List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1999 in New Zealand .
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,851,100.
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Increase since 31 December 1998: 22,500 (0.57%).
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Males per 100 Females: 96.5.
[1]
The
45th New Zealand Parliament continued. until the
general election , held 27 November for the
46th New Zealand Parliament starting 10 December. The governing
National Party was defeated.
The Labour Party , led by
Helen Clark , in coalition with
Alliance , led by
Jim Anderton , formed the new government.
See:
Category:Parliament of New Zealand ,
New Zealand elections
See
1999 in art ,
1999 in literature ,
Category:1999 books
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.
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Album of the Year:
The Feelers - Supersystem
Che Fu - 2b S Pacific
Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
Single of the Year:
Che Fu - Scene III
The Feelers - Venus
Ardijah - Love So Right
Top Male Vocalist:
Neil Finn
Top Female Vocalist: Betty-Anne Monga (Ardijah)
Sulata Foai (Te Vaka)
Alesha Siosiua (Urban Pacifika)
Top Group:
The Feelers
Most Promising Male Vocalist: Andrew Tilby (Breathe)
King Kapisi
Nathan King (Zed)
Most Promising Female Vocalist: Boh Runga (
Stellar* )
Liz Faalogo (NV)
Sina Saipaia
Most Promising Group: Stellar*
International Achievement:
Bic Runga
Best Music Video: Reuben Sutherland Wait & See (Shihad)
Sima & Makerita Urale- Sub Cranium Feeling (King Kapisi)
Mark Tierney & Fiona Champtloup - Unlikely (NV)
Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford & The Feelers - Supersystem
Eddie Raynor - ENZSO 2
Che Fu & Andy Morton - 2b Spacific (Che Fu)
Best Engineer: Andy Morton - 2BS Pacific (
Che Fu )
Sam Gibson - Try Whistling This (Neil Finn)
Malcolm Welsford - Supersystem (The Feelers)
Best Jazz Album: Chris White / Aaron Nevezie Quartet - Take Me With You
Wil Sargisson - Steppin'Out
Rodger Fox Quartet - Back To Being One
Best Classical Album: Alexander Ivashkin - Under The Southern Cross
Tamas Vesmas - Debussy, Bartok Piano Music
New Zealand String Quartet - Bartok The Six Quartets
Best Country Album: Barry Saunders - Magnetic South
Glen Moffat - A Place To Play
Home Tonight - Coalrangers
Best Folk Album: Windy City Strugglers - On Top of the World
Gallowglass - Sparven
Philip Riley & Jayne Elleson - The Blessing Tree
Best Gospel Album: Parachute Band - Always & Forever
Debbie Harwood and Friends - Angels - The New Zealand Christmas Album
Steve Apirana - It's Inevitable
Best Mana Maori Album: Moana and the Moa Hunters - Rua
Hori Chapman - Toku Reo
Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere -National Champions
Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
Best Mana Reo Album: Traditional Waiata - He Waiata Onemata (Songs From the Past)
Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
Moana & The Moahunters - Rua
Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere National Champions
Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss - Jennifer's Garden
David LaPlance - A Hand Full of Songs
Universal Children's Audio - Kori Kori / Busi Bodies / Lue Lue Mai
Tessarose Productions - Dancing to the Beat Volume 2
Best Songwriter: James Reid - Venus (The Feelers)
Best Cover: Elroy Finn -
Try Whistling This (
Neil Finn )
Marcus Ringrose - Supersystem (The Feelers)
Mark Roach & Andrew Durno - HLAH IV: Are You Gonna Kiss It Or Shoot It? (HLAH)
New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Melanie Wise - Q92FM Queenstown
Tony Neilsen -Radio Otago Group
Jo Hampton - NRG FM
Robert Taylor - Radio Hauraki
See:
1999 in music
See:
1999 in New Zealand television ,
1999 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
See:
Category:1999 film awards ,
1999 in film ,
List of New Zealand feature films ,
Cinema of New Zealand ,
Category:1999 films
See:
NZ Internet History
Phil Costley wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:43 on 24 October in
Auckland , while
Gabrielle O'Rourke claims her second as well in the women's championship (2:38:47).
Various Tours,
New Zealand cricket team
1999 Cricket World Cup held in England: New Zealand finished third in its pool and fourth in the super-six round before being beaten by Pakistan in the first semifinal.
The
Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up.
