The following lists events that happened during 2009 in New Zealand .
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]
Regal and vice-regal [ edit ]
Elizabeth II
Anand Satyanand
2009 was the first full year of the election of the 49th New Zealand Parliament .
Lockwood Smith
John Key
Bill English
Murray McCully
Other party leaders [ edit ]
Phil Goff
Rodney Hide
Russel Norman
Metiria Turei
Pita Sharples
Main centre leaders [ edit ]
John Banks
Stuart Crosby
Kerry Prendergast
Bob Parker
Peter Chin
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]
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]
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]
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]
Holidays and observances [ edit ]
Arts and literature [ edit ]
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"
Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku [ 18]
Thoroughbred racing [ edit ]
The 2009 Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Olympic , who beat Three Kings United 2–1 in the final.
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)
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)
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)
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)
3 July – Frank Devine , newspaper editor and journalist (born 1931)
7 July – Ian Grey , rugby league player (born 1931)
11 July –
14 July – Bill Young , politician and diplomat (born 1913)
18 July – Graham Stanton , New Testament scholar (born 1940)
19 July – Ces Mountford , rugby league player and coach (born 1919)
20 July
25 July – Lorrie Pickering , politician (born 1919)
30 July –
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)
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)
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)
^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables" . Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ "Former Governors-General" . New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011 .
^ Gower, Patrick (2 March 2009). "Nine-day plan must protect pay: unions" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 27 April 2009 .
^ Stuff (1 April 2009). "Clark won't linger on 'gee, golly, gosh' " . Dominion Post . Retrieved 1 April 2009 .
^ Thompson, Wayne (28 March 2009). "Super-city tipped to save $113m a year" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 29 March 2009 .
^ Francis, Clio (9 May 2009). "Napier siege: Gunman found dead" . stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 May 2009 .
^ Gower, Patrick (3 June 2009). "Complaint against Worth made two weeks ago - police" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 4 June 2009 .
^ "Five guilty in exorcism case" . The New Zealand Herald . 13 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009 .
^ 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 .
^ "Declared States of Emergency" . www.civildefence.govt.nz . Retrieved 23 April 2024 .
^ "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 .
^ Dye, Stuart; Davison, Isaac (16 July 2009). "Checks for damage after big quake rocks south" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 16 July 2009 .
^ Field, Michael and NZPA (4 August 2009). "Taito Phillip Field found guilty" . stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2009 .
^ "Telethon's $2m 'enough to feed hungry kids' " . The New Zealand Herald . 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009 .
^ "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 .
^ "NZ rocket launches into space" . The New Zealand Herald . 30 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009 .
^ Diocese of Dunedin Yearbook 2009 p6
^ http://www.wickcandle.co.nz/index.html Official website for Earth Whisperer; accessed 4 January 2010
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "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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