The following lists events that happened during 2001 in New Zealand.

Population

* Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,916,200. * Increase since 31 December 2000: 43,100 (1.11%). * Males per 100 Females: 96.2.

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 ...

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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 Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys

GNZM The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

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 ...

, QSO followed by The Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO

Government

The 46th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was The Labour Party led by

Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was ...

, in coalition with

Alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

, led by

Jim Anderton James Patrick Anderton (born Byrne; 21 January 1938 – 7 January 2018) was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989. Anderton's political career began when he was elected to th ...

. *

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 ...

– Jonathan Hunt *

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 ...

–

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 ...

–

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", " ...

– Michael Cullen *

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 ...

–

Phil Goff Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 N ...

* Chief Justice —

Sian Elias Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias (born 13 March 1949) is a New Zealand former Government official, who served as the 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand, and was therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She was the presiding judge o ...

Opposition leaders

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

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 ...

– TBD ( Leader of the Opposition) * Greens –

Jeanette Fitzsimons Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (née Gaston; 17 January 1945 – 5 March 2020) was a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She was the co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 1995 to 2009, and was a Member of Parliament from ...

and

Rod Donald Rodney David Donald (10 October 1957 – 6 November 2005) was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. He lived in Christchurch with his partner Nicola Shirlaw, and their thre ...

* Act – TBD * New Zealand First – TBD *

United Future United Future New Zealand, usually known as United Future, was a centrist political party in New Zealand. The party was in government between 2005 and 2017, first alongside Labour (2005–2008) and then supporting National (2008–2017). U ...

– TBD *

Māori Party Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

– TBD *

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 ...

– TBD *

Progressives Progressivism holds that it is possible to improve human societies through political action. As a political movement, progressivism seeks to advance the human condition through social reform based on purported advancements in science, techno ...

– TBD *

– TBD

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 ...

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Christine Fletcher Christine Elizabeth Fletcher (née Lees, born 25 January 1955) is a New Zealand politician. Currently an Auckland Council councillor, she was previously a National Party Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1999, and served one term as Mayor of A ...

then

John Banks John Banks or Bankes may refer to: Politics and law *Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet (1627–1699), English merchant and Member of Parliament * John Banks (American politician) (1793–1864), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *John Gray Banks (188 ...

* Mayor of Hamilton – Russell Matthew Remmington then

David Braithwaite David Joseph Braithwaite (16 April 1937 – 18 March 2021) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Hamilton from 2001 to 2004. Braithwaite was born in Hamilton on 16 April 1937. Both of his parents were prominent in civic life in Hamilt ...

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 ...

–

Mark Blumsky Mark Herbert Blumsky (born 29 August 1957) is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. He was Mayor of Wellington from 1995 to 2001, and a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 2005 to 2008. Blumsky was New Zealand's High Comm ...

then

Kerry Prendergast Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast (née Ferrier, born 28 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010, succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position, after Fran W ...

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 ...

–

Garry Moore Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit; January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was an American entertainer, comedic personality, game show host, and humorist best known for his work in television. He began a long career with the CBS netwo ...

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 ...

–

Sukhi Turner Dame Sukhinder Kaur Gill Turner (born Sukhinder Kaur Gill, 13 April 1952), commonly known as Sukhi Turner, is an Indian-born-New Zealand politician who served as the Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1995 until her retirement from the positio ...

Events

* New Zealand establishes an embassy in Brasília,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Arts and literature

* Jo Randerson 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 ...

. *

Montana New Zealand Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...

: **Montana Medal: Michael King, ''Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame'' **Deutz Medal: Lloyd Jones, ''The Book of Fame'' **Reader's Choice: Michael King, ''Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame'' **First Book Awards ***Fiction: Karyn Hay, ''Emerald Budgies'' ***Poetry:

Stephanie de Montalk Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945) is a poet and biographer from New Zealand. Background Born in 1945, in New Zealand, de Montalk grew up in the Far North and Wellington. She trained at Wellington Hospital School of Nursing and received and M ...

, ''Animals Indoors'' ***Non-Fiction: Paul Tapsell, ''Pukaki: A Comet Returns'' See

2001 in art The year 2001 in art involves various significant events. Events *1 January – A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall appears in Seattle, Washington's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie '' 20 ...

2001 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2001. – Opening sentence, Ian McEwan, ''Atonement'' Events * February 15 – The author Michael Crichton signs a new deal with HarperCollins Publishers that r ...

, :2001 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 ...

Two original categories were retired 'Most Promising Male Vocalist' and 'Most Promising Female Vocalist' and the 'Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation' category introduced the year before was reduced to be compilations only. Winners are shown first with nominees underneath. * Album of the Year:

Zed Zed is the pronunciation of the letter ''Z'' in Commonwealth English ("zee" in American English). Zed or ZED may also refer to: Entertainment Characters *Zed (comics), a character from the ''Hellblazer'' comic series *Zed (Kiba), the main chara ...