New Zealand Open
Category:New Zealand golfers
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ,
Ballinger Belt – Rick Fincham (Upper Hutt)
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7 January –
Scott Gregory , rugby union player
16 January –
Michael Woud , association footballer
18 January
20 January –
Sarpreet Singh , association footballer
27 January –
Kaleb Trask , rugby union player
19 February –
Jacqui Hand , association footballer
23 February –
Emily Shearman , cyclist
25 February –
Nando Pijnaker , association footballer
6 March –
Mawene Hiroti , rugby league player
12 March –
Murray Taulagi , rugby league player
23 March –
Danny Toala , rugby union player
29 March –
Caleb Clarke , rugby union player
3 April –
Chanel Harris-Tavita , rugby league player
4 April –
Lwamba Chileshe , squash player
10 April –
Grace Jale , association footballer
15 April –
Dalton Wilkins , association footballer
19 April –
Connor Garden-Bachop , rugby union player
22 April –
Finn Allen , cricketer
27 April –
Joe Bell , association footballer
30 April
10 May –
Quinn Tupaea , rugby union player
13 May –
Alex Greive , association footballer
14 May
8 June –
Dane Ingham , association footballer
13 June –
Maddi Wesche , shot putter
29 June –
Madison Doar , field hockey player
7 October –
Kate Heffernan , cricketer
11 October –
Leicester Fainga'anuku , rugby union player
17 October –
Gabrielle Fa'amausili , swimmer
28 October –
Campbell Pithie , cyclist
30 October –
Caleb Muntz , rugby union player
9 November
10 November –
Matthew Fisher , cricketer
16 November
17 November –
Ronaldo Mulitalo , rugby league player
18 November –
Rachin Ravindra , cricketer
29 November –
Bobbi Gichard , swimmer
5 December –
William Stedman , athlete
12 December –
Jakob Bhula , cricketer
19 December –
Elsu , Standardbred racehorse
20 December –
Cullen Grace , rugby union player
30 December
31 December
13 April –
Ortvin Sarapu , chess player (born 1924)
19 April –
Doug Dillon , jurist (born 1924)
28 April –
Harold Wellman , geologist (born 1909)
29 April –
Barbara Bevege , cricketer (born 1942)
30 April –
Bruce Jesson , journalist, republican activist, politician (born 1944)
9 May –
Jeff Whittington , murder victim (born 1985)
12 May –
Dan Walls , theoretical physics academic (born 1942)
17 May –
Chris Corne , linguist (born 1942)
21 May –
Yvonne Lawley , actor (born 1913)
22 May –
Maxwell Fernie , organist, music teacher and conductor (born 1910)
10 June – SIr
Leonard Thornton , army officer (born 1916)
12 June –
Gerry Clark , sailer, writer, ornithologist (born 1927)
25 June –
Bill Rapson , chemist (born 1912)
5 July –
22 July –
Syd Jensen , motorcycle racer, motor racing driver (born 1922)
24 July –
Rona McKenzie , cricketer (born 1922)
2 August –
Charles Rappolt , politician (born 1939)
9 August –
Les Riley , cricketer (born 1948)
10 August –
Jens Hansen , jeweller (born 1940)
12 August –
Wilfrid Kalaugher , athlete, cricketer, school teacher (born 1904)
23 August –
Frank Tredrea , cyclist (born 1920)
24 August –
Peter Mann , Anglican bishop (born 1924)
28 August –
Muriel Hilton , politician, Mayor of Timaru (1959–1962) (born 1904)
31 August –
Sylvia Potts , middle-distance athlete (born 1943)
1 September –
Joe Genet , wrestler (born 1914)
5 September –
Robert Arthur Owens , Mayor of Tauranga (born 1921)
5 October –
Jack Somerville , Presbyterian leader (born 1910)
17 October –
Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton , diplomat (born 1910)
22 October –
Martin Donnelly , cricketer (born 1917)
25 October
2 November –
Hardy Browning , potter, local politician (born 1915)
11 November –
Bob Walls , artist (born 1927)
14 November –
Garth Harris , taxation law academic (born 1942)
25 November –
Sua Sulu'ape Paulo II , Samoan master tattooist (born
c. 1950)
1 December –
Frank Newhook , plant pathology academic (born 1918)
6 December –
Sheikh Khalid Hafiz , Muslim cleric (born 1938)
13 December –
Peter Adams , actor (born 1938)
For world events and topics in 1999 not specifically related to New Zealand see : 1999
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1999 in Oceania
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