2005 in New Zealand
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Not just in New Zealand, or just in 2005.
{{Year_in_NZ|2005}}
At the beginning of 2005, the news was dominated by the recent [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|"Boxing Day Tsunami"]]. New Zealanders gave time and $25 million (money and goods) for relief in the areas affected.
The [[New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy|Foreshore and seabed legislation]] came into effect and was criticised by a UN committee.
The [[New Zealand general election, 2005|general election]] was the first contested by the [[Māori Party]] and [[Destiny New Zealand]]. It resulted in the continuation of the [[Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand]].
==Incumbents==
===Regal and Vice Regal===
*[[Head of State]] - [[Elizabeth II of New Zealand|Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy in New Zealand|Queen of New Zealand]]
*[[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor-General]] - [[Silvia Cartwright|Dame Silvia Cartwright]]
===Government===
The [[47th New Zealand Parliament]] continued. Government was a coalition between
[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] and the [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressives]], with
[[United Future New Zealand|United Future]] supporting supply votes. At the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|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.
*[[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] - [[Jonathan Hunt]] (Labour) then [[Margaret Wilson]] (Labour)
*[[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] - [[Helen Clark]] (Labour)
*[[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand|Deputy Prime Minister]] - [[Michael Cullen]] (Labour)
*[[Minister of Finance (New Zealand)|Minister of Finance]] - [[Michael Cullen]] (Labour)
*[[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] during the 47th Parliament - [[Phil Goff]] (Labour)
Non-Labour Ministers
[[Jim Anderton]] (Progressives) (within Cabinet)
*[[Winston Peters]] (New Zealand First) - [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], Racing and Associate Minister of Senior Citizens during the 48th Parliament (outside Cabinet)
*[[Peter Dunne]] (United Future), [[Minister of Revenue (New Zealand)|Minister of Revenue]] and Associate Minister of Health during the 48th Parliament (outside Cabinet)
===Opposition Leaders===
*[[New Zealand National Party|National]] - [[Don Brash]] ([[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]])
*[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]] - [[Jeanette Fitzsimons]] and [[Rod Donald]] (until his death in November)
*[[ACT New Zealand|Act]] - [[Rodney Hide]]
*[[New Zealand First]] - [[Winston Peters]]
*[[United Future New Zealand|United Future]] - [[Peter Dunne]]
*[[Māori Party]] - [[Tariana Turia]] and [[Pita Sharples]]
===Main centre leaders===
*[[Mayor of Auckland]] - [[Dick Hubbard]]
*[[Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand|Mayor of Hamilton]] - [[Michael Redman (New Zealand)|Michael Redman]]
*[[Mayor of Wellington]] - [[Kerry Prendergast]]
*[[Mayor of Christchurch]] - [[Gary Moore (New Zealand)|Gary Moore]]
*[[Mayor of Dunedin]] - [[Peter Chin (mayor)|Peter Chin]]
== Events ==
===January===
*[[16 January]]: National day of mourning for the victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]], including one minute's silence at 2:59 pm, exactly three weeks after the event.
*[[17 January]]: The [[New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy|Foreshore and seabed legislation]] comes into effect.
*[[25 January]]: Opposition leader [[Don Brash]] pledges to cut the number of working-age beneficiaries by one third over ten years. He plans to particularly reduce the number of [[Single parent|solo parent]]s on the [[Domestic Purposes Benefit]].
===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]].
===March===
*[[5 March]] – [[10 March]]: [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] tours New Zealand. The most controversial incident was two women baring their breasts to him, in protest against a misreported objection by the Prince to a topless [[Australian Aborigine|Aborigine]] dance in Australia, and the temporary closure of a [[breast cancer]] screening caravan due to security concerns during the visit.
*[[12 March]]: The [[United Nations]] [[Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination]] states that the [[New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy|Foreshore and seabed legislation]] discriminates against Māori by extinguishing the possibility of establishing Māori customary title over the foreshore and seabed, and by not providing a means of redress.
*March: Easter road toll the highest for several years.
