1988 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1988 in New Zealand.

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,345,200.[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1987: 3,100 (0.09%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 97.3.[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

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.
  • 17 October: Kmart opens its first store in Henderson, Auckland.[5]

Arts and literature

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

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[6]

  • 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[7]/ 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

Radio and television

  • 1 December: The
    Television New Zealand. The Avalon studio becomes a separate subsidiary of TVNZ. [1] Archived 22 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine

See:

TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See:

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

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

Union

Shooting

  • Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt)[10]

Soccer

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Exact date unknown

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
  • 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
  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ "West Coast Times". National Library of New Zealand.
  5. ^ "Kmart celebrates 20 years in New Zealand". Scoop. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Awards 1988". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  7. ^ "About Us". Poi E. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  8. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  9. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  11. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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