2019 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 2019 in New Zealand.

← 2018 2017 2016 2019 in New Zealand → 2020 2021 2022
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2019 Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and vice-regal

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Patsy Reddy

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  Elizabeth II
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  Patsy Reddy

Government

The Sixth Labour Government, elected in 2017, continues.

• Speaker of the House – Trevor Mallard
• Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern
• Deputy Prime Minister – Winston Peters
• Leader of the House – Chris Hipkins
• Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Winston Peters

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  Trevor Mallard
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  Jacinda Ardern
• 
  Winston Peters
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  Chris Hipkins
• 
  Grant Robertson

Other party leaders

• National – Simon Bridges (Leader of the Opposition)
• New Zealand First – Winston Peters
• Green – James Shaw and Marama Davidson
• ACT – David Seymour

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  Simon Bridges
• 
  Winston Peters
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  James Shaw
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  Marama Davidson
• 
  David Seymour

Judiciary

• Chief Justice – Sian Elias until 13 March, then Helen Winkelmann

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  Sian Elias
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  Helen Winkelmann

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Phil Goff
• Mayor of Tauranga – Greg Brownless, then from 24 October Tenby Powell[1]
• Mayor of Hamilton – Andrew King, then from 24 October Paula Southgate[2]
• Mayor of Wellington – Justin Lester, then from 30 October Andy Foster[3]
• Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
• Mayor of Dunedin – Dave Cull, then from 25 October Aaron Hawkins[4]

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  Phil Goff
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  Greg Brownless
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  Justin Lester
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  Andy Foster
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  Lianne Dalziell
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  Dave Cull
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  Aaron Hawkins

Events

February

• 5 February – 6 March – Wildfires in Nelson cause thousands to evacuate their homes.[5]

March

• 15 March – Shootings at two Christchurch mosques result in the deaths of 51 people.[6][7]
• 16 March – Sky News Australia is pulled off the air by independently-owned Sky New Zealand. The decision was made after the channel refused to stop showing graphic video footage that had been live-streamed by the Christchurch shooter at the two mosques in Christchurch.[8]

May

• 30 May – The 2019 New Zealand budget is presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson.[9]

June

• 3 June – The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced.[10]

July

• 19 July – A Christchurch house destroyed in a gas explosion results in six people being hospitalised.[11]

October

• 12 October – (Postal) voting for the 2019 local elections concludes.[12]
• 22 October – The Skycity Convention Centre catches fire while still under construction, causing significant disruption in the Auckland CBD.[13]

November

• 17–23 November – Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall make an official visit to Auckland, Northland, Christchurch and Kaikōura.

December

• 8 December – Severe rain causes landslides and flooding in the South Island, closing two state highways (SH 1 and SH 6) and Inland Scenic Route 72,[14] and trapping 1000 tourists in South Westland.[15]
• 9 December – Whakaari / White Island erupts, killing 21 and injuring 26.[16]
• 31 December – The 2020 New Year Honours are announced.[17]

Sports

Cycling

• 27 January – Aaron Gate wins the New Zealand Cycle Classic[18]

Rowing

• New Zealand Secondary School Championships (Maadi Cup)
  • Maadi Cup (boys U18 coxed eight) – Christchurch Boys' High School[19]
  • Levin 75th Jubilee Cup (girls U18 coxed eight) – St Margaret's College[20]
  • Star Trophy (overall points) – Christchurch Boys' High School[21]

Shooting

• Ballinger Belt –
  • Jim Bailey (Australia)
  • John Snowden (Ashburton), second, top New Zealander[22]

Rugby union

• England beat the All Blacks 19–7 in the semifinal of the 2019 Rugby World Cup[23]

Deaths

January

• 1 January
  • Ross Allen, local politician, cricket umpire (born 1928)[24]
  • Elizabeth Edgar, botanist (born 1929)[25]
• 11 January – Wayne Blair, cricketer (born 1948)[26][27]
• 18 January – Reg Hart, rugby league player (born 1936)[28]
• 20 January – Ian Shirley, academic, social justice advocate (born 1940)[29][30]
• 23 January – Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (born 1990)[31]
• 25 January – Sir John Jeffries, politician, lawyer, jurist (born 1929)[32]
• 30 January – Murray Loudon, field hockey player (born 1931)[33]