===April===
*[[4 April]]: Government member of parliament [[John Tamihere]] is involved in a major scandal after speaking candidly and scathingly about his fellow [[New Zealand Labour Party|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 in New Zealand|Civil Unions and Relationships Acts]] come into force. These Acts allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions similar to marriage.
===May===
*May: NZ Music Month
*Fierce storms lash the [[Bay of Plenty]], forcing the evacuation of homes in [[Tauranga]] and [[Matata, New Zealand|Matata]].
*[[24 May]] The [[Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004|appeal]] of six [[Pitcairn]] men who were sentenced for [[sexual abuse]] of young girls fails. An [[Auckland]] court has continued their [[bail]] until their appeal to the [[Privy Council]] is heard, most likely in April 2006. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4574287.stm (BBC)]
===June===
*[[2 June]] New Zealand electricity supplier [[Meridian Energy]] announces plans to build one of the world's largest [[wind farm]]s at Makara, west of [[Wellington]]. The farm is planned to have 70 turbines, each over 100 metres high, and to generate 210 MW, which would be sufficient to power the whole of Wellington, [[Porirua]], and [[Lower Hutt]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10328779 (NZ Herald)]
*[[8 June]] The Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Bill, which seeks to raise the minimum [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol drinking]] age to 20, passes its first reading in New Zealand. The minimum age was lowered to 18 in 1999, but teenage alcohol-related problems have increased since then. The next vote on the bill will be after the [[New Zealand general election 2005|general election]] later this year. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10329759 (NZ Herald)]
*[[10 June]] [[New Zealand]] MP [[Sue Bradford]] introduces a private member's bill to outlaw the [[spanking|smacking]] of children. The present law requires that [[child discipline|physical discipline]] of a child use no more than "reasonable force". As a private member's bill, this will be a [[conscience vote]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10329981 (NZ Herald)]
*[[14 June]] The New Zealand [[High Commissioner]] to [[Canada]], [[Graham Kelly]], apologises to all New Zealanders for remarks he made to a Canadian Senate committee in April. Kelly insulted [[Māori]], Pacific Islanders and Asian immigrants to New Zealand in an attempt at humour. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10330802 (NZ Herald)]
*[[18 June]] [[Brian Tamaki]], leader of the [[Destiny Church]], was ordained as a [[bishop]] on the church's seventh birthday.
*[[20 June]] Two fibre-optic cables failed in the southern [[North Island]] of New Zealand, cutting [[Telecom New Zealand]]'s cellular and internet services, disrupting [[EFTPOS]] transactions, and closing the [[New Zealand Stock Exchange]] for five hours.
*[[30 June]] [[Prince William of Wales|Prince William]] arrives in New Zealand for an 11-day tour. This was his second trip to New Zealand; he was nine months old on his first visit. During the visit he follows the [[2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand|Lion's tour]] and has several official engagements [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10333500 (NZ Herald)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10335202 (NZ Herald)]
*[[22 June]] 500 residents of the town of [[Takaka]] in the northern [[South Island]] are evacuated after a major fire at the town's [[dairy]] factory.
* [[24 June]] The [[New Zealand cricket team]] announces that it will tour [[Zimbabwe]] in August, despite calls for a boycott due to [[Operation Murambatsvina]]. The New Zealand government will not stop the tour going to Zimbabwe, but says a return tour by the Zimbabwe team will not be welcome.
* [[26 June]] The [[Israel]]i Foreign Minister, [[Silvan Shalom]], apologises to New Zealand for the actions of two Israeli citizens, believed to be [[Mossad]] agents, who attempted to gain New Zealand passports under false pretences in 2004. The apology allows diplomatic relations between the two countries to return to normal.
*June and July: The [[2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand|British and Irish Lions rugby tour]] of New Zealand. The tourists lost all three test matches to the [[All Blacks]], but won all their other games except the one against [[New Zealand Māori rugby union team|New Zealand Māori]].
