2000 in New Zealand

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM, GCMG, QSO[2]

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
• Chief Justice — Sian Elias

See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand, New Zealand elections

• National – Jenny Shipley (Leader of the Opposition)
• Greens – Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald
• Act – Richard Prebble
• New Zealand First – Winston Peters
• United – Peter Dunne

• Mayor of Auckland – Christine Fletcher
• Mayor of Hamilton – Russell Matthew Remmington
• Mayor of Wellington – Mark Blumsky
• Mayor of Christchurch – Garry Moore
• Mayor of Dunedin – Sukhi Turner

• 1 January: Broadcasts from the Chatham Islands and the New Zealand mainland are watched worldwide as New Zealand, by virtue of time zone, kicks off the worldwide millennium celebrations.

This year of awards included a new category, ' Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation':[3] Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[4]

• Album of the Year: Stellar* – Mix
  • Shihad – The General Electric
  • Ardijah – Time
  • Salmonella Dub – Killervision
  • The Mutton Birds – Rain, Steam and Speed
• Single of the Year: Stellar* – Violent
  • AKA Brown – Something I Need
  • Shihad – My Minds Sedate
  • The Mutton Birds – Pulled Along By Love
  • Breathe – Landslide
• Top Male Vocalist: Jon Toogood – The General Electric (Shihad)
  • Dave Dobbyn
  • Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds)
• Top Female Vocalist: Boh Runga – Mix (Stellar*)
  • Betty-Anne Monga (Ardijah)
  • Zara Clark (Deep Obsession)
• Top Group: Stellar* – Mix
  • Shihad – The General Electric
  • Deep Obsession – Infinity
• Most Promising Male Vocalist: Aaron Tokona (Weta)
  • Sama Feo (AKA Brown)
  • Conan Wilcox (Salmonella Dub)
• Most Promising Female Vocalist: Vanessa Kelly – Infinity (Deep Obsession)
  • Maybelle Galuvao (Ma-V-Elle)
  • Lavina Williams (The Invasion Band / Ma-V-Elle)
• Most Promising Group: Weta
  • Breathe
  • AKA Brown
• International Achievement: Bic Runga
  • Te Vaka
  • Shihad
• Best Video: Reuben Sutherland – My Mind's Sedate (Shihad)
  • Marc Swadel – Birthday (The Stereo Bus)
  • Jonathan King – Violent (Stellar*)
• Best Producer: Tom Bailey & Stellar* – Mix
  • Anthony Ioasa – Dream (TrueBliss)
  • Malcolm Welsford – Landslide (Breathe)
• Best Engineer: Luke Tomes – Mix (Stellar*)
  • Sam Gibson – Rain Steam & Speed (The Mutton Birds)
  • Paddy Free & Tiki Taane – Killervision (Salmonella Dub)
• Best Jazz Album: Jason Jones – Subspace
  • Mark De Clive-Lowe – Six Degrees
  • Steve Sherriff – See What Happens
• Best Classical Album: John Psathas – Rhythm Spike
  • NZ National Youth Choir – Winds That Whisper
  • Gareth Farr / NZSO – Te Papa
• Best Country Album: The Warratahs – One of Two Things
  • The Minstrel – Blaaack
  • Rosy Parsons – Pride of Place
• Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation (new category): Dave Dobbyn – Overnight Success: The Definitive Dave Dobbyn Collection
  • Various – World Famous in New Zealand
  • The Exponents – Hello, Love You, Goodbye
• Best Folk Album: –
• Best Gospel Album: The Lads – Lost at Sea
  • The Invasion Band – Everything
  • The Parachute Band – Adore
• Best Mana Maori Album: Southside of Bombay – Live in Aotearoa
  • Maisey Rika – 20 Favourite Maori Songs
  • Hato Paora College – Hato Paora – 50 Years On
• Best Mana Reo Album: Iwi – Iwi
  • Maisey Rika – 20 Favourite Maori Songs
  • Hato Paora College – Hato Paora – 50 Years On
  • He Taonga Reo – Tahi/Rua'
• Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss – Jennifer's House
  • Janet Channon & Wendy Jensen – You've Got to Clap
  • Janet Grierson and Kidz Choice Singers – Singing Is Fun
  • Tessarose Productions – Sing A Song About The Body
• Best Songwriter: Boh Runga – Violent (Stellar*)
  • Salmonella Dub – For The Love of It (Salmonella Dub)
  • Christopher Bands and Zara Clark – Cold (Deep Obsession)
• Best Cover: Shihad & Karl Kippenberger – The General Electric
  • Kimberley Renwick – Second Nature (Margaret Urlich)
  • Gideon Keith and Seven – Infinity (Deep Obsession)
• New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Grant Hislop – (ZM / Hauraki Auckland)
  • Martin Good (Hits 89FM)
  • Rodger Clamp (More FM Auckland)

See: 2000 in music, New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2000

• Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Doug Aston.

• 1 July: Public Broadcasting Fee finishes.

See: 2000 in New Zealand television, 2000 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

• Jubilee
• Stickmen
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Price of Milk

See: Category:2000 film awards, 2000 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:2000 films

See: NZ Internet History

• Mark Hutchinson wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:58 on 29 October in Auckland, while Melissa Moon claims her first in the women's championship (2:45:42).

• The NBL was won by the Auckland Stars who beat the Nelson Giants, 95–78 in the final.[5]
• The Women’s NBL was won by the Otago Breakers, who beat Waikato in the final, 75-69
• The Tall Blacks lost all five pool games at the Olympic Men's tournament, then beat Angola in the classification game to finish 11th out of 12 teams.
• The Tall Ferns lost all five pool games at the Olympic Women's tournament, then beat Senegal in the classification game to finish 11th out of 12 teams.

• New Zealand cricket team
• The State Championship was won by the Northern Districts Knights

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

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Yulestar[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Flight South[7]

• Silver Ferns
• National Bank Cup

• New Zealand sends a team of 151 competitors.
• The medal tally is considered very disappointing and sparks a review of high-performance sports training programmes.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	0	3	4

• New Zealand sends a team of 43 competitors.

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
6	8	4	18

• The inaugural Bartercard Cup was won by the Canterbury Bulls who defeated the Otahuhu Leopards 38–24 in the grand final.
• The Auckland Warriors finished 13th of 14 teams in the NRL. The club was under severe financial pressure until purchased by Eric Watson after the season had ended and rebranded as the New Zealand Warriors.
• 27 April, New Zealand lost to Australia 0–52.
• New Zealand competed in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, losing to Australia 12–40 in the final.

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Super 12, National Provincial Championship, Category:All Blacks, Bledisloe Cup, Tri Nations Series, Ranfurly Shield

• Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt)[8]

• The New Zealand National Soccer League was relaunched as a winter competition with 10 teams and finals playoffs. The winner was Napier City Rovers.
• New Zealand placed second to Australia at the OFC Nations Cup tournament held in Tahiti
• The Chatham Cup is won by Napier City Rovers who beat Central United 4–1 in the final.[9]