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2005 in New Zealand

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See also: 2004 in New Zealand, other events of 2005, 2006 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.


Contents

[edit] Summary

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

[edit] Government

The 47th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was a coalition between Labour and the Progressives, with United Future supporting supply votes. At the 17 September election, the government arrangements changed considerably. The Labour-Progressive government is now supported by New Zealand First and United Future, both with their leader as a minister outside Cabinet.

Non-Labour Ministers Jim Anderton (Progressives) (within Cabinet)

[edit] Opposition Leaders

[edit] Main centre leaders

[edit] Events

[edit] January

[edit] February

  • 22 February: Social Development minister Steve Maharey announces that seven benefits will be merged into one, with supplements available for accommodation, disability, and childcare. The benefits replaced include unemployment, sickness, disability, and the domestic purposes benefit. The new benefit will apply from 2007 but trial areas will pilot the scheme from May 2005.

[edit] March

[edit] April

  • 4 April: Government member of parliament John Tamihere is involved in a major scandal after speaking candidly and scathingly about his fellow Labour MPs to a reporter (an interview which Tamihere claims was off-the-record). Further details of comments made at the interview were released a week later.
  • 12 April: John Tamihere is censured by the Labour Party caucus for his earlier comments, but was not asked to resign from the party.
  • 12 April: Northland farmer Paul McIntyre is acquitted of charges of careless use of a firearm. He shot at the vehicle of three thieves who were fleeing after attempting to steal his farmbike in 2002, injuring one of them. An earlier jury found him not guilty of reckless behaviour but could not agree on this charge.
  • 26 April: The Civil Unions and Relationships Acts come into force. These Acts allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions similar to marriage.

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] New Books

[edit] Awards

  • Catherine Chidgey wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
  • Montana New Zealand Book Awards
    • Montana Medal: Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design
    • Deutz Medal: Patricia Grace, Tu
    • Reader's Choice: Julie Le Clerc and John Bougen, Made in Morocco
    • First Book Awards:
      • Fiction: Julian Novitz, My Real Life and Other Stories
      • Poetry: Sonja Yelich, Clung
      • Non-fiction: Douglas Wright, Ghost Dance

[edit] Music

  • New Zealand Music Awards:
    • Album of the Year: Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story
    • Single of the Year: Breaks Co-Op - The Otherside
    • Best Group: Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story
    • Breakthrough Artist of the Year: The Checks - What You Heard
    • People's Choice Award: Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story
    • Songwriter of the Year: Dave Dobbyn - Welcome Home
    • Best Rock Album: Shihad - Love is the New Hate
    • Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: P-Money - Magic City
    • Best Music Video: Chris Graham & Dei Hamo - We Gon Ride
    • Best Male Solo Artist: P-Money - Magic City
    • Best Female Solo Artist: Yulia - Into the West
    • Highest Selling NZ Album: Yulia - Into the West
    • Highest Selling NZ Single: Dei Hamo - We Gon Ride
    • Best Producer: Angus Mcnaughton & Sean Donnelly - Southern Lights (SJD)
    • Best Engineer: Angus Mcnaughton - Southern Lights (SJD)
    • Best Dance/Electronica Album: Del Rey System - Del Rey System
    • Best Classical Album: Dan Poynton - The Complete Piano Music of Douglas Lilburn, Volume 1
    • Best Classical Album: Jonathan Lemalu - Opera Arias
    • Best Album Cover: K. Futialo, A. Morton, G. Osborne & A. B. White - Break It To Pieces (Tha Feelstyle)
    • Best Aotearoa Roots Album: Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story
    • International Achievement Award: Evermore
    • International Achievement Award: Scribe
    • International Achievement Award: Finn Brothers - Everyone Is Here

[edit] Television

[edit] Film

[edit] Internet

[edit] Sport

[edit] Basketball

  • NBL won by Auckland

[edit] Cricket

  • March: New Zealand cricket team beaten in test and ODI series by Australia.
  • December: New Zealand cricket team beaten 2-1 in an ODI series for the Chappell-Hadlee trophy, but New Zealand sets a world record by successfully chasing a target of 332 runs in the final game.

[edit] Golf

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby league

[edit] Rugby union

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

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