===July===
* [[7 July]] The High Court of New Zealand rules that the delays in processing [[Unitec New Zealand|Unitec]]'s application to become a [[List of universities in New Zealand|university]] breach the New Zealand [[Bill of Rights]] and that the application should have been considered in 2000.
*[[14 July]]: [[Graham Capill]], former leader of [[Christian Heritage Party]], is sentenced for nine years for [[sexual abuse]] of 3 young girls.
*[[16 July]]: Bishops of the [[Catholic Church]] in New Zealand call for the boycott of the [[CanWest]] television channels [[C4TV]] and [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]] in protest against C4TV's showing of the irreverent cartoon [[Popetown]].
*[[17 July]]: Heavy rain causes flooding in the [[Coromandel Peninsula]] of New Zealand, leaving the holiday town of [[Pauanui]] cut off when part of the access road washes away.
*[[18 July]]: [[Air New Zealand]] is forced to cancel about 30% of its international flights after flight attendants begin the first of a series of 48-hour strikes. The third strike was called off but flights will not return to normal until Tuesday [[July 26]].
*[[24 July]]: Former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[David Lange]] is in a serious but stable condition at [[Middlemore Hospital]]. Lange has suffered from [[amyloidosis]] for some years. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10337312 (NZ Herald)]
*[[31 July]]: The [[New Zealand First]] party launches its [[New Zealand general election 2005]] campaign with a promise that no pre-election coalition deal will be made. Party leader [[Winston Peters]] says the campaign issues are immigration, law and order, senior citizens, trade, and Māori affairs. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/600972 (TVNZ)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10338420 (NZ Herald)]
*[[July 26]]: The [[New Zealand Parliament]] voted by a substantial margin to ask the [[New Zealand cricket team]] to abandon [[New Zealanders in Zimbabwe in 2005|next month's tour]] of Zimbabwe. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10337687 (NZ Herald)]
*[[30 July]]: Shelley Mather, the [[New Zealand]] woman killed in the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]], has her funeral at St Matthew-in-the-City in [[Auckland]]. Prime Minister [[Helen Clark]] attends. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10338400 (NZ Herald)]
===August===
*[[3 August]]: Staff at several [[List of universities in New Zealand|universities]] continue to take strike action in support of their five per cent wage claim. The [[University of Otago]] is the only major university to have settled with their staff. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10338968 (NZ Herald)]
*[[3 August]]: [[Radio New Zealand]] staff stopped work for two hours in support of their claim for a five percent wage increase and an extra week's annual holiday. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3366244a11,00.html (Stuff)]
*[[4 August]]: The [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] specifies [[2008]] as the deadline for claims to the [[Waitangi Tribunal]], and settlement completion by [[2020]]. The [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] requires claims to be filed by next year and all settlements completed by [[2010]]. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3367402a10,00.html (Stuff)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/161488/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4744373.stm (BBC)]
*[[11 August]]: Two minor parties succeed in forcing [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]] to include their leaders in an election debate for the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|New Zealand general election]]. [[United Future]] leader [[Peter Dunne]] gained much of his party's current standing at the [[New Zealand general election 2002|previous election]]'s equivalent debate. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10340293 (NZ Herald)]
*[[August 13]]: Former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[David Lange]] dies from complications of diabetes and renal failure. [http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=78153 (Newtalk ZB)]
*[[August 14]]: The [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]] launches its [[New Zealand general election, 2005|election campaign]]. Co-Leader [[Jeanette Fitzsimons]] offers a [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]-Green coalition, and promises free annual health checks for all New Zealanders. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/604224 (TVNZ)]
*[[August 14]]: The [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]] launches its [[New Zealand general election, 2005|election campaign]] calling for a three-way coalition with [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] and the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]. The party is proud of its achievements in the last three years, including the formation of [[Kiwibank]] and the introduction of four weeks annual leave. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10340839 (NZ Herald)]
