The following lists events that happened during 2004 in New Zealand.
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- Estimated population as of 31 December: 4,114,300.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 2003: 52,800 (1.30%).[1]
- Males per 100 Females: 96.1.[1]
Regal and viceregal
Elizabeth II
Dame Silva Cartwright
Main centre leaders
John Banks
Dick Hubbard
Stuart Crosby
Kerry Prendergast
Garry Moore
Sukhi Turner
Peter Chin
May
- 5 May: A hīkoi against the foreshore and seabed legislation arrives in Wellington.
- 7 May: The government's foreshore and seabed Bill passes its first vote in Parliament.
- 11 May: The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act is passed. The Act allows people who have not reoffended for seven years to not declare minor criminal convictions in most circumstances.
June
- 16 June: A meteorite crashes into an Auckland house, becoming the ninth recovered meteorite in New Zealand.[4]
- 30 June: Statistics New Zealand estimates for this date put the Cities of Lower Hutt and Tauranga at over 100,000 residents for the first time and Waimakariri District at over 40,000
August
- 2 August: Around 7,500 Destiny Church members march on Parliament in black shirts to protest liberal social policies.
- 15 August: Tornado in Waitara. Two fatalities when a farmhouse is destroyed.
- 19 August: Cereal maker Dick Hubbard announces he is running for the position of Mayor of Auckland.
November
- 1 November: A reciprocal working holiday agreement between New Zealand and Belgium comes into effect.[5]
- 18 November: Legislation passed vesting ownership of all land up to the high tide mark in New Zealand with the Crown.
- 23 November: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes south-west of the South Island.[6]
- 29 November: The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act comes into force.
Awards
Montana Book Awards 2004
- Deutz Medal for Fiction – Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose
- Montana Medal for Non-fiction – The Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond
- Readers' Choice – Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
- Poetry – Sing-song by Anne Kennedy
- History – The Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond
- Lifestyle and contemporary culture – Classic fly fishing in New Zealand Rivers by David Hallett and John Kent
- Biography – Mason by Rachael Barrowman
- Illustrative – Central by Arno Gasteiger
- Reference & Anthology – Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English[7]
- Environment – Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss by Peter Batson
- A.W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature – Joy Cowley
Music
New categories introduced were 'Best Rock Album', 'People's Choice Award' and 'Airplay Record of the Year'. 'New Zealand Radio Programmer of the Year' was retired.[8]
- Album of the Year: Scribe (rapper) – The Crusader
- Single of the Year: Scribe – Stand Up
- Best Group: Dimmer – You've Got To Hear The Music
- Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight
- Best Male Solo Artist: Scribe – The Crusader
- Best Female Solo Artist: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight
- Highest Selling Nz Album: Hayley Westenra – Pure
- Highest Selling Nz Single: Ben Lummis – They Can't Take That Away
- Songwriter of the Year: Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy & Savage (rapper) – Not Many : The Remix!
- Best Music Video: Chris Graham – Stand Up (Scribe)
- Best Rock Album (new category): Dimmer – You've Got To Hear The Music
- Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: Scribe – The Crusader
- Best Dance/Electronica Album: Salmonella Dub – One Drop East
- Best Maori Album: Ruia – Hawaiki
- Best Pacific Music Album: Te Vaka – Tutuki
- Best Jazz Album: The Rodger Fox Big Band – A Rare Connection
- Best Classical Album: John Psathas – Psathas : Fragments
- Best Gospel / Christian Album: Magnify – In Wonder
- International Achievement: Hayley Westenra
- People's Choice Award (new category): Scribe
- Best Producer: P-Money – The Crusader (Scribe)
- Best Engineer: Chris Van De Geer – Passenger – (Carly Binding)
- Best Album Cover: Ben Sciascia – Postage (Supergroove)
- Airplay Record of the Year (new category): Goldenhorse – Maybe Tomorrow
- Best Country Music Album: Donna Dean – Money
- Best Country Music Song: Donna Dean – Work It Out
- Best Folk Album: Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine – Mountain Air
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Shaun Joyce
Athletics
- Dale Warrender wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:23:40 on 1 May in Rotorua, while Nyla Carroll claims her second in the women's championship (2:46:44).
Olympic Games
- New Zealand sends a team of 148 competitors in 18 sports.
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Paralympics
- New Zealand sends a team of 35 competitors across nine sports.
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Shooting
- Ballinger Belt –
- Edd Newman (United States)
- John Whiteman (Upper Hutt), second, top New Zealander[11]
- 1 January – Sylvia Brunt, rugby union player
- 7 January – Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, rugby union player
- 8 February
- 18 February – Isaiya Katoa, rugby league player
- 25 February – Cody Vai, rugby union player
- 15 March – Demitric Sifakula, rugby league player
- 8 April – Fran Jonas, cricketer
- 14 April – Keano Kini, rugby league player
- 15 April – Malachi Wrampling-Alec, rugby union player
- 22 April – Emma Findlay, field hockey player
- 23 April – Payton Spencer, rugby union player
- 8 May – Izzy Gaze, cricketer
- 10 May – Jenna Hastings, mountain biker
- 12 July – Laura Littlejohn, swimmer
- 14 August – Jay Herdman, association footballer
- 8 October – C'est La Guerre, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 3 November – Auckland Reactor, Standardbred racehorse
- 1 December – Joshua Willmer, swimmer
April
- 6 April – Joan Monahan (née Hastings), swimmer, botanist and schoolteacher (born 1925)
- 16 April – John Caselberg, writer and poet (born 1927)
June
- 5 June – Jack Foster, athlete (born 1932)
- 24 June
- Pat Kelly, trade union leader (born 1929)
- Ron Sharp, farmer, inventor of the herringbone milking shed (born 1919)[13]
- 25 June – Morton Coutts, inventor, brewer (born 1904)
September
- 1 September – Sir Alan Stewart, university administrator (born 1917)
- 2 September – Alan Preston, association football player and cricketer (born 1932)
- 11 September – Ruth Symons, cricketer (born 1913)
- 20 September – Pat Hanly, painter (born 1932)
- 29 September – David Jackson, boxer (born 1955)
December
- 8 December – Noel Mills, rower (born 1944)
- 11 December – Arthur Lydiard, athlete, athletics coach (born 1917)
- 17 December – Ray Dowker, cricketer and association football player (born 1919)
- 29 December – Liddy Holloway, actor and television scriptwriter (born 1947)
For world events and topics in 2004 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 2004