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1989 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1989 in New Zealand.

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,369,800.
  • Increase since 31 December 1988: 24,600 (0.74%).
  • Males per 100 Females: 97.1.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 42nd New Zealand Parliament continued. The fourth Labour Party government was in power.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

  • First annual balance of payments surplus since 1973.
  • The Reserve Bank Act sets the role of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as maintaining price stability.
  • The Tomorrow's Schools reforms shift substantial financial and administrative responsibilities for managing schools to elected boards of trustees.
  • Local Government elections under a revised structure.
  • The Māori Fisheries Act passed.
  • The Sale of Liquor Act passed; it provided for supermarkets to sell wine (but not beer; this happened in 1999). Two amendments were also passed in 1989.
  • April – Swedish tourists Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen disappear while backpacking in the Coromandel, leading to the largest land-based search undertaken in New Zealand.
  • 9–12 April – British Airways Concorde G-BOAF visits Christchurch Airport on a world tour.
  • 25 April – David Lange suggests New Zealand should withdraw from the ANZUS council.
  • 29 April – The Taranaki Herald publishes its last issue. The newspaper had published since 1852, and was New Zealand's oldest newspaper from 1935.
  • 1 May – Jim Anderton forms the NewLabour Party.
  • 1 July – GST is increased from 10% to 12.5%.
  • 7 August – David Lange resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand and is replaced by Geoffrey Palmer.
  • 26 November – TV3 begins broadcasting.
  • 28 November – The Abolition of the Death Penalty Act received Royal assent.
  • 10 December – Sunday trading begins.

Arts and literature

See 1989 in art, 1989 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.

  • Album of the Year: Margaret Urlich–Safety in Numbers
  • Fan Club – Respect The Beat
  • The Front Lawn – Songs from The Front Lawn
  • Single of the Year: Margaret Urlich – "Escaping"
  • Fan Club – I Feel Love
  • Double J and Twice the T/ Ray Columbus – She's A Mod
  • Best Male Vocalist: Tim Finn
  • Howard Morrison
  • Barry Saunders
  • Best Female Vocalist: Margaret Urlich
  • Moana Jackson
  • Aishah
  • Best Group: When The Cat's Away
  • The Warratahs
  • The Fan Club
  • Most Promising Male Vocalist: Paul Ubana Jones
  • Greg Johnson
  • Darren Watson
  • Most Promising Female Vocalist: Janet Roddick
  • Belinda Bradley
  • Julie Collier
  • Most Promising Group: The Front Lawn
  • Double J and Twice the T
  • Upper Hutt Posse
  • International Achievement: The Front Lawn
  • Kiri Te Kanawa
  • Straitjacket Fits
  • Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry: Tony Vercoe
  • Best Video: Paul Middleditch / Polly Walker / Debbie Watson – I Feel Love (Fan Club)
  • Warrick (Waka) Attewell – St Peter's Rendezvous (Barry Saunders)
  • Tony Johns – She's A Mod/ Mod RAP (Double J and Twice the T)
  • Best Film Soundtrack / Compilation: The Front Lawn – Songs From The Front Lawn
  • Rahda and the Brats -Kid in the Middle
  • Various – This Is The Moment
  • Best Producer: Ian Morris – Nobody Else
  • Mike Chunn – All Wrapped Up
  • Ross McDermott/Annie Crummer – Melting Pot (When The Cat's Away)
  • Best Engineer: Nigel Stone/ Tim Farrant – Everything Will Be Alright
  • DC Bell – Please Say Something
  • Nick Morgan – Melting Pot
  • Best Jazz Album: No Award
  • Best Classical Album: Stanley Friedman – The Lyric Trumpet
  • Various Artists – Bold is Brass
  • Michael Houston – Scriabin/ Chopin
  • Best Folk Album: Paul Ubana Jones – Paul Ubana Jones
  • Phil Powers – The Light of the Lions Eye
  • Phil Garland – Wind in the Tussock
  • Best Gospel Album: Stephen Bell-Booth–Shelter
  • Guy Wishart – Another Day in Paradise
  • Steve Apirana – Steve Apirana
  • Best Polynesian Album: Howard Morrison – Tukua Ahau
  • Moana & The Moahunters – Pupurutia
  • Black Katz Trust – Ko Wai Ka Hua
  • Best Songwriter: Barry Saunders – St Peters Rendezvous
  • Tim Finn – Parihaka
  • Don McGlashan / Harry Sinclair – Andy
  • Best Cover: Polly Walker / Debbie Watson – Safety in Numbers (Margaret Urlich)
  • Gavin Blake – Workshop
  • Anthony Donaldson/ Cadre Communications- The Hills Are Alive

See: 1989 in music

Performing arts

Radio and television

  • 3 April: Paul Holmes makes his television appearance.
  • 1 July: The Broadcasting Act 1989 removes restriction of broadcasting. The public broadcasting fee of NZ$110 per annum is established. Commercial television extends to seven days a week (excluding Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day).
  • 1 July: The Dunedin station is reduced to the Natural History Unit.
  • 6 November: Channel 2 introduces morning television by commencing transmission at 6.30am weekdays and 7am weekends.
  • 26 November: TV3 begins broadcasting with a two-hour preview show, with regular programming to follow at 7am the next morning.