*[[August 19]]: Two police officers and a civilian driver are convicted on driving charges after a high-speed convoy in July 2004 carried the New Zealand Prime Minister, [[Helen Clarke]] to [[Christchurch International Airport|Christchurch airport]]. Clarke claimed not to be aware of the speed involved, but most New Zealanders are skeptical. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10341544 (NZ Herald - convictions)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=179&ObjectID=10340705 (NZ Herald - opinion poll)]
*[[August 20]]: [[United Future New Zealand]] launches its campaign with attacks on the [[New Zealand First]] and [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green]] parties. United Future will not continue its support for [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] if it is in a coalition with the Greens. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411368/605642 (TVNZ)]
*[[August 21]]: [[Don Brash]] launches the [[New Zealand National Party]] election campaign saying that lower taxes and better incentives are the key to reigniting a spirit of enterprise and making New Zealand again a land of opportunity. [http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/605759 (TVNZ)]
*[[August 21]]: The [[New Zealand Labour Party]] appeals to voters to reject the politics of division and fear in its campaign launch for the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|general election]]. [[Helen Clark]] has made seven "pledge-card" promises as the basis of its campaign. [http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/605722 (TVNZ)]
*[[August 22]]: The two major parties in the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|New Zealand election]] both promise tax cuts if they are elected. [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] offers $1.3 billion worth of tax cuts targeted at families, while [[New Zealand National Party|National]] offers $3.9 billion across all tax brackets, and a reduction in company tax to 30%.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=335&ObjectID=10341376 (NZ Herald - Labour policy)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10341942 (NZ Herald - National policy)]
*[[August 23]]: A 14-year old boy is arrested for the murder of [[Chris Currie]], who died when a piece of concrete was dropped on his car from an [[Auckland]] motorway overbridge. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10342065 (NZ Herald)]
*[[August 23]]: Former [[ACT New Zealand]] MP [[Donna Awatere Huata]] is found guilty of fraud after using money from a state-funded reading programme for personal expenses. She was expelled from [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] in November [[2004]] after a lengthy battle. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10342105 (NZ Herald)]
*[[August 23]]: The [[Māori Party]] launches its campaign for the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|general election]] with co-leader Dr [[Pita Sharples]] suggesting that the party would not form a coalition with a major party, but would offer support to a government on a case by case basis. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10342030 (NZ Herald)]
===September===
*[[September 3]]: The New Zealand team [[Magic 45 minutes|wins four gold medals]] in the five events they entered in the [[World Rowing Championships]] in [[Gifu, Gifu|Gifu]], [[Japan]]. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488121/608640 (TVNZ)]
*[[September 3]]: The [[All Blacks]] defeat [[Australia]]'s [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] 34-24 in the final match of the 2005 [[Tri Nations Series]], and win the title for the sixth time. [http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2005/09/03/1125302778830.html (SMH)]
*[[September 4]]: The [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]] party kicks off its [[New Zealand general election, 2005|election]] campaign with [[Rodney Hide]] claiming that the only way [[New Zealand National Party|National]] can form a government is with its help. [http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/576182/608715 (TVNZ)]
*[[September 8]]: [[Don Brash]], leader of the [[New Zealand National Party]], admits that he knew about anonymous pamphlets distributed by members of the [[Exclusive Brethren]] attacking the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] and [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green]] Parties. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10344755 (NZ Herald)]
*[[September 10]]: New Zealand sold the [[A-4 Skyhawk|Skyhawk]] ground attack and [[Aermacchi MB-339|Aermacchi]] trainer aircraft to an unnamed American company. The planes were put into storage after the disbanding of the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force|Air Force]] combat wing in [[2001]]. [http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/610262 (TVNZ)]
