The following lists events that happened during 1984 in New Zealand.

Population

* Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,293,000 * Increase since 31 December 1983: 28,200 (0.86%) * Males per 100 Females: 98.3

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

–

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

* Governor-General – The Hon

Sir David Beattie Sir David Stuart Beattie, (29 February 1924 – 4 February 2001) was an Australian-born New Zealand judge who served as the List of Governors-General of New Zealand, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand, from 1980 to 1985. During the 1984 New Z ...

GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

GCVO The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

QSO QC.

Government

The

40th New Zealand Parliament The 40th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1981 election, and it sat until the 1984 election. The 40th Parliament was the third and final term of the third National Part ...

, led by the National Party, concluded, and in the general election the Labour Party was elected in the 41st New Zealand Parliament. *

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

– Richard Harrison then

Basil Arthur Sir Basil Malcolm Arthur, 5th Baronet (18 September 1928 – 1 May 1985) served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Arthur was born in Ti ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

– Robert Muldoon then

David Lange David Russell Lange ( ; 4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. Lange was born and brought up in Otahuhu, the son of a medical doctor. He became ...

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president ...

– Duncan MacIntyre then

Jim McLay Sir James Kenneth McLay (born 21 February 1945) is a New Zealand diplomat and former politician. He served as the ninth deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 15 March to 26 July 1984. McLay was also Leader of the National Party and Leader ...

then

Geoffrey Palmer Geoffrey Palmer may refer to: Politicians * Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Baronet (1598–1670), English lawyer and politician *Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 3rd Baronet (1655–1732), English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire *Geoffrey Pa ...

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

– Robert Muldoon then

Roger Douglas Sir Roger Owen Douglas (born 5 December 1937) is a retired New Zealand politician who served as a minister in two Labour governments. He became arguably best known for his prominent role in New Zealand's radical economic restructuring in the 19 ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...

–

Warren Cooper Warren Ernest Cooper (born 21 February 1933) is a former New Zealand politician. He was a National Party MP from 1975 to 1996, holding cabinet positions including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. Cooper also twice served as ...

then

* Chief Justice – Sir

Ronald Davison Sir Ronald Keith Davison (16 November 1920 – 2 July 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989, Early life and family Born in Kaponga on 16 November 1920, Davison was the ...

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition –

(

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

) until 26 July, then Robert Muldoon (

National National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

) until 29 November, then

. * Social Credit Party –

Bruce Beetham Bruce Craig Beetham (16 February 1936 – 3 May 1997) was an academic and politician from New Zealand, whose career spanned the 1970s and early 1980s. A lecturer at Hamilton's University of Waikato and at the Hamilton Teachers' Training Colle ...

until 26 July, then not represented in Parliament.

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amal ...

–

Catherine Tizard Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first ...

* Mayor of Hamilton –

Ross Jansen Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen (6 September 1932 – 15 December 2010) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as mayor of Hamilton from 1977 to 1989. He was an expert in local government, held a variety of positions, was academically ackno ...

Mayor of Wellington The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representat ...

– Ian Lawrence *

Mayor of Christchurch The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor, Ph ...

–

Hamish Hay Sir Hamish Grenfell Hay (8 December 1927 – 7 September 2008) was a New Zealand politician, who served as Mayor of Christchurch for fifteen years, from 1974 to 1989. He was Christchurch's longest-serving mayor. Early life and family Hay was one ...

Mayor of Dunedin The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The Mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform c ...

–

Cliff Skeggs Sir Clifford George Skeggs (born 19 March 1931) is a New Zealand businessman from Dunedin, and was Mayor of Dunedin from 1977 to 1989. Early life and family Skeggs was born in Bluff, and was educated at Bluff School and Southland Technical ...

Events

* 27 January – A state of emergency is declared in

Southland Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region, a region of New Zealand * Southland County, a former New Zealand county * Southland District, part of the wider Southland Re ...

as record rainfall causes flooding which forces the evacuation of 4000 people and leaves damage totalling $55 million. * 3–6 February – The fifth Sweetwaters Music Festival is held in

Pukekawa Pukekawa is a town in the Lower Waikato River area of New Zealand's North Island, 66 km south of central Auckland. The area's fertile soils are used to grow a range of vegetables, including onions, potatoes and carrots. The town was in ...