– Silencer **

Dave Dobbyn Sir David Joseph Dobbyn (born 3 January 1957) is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then ...

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Hopetown Hopetown is a town which lies at the edge of the Great Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is situated on an arid slope leading down to the Orange River. The first diamond discovered in South Africa, the Eureka Diamond, was fo ...

Fur Patrol Fur Patrol is a rock band, originally from Wellington, New Zealand. The band formed in Wellington in 1996. Their debut EP, ''Starlifter'', was released on the independent Wellington label Wishbone in 1998. Their debut album ''Pet'' was produced ...

– Pet **Tadpole – The Buddhafinger' **

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 ...

/ Dave Dobbyn /

Bic Runga Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga ...

– Together in Concert: Live * Single of the Year: Fur Patrol – Lydia ** Eye TV – "One Day Ahead" **

Shihad Shihad are a rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1988. The band consists of founders Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar ...

– Pacifier **Tadpole – Alright **Zed – Renegade Fighter * Top Group: Zed – Silencer **Tadpole – The Buddhafinger **Shihad – Pacifier * Best New Act: Betchadupa **Splitter **Dan Sperber & Luke Casey * Top Male Vocalist: Nathan King (Zed) **Jon Toogood (Shihad) **Dave Dobbyn * Top Female Vocalist:

Julia Deans Julia Mary Deans (born 27 August 1974) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of rock band Fur Patrol. Banshee Reel In the early '90s Deans joined Wellington-based Celtic rock band Banshee Reel. The group released ...

(Fur Patrol) **Renee Brennan (Tadpole) **Libby Huirua * Best Folk Album: Lothlorien – Greenwood Side **Run The Cutter – Passing Time **The Jews Brothers Band – My Yiddish Swing * Best Jazz Album: The Rodger Fox Big Band – Ain't That The Truth **Erna Ferry – Devil May Care **Chris Mason Bentley Group – Karakia * Best Classical Album: Strike – New Zealand Percussion Music **Michael Houston – Elusive Dreams: NZ Piano Music **New Zealand String Quartet – Gareth Farr: Owhiro * Best Country Album: no award * Best Gospel Album: The Parachute Band – Love **Solace – Solace **Invasion Band – Nga Mea Katoa * Best Mana Maori Album: Wai – Wai 100% **Ruia & Ranea – Whare Maori **Big Belly Woman – Dance with the Wind * Best Mana Reo Album: Whirimako Black -Shrouded in The Mist / Hinepukohurangi **Ruia & Ranea – Whare Maori **Wai – Wai 100% * Best Children's Album: Liam Ryan & Carol Storey – The Present **Kids Music Company Singers – On A High Note **John Phillips – The Lost Property Box * Best Compilation: Strawpeople – The Best of 1990–2000 **HLAH – Blood on the Honky Tonk Floor **Various – Algorhythm 2 * Best Songwriter:

– Lydia (Fur Patrol) **Aaron Takona – Calling On (Weta) Nathan King – Renegade Fighter (Zed) * Best Producer: Dave Long – Pet (Fur Patrol) **Malcolm Welsford – The Buddhafinger (Tadpole) **Paul Casserly & Joost Langeveld – No New Messages (Strawpeople) * Best Engineer: Sam Gibson – Betchadupa EP (Betchadupa) **Malcolm Welsford – The Buddhafinger (Tadpole) **Mike Gibson – Pet (Fur Patrol) * Best Video: Alex Sutherland & Michael Lonsdale – Touchdown (The Stereobus) **Greg Page – "One Day Ahead" ( Eye TV) **Wade Shotter & Jamie Dower – Silent Film ( Augustino) * Best Cover: Wayne Conway – Hopetown (Dave Dobbyn) **Monique Facon – The Buddhafinger (Tadpole) **Andrew B White & Jade Weaver – Pet (Fur Patrol) * New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Rodger Clamp – More FM Auckland & Channel Z **Andi Dawkins – More FM Christchurch and Dunedin **Brad King – The Rock Network * Outstanding International Achievement: Shihad **Deep Obsession **Salmonella Dub See: 2001 in music, New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2001

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 Gray Bartlett MBE.

Radio and television

See:

2001 in New Zealand television 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

2001 in television 2001 in television may refer to: *2001 in American television *2001 in Australian television * 2001 in Belgian television * 2001 in Brazilian television *2001 in British television *2001 in Canadian television * 2001 in Croatian television * 2001 ...

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,

TV3 (New Zealand) Three ( mi, Toru), stylized as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first private broadcasting, privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nat ...

