1988 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 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 - Queen 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 is complete.
• 1 July: The Government announces the return of Bastion Point to its Ngāti Whātua owners.

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

• December 1: 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

See: 1988 in sports , Category:1988 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

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

• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:Horse racing in New Zealand, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
• Other Sports

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.

References

See also

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

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