*[[September 14]]: The [[New Zealand Chief Ombudsman|Ombudsman]] forces [[Treasury]] to release details of alternative costings for the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party's]] proposed interest-free [[student loan#New Zealand|student loan]] scheme. Treasury estimated the scheme would cost $390 million in its third year, but Labour's estimates put the cost at $300 million at that point. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10345648 (NZ Herald)]
*[[September 14]]: [[Winston Peters]] reveals old sexual harassment allegations against his [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] rival in [[Tauranga]], [[Bob Clarkson]]. Clarkson claims the allegations were the result of a misunderstanding, but talks about his [[crotch]] to a female reporter. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3409397a14095,00.html (Stuff)]
*[[September 15]]: The centre of [[Tauranga]] is shut down for 13 hours after a man threatens to blow himself up with a bomb in a hotel. The man, who was upset that he could not get a [[visa (document)|visa]] to stay in New Zealand, was arrested just after midnight. The bomb was fake. [http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3412464a10,00.html (Stuff)]
*[[September 17]]: A light plane, stolen from [[Ardmore, New Zealand|Ardmore Airport]] in [[Auckland]], crashes in the [[Waitemata Harbour]] near St Heliers, after the pilot threatens to crash into the [[Sky Tower]]. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/611947 (TVNZ)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10346063 (NZ Herald)]
*[[September 17]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|General election]]: election night figures give Labour 50 seats, National 49, New Zealand First 7, Greens 6, Māori Party 4 (all electorate seats, an overhang of 2 because party vote earned them only 2), United Future 3, ACT 2, Progressives 1. National leader Don Brash refuses to concede defeat because there are over 200,000 special votes to be counted. ([http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/partystatus.html Elections New Zealand])
*[[September 20]]: [[Helen Clark]] orders an inquiry into Associate Justice Minister [[Taito Phillip Field]]'s assistance to a Thai overstayer's work permit application. The Thai man retiled the roof of Field's house in [[Samoa]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=%1E%FB%F8%C5%2B%B7%BEC (NZ Herald)]
*[[September 24]]: A flotilla of 100 boats meets the [[Cook Strait|Interisland]] ferry Challenger (Kaitaki) protesting the speed it travels through the [[Marlborough Sounds]]. Protesters claim the ferry's wake damages the shoreline. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3422217a10,00.html (Stuff)] [http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/613639 (TVNZ)]
*[[September 25]]: [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green]] MP [[Keith Locke]] walks down [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Broadway]] wearing only socks, shoes, a [[G-string]], and [[body paint]], to fulfill a promise he rashly made during the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|election campaign]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10347190 (NZ Herald)]
*[[September 30]]: [[Donna Awatere Huata]], a former [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]] Member of Parliament, is sentenced to two years nine months in jail for stealing from a Māori trust for disadvantaged children. Her husband is sentenced to two years. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10348000 (NZ Herald)]
===October===
*[[1 October]]: General election special votes are counted and announced: National drops to 48 seats, others unchanged (as the Māori Party vote share raised its quota to 3, thus overhang of 1). [[Helen Clark]] confident she can form a government within 2 weeks. [http://electionresults.govt.nz/ (NZ election results)]
*[[October 4]]: Three existing [[New Zealand Cabinet|Cabinet]] Ministers, [[George Hawkins]], [[Paul Swain]] and [[Marian Hobbs]], announce they will not be seeking new Cabinet posts once a new government is formed. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10348588 (NZ Herald)]
*[[October 5]]: [[Television New Zealand]] announces it will not renew the [[New Zealand dollar|NZ$]]800,000 contract of its newsreader, [[Judy Bailey]], who has presented [[ONE News]] for 18 years and has been called "The Mother of the Nation". [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10348721 (NZ Herald)]
*[[October 6]]: A [[New Zealand]] District Court [[Criminal Transmission of HIV#New Zealand|rules]] that [[HIV]]-positive people need not tell sexual partners about their status so long as [[safe sex]] is practiced. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=%1E%FB%F8%C5%25%BB%B6G (NZ Herald)] [http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3434015a11,00.html (Stuff)]
*[[October 14]]: Divers from New Zealand's [[National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research]] (NIWA) examine the port of [[Picton, New Zealand|Picton]] for signs of [[sea squirt]]s, an [[Invasive species in New Zealand|invasive species]] which could wreck the mussel farming industry. Sea squirts have also been found at [[Auckland]] and [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10350246 (NZ Herald)]