, :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

* Crooked Earth * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers See: :2001 film awards,

2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the ''Harry Potter'', ''Fast & Furious'', ''Spy Kids'', '' Monsters, Inc.'' and '' Shrek'' franchises, and ''The Lord of the Rings'' and '' Ocean's'' tr ...

, List of New Zealand feature films,

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 ...

, :2001 films

Internet

See
NZ Internet History

Sport

* See:

2001 in sports 2001 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria ** Women's overall season champion: Janica Kostelić, Croatia American football * Super ...

, :2001 in sports

Athletics

* Alastair Snowdon wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:12 on 3 June in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

, while Anne Clarke claims her first as well in the women's championship (2:47:55).

Basketball

* The Men's National Basketball League was won by the

Waikato Titans The Waikato Pistons were a New Zealand basketball team based in Hamilton. The Pistons competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) and played their home games at Hamilton Boys' High School. After sitting out the 2012 NBL season, the Pist ...

who beat the

Wellington Saints The Wellington Saints are a New Zealand basketball team based in Wellington. The Saints compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Bank Arena. Team history The Wellington Saints were founded in 1981. In 1 ...

112–97 in the final, the Titans having finished top of the league with 15/16 wins. * The Women’s National Basketball League was won by the Wellington Swish

Cricket

New Zealand cricket team The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 ...

*The State Championship was won by the

Wellington Firebirds The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand men's first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It is based in Wellington. It competes in the Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one ...

Golf

New Zealand Open The New Zealand Open is the premier men's golf tournament in New Zealand. It has been a regular fixture on the PGA Tour of Australasia tournament schedule since the 1970s. The 2019 event was the 100th edition of the tournament. Since 2014 it has ...

, :New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments.

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 ...

: Kym's Girl *

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 ...

: Holmes D G

Thoroughbred racing

Netball

Silver Ferns The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern ('' Cyathea dealbata''), which is an emblem for many New Zealand ...

National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup was the pre-eminent national netball competition in New Zealand between 1998 and 2007. From 2008, it was replaced by the ANZ Championship. Format In the rounds, each team played every other team once, then the top four teams ...

Rugby league

* Bartercard Cup won by the

Hibiscus Coast Raiders The Hibiscus Coast Raiders are a rugby league club based on the Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand. They compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition and between 2000 and 2005 were also involved in the Bartercard Cup competition. History ...

who were also the minor premiers * The

New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

cane 8th of 14 teams in the NRL, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time. They were knocked out in the first round by minor premiers,

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

, 56–12.

Rugby union

* The Super 12 competition was won by the

Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005–2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses whi ...

, the first win by a non-NZ team. No NZ teams made the semifinals. *

National Provincial Championship The National Provincial Championship may refer to: * National Provincial Championship (1976–2005), original competition before reform into 14 sides * National Provincial Championship (2006–present) The National Provincial Championship, o ...

: Division 1, Canterbury, Division 2: Hawke's Bay, Division 3: South Canterbury * the

Bledisloe Cup The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition originally staged between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has va ...

was won by Australia who won both games. * the

Tri Nations Series The Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. These are the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere; the Six Nations is a ...

was won by Australia, with two wins and a draw. New Zealand came second with two wins. * The

Ranfurly Shield The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Shield is based on a challenge system. The holding union must defend the shield in challeng ...

was held by Canterbury all season, with successful defences against Buller 69-3 (in Westport), Sth Canterbury 103-0 (in Timaru), Nelson Bays 67–10, Bay of Plenty 72–3, Wellington 31–29, Taranaki 38–17, Auckland 38–10, Waikato 52-19

Shooting

*Ballinger Belt – Murray Steele (Malvern)

Soccer

* The

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 ...

was relaunched as a winter competition with 10 teams and finals playoffs. The winner was

Napier City Rovers Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central Premier League. Club history The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's ...

. * 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 University - Mount Wellington who beat

Central United Central United Football Club is an amateur association football (soccer) club based in Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand who complete in the NRF Championship. The team was officially called ''Central Soccer Club'' until 1996 when it change ...

3–3 in the final (5-4 on penalties).Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com

Births

January–March

* 3 January –

Chay Fihaki Chay Fihaki (born 1 January 2001, in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in the Super Rugby Pacific Tournament and in the Bunnings NPC. His preferred playing position is centre, wing A wing is a type of fin ...

, rugby union player * 4 January – Ally Wollaston, racing cyclist * 11 January – Corey Evans, rugby union player * 15 January –

Tiana Metuarau Tiana Metuarau (born 15 January 2001) is a New Zealand netball international. Between 2017 and 2020, she was a prominent member of the Central Pulse team that won the 2018 Super Club title and the 2019 and 2020 ANZ Premiership titles. In 202 ...

