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The following lists events that happened during 1991 in New Zealand.

## Population

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* Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,516,000.[1]
* Increase since 31 December 1990: 40,900 (1.18%) Note that there is a discontinuity between the 1990 and 1991 figures as Statistics NZ switched from using the de facto population concept to estimated resident population.
* Males per 100 Females: 99.7[1]

## Incumbents

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### Regal and viceregal

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* Head of State – Elizabeth II
* Governor-General – The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO[2]

### Government

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The 43rd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The National Party, led by Jim Bolger. National controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats in Parliament.

* Speaker of the House – Robin Gray
* Prime Minister – Jim Bolger
* Deputy Prime Minister – Don McKinnon
* Minister of Finance – Ruth Richardson
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – Don McKinnon
* Chief Justice — Sir Thomas Eichelbaum

### Parliamentary opposition

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* Leader of the Opposition – Mike Moore (Labour) .[3]
* NewLabour Party – Jim Anderton

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Auckland – Les Mills
* Mayor of Hamilton – Margaret Evans
* Mayor of Wellington – Jim Belich
* Mayor of Christchurch – Vicki Buck
* Mayor of Dunedin – Richard Walls

## Events

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### January

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* 2 January: description

### February

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### March

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### April

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* 17 April: Prime Minister Jim Bolger stated, "We intend to keep New Zealand nuclear-free this term, next term, and the term after that."[4]

### June

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### July

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* 22 July The Resource Management Act 1991 passes into law after a third reading speech by Simon Upton.[5]

### August

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### September

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### October

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* 1 October The Resource Management Act 1991 commences

### November

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### December

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## Arts and literature

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* Lynley Hood wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1991 in art, 1991 in literature, Category:1991 books

### Performing arts

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* Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Debbie Dorday.

### Radio and television

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* CanWest takes management control of TV3. [1] Archived 22 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine

See: 1991 in New Zealand television, 1991 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

### Film

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* A Soldier's Tale
* Chunik Bair
* Grampire
* Old Scores
* Te Rua
* The End of the Golden Weather

See: Category:1991 film awards, 1991 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1991 films

### Internet

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See: NZ Internet History

## Sport

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### Athletics

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* Paul Herlihy wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:34 on 2 March in New Plymouth, while Lee-Ann McPhillips claims her first in the women's championship (2:40:12).

### Horse racing

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#### Harness racing

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* New Zealand Trotting Cup – Christopher Vance[6]
* Auckland Trotting Cup – Christopher Vance[7]

#### Thoroughbred racing

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### Shooting

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* Ballinger Belt –
* Graeme Berman (Australia)
* Geoffrey Smith (Malvern), second, top New Zealander[8]

### Soccer

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* The Chatham Cup is won by Christchurch United who beat Wellington United 2–1 in the final.[9]

## Births

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### January

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* 1 January – Peter Burling, sailor
* 3 January – Joe Kayes, water polo player
* 4 January – Olivia Tennet, actor
* 5 January – Shane Savage, Australian rules footballer
* 7 January
* Stephen Shennan, rugby union player
* Ben Smith, cricketer
* 13 January – Mako Vunipola, rugby union player
* 16 January – James Lentjes, rugby union player
* 17 January
* Kate Chilcott, road cyclist
* Slade Griffin, rugby league player
* Brad Weber, rugby union player
* 27 January
* Beth Chote, actor
* Sebastine Ikahihifo, rugby league player
* 28 January
* Jordan Kahu, rugby league player
* Mike Kainga, rugby union player
* 29 January – Luke Whitelock, rugby union player
* 30 January
* Mitchell Graham, rugby union player
* Matthew Wright, rugby league player

### February

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* 2 February
* Caitlin Campbell, association footballer
* Solomona Sakalia, rugby union player
* 3 February – Lima Sopoaga, rugby union player
* 7 February – Ben Murdoch-Masila, rugby league player
* 14 February – Michael Bracewell, cricketer
* 15 February – Matt McEwan, cricketer
* 16 February – Francis Saili, rugby union player
* 18 February
* Danielle Hayes, fashion model
* Stacey Michelsen, field hockey player
* 19 February – Ethan Mitchell, track cyclist
* 20 February – Julia Edward, rower

### March

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* 2 March – Mitchell Scott, rugby union player
* 4 March – Sue Maroroa, chess player
* 12 March
* Alofa Alofa, rugby union player
* Jed Brown, rugby union player
* 14 March
* Taylor Gunman, road cyclist
* Kurt Pickard, BMX racer
* 16 March – Michael Barry, cricketer
* 17 March – Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, swimmer
* 19 March – Colin Murphy, association footballer
* 20 March – Liam Squire, rugby union player
* 22 March
* Jordan Grant, field hockey player
* Amy McIlroy, lawn bowls player
* 23 March – Jenny Hung, table tennis player
* 25 March – Ryan Duffy, cricketer
* 26 March – Courteney Lowe, road cyclist
* 30 March – Jono Hickey, cricketer and rugby union player
* 31 March – Codie Taylor, rugby union player