, with the satellite Sweetwaters South held in Christchurch on 6 February. * 6 February – Te Hikoi ki Waitangi march disrupts

Waitangi Day Waitangi Day ( mi, Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing – on 6 February 1840 – of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is regarded as the founding document of the nation. The first Wai ...

celebrations. *27 March – A suitcase bomb explodes at the Wellington Trades Hall, killing the caretaker, Ernie Abbott. No arrest has been made, see Terrorism in New Zealand. *24 June – New Zealand's first

IVF In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating an individual's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) f ...

-conceived baby, Amelia Bell, is born at Auckland's National Women's Hospital. *14 July – 1984 general election: The Labour Party, led by

, wins 56 of the 95 seats in the House of Representatives. The

Fourth Labour Government The Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand governed New Zealand from 26 July 1984 to 2 November 1990. It was the first Labour government to win a second consecutive term since the First Labour Government of 1935 to 1949. The policy agenda o ...

is formed, ending 9 years of National rule. *18 July – Government devalues

New Zealand dollar The New Zealand dollar ( mi, tāra o Aotearoa; sign: $, NZ$; code: NZD) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands. Within Ne ...

by 20 percent. See New Zealand constitutional crisis, 1984. * 20 August – New Zealand reestablishes diplomatic relations with Argentina at a consular level.

Unknown dates

*New Zealand signs the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. *Auckland's population exceeds that of the South Island.

Arts and literature

* Brian Turner wins the

Robert Burns Fellowship The Robert Burns Fellowship is a New Zealand literary residency. Established in 1958 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Robert Burns, it is often claimed to be New Zealand's premier literary residency. The list of past ...

. See

1984 in art Events from the year 1984 in art. Events * November 6 - The Turner Prize is awarded for the first time, to Malcolm Morley. * Neue Slowenische Kunst is established. * First Nordik art historians' conference held, "Nordic art around the turn of ...

1984 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1984. Events * April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ( 1949) begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chest ...

, :1984 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards), conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, honour outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording industry. The awards are among the most significant that ...

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath. *ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Dance Exponents The Exponents, formerly The Dance Exponents, was a New Zealand rock group led by vocalist and songwriter Jordan Luck. Their major hits were "Victoria" " Why Does Love Do This To Me" and "Who Loves Who The Most". History 1980s: Dance Expo ...

– Prayers be Answered **

The Mockers The Mockers were a New Zealand pop band formed in Wellington in 1979 by Andrew Fagan. Fagan was the only ever-present of the band's line-up whose initial members were mostly drawn from Fagan's Rongotai College classmates. Their songs include "O ...

– Swear It's True **Patsy Riggir – You'll Never Take The Country Out of Me *SINGLE OF THE YEAR

The Narcs The Narcs are an award winning New Zealand band, that formed in 1980 in Christchurch, New Zealand, by bassist Tony Waine, drummer Bob Ogilvie and guitarist Garth Sinclair – departed/replaced by Australian guitarist/singer songwriter Andrew/Andy ...

– You Took Me Heart and Soul **

Pātea Māori Club Pātea Māori Club is a New Zealand cultural group and performance act formed in the South Taranaki town of Pātea in 1967 as the Pātea Methodist Māori Club. In 1983, the group began to release Māori-language pop and hip hop music, produ ...

and

Dalvanius Prime Maui Dalvanius Prime (16 January 1948 – 3 October 2002) was a New Zealand entertainer and songwriter. His career spanned 30 years. He mentored many of New Zealand's Māori performers, and was a vocal and forthright supporter of Māori culture ...

