2020 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 2020 in New Zealand. One overarching event is the coronavirus pandemic.

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Incumbents

Regal and vice-regal
  • Elizabeth II
  • Patsy Reddy

Government

Legislature term: 52nd New Zealand Parliament

The Sixth Labour Government, elected in 2017, continues.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Jacinda Ardern
  • Winston Peters
  • Chris Hipkins
  • Grant Robertson

Other party leaders
  • Simon Bridges
  • Todd Muller
  • Winston Peters
  • James Shaw
  • Marama Davidson
  • David Seymour

Judiciary
  • Helen Winkelmann

Main centre leaders
  • Phil Goff
  • Andy Foster
  • Lianne Dalziell
  • Aaron Hawkins

Events
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

January

February
  • 3 February – A state of emergency is declared in Milford Sound as rain and flooding hit the region.[3]
  • 5 February – Residents of Gore, Mataura and Wyndham are ordered to evacuate as the Mataura River bursts its banks.[4]
  • 12 February – Fire crews fight four suspicious fires in Christchurch. Six hectares of native reserve was burned, causing Tunnel Road to close for three hours.[5]
  • 28 February – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand's first case of the coronavirus is confirmed. They had recently returned from Iran via Bali.[6]

March
  • 4 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: A second case of the coronavirus is recorded.[7]
  • 5 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Information of the first human transmission case of the coronavirus within New Zealand is released.[8]
  • 14 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern announces new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. These measures provide that all people (excluding people who have come from Pacific islands where no cases have been confirmed) who arrive in New Zealand must self-isolate for 14 days. Cruise ships are also banned from docking in New Zealand ports.[9]
  • 17 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: A $12.1 billon scheme is announced by the government, due to the economic impact of coronavirus on New Zealand, including $5.1 billion for an income subsidy. This is the biggest peacetime government spend in history.[10]
  • 19 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association announces that all Anzac Day services, scheduled for 25 April, will be cancelled and the red poppy collection postponed due to the health risk. This is the first time that Anzac Day services have not been held since 1916.[11]
  • 21 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Ardern announces the COVID-19 alert level system, with New Zealand initially being placed at alert level 2.[12]
  • 23 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand is placed at alert level 3.[13]
  • 25 March
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: A State of National Emergency is declared in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[14]
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand is upgraded to alert level 4 at 11:59 pm, and the country enters lockdown for a period of at least four weeks.[15][16]
  • 26 March – The perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings pleads guilty to all 51 murder charges, as well as 40 charges of attempted murder and one charge of engaging in a terrorist act laid under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.[17]
  • 29 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: The first coronavirus-related death in New Zealand occurs, a woman in her 70s from Greymouth.[18]

April
  • 3 April – Mining company Trans-Tasman Resources loses its appeal to overturn the decision preventing it from mining ironsands off the coast of Taranaki.[19]
  • 6 April – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Queen Elizabeth II makes a rare broadcast to the nation and the Commonwealth regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, her fifth televised broadcast outside of her Christmas Message.[20]
  • 7 April – A fire starts on the slopes of Maungarei/Mount Wellington in Auckland. At its height, the fire measures 60 metres by 40 metres.[21]
  • 8 April – Dunedin's Baldwin Street reclaims its title as the steepest residential street in the world after Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech, Wales, took the title in July 2019.[22]
  • 15 April – John Tamihere and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are named as the new co-leaders of the Māori Party.[23]
  • 19 April – A $25 million project to have electric ferries between Wellington International Airport and the CBD is proposed.[24]
  • 20 April – The Taieri Gorge Railway is mothballed due to insufficient funds, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic on tourist numbers. As a result, up to 51 job losses are expected.[25][26]
  • 25 April
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealanders paid tribute at private dawn services[27] as public remembrance services are cancelled, the first time since 1916.[11]
    • Central government announces $40 million funding for mental health service, giving 1.5 million New Zealanders free access to the service, once fully operational.[28]
  • 27 April – COVID-19 in New Zealand:New Zealand enters alert level 3 for a period of at least two weeks at 11:59 pm, partially lifting the lockdown requirements.[29]
  • 30 April
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: Many businesses in Queenstown struggle with paying rent to landlords, asking central government to help them. This is due to the economic impact COVID-19 has had on the New Zealand economy.[30]
    • An attempt has been made to reopen a murder case from 2001, on the grounds the accused was intellectually impaired, therefore wrongly advised to plead guilt.[31]

May
  • 3 May – Wild weather hits the North Island causing a few problems. State Highway 6 in Westport was closed for several hours after slips covered the road at each end of the Lower Buller Gorge.[32]
  • 4 May – COVID-19 in New Zealand:The $1 billion Transmission Gully project is delayed into 2021 due to the national lockdown and the implications on New Zealand's workforce. Originally, it was expected to be completed and opened by April 2020.[33]
  • 5 May – COVID-19 in New Zealand: A seven-month delay to completion of the Christchurch Southern Motorway - Stage 2 is the second major roading project to be delayed due to the national lockdown.[34]
  • 6 May – The man accused of the death of Angela Blackmoore has been denied bail.[35]
  • 7 May
    • The demolition of the former Cadbury's warehouse started, making way for Dunedin's new hospital. The demolition will take two weeks to complete.[36]
    • Auckland City Council votes to apply water restrictions in the region as low rainfall leaves reservoirs below 50%, the lowest in 25 years.[37]
  • 11 May – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Cabinet decides to lower New Zealand's COVID-19 alert level to level two, effective from the 14 May.[38]
  • 13 May
  • 14 May – The 2020 Budget is unveiled, including a $50 billion recovery package to off set the impending recession.[41]
  • 16 May – Auckland's mandatory water restrictions begin.[37]
  • 18 May – Statistics NZ announces that New Zealand's population reached five million during March, and estimates the population at 31 March as 5,002,100.[42]
  • 22 May – Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye are elected leader and deputy leader of the National Party in a leadership election, replacing Simon Bridges and Paula Bennett.[43]
  • 25 May
  • 28 May – COVID-19 in New Zealand: No active cases of COVID-19 are reported in the South Island.[46]
  • 29 May
    • New Zealand's oldest resident, Nina Brown, dies in Christchurch.[47]
    • National, if elected in this year's general election, would give businesses up to $100,000 for hiring more staff. This is aimed at decreasing the unemployment rate, which was worsened due to COVID-19.[48]
  • 31 May – Two people died after a glider crashed near Taupō.[49]

June
  • 1 June – The 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced.[50]
  • 8 June
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: The final known case in New Zealand recovers.[51]
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand moves to alert level one at 11:59 pm, removing nearly all social restrictions.[52]
  • 17 June – New Zealand officially begins negotiations for a new comprehensive trade deal with the United Kingdom.[53]
  • 19 June - A fatal police shooting in West Auckland leaves a police officer dead and another seriously injured. Local schools are placed under lockdown.[54]

Predicted and scheduled events
See also: List of events affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 30 June – The temporary ban of cruise ships docking in New Zealand ports will be lifted.[9]
  • 19 September – The 2020 general election is set to take place.[1]

Holidays and observances

Public holidays in New Zealand in 2020 are as follows:[55]

Sports

Shooting
  • Ballinger Belt –
    • David Black (Australia)
    • Allan White (Malvern), second, top New Zealander[56]

Winter Youth Olympics
Main article: New Zealand at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
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Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

See also

Country overviews

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