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See also: 2000 in New Zealand, other events of 2001, 2002 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 4.4 Internet 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Rugby league 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 2001 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys followed by Dame Silvia Cartwright

[edit] Government

The 46th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The Labour Party led by Helen Clark, in coalition with Alliance, led by Jim Anderton.

• Speaker of the House - Jonathan Hunt
• Prime Minister - Helen Clark
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jim Anderton
• Minister of Finance - Michael Cullen
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Phil Goff

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)
• Greens - Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act - TBD
• New Zealand First - TBD
• United Future - TBD
• Māori Party - TBD
• Labour - TBD
• Progressives - TBD
• United Future - TBD

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Christine Fletcher then John Banks
• Mayor of Hamilton - Russell Matthew Remmington then David Braithwaite
• Mayor of Wellington - Mark Blumsky then Kerry Prendergast
• Mayor of Christchurch - Garry Moore
• Mayor of Dunedin - Sukhi Turner

[edit] Events

See 2001 , 2001 in politics , 2001 in science , Category:2001 in Australia , 2001 in Australia , 2001 in music , 2001 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Jo Randerson wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
• Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
  • Montana Medal: Michael King, Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
  • Deutz Medal: Lloyd Jones, The Book of Fame
  • Reader's Choice: Michael King, Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
  • First Book Awards
    • Fiction: Karyn Hay, Emerald Budgies
    • Poetry: Stephanie de Montalk, Animals Indoors
    • Non-Fiction: Paul Tapsell, Pukaki: A Comet Returns

See 2001 in art, 2001 in literature, Category:2001 books

[edit] Music

See: 2001 in music, New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2001

[edit] Radio and Television

See: 2001 in New Zealand television, 2001 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Crooked Earth
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

See: Category:2001 film awards, 2001 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:2001 films

[edit] Internet

See: NZ Internet History

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

• See: 2001 in sports , Category:2001 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.

• 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

[edit] Rugby league

• Bartercard Cup won by the Hibiscus Coast Raiders

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• 4 February: David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand 1980-1985
• 10 April: Nyree Dawn Porter, actor
• 11 April: Thaddeus McCarthy, judge
• 20 April: Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer
• 2 June: Kenneth Hayr, air marshal
• 6 June: Douglas Lilburn, composer
• 8 July: John O'Shea, director
• 25 July: Alan Kirton, agricultural scientist
• 27 July: Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, auto racing driver
• 8 August: Peter Sinclair, Radio and television host
• 21 September: Andrew Bradfield, computer programmer
• 6 December: Peter Blake, yachtsman

• Allen Curnow, poet and journalist
• Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality

[edit] See also