2001 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO followed by The Hon. Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO¹

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

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

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

Events

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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

Music

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

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

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

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

• See: 2001 in sports , Category:2001 in sports

Athletics

• Alastair Snowdon wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:12 on 3 June in Christchurch, while Anne Clarke claims her first as well in the women's championship (2:47:55).

Basketball

• The Men's National Basketball League was won by the Waikato Titans who beat the Wellington Saints 112-97 in the final, the Titans having finished top of the league with 15/16 wins.
• The Women’s National Basketball League was won by the Wellington Swish

Cricket

• New Zealand cricket team
• The State Championship was won by the Wellington Firebirds

Golf

• New Zealand Open , Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.

Horse racing

• See Category:Horse races in New Zealand

Netball

• Silver Ferns
• National Bank Cup

Rugby league

• Bartercard Cup won by the Hibiscus Coast Raiders who were also the minor premiers
• The New Zealand Warriors cane 8th of 14 teams in the NRL, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time. They were knocked out in the first round by minor premiers, Parramatta Eels, 56-12.

Rugby Union

• The Super 12 competition was won by the Brumbies, the first win by a non-NZ team. No NZ teams made the semifinals.
• National Provincial Championship: Division 1, Canterbury, Division 2: Hawke's Bay, Division 3: South Canterbury
• the Bledisloe Cup was won by Australia who won both games.
• the Tri Nations Series was won by Australia, with two wins and a draw. New Zealand came second with two wins.
• The Ranfurly Shield was held by Canterbury all season, with successful defences against Buller 69-3 (in Westport), Sth Canterbury 103-0 (in Timaru), Nelson Bays 67-10, Bay Of Plenty 72-3, Wellington 31-29, Taranaki 38-17, Auckland 38-10, Waikato 52-19

Soccer

• The New Zealand National Soccer League was relaunched as a winter competition with 10 teams and finals playoffs. The winner was Napier City Rovers.
• Chatham Cup won by University - Mount Wellington.

Births

Deaths

• 4 February: Sir David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand 1980-1985.
• March: Dr Herb Green, medical specialist.
• 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.
• 9 July: Rosemary, Lady Firth, ethnologist.
• 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.
• Trevor de Cleene, politician.
• Bill Pratney, cyclist.
• Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality.

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 2001 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 2001