1991 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,516,000 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1990: 40,900 (1.18%) Note that there is a discontinuity between the 1990 and 1991 figures as [http://www.stats.govt.nz/ Statistics NZ] switched from using the de facto population concept to [http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/D949C01D-3850-46B5-973B-9F8A9AE2CE67/0/Populationterms.pdf 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 - The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO [ [http://www.gg.govt.nz/gg/former.htm] ]

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) . [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]
*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. [(July 1991) 51b Hansard, Resource Management Bill Third Reading, 3018-3020.]

August

eptember

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,

Music

The New Zealand Music Awards were not held this year.

See: 1991 in music

Radio and Television

*CanWest takes management control of TV3. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

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

Film

*A Soldier's Tale
*Chunik Bair
*Grampire
*Old Scores
*Te Rua
*The End of the Golden Weather

See: , 1991 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Internet

See: [http://www.wlug.org.nz/NewZealandInternetHistory 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

port

:See: 1991 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

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).
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , 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 in overseas tournaments.
*Horse racing: See , 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

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

ee 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