February

• 3 February – Peter Posa, guitarist (born 1941)[34]
• 6 February – John Cocks, builder, television personality (born 1966)[35]
• 9 February – Neville Young, lawyer, National Party president (born 1940)[36]
• 11 February – Allan Wild, architect, academic (born 1927)[37]
• 12 February – George Grindley, geologist (born 1925)[38]
• 14 February – Barrie Hutchinson, water polo and rugby union player (born 1926)[39]
• 18 February
  • George Cawkwell, classical scholar (born 1919)[40]
  • Laura Solomon, novelist, playwright, poet (born 1974)[41]
  • Peter Wells, writer, film-maker (born 1950)[42]
• 23 February – Brian Halton, organic chemist (born 1941)[43]
• 24 February – Ian Eliason, rugby union player (born 1945)[44]
• 27 February – Bill Playle, cricketer (born 1938)[45]

March

• 1 March – Mike Tamoaieta, rugby union player (born 1995)[46]
• 2 March – Keith Davis, rugby union player (born 1930)[47]
• 3 March – Leo de Castro, musician (born c. 1948)[48]
• 5 March – David Kear, geologist, science administrator (born 1923)[49]
• 7 March – Ron Russell, politician (born 1926)[50]
• 8 March – Ian Lawrence, politician, mayor of Wellington (1983–86) (born 1937)[51]
• 11 March – John Dawson, botanist (born 1928)[52]
• 14 March – Thomas Goddard, jurist (born 1937)[53]
• 15 March – Atta Elayyan, futsal player (born 1985)[54]
• 22 March – Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Catholic priest (born 1926)[55]
• 24 March – Finn Lowery, water polo player (born 1990)[56]
• 28 March – Bill Culbert, artist (born 1935)[57]
• 30 March – Ron Elvidge, rugby union player (born 1923)[58]

April

• 4 April – Ray Harper, rugby union administrator (born 1927)[59]
• 5 April – Trevor McKee, racehorse trainer (born 1937)[60]
• 8 April – Anzac Wallace, actor (born 1943)[61]
• 9 April – George McConnell, cricketer (born 1938)[62]
• 13 April – Yvette Williams, athlete (born 1929)[63]
• 16 April – Len Hoogerbrug, architect (born 1929)[64]
• 17 April – Peter Cartwright, lawyer, viceregal consort (born 1940)[65]
• 19 April – Philip Liner, radio broadcaster (born 1925)[66]

May

• 2 May
  • Duncan MacRae, rugby league player (born 1934)[67]
  • Sister Pauline O'Regan, educator, writer (born 1922)[68]
• 7 May – Te Wharehuia Milroy, Māori language academic (born 1937)[69]
• 10 May
  • Carey Adamson, air force officer (born 1942)[70]
  • Malcolm Black, musician, music lawyer (born c. 1961)[71]
• 11 May
  • Sir Hector Busby, Māori traditional navigator and waka builder (born 1932)[72]
  • Pua Magasiva, actor (born 1980)[73]
• 15 May – Roger Blackley, art historian (born 1953)[74]
• 18 May
  • Quentin Pongia, rugby league player (born 1970)[75]
  • Doug Wilson, rugby union player (born 1931)[76]
• 24 May – Sharon McAuslan, jurist (born 1945)[77]
• 26 May – Percy Erceg, rugby union player (born 1928)[78]
• 27 May – Guy Jansen, music educator, choral musician (born 1935)[79]
• 30 May – Jim Bell, association footballer (born 1935)[80]
• 31 May – Sir Grant Hammond, jurist (born 1944)[81]

June

• 2 June – Alistair Browning, actor (born 1954)[82]
• 13 June – Merilyn Wiseman, potter (born 1941)[83]
• 18 June
  • Shirlene Colcord, one of the Lawson quintuplets (born 1965).[84]
  • Bill Deacon, rugby league player (born c. 1944).[85]
  • Shona Dunlop MacTavish, dancer, choreographer (born 1920)[86]
• 21 June – Geraldine Harcourt, Japanese–English translator (born 1952)[87]
• 25 June – Arthur Candy, cyclist (born 1934)[88]
• 30 June – James Gill, cricketer (born 1928)[89]

July

• 4 July – Vernon McArley, cricketer (born 1923)[90]
• 6 July – Denis Pain, jurist, eventing team manager (born 1936)[91]
• 9 July – Heather Nicholson, geologist, writer (born 1931)[92]
• 12 July – Matthew Trundle, classics and ancient history academic (born 1965)[93]
• 15 July – Brian Coote, legal academic (born 1929)[94]
• 17 July – Warren Cole, rower (born 1940)[95]
• 19 July – Shirley Peterson, athlete (born 1928)[96]
• 20 July
  • Paddy Bassett, agricultural scientist (born 1918)[97]
  • Lance Pearson, cricketer, basketball (born 1937)[98]
• 21 July – Peter Ramsay, educationalist, daffodil breeder (born 1939)[99]
• 23 July – Ruth Gotlieb, local-body politician (born 1923)[100]
• 29 July – John Wybrow, politician, diplomat (born 1928)[101]

