2018 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 2018 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and vice-regal
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Dame Patsy Reddy
Government
2018 is the first full year of the 52nd Parliament, which first sat on 7 November 2017.
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
Trevor Mallard
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Winston Peters
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Grant Robertson
Other party leaders
- National – Bill English until 27 February, then Simon Bridges
- New Zealand First – Winston Peters
- Green – James Shaw and, from 8 April, Marama Davidson
- ACT New Zealand – David Seymour
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Winston Peters.jpg)
James Shaw
Marama Davidson
David Seymour
Judiciary
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Dame Sian Elias
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Phil Goff
- Mayor of Tauranga – Greg Brownless
- Mayor of Hamilton – Andrew King
- Mayor of Wellington – Justin Lester
- Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
- Mayor of Dunedin – Dave Cull
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Phil Goff
Greg Brownless
Justin Lester
Lianne Dalziell
Dave Cull
Events
March
- 6 March – The 2018 New Zealand census is held.
May
- 11 May – according to scientist a record wave of about 24 metres (74 feet) height near Campbell Island south of New Zealand is the highest recorded; the previous record wave in 2012 was about 22 meters (72 feet).[1]
June
- 9 June – The Northcote by-election is won by National, who hold the seat.
Sport
Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand sends a team of 253 competitors in 17 sports.
 |  |  | Total |
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| 15 | 16 | 15 | 46 |
Olympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of 21 competitors in five sports.
| | | Total |
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| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Paralympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of three competitors in two sports.
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| 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Sailing
- 24 February – 18 March: Auckland is a stopover on the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race
Shooting
- Ballinger Belt – John Snowden (Ashburton)[2]
Youth Olympics
- New Zealand will send a team to the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, 6–18 October
Deaths
January
- 4 January
- Owen Hardy, World War II fighter pilot (born 1922)
- Gail McIntosh, politician (born 1955)
- 5 January
- Barry Thomas, rugby union player (born 1937)
- Peter Wells, high jumper (born 1929)
- 7 January
- Jim Anderton, politician (born 1938)
- Buster Stiggs, musician (born 1954)
- 17 January – Ted McCoy, architect (born 1925)
- 21 January – Michael Selby, geomorphologist (born 1936)
- 22 January
- Jack Doms, swimmer (born 1927)
- Kevin Tate, soil chemist, climate scientist (born 1943)
- 25 January – Graham Williams, rugby union player (born 1945)
- 27 January – Grant Fell, musician (born c. 1961)
- 30 January – Amber McWilliams, actor (born 1975)
- 31 January – Pat Booth, journalist (born 1929)
February
- 3 February – Ted Corbett, organic chemist (born 1923)
- 8 February – Gary Seear, rugby union player (born 1952)
- 10 February – Bevan Congdon, cricketer (born 1938)
- 11 February – Darien Boswell, rower (born 1938)
- 21 February – Beryl Fletcher, novelist (born 1938)
- 25 February – Noel Scott, politician (born 1929)
March
- 2 March – Gordon Challis, poet (born 1932)
- 9 March – Robin Archer, rugby union player and coach (born 1930)
- 11 March – Paddy Donovan, boxer, rugby union player (born 1936)
- 14 March
- Peter Entwisle, art historian (born 1948)
- Mac McCallion, rugby union player and coach (born 1950)
- 20 March – Dylan Mika, rugby union player (born 1972)
- 30 March – Keith Murdoch, rugby union player (born 1943)
April
- 6 April – Colin McLeod, civil engineer (born 1921)
- 10 April – Fergie McCormick, rugby union player (born 1939)
- 11 April – Robert Matthews, Paralympic athlete (born 1961)
- 16 April – Ivan Mauger, motorcyle speedway rider (born 1939)
- 23 April – Haddon Donald, soldier, politician (born 1917)
- 24 April – Arthur Eustace, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (born 1926)
- 26 April – David Mitchell, architect (born 1941)
May
- 2 May – Katherine O'Regan, politician (born 1946)
- 4 May – Tony Steel, rugby union player, politician (born 1941)
- 9 May
- Norma, Lady Beattie – vice-regal consort (born 1925)
- Carl Perkins, musician (born c. 1959)
- 15 May – Hopeful Christian, founder of Gloriavale Christian Community (born 1926)
- 16 May – Tom Hadfield, rugby league player (born 1934)
- 19 May – John Moorfield, Māori language academic (born 1943)
- 28 May – Dick Quax, athlete, local-body politician (born 1948)
June
- 4 June – J. B. Munro, politician, disability advocate (born 1936)
- 7 June – Sir Neil Waters, university administrator (born 1931)
- 13 June – Milan Mrkusich, artist, designer (born 1925)
- 14 June – Vincent Gray, chemist, climate change skeptic (born 1922)
- 18 June – Graham Davy, athlete, sports administrator (born 1936)
- 23 June – Koro Wētere, politician (born 1935)
- 30 June – Mark Irwin, rugby union player (born 1935)
July
- 4 July – Harry M. Miller, impresario (born 1934)
- 9 July
- Sam Chisholm, media executive (born 1939)
- Colin Quincey, first person to row solo across the Tasman Sea (born 1945)
- 13 July – Naturalism, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1988)
- 17 July – David Stevens, screenwriter (born 1940)
August
- 2 August – Bob Berry, dendrologist (born 1916)
- 3 August
- Reinhart Langer, botanist, university administrator (born 1921)
- Murray Matthewson, orthopaedic surgeon (born 1944)
- 4 August – Delwyn Costello, cricketer (born 1960)
- 17 August – Warwick Roger, journalist, magazine editor (born 1945)
- 18 August – Ronnie Moore, speedway rider (born 1933)
- 19 August – Margaret Reid, Presbyterian minister (born 1923)
- 20 August – Greg Boyed, television presenter (born c. 1970)
- 21 August – Spencer P. Jones, musician (born 1956)
- 23 August – Wendy Hutton, travel and food writer (born c. 1941)
September
- 5 September
- Alan Peart, World War II fighter ace (born 1922)
- John Stacpoole, architect, historian (born 1919)
- 14 September – Ruth Dowman, athlete (born 1930)
- 16 September – Assid Corban, politician, businessman (born 1925)
- 24 September — Merv Smith, radio personality (born 1933)
October
- 3 October – David Fergusson, psychologist (born 1944)
- 6 October – Wilf Malcolm, mathematician, university administrator (born 1933)
References
- ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/a-wave-8-floor-high-largest-ever-recorded-forms-near-new-zealand-1850609
- ↑ Tso, Matthew (5 February 2018). "Ballinger Belt title back in New Zealand after tight final". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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