1991 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,516,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1990: 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

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Dame Catherine Tizard

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Mike Moore (Labour) . ^[2]
• NewLabour Party - Jim Anderton

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Les Mills
• Mayor of Hamilton - Margaret Evans
• Mayor of Wellington - James Belich
• Mayor of Christchurch - Vicki Buck
• Mayor of Dunedin - Richard Walls

Events

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

• July 22 The Resource Management Act 1991 passes into law after a third reading speech by Simon Upton.^[3]

August

September

October

• October 1 The Resource Management Act 1991 commences.

November

December

Arts and literature

• Lynley Hood wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

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

Music

The New Zealand Music Awards were not held this year.

See: 1991 in music

Radio and Television

• CanWest takes management control of TV3. [1]

See: 1991 in New Zealand television, 1991 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• 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

See: NZ Internet History

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

Sport

Athletics

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

• See: 1991 in sports , Category:1991 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
• Other Sports

Births

• 4 January: Olivia Tennet, actor

Category:1991 births

Deaths

• 20 April: Winifred Hall, children's author under the pen name Clare Mallory
• 7 August: Billy T. James, entertainer and comedian (b. 1948)
• 13 October: Major General Sir William Gentry, former military chief of staff of New Zealand.
• 1 December: Zin Harris, cricketer

References

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1991 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1991