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The following events occurred in New Zealand in the year 1988.

## Population

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* Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,345,200.[1]
* Increase since 31 December 1987: 3,100 (0.09%).[1]
* Males per 100 females: 97.3.[1]

## Incumbents

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### Regal and viceregal

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* Head of State – Elizabeth II
* Governor-General – The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO[2]

### Government

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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 until 14 December, then David Caygill
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – Russell Marshall
* Chief Justice — Sir Ronald Davison

### Parliamentary opposition

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* Leader of the Opposition – Jim Bolger (National).[3]

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Auckland – Catherine Tizard
* Mayor of Hamilton – Ross Jansen
* Mayor of Wellington – Jim Belich
* Mayor of Christchurch – Hamish Hay
* Mayor of Dunedin – Cliff Skeggs

## Events

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* 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 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.
* 5 September – Telecom extends mobile phone service to Christchurch.[5]
* 17 October – Kmart opens its first store in Henderson, Auckland.[6]

## Arts and literature

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* John Dickson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1988 in art, 1988 in literature, Category:1988 books

### Music

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#### New Zealand Music Awards

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Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[7]

* 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 Pātea Māori Club – Poi E
* Kahurangi – Magically Maori
* Dalvanius Prime/ Patea Maori/ Moana/ Dave ~~Dobbyn~~ Guinney[8]/ 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

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* Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Alma Woods MBE and Ricky May.

### Radio and television

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* 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] Archived 22 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine

See: 1988 in New Zealand television, 1988 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

#### Programme debuts

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* 25 July – Neighbours (Network 2)

### Film

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* 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

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See: NZ Internet History

## Sport

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### Athletics

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* 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

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#### Harness racing

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* New Zealand Trotting Cup: Luxury Liner[9]
* Auckland Trotting Cup: Luxury Liner – 2nd win[10]

### Olympic Games

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#### Summer Olympics

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Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics

* New Zealand sends a team of 83 competitors in 16 sports.

Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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3 | 2 | 8 | 13

#### Winter Olympics

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Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Winter Olympics

* New Zealand sends a team of nine competitors across three sports.

Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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0 | 0 | 0 | 0

### Paralympic Games

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#### Summer Paralympics

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Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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2 | 4 | 11 | 17

#### Winter Paralympics

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Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

* New Zealand sends a team of three competitors in one sport.

Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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0 | 1 | 0 | 1

### Rugby

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#### League

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* 17 July – The 1988 Great Britain Lions tour concludes with New Zealand defeating Great Britain in a Test match at Addington Showground, Christchurch before a crowd of 8,525.
* 9 October – In the 1988 Rugby League World Cup final Australia defeats New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland before a crowd of 47,363.

#### Union

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### Shooting

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* Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt)[11]

### Soccer

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* 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).[12]

## Births

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### January

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* 2 January – Joseph Paulo, rugby league player
* 3 January – Steven Kent, swimmer
* 4 January – Peter Saili, rugby union player
* 6 January – Esther Lanser, cricketer
* 11 January – Andre Taylor, rugby union player
* 12 January – Ben Afeaki, rugby union player
* 15 January – Riki Hoeata, rugby union player
* 17 January – Kade Poki, rugby union player
* 18 January – Andrew Wheeler, basketball player
* 20 January – Rushlee Buchanan, cyclist
* 23 January – Shaun Kenny-Dowall, rugby league player

### February

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* 1 February – Katie Duncan, association footballer
* 2 February – Kieron Fonotia, rugby union player
* 3 February – Daniel O'Regan, rugby league player
* 7 February – Mataupu Poching, rugby league player
* 8 February
* Graham Oberlin-Brown, rower
* 13 February – Eddy Pettybourne, rugby league player
* 15 February
* Sam Anderson-Heather, rugby union player
* Claire Garrood, cricketer
* 16 February
* James Baker, cricketer
* Sarah Murphy, biathlete
* 20 February – Troy Garton, boxer
* 23 February – Ashley Cooper, singer
* 24 February
* Levi Hanssen, association footballer
* Emma Hayman, tennis player
* 25 February – Lagi Setu, rugby league and rugby union player