– "Aku Raukura" **

– I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue) *TOP MALE VOCALIST Jordan Luck (Dance Exponents) **Andy Dickson (The Narcs) **Andrew Fagan (The Mockers) *TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Patsy Riggir **Jodi Vaughan **Suzanne Prentice *TOP GROUP Dance Exponents **The Mockers **Pātea Māori Club and Dalvanius Prime *MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Martin Phillips (The Chills) **Ross McKenzie (The Idles) **Wayne Gillespie *MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Meryl Yvonne **Janice Lampen **Sharon Dubont *MOST PROMISING GROUP

The Chills The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band is essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who is the group's sole constant member. For a time in the 1990s, the act was billed a ...

**Jive Bombers **You're A Movie *BEST JAZZ ALBUM Brian Smith Quartet – Southern Excursio **Ken Avery/ Darktown Strutters – Jazz The Way It Used to Be ** Rodger Fox – Something Juicy *BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir – You'll Never Take the Country Out of Me **Suzanne Prentice – So Precious To Me **Jodi Vaughn – Rodeo Eyes *BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZSO & Others – Music By Larry Pruden **Michael Houston – Michael Houston **Schola Musica – NZ Music For Strings *BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM

– "Aku Raukura" **

The Five Stars The Five Stars is a family pop band who has recorded many albums of well known and original Samoan and pacific songs. The reference of "Five Stars" in the band's name denotes the five stars on the national flag of Samoa. With more than 18 albums i ...

– Musika Malie (Good Music) **Rosalio – Samoan Serenade *BEST FOLK ALBUM Phil Garland – Springtime in the Mountains **Michael Warmuth – Hammered Duclimer **Wayne Gillespie – Wayward Son *PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave MCartney – You Took Me Heart & Soul **Glyn Tucker Jnr / Trevor Reekie – Swear It's True **Glyn Tucker Jnr / Trevor Reekie – You Fascinate *ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Graham Myhre – You Took Me Heart & Soul **Graham Myhre/ Gyn Tucker Jnr – Caught in the Act **Glyn Tucker Jnr – You Fascinate *BEST COVER DESIGN Joe Wylie – Aku Raukura (Pātea Māori Club) **Murray Vincent – Music By Larry Purden **Mike Hutton – Vocal at the Local *BEST MUSIC VIDEO Bruce Morrison – I'm in Heaven **William Keddell – Elephunk in My Soup **Tom Parkinson – I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue) (Dance Exponents) *BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Jenny Mcleod – The Silent One **Mike Nock – Strata **John Charles/ Dave Fraser – Constance *INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

Tim Finn Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer and musician. His musical career includes forming 1970s and 1980s New Zealand rock group Split Enz, a number of solo albums, temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowd ...

** Dragon **

Split Enz Split Enz were a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in 1972 by Tim Finn and Phil Judd and had a variety of other members during its existence. Originally started as a folk-oriented group with quirky art rock stylings, the band built ...

*OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Eldred Stebbing Eldred Claude Stebbing (3 October 1921 – 6 December 2009) was a New Zealand record label owner and co-founder of the Zodiac Records label. He also founded Stebbing Studios in Auckland. Biography Stebbing was born in 1921. After leaving schoo ...

– (For his Lifelong Contribution to the Recording Arts in New Zealand) **Jacqui Fitzgerald ** Peter Blake & TVNZ *MOST POPULAR SONG

– You Took Me Heart and Soul See:

1984 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984. __TOC__ Specific locations *1984 in British music * 1984 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1984 in country music *1984 in heavy metal music * 1984 in hip hop music ...

Performing arts

* Benny Award presented by the

Variety Artists Club of New Zealand The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc (VAC) is a non-for-profit organisation and show business club. It was founded in 1966 and became an incorporated society in 1972. The VAC was formed to promote goodwill within the New Zealand enterta ...

to John Maybury Senior.

Radio and television

See: 1984 in New Zealand television,

1984 in television For 1984 in television, see: * 1984 in Albanian television *1984 in American television * 1984 in Australian television * 1984 in Austrian television * 1984 in Belgian television * 1984 in Brazilian television * 1984 in British television *1984 i ...

List of TVNZ television programming This is an incomplete list of television programmes, past and present, screened on TVNZ, Television New Zealand that were made in New Zealand. Programmes Regular shows (screened throughout the year) Seasonal shows One-off series Shows tha ...