See: 1989 in New Zealand television, 1989 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , TV3 (New Zealand), , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: , 1989 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Sport

Athletics

Deaflympics

Horse racing

Harness racing

Shooting

  • Ballinger Belt – Ken Meade (Petone)

Soccer

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Exact date unknown

Deaths

January–March

  • 8 January – Giovanni Cataldo, fisherman, search & rescue organiser (born 1927)
  • 21 January – Tiny Leys, rugby union player (born 1907)
  • 22 January – Fred Ladd, aviator (born 1908)
  • 29 January – Seton Otway, racehorse owner and breeder (born 1894)
  • 2 February
  • Harry Highet, engineer, designer of the P-class yacht (born 1892)
  • Sir Arnold Nordmeyer, politician (born 1901)
  • 9 February – Bill Dalley, rugby union player and administrator (born 1901)
  • 13 February – Archie Strang. rugby union player (born 1906)
  • 15 February – Hōri Ngata, lexicographer, local-body politician (born 1919)
  • 20 February – Stuart Black, athlete (born 1908)
  • 24 February – Leila Hurle, educator, school inspector (born 1901)
  • 4 March
  • Harold Miller, librarian, historian (born 1898)
  • Randolph Rose, athlete (born 1901)
  • 7 March – Nevile Lodge, cartoonist (born 1918)
  • 8 March – Alf Budd, rugby union player (born 1922)

April–June

  • 2 April – Sir James Henare, soldier, Ngāpuhi leader (born 1911)
  • 6 April – Marjorie Chambers, nurse, nursing tutor and administrator (born 1906)
  • 13 April – Frank Hofmann, photographer, musician (born 1916)
  • 22 April
  • Mary Campbell, librarian, Quaker (born 1907)
  • Vi Farrell, cricketer (born 1913)
  • 23 April – Rupert Worker, cricketer (born 1896)
  • 30 April – Nelson Dalzell, rugby union player (born 1921)
  • 2 May – Freddie French, rugby league player (born 1911)
  • 5 May – Dame Sister Mary Leo, music teacher (born 1895)
  • 13 May – Sir Lance Cross, basketball player, sports administrator and broadcaster (born 1912)
  • 4 June – Vernon Cracknell, politician (born 1912)
  • 12 June – Cath Vautier, netball player, coach and administrator (born 1902)
  • 26 June – Earle Riddiford, lawyer and mountaineer (born 1921)

July–September

  • 1 July
  • Eric Holland, politician (born 1921)
  • Olga Sansom, botanist, broadcaster, museum director (born 1900)
  • 15 July – Jack Scholes, sailor (born 1917)
  • 14 August – Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, politician, mayor of Auckland (1968–80) (born 1901)
  • 28 August – Sir Robert Macintosh, anaesthetist (born 1897)
  • 1 September – Mac Cooper, agricultural scientist (born 1910)
  • 4 September – Sir Ronald Syme, historian (born 1903)
  • 11 September
  • Roy Traill, wildlife ranger (born 1892)
  • Freddie Wood, historian (born 1903)
  • 14 September – Eddie McLeod, cricketer (born 1900)
  • 15 September – Harry Cave, cricketer (born 1922)
  • 18 September – Sir Peter Phipps, military leader (born 1908)

October–December

  • 1 October – David Penman, Anglican archbishop (born 1936)
  • 2 October – Bert Grenside, rugby union player (born 1899)
  • 7 October
  • Keith Elliott, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1916)
  • Pat Twohill, actor and radio announcer (born 1915)
  • 11 October – Joe Procter, rugby union player (born 1906)
  • 14 October – Rodney Kennedy, artist, art critic, pacifist (born 1909)
  • 23 October – Howard Alloo, cricketer (born 1895)
  • 24 October – Eileen Soper, journalist, writer, Girl Guide commissioner (born 1900)
  • 26 October – Andrew Roberts, cricketer (born 1947)
  • 18 November – Pat Hond, police officer, teacher, Taranaki Māori leader (born 1927)
  • 25 November – Kōhine Pōnika, composer of waiata Māori (born 1920)
  • 28 November
  • Beethoven Algar, rugby union player (born 1894)
  • Stan Cawtheray, association footballer (born 1906)
  • 30 November – Wiremu Heke, rugby union player (born 1894)
  • 2 December – Norman Davis, English language and literature academic (born 1913)
  • 8 December – Jack Rankin, rugby union player and coach (born 1914)
  • 9 December – Brett Austin, swimmer (born 1959)
  • 13 December – Peter de la Mare, physical organic chemist (born 1920)
  • 27 December – Ron Ulmer, track cyclist (born 1913)

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