1988 in New Zealand

← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in New Zealand → 1989 1990 1991
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1988 Timeline of New Zealand history

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
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Russell Marshall

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 - 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.
• 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

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 Patea Maori 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]

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

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

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

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

• 8 February – Mathieu Wilson, figure skater.
• 23 February – Ashley Cooper, singer.
• 6 March (in Croatia) – Marina Erakovic, tennis player.
• 10 March – Josh Hoffman, rugby league player
• 24 March – Matt Todd, rugby union player
• 5 April – Quade Cooper, rugby union player
• 16 April – Simon Child, hockey player.
• 6 June – Israel Dagg, rugby union player
• 28 June (in Australia) – Alana Millington, hockey player
• 3 July – Winston Reid, footballer
• 10 July – Sarah Walker, BMX rider, Olympic silver medallist (2012 London)
• 11 July – Paula Griffin, netball player.
• 31 July – Brackin Karauria-Henry, rugby union player.
• 18 August – Michael Boxall, footballer
• 23 September – Ryan Crotty, rugby union player
• 10 October – Rose McIver, actress
• 12 October – Sam Whitelock, rugby union player
• 11 December – Tim Southee, cricketer

Deaths

• 11 January: Arthur Collins, rugby player.
• 24 May: Tom Burtt, cricketer.
• 1 June: Ricky May, musician.
• 4 August: Brian Brake, photographer.
• 28 August: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer.
• 30 August: Jack Marshall, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 11 September: Bernard Holman, artist.

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

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