### March

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* 6 March
* Marina Erakovic, tennis player
* Frank Halai, rugby union player
* 8 March – Hannah Broederlow, netball player
* 9 March – Ash Moeke, rugby union player
* 10 March – Josh Hoffman, rugby league player
* 17 March – Patrick Ah Van, rugby league player
* 18 March – Grace Rasmussen, netball player
* 20 March – Sonny Fai, rugby league player
* 21 March – Anthony Cherrington, rugby league player
* 23 March – Suaia Matagi, rugby league player
* 24 March – Matt Todd, rugby union player
* 30 March – Petrea Webster, field hockey player
* 31 March – Curtis McGrath, canoeist

### April

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* 5 April – Quade Cooper, rugby union player
* 14 April
* Francis Mossman, actor
* Dan Pryor, rugby union player
* 16 April – Simon Child, field hockey player
* 18 April
* Sam Belkin, amateur wrestler
* Erin Bermingham, cricketer
* 21 April – Niall Williams, rugby union and touch player
* 24 April – Junior Tia-Kilifi, rugby league player
* 25 April – Liam Foran, rugby league player

### May

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* 3 May – Brent Renouf, Australian rules footballer
* 4 May – Westley Gough, cyclist
* 5 May
* Jaimee Lovett, canoeist
* Ant Pedersen, motor racing driver
* 6 May
* Evie, professional wrestler
* Rhys Phillips, cricketer
* 11 May – Stephen Paea, American football player
* 13 May – Trent Renata, rugby union player
* 16 May
* Marty Kain, cricketer
* Daniel Quigley, rowing coxswain
* 17 May – Scott Curry, rugby union player
* 20 May – Nikki Hamblin, athlete
* 29 May – Tom Furniss, comedian
* 30 May – Antonio Winterstein, rugby league player

### June

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* 1 June – Natalie Rooney, sports shooter
* 6 June – Israel Dagg, rugby union player
* 8 June – Charlotte Kight, netball player
* 19 June – Grayson Hart, rugby union player
* 23 June – Nick McLennan, rugby union player
* 24 June – Ryan Sissons, triathlete
* 25 June – Eliana Rubashkyn, transgender refugee
* 28 June – Alana Millington, field hockey player

### July

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* 1 July – Kendra Cocksedge, cricketer and rugby union player
* 3 July
* Cole Peverley, association footballer
* Winston Reid, association footballer
* 6 July
* Andrew de Boorder, cricketer
* Jesse Sergent, cyclist
* 7 July – Katie Perkins, cricketer
* 8 July – Mike Harris, rugby union player
* 10 July – Sarah Walker, BMX rider
* 11 July – Paula Griffin, netball player
* 13 July – Robbie Fruean, rugby union player
* 16 July – Lyndon Sheehan, freestyle skier
* 18 July – Andrew Horrell, rugby union player
* 20 July – B. J. Anthony, basketball player
* 21 July – Julian Matthews, athlete
* 26 July
* Derek Carpenter, rugby union player
* Tetera Faulkner, rugby union player
* 27 July – John Hardie, rugby union player
* 31 July
* Alex Glenn, rugby league player
* Brackin Karauria-Henry, rugby union player

### August

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* 1 August
* Tim Perry, rugby union player
* Bodene Thompson, rugby league player
* 6 August – Kayla McAlister, netball and rugby union player
* 8 August – Brad Cachopa, cricketer
* 12 August – Suliasi Taufalele, rugby union player
* 14 August – Dave Thomas, rugby union player
* 15 August – Nasi Manu, rugby union player
* 18 August – Michael Boxall, association footballer
* 22 August – Sarah Major, actor
* 24 August
* Cathryn Finlayson, field hockey player
* Manu Maʻu, rugby league player
* 28 August – Kane Hames, rugby union player
* 29 August
* Fritz Lee, rugby union player
* Lewis Marshall, rugby union player

