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2014 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in New Zealand.

Population

National

Estimated populations as at 30 June:

Main urban areas

Following the 2013 census, Statistics New Zealand added Blenheim to the list of main urban areas, increasing the total number to 17.

Estimated populations as at 30 June:

Incumbents

Regal and vice-regal

Government

Legislative term: 50th New Zealand Parliament until 14 August, then 51st New Zealand Parliament from 20 October.

The Fifth National Government, first elected in 2008, continues.

Other party leaders in parliament

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Arts and literature

Performing arts

Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Tina Cross.

Events

January

February

March

  • 8 March – Waitawa Regional Park opens.
  • March – Over 100 homes are flooded in Christchurch.

April

May

June

July

  • 11–21 July – Severe flooding damages thousands of properties in the Northland and Auckland regions.

August

September

  • 1 September – A gunman shoots dead two people and injures a third at the Work and Income office in Ashburton. The town is locked down for seven hours while police search for and apprehend the suspected gunman.
  • 20 September – The 2014 general election is held.

October

  • 16 October – New Zealand is elected to the United Nations Security Council for two years (2015–16) on the first ballot.
  • October – Demand for Lewis Road Creamery chocolate milk is so high that it is often sold out in supermarkets within hours of opening. The demand saw the placement of security guards to monitor fridges, the implementation of rationing and purchase limits, and the creation of black markets.

November

  • 17 November – A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes 150km east of Te Araroa, Gisborne.

December

Holidays and observances

National public holidays

Public holidays in New Zealand in 2014 are as follows:

Provincial anniversaries

Provincial anniversary days in New Zealand in 2014 are as follows:

  • 20 January – Wellington
  • 27 January – Auckland
  • 3 February – Nelson
  • 10 March – Taranaki
  • 24 March – Otago
  • 22 April – Southland
  • 22 September – South Canterbury
  • 24 October – Hawke’s Bay
  • 3 November – Marlborough
  • 14 November – Canterbury
  • 1 December – Westland and Chatham Islands

Sport

Basketball

Commonwealth Games

Olympic Games

  • New Zealand sends a team of 15 competitors in five sports.

Paralympic Games

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

Rowing

Rugby

Shooting

Births

  • 13 September – Vin De Dance, Thoroughbred racehorse
  • 26 September – Melody Belle, Thoroughbred racehorse
  • 12 November – Grunt, Thoroughbred racehorse

Deaths

January

  • 2 January – Terry Magaoa Chapman, Niuean public servant (born 1944)
  • 15 January – Joyce Fenton, fencer (born 1927)
  • 16 January – John G. Cleary, computer science academic, promoter of Transcendental Meditation (born 1950)
  • 20 January
  • Graeme Dallow, police officer (born 1930)
  • John Mackey, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland (1974–83) (born 1918)
  • 29 January – George Griffiths, historian (born 1933)
  • 30 January
  • John Branthwaite, Anglican priest (born 1927)
  • Mr Tiz, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1984)

February

  • 3 February – Alister Leat, judoka (born 1985)
  • 5 February – Gary Giles, cricketer (born 1940)
  • 7 February – Tim Dalton, rugby union player (born 1940)
  • 11 February – Olga Jekyll, fencer (born 1918)
  • 19 February – Graeme Lowans, cricketer (born 1934)
  • 20 February
  • Ian McKay, Judge of the Court of Appeal (1991–97) (born 1929)
  • Anthony Whitaker, herpetologist (born 1944)
  • 22 February – Charlotte Dawson, television personality (born 1966)
  • 24 February – Alexis Hunter, artist (born 1948)
  • 25 February – David McKinney, author and journalist (born 1945)
  • 28 February – Donald Murdoch, cricketer (born 1923)

March

  • 5 March – Little Bridge, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 2006)
  • 10 March – John Pring, rugby union referee (born 1927)
  • 13 March – Vince McGlone, seaman and television personality (born 1916)
  • 16 March – Frank Oliver, rugby union player and coach, All Blacks captain (born 1948)
  • 19 March – Gordon Patrick, cyclist (born 1914)
  • 20 March – Bill Toomath, architect (born 1925)
  • 21 March – David Beaglehole, physicist (born 1938)
  • 23 March – David Henshaw, cartoonist (born 1939)
  • 24 March – Margaret di Menna, microbiologist (born 1923)
  • 31 March – David Hannay, film producer (born 1939)

April

  • 1 April – Merimeri Penfold, Māori language academic (born 1920)
  • 3 April – Dame Dorothy Winstone, educationalist and academic (born 1919)
  • 6 April – Charles Farthing, doctor specialising in the treatment of HIV/AIDS (born 1953)
  • 8 April – Ivan Mercep, architect (born 1930)
  • 15 April
  • Jim Sprott, analytical chemist, forensic scientist (born 1924)
  • Sir Owen Woodhouse, naval officer, jurist, President of the Court of Appeal (1981–86) (born 1916)
  • 21 April – Maria Olsen, painter and sculptor (born 1947)
  • 26 April
  • David Brokenshire, architect, potter (born 1925)
  • Patrick Hanan, Sinology academic (born 1927)

