1995 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,706,700 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1994: 58,400 (1.60%)
• Males per 100 Females: 97.3

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Dame Catherine Tizard followed by The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys

Government

The 44th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger.

• Speaker of the House - Peter Tapsell
• Prime Minister - Jim Bolger
• Deputy Prime Minister - Don McKinnon
• Minister of Finance - Bill Birch
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Don McKinnon

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)
• Greens - Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act - TBD
• New Zealand First - TBD
• United Future - TBD
• Māori Party - TBD
• Labour - TBD
• Progressives - TBD
• United Future - TBD

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills
• Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans
• Mayor of Wellington - Fran Wilde then Mark Blumsky
• Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck
• Mayor of Dunedin - Richard Walls then Sukhi Turner

Events

• April: The Cambridge Independent closes. The newspaper began as the Waikato Independent in 1904.^[2]
• 28 April: 13 polytech students and a Department of Conservation Worker die when a viewing platform collapses into a 40 metre deep gorge at Cave Creek in the Paparoa National Park. [1]

Arts and literature

• Elspeth Sandys wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1995 in art, 1995 in literature, Category:1995 books

Music

• New Zealand Music Awards
  • Album of the Year: Supergroove - Traction
  • Single of the Year: Purest Form – Message To My Girl
  • Best Male Vocalist: Dave Dobbyn – Twist
  • Best Female Vocalist: Fiona McDonald
  • Best Group: Supergroove
  • Most Promising Male Vocalist: Brent Milligan (Pumpkinhead)
  • Most Promising Female Vocalist: Sulata Foai
  • Most Promising Group: Sisters Underground
  • International Achievement: Headless Chickens
  • Best Video: Jo Fischer & Matt Noonan – Can't Get Enough (Supergroove)
  • Best Producer: Karl Steven & Malcolm Welsford – Traction (Supergroove)
  • Best Engineer: Malcolm Welsford - Traction (Supergroove)
  • Best Jazz Album: George Chisholm Quintet - Perfect Strangers
  • Best Classical Album: The NZ Symphony Orchestra - The Three Symphonies / Douglas Lilburn
  • Best Country Album: Kevin Greaves –I'm Not Scared Of Women
  • Best Folk Album: Windy City Strugglers - Windy City Strugglers
  • Best Gospel Album: Derek Lind – Stations
  • Best Film Soundtrack: Once Were Warriors
  • Best Songwriter: Dave Dobbyn – Language
  • Best Cover: Alec Bathgate / Chris Knox - 3 EPs (Tall Dwarfs)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Ian Magan

See: 1995 in music

Radio and Television

• Horizon Pacific is launched, taking over CTV.
• Te Mangai Paho launched. [2]

See: 1995 in New Zealand television, 1995 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

• Bonjour Timothy
• Cinema of Unease
• Forgotten Silver

See: Category:1995 film awards, 1995 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1995 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: 1995 in sports , Category:1995 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

• Chris Mardon wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:24 in Christchurch, while Robyn Duncan claims her first in the women's championship (2:57:29).

• 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

• August 17: Olivia James-Baird, actor
• Billy Jackson, actor

Deaths

• 10 June: Bruno Lawrence, actor and musician.
• 5 September: John Britten, engineer and designer.
• 31 October: Sir Wallace (Bill) Rowling, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

• Erich Geiringer, physician, peace activist, writer.
• Grant Lingard, artist.
• Gordon Walters, painter.

Category:1995 deaths

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 1995 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1995