### April

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* 1 April
* Graham Candy, singer-songwriter
* Iopu Iopu-Aso, rugby union player
* 2 April
* Kara Pryor, rugby union player
* Brad Shields, rugby union player
* 4 April – Sam Meech, sailor
* 6 April – Paratene McLeod, basketball player
* 9 April – Dominic Bird, rugby union player
* 10 April – Kirsten Pearce, field hockey player
* 17 April – Augusta Xu-Holland, actor
* 20 April – Daniel Hawkins, rugby union player
* 26 April – Isaac Liu, rugby league player
* 27 April – Dylan Collier, rugby union and rugby league player
* 29 April – Steven Luatua, rugby union player
* 30 April – Brett Hampton, cricketer

### May

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* 2 May – Patrick Bevin, road cyclist
* 3 May – Hannah Wall, association footballer
* 5 May – Joel Faulkner, rugby union player
* 7 May – Kenny Ardouin, cleft lip and palate community advocate
* 8 May – Waisake Naholo, rugby union player
* 9 May
* Sosaia Feki, rugby league player
* Harriet Miller-Brown, alpine skier
* 10 May – Gareth Anscombe, rugby union player
* 11 May – Tony Ensor, rugby union player
* 12 May
* Elizabeth Chuah Lamb, high jumper
* Greg Pleasants-Tate, rugby union player
* 15 May – Matt Moulds, rugby union player
* 20 May – Daryl Mitchell, cricketer
* 24 May – Ian McPeake, cricketer
* 25 May
* Maritino Nemani, rugby union player
* James Raideen, professional wrestler
* 27 May
* Beauden Barrett, rugby union player
* Kayla Pratt, rower
* 31 May – Brodie Retallick, rugby union player

### June

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* 3 June
* Sarah McLaughlin, association footballer
* Ava Seumanufagai, rugby league player
* 4 June
* Matt McIlwrick, rugby league player
* Ben Stokes, cricketer[10]
* 5 June – Chloe Tipple, sports shooter
* 7 June – Amanda Landers-Murphy, squash player
* 9 June – Ben Lam, rugby union player
* 11 June – Nepo Laulala, rugby union player
* 13 June – Lachie Ferguson, cricketer
* 19 June – Zoe Stevenson, rower
* 23 June – Mikhail Koudinov, gymnast
* 25 June – Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, rugby union player
* 26 June – Dakota Lucas, association footballer

### July

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* 1 July
* Annalie Longo, association footballer
* Ruby Muir, endurance athlete
* 7 July – Matt Hewitt, surfer
* 12 July – Portia Woodman, rugby union player
* 16 July – Sam Webster, track cyclist
* 20 July
* Jarrad Butler, rugby union player
* Sam Lousi, rugby league and rugby union player
* 24 July – Derone Raukawa, basketball player
* 27 July – Ricky Wells, speedway rider
* 28 July – Priyanka Xi, actor
* 31 July – Tony Lamborn, rugby union player

### August

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* 2 August
* Tom Bruce, cricketer
* Rob Thompson, rugby union player
* 5 August
* Gareth Evans, rugby union player
* Konrad Hurrell, rugby league player
* Robert Loe, basketball player
* 13 August – Michael Cochrane, athlete
* 16 August – Angie Smit, athlete
* 22 August – Kenny Bromwich, rugby league player
* 29 August – Samantha Harrison, field hockey player
* 30 August – Ben Tameifuna, rugby union player

### September

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* 2 September – Adam Henry, rugby league player
* 4 September – Chevannah Paalvast, basketball player
* 5 September – Nepia Fox-Matamua, rugby union player
* 9 September – Adam Ling, rower
* 11 September – Rebecca Sinclair, snowboarder
* 13 September – Lee Allan, rugby union player
* 14 September – Ryan De Vries, association footballer
* 16 September – Luke Rowe, association footballer
* 19 September – Owen Ivins, cricketer
* 23 September – Cardiff Vaega, rugby union player
* 26 September – Look Who's Talking, thoroughbred racehorse
* 29 September – Stefi Luxton, snowboarder

### October

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* 5 October – Gareth Kean, swimmer
* 7 October – Stefan Marinovic, association footballer
* 12 October – Nabil Sabio Azadi, artist
* 15 October – Mandy Boyd, lawn bowls player
* 19 October – Michael Allardice, rugby union player
* 22 October – Levi Sherwood, freestyle motocross rider
* 26 October – Blair Soper, cricketer
* 27 October – Il Vicolo, standardbred racehorse
* 28 October – Duane Bailey, basketballer
* 29 October – Parris Goebel, dancer, choreographer and actor
* 31 October – Charles Piutau, rugby union player

### November

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* 5 November – Marco Rojas, association footballer
* 6 November – Matt Faddes, rugby union player
* 10 November – Ben Wheeler, cricketer
* 11 November – Kate Broadmore, cricketer
* 13 November – David Light, boxer
* 15 November – Henry Nicholls, cricketer
* 20 November – Tim Simona, rugby league player
* 21 November – Peni Terepo, rugby league player
* 22 November – Michael Vink, cyclist
* 24 November – Richie Stanaway, motor racing driver
* 27 November – Brooke Duff, singer-songwriter

### December

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* 1 December – Richard Moore, motor racing driver
* 3 December – Jarrod Firth, rugby union player
* 7 December
* Samantha Charlton, field hockey player
* Chris Wood, association footballer
* 11 December – Kahurangi Taylor, beauty pageant contestant
* 13 December – Ruby Tui, rugby sevens player
* 14 December
* Ben Henry, rugby league player
* Matt Henry, cricketer
* 22 December – Paul Alo-Emile, rugby union player

### Exact date unknown

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* Holly Cassidy, beauty pageant contestant
* Annah Mac, singer-songwriter

## Deaths

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### January–March

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* 4 January – Vernon Sale, cricketer (born 1915)
* 12 February – Norman Fisher, boxer (born 1916)
* 17 February – Fuzz Barnes, political activist (born 1902)
* 18 February – Elizabeth Lissaman, potter (born 1901)
* 9 March – Esther Blackie, cricketer (born 1916)
* 14 March – Emily Carpenter, consumer advocate (born 1917)
* 17 March – Peter Gordon, politician (born 1921)
* 21 March – William Ditchfield, cricketer (born 1903)
* 28 March – Henry Field, educational psychologist (born 1903)

### April–June

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* 3 April – Peter Hooper, writer (born 1919)
* 9 April – June Litman, journalist (born 1926)
* 14 April – Bob Page, rowing coxswain (born 1936)
* 20 April – Clare Mallory, children's writer (born 1913)
* 28 April – Ngata Pitcaithly, educationalist (born 1906)
* 18 May – Horace Smirk, medical academic (born 1902)
* 31 May
* Maida Clark, school principal, politician, community leader (born 1902)
* Ian Milner, public servant, academic, alleged spy (born 1911)
* 6 June – Stella Jones, playwright (born 1904)
* 10 June – Jim Burrows, rugby union player and coach, cricketer, military leader (born 1904)
* 18 June – Eric Halstead, politician and diplomat (born 1912)
* 23 June – Charles Begg, radiologist and historian (born 1912)
* 28 June – Sydney Josland, bacteriologist (born 1904)

### July–September

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* 3 July – Trevor Horne, politician (born 1920)
* 17 July – John O'Sullivan, cricketer (born 1918)
* 21 July – Allan Wilson, biochemistry academic (born 1934)
* 7 August
* Billy T. James, entertainer (born 1948)
* Reginald Keeling, politician (born 1904)
* 8 August – John Marsdon, cricketer (born 1928)
* 22 August – Reuel Lochore, public servant and diplomat (born 1903)
* 25 August – Charles Willocks, rugby union player (born 1919)
* 17 September – Herb Mullon, philatelist (born 1905)
* 25 September – Te Reo Hura, Rātana leader (born 1904)
* 29 September – Sir Henry Kelliher, businessman and philanthropist (born 1896)

### October–December

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* 6 October – Bob Loudon, rugby union player (born 1903)
* 10 October – Jack Hunt, speedway rider (born 1921)
* 12 October – Murray Kay, association footballer (born 1905)
* 13 October – Sir William Gentry, military leader (born 1899)
* 22 October – Francis O'Brien, cricketer (born 1911)
* 25 October – Roy Parsons, bookseller (born 1909)
* 26 October – Clive Boyce, local-body politician (born 1918)
* 8 November – Billy Savidan, athlete (born 1902)
* 9 November – Jack Newton, rugby league player (born 1920)
* 10 November
* Bill Gwynne, cricket umpire (born 1913)
* Colin Johnstone, rower (born 1921)
* 11 November – Sir Tom Skinner, politician and trade union leader (born 1909)
* 12 November – Kamal Bamadhaj, human rights activist (born 1970)
* 24 November – Allan Pyatt, Anglican bishop (born 1916)
* 28 November – Te Kari Waaka, Ringatū minister and community leader (born 1916)
* 1 December
* Zin Harris, cricketer (born 1927)
* Jim Knox, trade union leader (born 1919)
* 2 December – Ted Spillane, rugby league player (born 1905)
* 6 December – Bill Beattie, photographer (born 1902)
* 12 December – Julia Wallace, educationalist, politician, community leader (born 1907)
* 20 December
* Beatrice Beeby, Playcentre pioneer (born 1903)
* Wi Huata, clergyman (born 1917)
* 21 December – Frank Solomon, rugby union player (born 1906)
* 24 December – Muriel Moody, potter and sculptor (born 1907)

## 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 "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
2. ^ ">Former Governors-General of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. ^ New Zealand Parliamentary Debate Wednesday, 16 October 1991 Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2015
5. ^ (July 1991) 51b Hansard, Resource Management Bill Third Reading, 3018–3020.
6. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
7. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ "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.
9. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ "Ben Stokes: He's all smiles but is this the new Flintoff?". The Independent. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

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