### September

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* 1 September – Ash Dixon, rugby union player
* 4 September – David Eade, rower
* 5 September – Jackson Willison, rugby union player
* 7 September – Tevita Koloamatangi, rugby union player
* 14 September
* Callum Gibbins, rugby union player
* Sean Maitland, rugby union player
* 16 September – Nathaniel Neale, rugby league player
* 17 September – Michael Fitzgerald, association footballer
* 18 September – Joe Moody, rugby union player
* 19 September – Rebecca Spence, triathlete
* 22 September – Jeet Raval, cricketer
* 23 September
* Hayley Crofts, netball player
* Ryan Crotty, rugby union player
* 25 September
* Quentin MacDonald, rugby union player
* Josh Rowland, rugby union player
* 30 September – Joelle King, squash player

### October

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* 3 October – Helen Collins, association footballer
* 4 October – Mitchey Greig, freestyle skier
* 5 October – Luke Braid, rugby union player
* 7 October
* Kurt Baker, rugby union player
* Michael Leitch, rugby union player
* 10 October – Rose McIver, actor
* 12 October – Sam Whitelock, rugby union player
* 14 October – Terefe Ejigu, athlete
* 16 October
* Fiona Bourke, rower
* Karl Filiga, rugby league player
* 18 October – Luuka Jones, slalom canoeist
* 19 October – Naturalism, Thoroughbred racehorse
* 27 October – Rodney Ah You, rugby union player
* 29 October
* Roman Van Uden, cyclist
* Kayne Vincent, association footballer

### November

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* 1 November
* Nick Barrett, rugby union player
* Hamish Carson, athlete
* 4 November – Paea Faʻanunu, rugby union player
* 8 November – Shaun Teasdale, archer
* 10 November
* Lord Gyllene, Thoroughbred racehorse
* Jeremy Su'a, rugby union player
* 14 November – Mitchell Crosswell, rugby union player
* 18 November – Lucy Oliver, athlete
* 20 November – Vicky Rodewyk, actor, model and dancer
* 21 November – Aaron Smith, rugby union player
* 22 November – Tu'u Maori, rugby league player
* 23 November – Tony Goodin, cricketer
* 25 November – Mat Luamanu, rugby union player
* 28 November
* Daniel Kirkpatrick, rugby union player
* Nic Mayhew, rugby union player
* Christy Prior, snowboarder
* 29 November – Corey Webster, basketball player
* 30 November – Edward Purcell, rugby league player

### December

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* 1 December – Taione Vea, rugby union player
* 7 December – James Marshall, rugby union player
* 8 December – Simon van Velthooven, cyclist
* 11 December – Tim Southee, cricketer
* 12 December – Isaac John, rugby league player
* 13 December – James Tamou, rugby league player
* 16 December – Robin Cheong, taekwando competitor
* 17 December – Steve Rapira, rugby league player

### Exact date unknown

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* Eli Kent, playwright and actor
* Sam McCarthy, songwriter and musician

## Deaths

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### January–February

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* 2 January – Bill Crawford-Compton, World War II air ace, air force commander (born 1915)
* 10 January – Ron King, rugby union player and selector (born 1909)
* 11 January – Arthur Collins, rugby union player (born 1906)
* 9 February – Zelma Roberts, writer (born 1915)
* 17 February – Reginald Uren, architect (born 1906)
* 23 February – Charlie Jackman, cricketer (born 1906)
* 29 February – Sister Mary Gabriel, nun, pharmacist (born 1904)

### March–April

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* 16 March – Harold Turbott, medical practitioner, public health administrator, broadcaster and writer (born 1899)
* 23 March – Cyril Walter, cricketer, field hockey player and coach, sports writer (born 1912)
* 30 March – Sir Donald McKay, politician (born 1908)
* 7 April – Christopher Rollinson, boxer (born 1928)
* 16 April – Doug Mudgway, amateur wrestler (born 1924)
* 17 April – Ormond Wilson, politician (born 1907)