*[[October 15]]: The [[New Zealand national rugby league team|Kiwis]] inflict a surprise defeat on the [[Australian national rugby league team|Australian Kangaroos]] in the [[Rugby League Tri-Nations|Tri Nations]] [[rugby league]] tournament, defeating Australia in [[Sydney]] for the first time since [[1959]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200510/s1483153.htm (ABC News)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10350509 (NZ Herald)]
*[[October 17]]: [[Helen Clark]] announces the [[New Zealand#Politics|formation]] of a [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]-led Government. The [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]] is in coalition. [[New Zealand First]] and [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]] support the government and are each given ministerial positions outside [[New Zealand Cabinet|Cabinet]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10350712 (NZ Herald)]
*[[October 19]]: [[Helen Clark]] announces the [[New Zealand Cabinet]] members. Deputy Prime Minister [[Michael Cullen]] retains Finance and takes Tertiary Education. [[Jim Anderton]] is now the third ranked minister, responsible for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. [[Annette King]] takes Police. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10351046 (NZ Herald)]
*[[October 19]]: [[Transparency International]] ranks New Zealand second equal on its list of [[Index of perception of corruption|least corrupt countries]] in the world. Australia ranks ninth. [http://ww1.transparency.org/cpi/2005/cpi2005_infocus.html#cpi (Transparency International)]
*[[October 30]]: [[Ian Fraser (broadcaster)|Ian Fraser]] resigns as CEO of [[Television New Zealand]] after the board of directors insists he become involved in negotiations over salaries of top news presenters. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10352808 (NZ Herald)]
===November===
*[[November 4]]: An iconic statue, [[Pania|Pania of the reef]], stolen from [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] on [[27 October]], is recovered and two people are charged with the theft. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000A80DE-5851-136B-B00083027AF10310 (NZ Herald)]
*[[November 6]]: [[Rod Donald]], co-leader of the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]], dies overnight. [http://radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200511061445/396d5ef1 (Radio New Zealand)]
*[[November 14]]: A researcher for the [[United Nations]] Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination requests permission to visit New Zealand to determine whether the [[New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy|foreshore and seabed law]] breaches Māori rights. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000BFE07-2B46-1377-936483027AF1010E (NZ Herald)]
*[[November 16]]: [[Nandor Tanczos]] is sworn in to replace [[Rod Donald]] in Parliament.
*[[November 18]]: New Zealand is to host the [[2011 Rugby Union World Cup]] after unexpectedly beating bids by [[South Africa]] and [[Japan]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10355650 (NZ Herald)]
*[[November 19]]: [[SKY Network Television|Sky Television]] purchases [[Prime Television New Zealand|Prime Television]] for $30 million. Sky will use Prime to advertise its pay content and to show delayed broadcasts of sports events. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0001EC56-9C2A-137D-B29F83027AF1010F (NZ Herald)]
*[[November 20]]: New Zealand's last resident [[Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|World War I veteran]], Bob Rudd, dies aged 104 on the [[West Coast, New Zealand|West Coast]]. Rudd lied about his age to join the British Army and immigrated to New Zealand after the war. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0004ABB5-A4AE-1381-900383027AF1010E (NZ Herald)]
*[[November 27]]:The [[All Blacks]] complete a [[Grand Slam (Rugby Union)|Grand Slam]] by defeating [[England]], [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] in a single tour. The last grand slam was by Australia in 1984. [http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__sport/&articleid=257820 (Mail & Guardian)]
*[[November 27]]: Employees at [[Starbucks]] and [[Kentucky Fried Chicken|KFC]] in New Zealand take or plan to take strike action to improve wages, which are currently at or near the legal minimum wage. Both franchises are owned in New Zealand by Restaurant Brands. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0005164E-38AE-1384-84D583027AF1010F (NZ Herald)] [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10357158 (NZ Herald)]
===December===
*[[8 December]]: One year after the [[Smokefree Environments Amendment Act]] was passed, the [[Asthma and Respiratory Foundation]] releases a report showing that there has been no reduction in the number of bar patrons or bar takings. There has been an increase in the number of non-smokers at bars and cafes. Rural pubs may have suffered a loss of patronage. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10359034 (NZ Herald)] [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3506618a10,00.html (Stuff)].