May

  • 8 May – Allan Potts, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (born 1934)
  • 10 May – Lane Penn, rugby union player, coach and administrator (born 1938)
  • 11 May – Yvonne Cartier, ballet dancer and instructor, mime (born 1928)
  • 14 May
  • Morvin Simon, composer, kapa haka leader, academic, historian (born 1944)
  • Warren Sinclair, radiation physicist (born 1924)
  • 20 May – Ross Brown, rugby union player (born 1934)
  • 21 May
  • Duncan Cole, association football player (born 1958)
  • Mack Herewini, rugby union player (born 1939)
  • 22 May – Pani Stirling, educationalist (born 1937)
  • 23 May – Sam Harvey, cartoonist (born 1922)
  • 28 May – Ethel Divers, netball player (born 1915)
  • 30 May – Peter Hall, cricketer (born 1927)

June

  • 9 June – William Bradfield, amateur astronomer (born 1927)
  • 12 June – Pat Rosier, writer, editor, feminist activist (born 1942)
  • 18 June – Ces Renwick, cricketer (born 1924)
  • 21 June – John Heslop, surgeon, cricket administrator (born 1925)
  • 30 June – Rik Tau, Ngāi Tahu kaumātua (born 1941)

July

August

  • 5 August
  • Dave Hereora, politician and trade unionist (born 1956)
  • Joe McManemin, athletics coach, sports administrator, Freemason (born 1923)
  • 10 August – Graham Gedye, cricketer (born 1929)
  • 13 August – Jack Shallcrass, author, educator, humanist (born 1922)
  • 16 August – Kevin Barry, rugby union player (born 1936)
  • 19 August – Bob Glading, golfer (born 1920)
  • 20 August – Margaret Marks, cricketer (born 1918)
  • 22 August – Helen Mason, potter (born 1915)
  • 27 August – Frank Corner, diplomat and public servant (born 1920)

September

October

  • 3 October – Ewen Gilmour, comedian (born 1963)
  • 6 October – Peg Griffin, supercentenarian, oldest person in New Zealand (born 1904)
  • 9 October – Connell Thode, naval officer, yachtsman (born 1911)
  • 10 October
  • Ivan Armstrong, field hockey player and coach, tennis umpire, educator (born 1928)
  • Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, art historian, academic and curator (born 1943)
  • Ernie Wiggs, rugby league player and coach (born 1941)
  • 13 October – Yvette Bromley, stage actor and theatre director (born 1913)
  • 14 October – Bob Neilson, rugby league player (born 1923)
  • 18 October – Veandercross, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1988)
  • 21 October – Tuna Scanlan, boxer (born 1934)
  • 26 October – Sir Tay Wilson, sports administrator (born 1925)
  • 27 October – Ian Monro, naval officer (born 1927)

November

  • 2 November – Robert Tripe, actor (born 1973)
  • 5 November – Don McLaren, animal healthcare businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse breeder, horse racing administrator (born 1933)
  • 6 November – Len Jordan, rugby league player (born 1920)
  • 7 November – Rough Habit, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1986)
  • 9 November – Jeanne Macaskill, painter (born 1931)
  • 14 November – Dave Dephoff, athlete (born 1928)
  • 15 November – John Sparnon, rugby league player (born 1943)
  • 16 November – Binney Lock, journalist and newspaper editor (born 1932)
  • 17 November – Warren Murdock, cricketer (born 1944)
  • 20 November
  • Allan Baker, ornithologist (born 1943)
  • Murray Gittos, fencer (born 1920)
  • 24 November – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, athlete (born 1926)
  • 30 November – Norm Holland, jockey (born 1924)

December

  • 1 December – Rocky Wood, writer (born 1959)
  • 3 December – Pat O'Connor, Roman Catholic priest, Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (1992–2011) (born 1932)
  • 12 December
  • Graham Turbott, ornithologist and zoologist (born 1914)
  • Alan Ward, historian (born 1935)
  • 13 December – John Hickman, meteorologist (born 1927)
  • 14 December – John McCraw, soil scientist and local historian (born 1925)
  • 16 December – Jack Hazlett, rugby union player, tannery company founder (born 1938)
  • 17 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer (born 1924)
  • 18 December – John Beedell, canoeist (born 1933)
  • 23 December – Nigel Priestley, earthquake engineer (born 1943)
  • 25 December
  • Dave Comer, photographer, film location scout (born 1956)
  • Tom O'Donnell, medical doctor, researcher and academic (born 1926)
  • 26 December – Judith, Lady Hay, community leader, mayoress of Christchurch (1974–89) (born 1927)
  • 29 December – Sir Ivor Richardson, jurist (born 1930)

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