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2009 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in New Zealand.

Population

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  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,332,100[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 2008: 51,900 (1.21%)[1]
  • Males per 100 Females: 95.8[1]

Incumbents

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Regal and vice-regal

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  • Elizabeth II
    Elizabeth II
  • Anand Satyanand
    Anand Satyanand

Government

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2009 was the first full year of the election of the 49th New Zealand Parliament.

  • Lockwood Smith
    Lockwood Smith
  • John Key
    John Key
  • Bill English
    Bill English
  • Murray McCully
    Murray McCully

Other party leaders

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  • Phil Goff
    Phil Goff
  • Rodney Hide
    Rodney Hide
  • Russel Norman
    Russel Norman
  • Metiria Turei
    Metiria Turei
  • Pita Sharples
    Pita Sharples

Judiciary

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  • Dame Sian Elias
    Dame Sian Elias

Main centre leaders

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  • John Banks
    John Banks
  • Stuart Crosby
    Stuart Crosby
  • Kerry Prendergast
    Kerry Prendergast
  • Bob Parker
    Bob Parker
  • Peter Chin
    Peter Chin

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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  • 7 May: Gunman Jan Molenaar shoots three police officers executing a routine cannabis search warrant, as well as a neighbour who tried to assist them. He killed Senior Constable Leonard Snee and seriously injured the others, and after a two-day siege, he was found dead.[6]

June

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  • 3 June: A police investigation leads to MP Richard Worth resigning ministerial portfolios including Minister of Internal Affairs "for personal reasons", with Prime Minister John Key saying, "If he hadn't resigned I would have sacked him".[7]
  • 5 June: David Bain is found not guilty of the murder of five family members.
  • 12 June: Five members of the family of Janet Moses were found guilty of manslaughter after performing a fatal exorcism.[8]
  • 24 June: A NZ$36.1 million first division jackpot in the New Zealand Lotteries Commission's Big Wednesday game is won by a Masterton-based lottery syndicate of four: the largest single lottery prize won in New Zealand.[9]
  • 29 June: A state of emergency is declared in the Waikato due to landslides.[10]

July

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August

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  • 4 August: Former MP Phillip Field found guilty on bribery, corruption and obstruction of justice charges.[13]
  • 8–9 August: New Zealand's first Telethon for 16 years raises $2 million for the KidsCan Stand Tall Trust.[14]

October

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  • 30 October – Electricity supply to Northland and northern Auckland is cut for three hours, affecting 280,000 customers, after a forklift carrying a shipping container hits the only major transmission line supplying the region.[15]

November

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Full date unknown

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Holidays and observances

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Arts and literature

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Awards

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Music

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  • May - New Zealand Music Month
    • Vodafone Album of the year: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
    • Vodafone Single of the year: Ladyhawke - My Delerium
    • Best group: Midnight Youth
    • Best male solo artist: Savage
    • Best female solo artist: Ladyhawke
    • Breakthrough artist of the year: Ladyhawke
    • Best Music Video: Chris Graham – Brother (Smashproof)
    • Best Rock Album: Midnight Youth – "The Brave Don't Run"
    • Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: Ladi 6 – "Time Is Not Much"
    • Best Aotearoa Roots Album: Fat Freddy's Drop – "Dr Boondigga and the Big BW"
    • Best dance/electronica album: Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
    • Best gospel/Christian album: Mumsdollar - Ruins
    • Best classical album: David Bremner – "Gung Ho"
    • The Vodafone People's Choice Award, voted by New Zealand music fans: Smashproof
    • Highest Selling NZ Single: Smashproof feat. Gin - Brother
    • Highest Selling NZ Album: The Feelers - The Best: 1998 - 2008
    • Radio Airplay Record of the Year: Tiki Taane- "Always on my mind"

Performing arts

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Television

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Film

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  • Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku[18]

Internet

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Sport

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Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Thoroughbred racing

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Soccer

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The 2009 Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Olympic, who beat Three Kings United 2–1 in the final.