*[[December 9]]: To control the spread of the [[Didymosphenia geminata|Didymo]] algae, the whole of the [[South Island]] is declared a controlled area. All items, such as boats, fishing gear, clothing, and vehicles, that have been in a stream, river or lake, must be cleaned before they enter another waterway. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10359159 (NZ Herald)]
*[[December 14]]: ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'', [[Peter Jackson]]'s remake of the classic movie about a giant ape, premiers in [[Wellington]]. ''King Kong'' was filmed in New Zealand. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0006EA7A-0813-13A0-B22683027AF1010E (NZ Herald)]
*[[December 15]]: The first successful prosecution under the [[Smokefree Environments Amendment Act]] at the [[Timaru]] [[District Court]]. The defendant, Geoff Mulvihill, received a NZ$9,000 fine (and $6000 in costs).
*[[December 15]]: [[Bob Clarkson]] keeps his electorate seat, after the High Court rejects [[Winston Peters]]' petition alleging he had spent more on campaigning for the seat of [[Tauranga]] than is allowed under the Electoral Act. The Act prescribes a campaign spending limit of $20,000 per local candidate. Peters' petition alleged that Clarkson had spent more than $100,000. The High Court found that he had spent only $18,159. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000F087A-AE7C-13A0-837A83027AF1024E (NZ Herald)]
*[[December 19]]: [[Air New Zealand]] makes 110 staff redundant in [[Auckland]] as it prepares to outsource most of its heavy maintenance. A further 507 staff will find out the status of their jobs in February 2006. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10360636 (NZ Herald)]
*[[December 21]]: The Government abandons the proposed [[carbon tax]] after the [[New Zealand First]] and [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]] parties opposed it. The Government says the tax would not be effective at lowering emissions. The tax was supposed to help New Zealand meet its obligations under the [[Kyoto Protocol]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10360979 (NZ Herald)]
*[[December 21]]: The [[minimum wage]] will increase from NZ$9.50 to $10.25 per hour for adults, and from $7.60 to $8.20 for under-18 year olds. The increases take effect on [[March 27]] [[2006]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00072770-02C7-13A9-BEB783027AF10190 (NZ Herald)]
*[[December 27]]: The Treaty House at [[Waitangi, Northland|Waitangi]] is superficially damaged when a man drives a car into it. The [[Treaty of Waitangi]] was signed in the grounds of this house, and it has been the focus of protests over recent decades. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3523783a10,00.html (Stuff)]
*See also [[New Zealand general election 2005]] and [[Current events in Australia and New Zealand]]
==Arts and literature==
===New Books===
===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''
===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
===Television===
*[[Outrageous Fortune (New Zealand TV Series)|Outrageous Fortune]]
*[[Insider's Guide to Love]]
*[[Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby]]
*[[Campbell Live]]
*[[Frontier Of Dreams]]
*[[New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers]]
*[[Paul Holmes (broadcaster)|Paul Holmes]] leaves [[TVNZ]] and moves to [[Prime Television New Zealand|Prime]].
===Film===
*[[The World's Fastest Indian]]
*[[River Queen]]
*[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]
*[[Boogeyman (film)|Boogeyman]]
*[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]
*[[50 Ways of Saying Fabulous]]
===Internet===
*[[8 February]]: [http://www.teara.govt.nz/en Te Ara, the National Encyclopedia of New Zealand], is launched in English and Māori.
==Sport==
===Athletics===
*[[Matt Dravitski]] wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:03 on [[June 5]] in [[Christchurch]], while [[Shireen Crumpton]] claims her first as well in the women's championship (2:37:24).
===Basketball===
* The [[National Basketball League (New Zealand)|National Basketball League]] won by the [[Auckland Stars]], who beat the [[Hawkes Bay Hawks]], 89-68 in the final
* The [[Women’s National Basketball League (New Zealand)|Women’s National Basketball League]] was won by the [[Canterbury Wildcats]] who beat the [[Otago Breakers]] 83-69 in the final
===Cricket===
*March: [[New Zealand cricket team]] beaten in [[test cricket|test]] and [[One Day International|ODI]] series by Australia.