, :Television in New Zealand, :New Zealand television shows,

Public broadcasting in New Zealand Public broadcasting in New Zealand is funded through New Zealand Government body New Zealand On Air, and consists of a number of television channels, radio stations, and websites. In addition to funding solely public media outlets, New Zealand On ...

Film

Came a Hot Friday ''Came a Hot Friday'' is a 1985 New Zealand comedy film, based on the 1964 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson. Directed and co-written by Ian Mune, it became one of the most successful local films released in New Zealand in the 1980s. The film's ca ...

Constance Constance may refer to: Places *Konstanz, Germany, sometimes written as Constance in English *Constance Bay, Ottawa, Canada * Constance, Kentucky * Constance, Minnesota * Constance (Portugal) * Mount Constance, Washington State People * Consta ...

Other Halves ''Other Halves'' is a 1984 New Zealand film directed by John Laing. The film is based on a book by Sue McCauley. Synopsis A relationship develops between a Maori boy in drug rehab and a married Pākehā Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a M� ...

* The Silent One *

Vigil A vigil, from the Latin ''vigilia'' meaning ''wakefulness'' ( Greek: ''pannychis'', or ''agrypnia'' ), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word ''vigilia'' has become gener ...

* The Bounty See: :1984 film awards, 1984 in film,

List of New Zealand feature films This is a list of feature films and pre 1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release. Key * * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission. * † = Year given is date of principal photography rather th ...

Cinema of New Zealand Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

, :1984 films

Sport

Athletics

* Barry Thompson wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:03 on 25 March in

Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whang ...

, while Mary Belsey does the same in the women's championship (2:41:39).

Basketball

* NBL won by Wellington.

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup The New Zealand Cup for standardbred horses, also known as either the New Zealand Trotting Cup or the New Zealand Pacing Cup is a Group One (G1) harness race held annually by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Chri ...

: Camelot *

Auckland Trotting Cup The Auckland Pacing Cup which is sometimes referred to as the Auckland Trotting Cup or merely the Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses. It is one of the two major harness races, along with ...

: Enterprise

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics

* New Zealand sends a team of 130 competitors across 18 sports.

Winter Olympics

* New Zealand sends a team of six alpine skiers.

Paralympic Games

Summer Paralympics

Winter Paralympics

* New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in one sport.

Shooting

*Ballinger Belt – Peter Cromwell (Cheltenham)

Soccer

New Zealand National Soccer League The New Zealand National League is the name given to the current New Zealand top football competition. Originally set up as the New Zealand National Soccer League there has been many versions of the competition as well as many different names. Th ...

won by

Gisborne City Gisborne City AFC was an association football club in Gisborne, New Zealand. Founded in 1939 as Eastern Union, the club changed its name to Gisborne City after winning the Central Districts League at the first attempt in 1967. As Eastern Union, ...

* The

Chatham Cup The Chatham Cup is New Zealand's premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout tournament in men's association football. It is held annually, with the final contested in September. The current champions of the Chatham Cup are 2022 winners Auck ...

is won by

Manurewa Manurewa is a major suburb in South Auckland, New Zealand. It was part of Manukau City before the creation of the Auckland super city in 2010. It is located south of the Manukau City Centre, and southeast of Auckland CBD. The suburb is b ...

who beat

2–1 in the final.Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com

Births

* 27 January:

Vince Mellars Vincent "Vinny" Mellars (born 27 January 1984) is a New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer who plays in the Centres. He has previously played in the NRL, Super League and Air New Zealand Cup and in the RFL Championship for Feathe ...

, rugby league player. * 14 February: Jared Wrennall, musician. * 17 February:

Timothy Gudsell Timothy Gudsell (born 17 February 1984) is a retired New Zealand track and road racing cyclist who last rode for the PureBlack Racing team. Gudsell turned professional in 2007 and after retiring in 2012 runs a Cycling tour company. Gudsell wa ...

, cyclist. * 21 February: Andy Ellis, rugby union player. * 25 February: Paul Vodanovich, soccer player. * 8 March:

Ross Taylor Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984) is a former international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand national team. Batting predominantly at number four, when he announced his retirement from international cricket at ...

, cricketer. * 16 March:

Hosea Gear Hosea Emiliano Gear (born 16 March 1984) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a wing. He has also played 14 international matches for New Zealand. Early life The younger brother of Rico Gear, he was born in Gisborne, New Ze ...

, rugby union player. * 25 March: Liam Messam, rugby union and rugby sevens player. * 2 April:

Meryl Cassie Meryl Danielle Cassie (born 2 April 1984) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She has three children, a son, Rylon born in 2006 and two daughters Breeze (Born 18 October 2013) and Diaz (born 2015). She is most famous for her role as Ebony in t ...

, actor. * 6 April: Stacey Carr, field hockey player. * 20 April: Fraser Anderson, rugby league player. * 28 May: Beth Allen, actor. * 2 June:

Jack Afamasaga Jack Taualii Afamasaga (born 2 June 1984), also known by the nickname of "Skuks", is a New Zealand former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for the Parramatta Eels, t ...

, rugby league player. * 6 June: Antonia Prebble, actor. * 7 June: Jennyfer Jewell, actor. * 20 June:

Jarrod Smith Jarrod Brian Stockley Smith (born 20 July 1984) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Team Wellington. Career College Smith moved to the United States after he was recruited by and played three seasons for former W ...

, soccer player. * 27 June:

Emma Lahana Emma Kate Lahana (born ) is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her roles as Kira Ford, the Yellow Dino Ranger, in ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'', Jennifer Mason on '' Haven'', and Brigid O'Reilly in '' Cloak & Dagger''. Career Lahana play ...

, actor. * 28 June:

Evarn Tuimavave Evarn Tuimavave (born 28 June 1984) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a . Playing career Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuimavave played his junior football for the Pt Chev Pirates, Richmond Rovers and ...

, rugby league player. * 13 July: Gareth Williams, actor * 14 July: Fleur Saville, actor. * 6 August:

Jesse Ryder Jesse Daniel Ryder (born 6 August 1984) is a former international New Zealand cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He is a middle-order batsman for Tests and is an opening batsman in ODIs. Ryder also bowls useful medium-pace. Ryder has ...

, cricketer. * 12 September: Ben Townley, motocrosser. * 6 October:

Valerie Adams Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF ...

, athlete, Olympic gold medallist (

2008 Beijing The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and 2012 London) * 23 November:

Jerome Ropati Jerome Ropati (born 23 November 1984) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played his entire career for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL). Ropati also represented New Zealand, and was a memb ...

, rugby league player. * 14 December: Keshia Paulse, singer. * Vicki Lin, television presenter. :1984 births

Deaths

* 23 January: Dean Goffin, composer * 6 March:

Ian Cromb Ian Burns Cromb (25 June 1905 – 6 March 1984) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1931 to 1932, including all three Tests of the 1931 tour of England. Cromb was born in Christchurch and attended Christchurch Boys' High ...

, cricketer * 20 March:

Robin Tait Robin Douglas Tait (14 April 1940 in Dunedin, Otago – 20 March 1984 in Auckland) was a Discus throw, discus thrower representing New Zealand at two Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972. He represented New Zealand at six Commonwealth Games: 1962 Bri ...

, discus thrower * 28 April: Sylvia Ashton-Warner, writer and educator * 13 June: Ken Armstrong, soccer player * 15 June:

Tom Heeney Thomas Heeney (18 May 1898 – 15 June 1984) was a professional heavyweight boxing, boxer from New Zealand, best known for unsuccessfully challenging champion Gene Tunney for the heavyweight championship of the world in New York City on 26 July ...

, boxer * 21 July: Adam Adamson, former mayor of Invercargill * 13 September:

Lois White Anna Lois White (2 November 1903 – 13 September 1984), known in the art world as Lois (pronounced Loyce) White, was a New Zealand painter of the modernist school. She taught at the Elam Art School of the University of Auckland from 1927 ...

, painter * 26 November: Eliot V. Elliott, trade unionist * 9 December: Guthrie Wilson, novelist and teacher (in Sydney)