Shooting

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  • Ballinger Belt –

Births

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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  • 2 March – Robert Bruce, professional wrestler and talent agent (born 1943)
  • 9 March – Graham Mexted, rugby union player (born 1927)
  • 10 March – Dell Bandeen, netball player (born 1922)
  • 12 March – Mary Batchelor, politician (born 1927)
  • 13 March – Geoff Moon, veterinary surgeon, ornithologist and photographer (born 1915)
  • 21 March – Beach Towel, standardbred racehorse (foaled 1987)
  • 24 March – Denis Miller, air force bomber and airline pilot (born 1918)

April

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  • 1 April – Kevin Briscoe, rugby union player (born 1936)
  • 11 April – James Brodie, geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist (born 1920)
  • 17 April – Richard Sutton, chess player and legal academic (born 1938)
  • 26 April – Sir Pupuke Robati, Cook Islands politician (born 1925)
  • 27 April – John Bollard, lawyer, environment court judge (born 1940)

May

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  • 1 May – Sunline, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1995)
  • 3 May – Percy Marunui Murphy, soldier and politician, first Māori mayor (born 1924)
  • 12 May – Dame Heather Begg, opera singer (born 1932)
  • 23 May
  • 30 May – Ferris de Joux, automotive design, engineer and constructor (born 1935)

June

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  • 7 June – Keith Steele, cricketer and lawyer (born 1951)
  • 8 June – Taini Morrison, kapa haka leader (born c.1958)
  • 12 June – Ivan Lichter, thoracic surgeon and palliative care pioneer (born 1918)
  • 19 June – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (born 1929)
  • 28 June – Tom Paulay, earthquake engineer (born 1923)
  • 30 June – Joan Wiffen, amateur paleontologist (born 1922)

July

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August

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September

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  • 8 September – Ahmed Said Musa Patel, Muslim religious leader (born 1937)
  • 9 September – Dame Patricia Bergquist, zoology and anatomy academic (born 1933)
  • 11 September – John Pattison, pilot, Battle of Britain veteran (born 1917)
  • 12 September – Helen Wily, mathematician (born 1921)
  • 20 September – Ken Hough, dual international cricketer and association footballer (born 1928)
  • 24 September – Sir Howard Morrison, entertainer (born 1935)
  • 26 September – Paul Medhurst, track cyclist (born 1953)
  • 27 September – Murray Smith, politician (born 1941)

October

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  • 3 October – Leigh Davis, writer (born 1955)
  • 4 October – Roger Green, archaeologist (born 1932)
  • 9 October – Noel Bowden, rugby union player (born 1926)
  • 13 October – Betty Clegg, watercolour artist (born 1926)
  • 14 October – Martyn Sanderson, actor, filmmaker and poet (born 1938)
  • 17 October – Dame Doreen Blumhardt, potter, ceramicist and arts educator (born 1914)
  • 31 October – Tim Bickerstaff, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and author (born 1942)

November

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  • 4 November – Sir Don Beaven, diabetes researcher (born 1924)
  • 5 November – Adam Firestorm, professional wrestler (born 1976)
  • 15 November – Tia Barrett, diplomat (born 1947)
  • 19 November – Pat Mackie, miner and trade unionist (born 1914)
  • 29 November – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (born 1929)
  • 30 November – Elva Simpson, netball player (born 1936)

December

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  • 3 December – Brian Mason, geochemist and mineralogist (born 1917)
  • 6 December – Eldred Stebbing, record label founder and owner (born 1921)
  • 8 December – Bub Bridger, poet and short-story writer (born 1924)
  • 20 December – John Veitch, cricketer (born 1937)
  • 29 December – Paul Sapsford, rugby union player (born 1949)
  • 30 December – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer (born 1927)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Former Governors-General". New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  3. ^ Gower, Patrick (2 March 2009). "Nine-day plan must protect pay: unions". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  4. ^ Stuff (1 April 2009). "Clark won't linger on 'gee, golly, gosh'". Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  5. ^ Thompson, Wayne (28 March 2009). "Super-city tipped to save $113m a year". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  6. ^ Francis, Clio (9 May 2009). "Napier siege: Gunman found dead". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  7. ^ Gower, Patrick (3 June 2009). "Complaint against Worth made two weeks ago - police". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Five guilty in exorcism case". The New Zealand Herald. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  9. ^ Gower, Patrick (25 June 2009). "'People like us ...we just don't win money,' says shocked $36m winner". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Declared States of Emergency". www.civildefence.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Three New Zealand deaths linked to swine flu". stuff.co.nz. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  12. ^ Dye, Stuart; Davison, Isaac (16 July 2009). "Checks for damage after big quake rocks south". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  13. ^ Field, Michael and NZPA (4 August 2009). "Taito Phillip Field found guilty". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Telethon's $2m 'enough to feed hungry kids'". The New Zealand Herald. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  15. ^ "Forklift sparks blackout for thousands - tvnz.co.nz". Television New Zealand. 30 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  16. ^ "NZ rocket launches into space". The New Zealand Herald. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  17. ^ Diocese of Dunedin Yearbook 2009 p6
  18. ^ http://www.wickcandle.co.nz/index.html Official website for Earth Whisperer; accessed 4 January 2010
  19. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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