August

• 1 August
  • Raymond Boyce, stage and costume designer, puppeteer (born 1928)[102]
  • Llew Summers, sculptor (born 1947)[103]
• 2 August
  • Stuart O'Connell, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1935)[104]
  • Rob Storey, politician (born 1936)[105]
  • Helen Young, radio manager, arts advocate (born 1926)[106]
• 3 August – Sir Brian Lochore, rugby union player and coach (born 1940)[107]
• 6 August – Rod Coleman, motorcycle road racer (born 1926)[108]
• 8 August – Mazhar Krasniqi, Muslim community leader (born 1931)[109]
• 11 August – Geoff Malcolm, physical chemist (born 1931)[110]
• 15 August – Noel Pope, local-body politician (born 1931)[111]
• 16 August – Bruce Deans, rugby union player (born 1960)[112]
• 21 August – Lawrence Reade, cricketer (born 1930)[113]
• 23 August – Roaring Lion, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 2015)[114]
• 25 August
  • Sam McGredy, rose hybridiser (born 1932).[115]
  • Ian Sinclair, cricketer (born 1933)[116]
• 26 August
  • Felix Donnelly, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, writer, broadcaster (born 1929)[117]
  • Ray Henwood, actor (born 1937)[118]
  • Pita Paraone, politician (born 1945)[119]
• 27 August – Tahu Potiki, Ngāi Tahu leader (born 1966)[120]
• 29 August – Don Aickin, obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1934)[121]
• 30 August – Ken France, association footballer (born 1941)[122]

September

• 4 September – Peter Ellis, convicted child sex abuser (born 1958)[123]
• 7 September – Lawrie Creamer, protein chemist (born 1937)[124]
• 8 September – Ray Hitchcock, cricketer, racehorse breeder (born 1929)[125]
• 9 September – Alister Taylor, publisher (born 1943)[126]
• 12 September
  • Wade Doak, marine conservationist (born 1940)[127]
  • ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan Prime Minister (born 1941)[128]
• 18 September – Lady Anne Berry, horticulturalist (born 1919)[129]
• 27 September – Jack Lasenby, children's author (born 1931)[130][131]

October

• 2 October – Tiny Hill, rugby union player and selector (born 1927)[132]
• 7 October – Harvey Benge, photographer (born 1944)[133]
• 10 October – Marie Darby, marine biologist (born 1940)[134]
• 11 October – Heather Robson, badminton and tennis player (born 1928)[135]
• 18 October – Rom Harré, philosopher (born 1927)[136]
• Between 16 and 22 October – Mike McClennan, rugby league player and coach (born 1944)[137]
• 28 October – Ken McCracken, rugby league player[138]

November

• 2 November – Ian Cross, writer, journalist, broadcasting executive (born 1925)[139]
• 5 November – Ed Dolejs, softball coach (born 1929)[140]
• 9 November – Les Downes, cricketer (born 1945)[141]
• 16 November – Nancy Brunning, actress and playwright (born 1971)[142]
• 18 November – Ryan Costello, baseball player (born 1996)[143]
• 20 November – Alastair Smith, information science academic (born 1948)[144]
• 21 November – Wally Clark, zoologist (born 1927)[145]
• 25 November – Bevin Hough, rugby league player, long jumper (born 1929)[146]

December

• 1 December – Sacred Falls, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 2009)[147]
• 3 December – Arthur Baysting, writer, songwriter, New Zealand music advocate (born 1947)[148]
• 5 December – Rick Bryant, musician (born 1948)[149]
• 6 December – Jules Mikus, convicted murderer (born 1958)[150]
• 8 December
  • Joe Moodabe, cinema chain manager (born 1937)[151]
  • Tessa Temata, diplomat (born c. 1967)[152]
• 12 December
  • Norman Kingsbury, educational administrator (born 1932)[153]
  • Brian Muller, rugby union player (born 1942).[154]
  • Sir Peter Snell, athlete (born 1938).[155]
• 21 December
  • Peter Bartlett, architect and academic (born 1929)[156]
  • Sam Strahan, rugby union player (born 1944)[157]
• 22 December – Bill Lambert, politician (born 1930)[158]
• 29 December – Ken Strongman, psychology academic, book and television reviewer (born 1940)[159]

See also

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