christopher Rollinson, boxer (born 1928)
• 16 April – Doug Mudgway, amateur wrestler (born 1924)
• 17 April – Ormond Wilson, politician (born 1907)

May–June

• 9 May – Robert Alexander, cricketer (born 1911)
• 14 May – Fred Atkins, professional wrestler (born 1910)
• 22 May – Leslie Stephen-Smith, cricketer (born 1904)
• 24 May – Tom Burtt, cricketer (born 1915)
• 26 May – Neta Neale, theatre director, speech and drama teacher (born 1904)
• 27 May – Alwyn Warren, Anglican bishop, university chancellor (born 1900)
• 28 May – Evelyn Page, artist (born 1899)
• 1 June – Ricky May, musician (born 1943)
• 3 June – Christabel Robinson, vocational guidance and community worker (born 1898)
• 4 June – Elizabeth Turnbull, woollen mill worker (born 1885)
• 5 June – Brian Ashby, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1923)
• 17 June – Cyril Crawford, cricketer (born 1902)
• 24 June
  • Alexander Astor, rabbi, community leader (born 1900)
  • Anthony Rohrs, cricketer (born 1961)
• 25 June – Neville Pickering, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1971–74) (born 1923)
• 30 June – Hubert Ryburn, university administrator (born 1897)

July–August

• 8 July – Enga Washbourn, artist and writer (born 1908)
• 12 July – Robert Monteith, cricket umpire (born 1937)
• 18 July – Ralph Bulmer, ethnobiologist (born 1928)
• 21 July – Dame Cecily Pickerill, plastic surgeon (born 1903)
• 24 July – May Smith, painter, engraver, textile designer (born 1906)
• 1 August – G. S. Carter, surveyor and road engineer (born 1910)
• 4 August – Brian Brake, photographer (born 1927)
• 5 August – Nora Sipos, humanitarian and welfare worker (born 1900)
• 28 August – Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (born 1910)
• 30 August – Sir Jack Marshall, politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1912)
• 31 August – Ivan Tomašević, political activist (born 1897)

September–October

• 4 September – Rona Stevenson, politician (born 1911)
• 6 September – Mary Martin, netball player (born 1915)
• 11 September – Bernard Holman, artist (born 1941)
• 13 September – Ron Rangi, rugby union player (born 1941)
• 17 September – Jim Watt, rugby union player, paediatrics academic (born 1914)
• 9 October – Bob Goslin, boxer (born 1927)
• 31 October – Gwen Somerset, teacher, adult education director, educationalist, writer (born 1894)

November–December

• 1 November – Louis Johnson, poet (born 1924)
• 4 November – Saul Goldsmith, political candidate (born 1911)
• 7 November
  • Aubrey Begg, politician (born 1929)
  • Sir Douglas Carter, politician (born 1908)
• 12 November – Pat Perrin, potter (born 1921)
• 28 November – Robert Stewart, sailor (born 1906)
• 29 November – Thomas Lemin, cricketer (born 1905)
• 5 December – Monica McKenzie, dietitian (born 1905)
• 8 December
  • Airini Grennell, singer, pianist, broadcaster (born 1910)
  • Sir Andrew McKee, air force leader (born 1902)
• 10 December – Beau Cottrell, rugby union player, Rotarian (born 1907)
• 16 December – John Cameron, cricketer (born 1898)
• 21 December
  • Bruce Ferguson, army officer (born 1917)
  • Charlie Peek, child welfare administrator, billiards player (born 1904)
• 27 December – William Fea, rugby union and squash player (born 1898)

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

External links

Media related to 1988 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons