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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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* Head of State – Elizabeth II
* Governor-General – Anand Satyanand[2]

* Anand Satyanand

### Government

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

* Speaker of the House – Lockwood Smith
* Prime Minister – John Key
* Deputy Prime Minister – Bill English
* Minister of Finance – Bill English
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – Murray McCully

* Lockwood Smith

* John Key

* Bill English

* Murray McCully

### Other party leaders

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* Labour – Phil Goff (Leader of the Opposition since 11 November 2008)
* Act – Rodney Hide, since 13 June 2004
* Greens – Metiria Turei (since 30 May 2009) and Russel Norman (since 3 June 2006)
* Māori Party – Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, both since 7 July 2004

* Phil Goff

* Rodney Hide

* Russel Norman

* Metiria Turei

* Pita Sharples

### Judiciary

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* Chief Justice — Sian Elias

* Dame Sian Elias

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Auckland – John Banks, since October 2007
* Mayor of Tauranga – Stuart Crosby, since October 2004
* Mayor of Hamilton – Bob Simcock, since May 2007
* Mayor of Wellington – Kerry Prendergast, since October 2001
* Mayor of Christchurch – Bob Parker, since October 2007
* Mayor of Dunedin – Peter Chin, since October 2004

* John Banks

* Stuart Crosby

* Kerry Prendergast

* Bob Parker

* Peter Chin

## Events

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### January

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### February

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* 27 February: Prime Minister John Key proposes a nine-day working fortnight, to counter the Late-2000s recession.[3]

### March

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* 6 March: Retrial of David Bain begins in the Christchurch High Court
* 20 March: Roads of National Significance announced
* 25 March: Former Prime Minister Helen Clark is appointed Head of the United Nations Development Program;[4] her resignation necessitates the 2009 Mount Albert by-election
* 26 March: the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance recommends eight Auckland Region local government bodies merge to form a "supercity".[5]

### April

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* 25 April: First indication of potential for Flu infection with return of students from Mexico, see 2009 flu pandemic in New Zealand

### 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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* 4 July: The Ministry of Health confirms the first three deaths in New Zealand from the 2009 flu pandemic.[11]
* 15 July: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes in Fiordland at 9:22 pm, 90 km north-west of Tuatapere.[12]

### 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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* 30 November: Atea-1, the first New Zealand rocket into space, is launched from Great Mercury Island.[16]

### Full date unknown

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* Liz Duggan begins serving as Archdeacon of Central Otago.[17]

## Holidays and observances

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* 6 February - Waitangi Day (Friday)
* 10 April/13 April Good Friday/Easter Monday
* 25 April - ANZAC Day (Saturday)
* 1 June - Queen's Birthday Monday
* 24 June - Matariki (Wednesday)
* 26 October - Labour Day Monday

## 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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* Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Eddie Low MNZM.

### 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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* Auckland Trotting Cup: Auckland Reactor[19]

#### Thoroughbred racing

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* Katie Lee becomes the first racehorse to win both the New Zealand 2000 Guineas and the New Zealand 1000 Guineas.

### 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 –
* David Rich (Australia)
* Mike Collings (Te Puke), second, top New Zealander[20]

## Births

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* 27 August – Sacred Falls, Thoroughbred racehorse
* 4 September – Habibi, Thoroughbred racehorse
* 18 November – Dundeel, Thoroughbred racehorse
* 20 November – Prince of Penzance, Thoroughbred racehorse

## Deaths

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### January

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* 4 January – Sonny Fai, rugby league player (born 1988)
* 8 January – Wally Williams, water polo player (born 1921)
* 17 January – Mike Parkinson, rugby union player (born 1948)
* 20 January – Lyn Forster, arachnologist (born 1925)
* 26 January – Gerry Merito, entertainer (born 1938)
* 26 January – Don Ladner, rugby league player (born c.1948)

### February

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* 4 February – Antonie Dixon, convicted murderer (born 1968)
* 27 February – Kilmeny Niland, artist and illustrator (born 1950)

### 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
* Jack McNab, rugby union player, coach and administrator (born 1924)
* Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician (born 1921)
* 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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* 3 July – Frank Devine, newspaper editor and journalist (born 1931)
* 7 July – Ian Grey, rugby league player (born 1931)
* 11 July –
* Seddon Bennington, museum administrator (born 1947)
* Cyril Paskell, rugby league player (born 1927)
* 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
* Tom Hellaby, cricketer (born 1958)
* Hew McLeod, historian (born 1932)
* 25 July – Lorrie Pickering, politician (born 1919)
* 30 July –
* Julian Dashper, artist (born 1960)
* Diggeress Te Kanawa, tohunga raranga (born 1920)

### August

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* 7 August
* Jack Laird, potter (born 1920)
* Eru Potaka-Dewes, actor, Māori religious leader and activist (born 1939)
* 16 August – Alistair Campbell, poet, playwright and novelist (born 1925)
* 18 August – Rufus Rogers, politician (born 1913)
* 21 August – Reg King, association football player (born 1927)
* 24 August – Kashin, elephant (born 1968)
* 26 August – Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet, businessman (born 1906)
* 29 August – Bob Parker, rower (born 1934)
* 30 August – Percy Tetzlaff, rugby union player (born 1920)

### 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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* 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. ^ "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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