*December: New Zealand cricket team beaten 2-1 in an [[One Day International|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.
===Golf===
*[[20 June]] ([[19 June]] in the [[United States|USA]]) - [[Michael Campbell]] becomes only the second New Zealander to win a [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] in [[golf]], winning the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] by two strokes over [[Tiger Woods]].
===Rowing===
*[[September 3]]: The New Zealand team [[Magic 45 minutes|wins four gold medals]] in the five events they entered in the [[World Rowing Championships]] in [[Gifu, Gifu|Gifu]], [[Japan]].
===Rugby league===
* [[Bartercard Cup]] won by [[Mt Albert Lions]]
*[[27 November]] - The [[New Zealand national rugby league team|Kiwis]] defeat the Australian Kanagroos 24-0 in the final of the [[rugby league]] tri-nations championship. (The third team being Great Britain).
===Rugby union===
*[[9 July]] - The [[All Blacks]] complete a 3-0 whitewash of the [[2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand|touring British and Irish Lions]].
*[[September 3]]: The [[All Blacks]] defeat [[Australia]]'s [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] 34-24 in the final match of the 2005 [[Tri Nations Series]], and win the title for the sixth time.
*[[27 November]] - The [[All Blacks]] defeat Scotland at Edinburgh to become only the second All Black touring team to complete the "Grand Slam" of rugby - beating Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland on one tour (the first being in 1978).
===Soccer===
* Inaugural year of the [[New Zealand Football Championship]] won by [[Auckland City FC]]
* [[Chatham Cup]] won by [[Central United]] (Auckland)
==Births==
==Deaths==
* [[2 January]]: '''[[John Ziman]]''', physicist and humanist.
* [[19 January]]: '''[[Bill Andersen]]''', trade union leader.
* [[21 January]]: '''[[Neville Scott]]''', 1958 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in 3 mile race.
* [[9 March]]: '''[[Brian Turner (RNZN)]]''' OBE, DSO, Legion of Merit (US), Navy Commander.
* [[23 April]]: '''[[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]''', [[Queensland]] politician.
* [[11 May]]: '''[[Bob Stuart]]''', [[All Black]] captain and later manager.
* [[13 May]]: '''[[Owen Wilkes]]''', peace activist.
* [[29 May]]: '''Admiral Sir [[Gordon Tait]]''' KCB, DSC, Submariner. Later headed Royal Naval College and became Second Sea Lord.
* [[12 June]]: '''[[Sonja Davies]]''', trade unionist and MP.
* [[17 June]]: '''[[Jonathan Elworthy]]''', Minister of Lands 1981-84.
* [[11 July]]: '''Sir [[John Kennedy-Good]]''', KBE, QSO. Mayor of Lower Hutt 1970-86.
* [[21 July]]: '''[[Nick Unkovich]]''', [[Lawn bowls]] national title holder.
* [[24 July]]: '''[[John Drawbridge]]''' MBE, artist and printmaker.
* [[5 August]]: '''[[Roy Scott]]''', cricketer.
* [[13 August]]: '''[[David Lange]]''', former Prime Minister.
* [[29 August]]: '''[[Jack Luxton]]''', National MP 1966-87, deputy speaker 1978-84.
* [[4 October]]: '''[[John Falloon]]''', National MP and Cabinet Minister.
* [[5 November]]: '''[[Rod Donald]]''', [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]] co-leader.
* [[20 November]]: '''Bob Rudd''' (aged 104). New Zealand's last resident World War I veteran.
* [[1 December]]: '''[[Ray Hanna]]''', Former Leader of [[Red Arrows|The Red Arrows]].
* [[18 December]]: '''[[Doug Dye]]''', microbiologist.
* '''[[Peter Brown (artist)|Peter Brown]]''', artist.
==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 2005 not specifically related to New Zealand see'': [[2005]]
[[Category:2005 in New Zealand| ]]