### May–June

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* 9 May – Robert Alexander, cricketer (born 1911)
* 14 May – Fred Atkins, professional wrestler (born 1910)
* 22 May – Leslie Stephen-Smith, cricketer (born 1904)
* 24 May – Tom Burtt, cricketer (born 1915)
* 26 May – Neta Neale, theatre director, speech and drama teacher (born 1904)
* 27 May – Alwyn Warren, Anglican bishop, university chancellor (born 1900)
* 28 May – Evelyn Page, artist (born 1899)
* 1 June – Ricky May, musician (born 1943)
* 3 June – Christabel Robinson, vocational guidance and community worker (born 1898)
* 4 June – Elizabeth Turnbull, woollen mill worker (born 1885)
* 5 June – Brian Ashby, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1923)
* 17 June – Cyril Crawford, cricketer (born 1902)
* 24 June
* Alexander Astor, rabbi, community leader (born 1900)
* Anthony Rohrs, cricketer (born 1961)
* 25 June – Neville Pickering, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1971–74) (born 1923)
* 30 June – Hubert Ryburn, university administrator (born 1897)

### July–August

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* 8 July – Enga Washbourn, artist and writer (born 1908)
* 12 July – Robert Monteith, cricket umpire (born 1937)
* 18 July – Ralph Bulmer, ethnobiologist (born 1928)
* 21 July – Dame Cecily Pickerill, plastic surgeon (born 1903)
* 24 July – May Smith, painter, engraver, textile designer (born 1906)
* 1 August – G. S. Carter, surveyor and road engineer (born 1910)
* 4 August – Brian Brake, photographer (born 1927)
* 5 August – Nora Sipos, humanitarian and welfare worker (born 1900)
* 28 August – Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (born 1910)
* 30 August – Sir Jack Marshall, politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1912)
* 31 August – Ivan Tomašević, political activist (born 1897)

### September–October

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* 4 September – Rona Stevenson, politician (born 1911)
* 6 September – Mary Martin, netball player (born 1915)
* 11 September – Bernard Holman, artist (born 1941)
* 13 September – Ron Rangi, rugby union player (born 1941)
* 17 September – Jim Watt, rugby union player, paediatrics academic (born 1914)
* 9 October – Bob Goslin, boxer (born 1927)
* 31 October – Gwen Somerset, teacher, adult education director, educationalist, writer (born 1894)

### November–December

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* 1 November – Louis Johnson, poet (born 1924)
* 4 November – Saul Goldsmith, political candidate (born 1911)
* 7 November
* Aubrey Begg, politician (born 1929)
* Sir Douglas Carter, politician (born 1908)
* 12 November – Pat Perrin, potter (born 1921)
* 28 November – Robert Stewart, sailor (born 1906)
* 29 November – Thomas Lemin, cricketer (born 1905)
* 5 December – Monica McKenzie, dietitian (born 1905)
* 8 December
* Airini Grennell, singer, pianist, broadcaster (born 1910)
* Sir Andrew McKee, air force leader (born 1902)
* 10 December – Beau Cottrell, rugby union player, Rotarian (born 1907)
* 16 December – John Cameron, cricketer (born 1898)
* 21 December
* Bruce Ferguson, army officer (born 1917)
* Charlie Peek, child welfare administrator, billiards player (born 1904)
* 27 December – William Fea, rugby union and squash player (born 1898)

## See also

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* 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

## 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. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. ^ "West Coast Times". National Library of New Zealand.
5. ^ "Mobile phone in use". The Press. 5 September 1988. p. 6.
6. ^ "Kmart celebrates 20 years in New Zealand". Scoop. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
7. ^ "Awards 1988". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
8. ^ "About Us". Poi E. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
12. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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