, netball player * 17 January – Josh Lord, rugby union player * 18 January – Kanah Andrews-Nahu, weightlifter * 28 January – TK Howden, rugby union player * 1 February – Sean Withy, rugby union player * 6 February –

Peter Vodanovich Peter Vodanovich (born 6 February 2001) is a New Zealand racing driver. He currently competes in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Jay Howard Driver Development Jay Howard (born 16 February 1981) is a British professional race car ...

, racing driver * 7 February –

Maya Hahn Maya Ruby Hahn (born 7 February 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Born in New Zealand, she is a Germany youth international. Early life Hann grew up speaking German. She was born and raised in Wellingt ...

, association footballer * 9 February –

Eve Thomas Eve Thomas (born 9 February 2001) is a New Zealand swimmer. She competed for New Zealand in the women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Thomas is the daughter of British swimmer Sarah Hardcastle. At the 2022 Common ...

, swimmer * 14 February ** Mat Feagai, rugby league player ** Max Feagai, rugby league player * 15 February – Reuben Thompson, racing cyclist * 1 March **

Griffin Neame Griffin Neame (born 1 March 2001) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background Neame was born in Greymouth, New Zealand. He played his ...

, rugby league player ** Kaitlyn Watts, squash player * 6 March –

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Zoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott (, born 6 March 2001) is a New Zealand snowboarder, specialising in slopestyle and big air competitions. She won the gold medal in the women's slopestyle and silver in the big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics, b ...

, snowboarder * 22 March – Cortez Ratima, rugby union player * 27 March –

Valentina Ivanov Valentina Sergeyevna Ivanov (born 27 March 2001) is a New Zealand tennis player, although she has lived in Sydney since she was two years old. Ivanov's mother Oksana (née Yarikova) was a member of the Uzbekistan Fed Cup team in 1995 and 1997, ...

, tennis player

April–June

* 24 April – Simi Sasagi, rugby league player * 28 April – Ruben Love, rugby union player * 8 May – Edward Osei-Nketia, athlete * 11 May –

Kaleb Ngatoa Kaleb Ngatoa (born 11 May 2001), is a New Zealand Māori motor racing driver. Career Before his switch to car racing, Ngatoa was one of the country's most successful karting talents. He started karting in 2011 and immediately shot to prominen ...

, racing driver * 17 May – Rocco Berry, rugby league player * 23 May – Olivia Shannon, field hockey player * 24 May – Chante Temara, rugby league player * 25 May – Corey Kellow, rugby union player * 7 June – Aidan Morgan, rugby union player * 11 June – Ben Waine, association footballer * 14 June – Maggie Jenkins, association footballer * 15 June ** Chelsey Edwards, swimmer ** Tupou Neiufi, swimmer ** Molly Penfold, cricketer **

George Stoupe George Stoupe (born 15 June 2001) is a New Zealand tennis player. Stoupe has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 219 achieved on 15 April 2019. He is considered as one of the next top players from New Zealand following the retirement ...

, tennis player * 20 June –

Elys Ventura Elys Saguil-Ventura (born 20 June 2001) is a New Zealand tennis player. Ventura has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 396 achieved in April 2019. Ventura made her WTA main draw debut at the 2019 ASB Classic in the doubles draw part ...

, tennis player * 21 June – Connor Bell, discus thrower * 22 June – Amelia Abbott, association footballer * 26 June – Anna Leat, association footballer

July–September

* 1 July –

Soane Vikena Soane Vikena (born 1 July 2001 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is hooker. He was named in the Blues squad for the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season. He was also a membe ...

, rugby union player * 7 July – Gabi Rennie, association footballer * 12 July – Dominic Gardiner, rugby union player * 26 July –

Gideon Wrampling Gideon Wrampling (born 26 July 2001 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is centre or wing. Rugby career Gideon attended St Paul's Collegiate School and was selected for ...

, rugby union player * 27 July –

Maiakawanakaulani Roos Maiakawanakaulani Roos (born 27 July 2001) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays as a Lock for the Black Ferns internationally and was a member of their 2021 Rugby World Cup champion squad. She also plays for the Blues Women in the Su ...

, rugby union player * 30 July – Dee Heslop, Australian rules footballer * 3 August – Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, rugby union player * 16 August –

Danielle Aitchison Danielle Aitchison (born 16 August 2001) is a New Zealand para-athlete who is representing her country at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres in international events. Biography Aitchison was born in Mo ...

, para-athlete * 22 August –

Jackson Topine Jackson Topine pronounced () (born 22 August 2001) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, NRL (National Rugby League) and the New Zealan ...

, rugby league player * 4 September – Zach Gallagher, rugby union player * 10 September –

Maddison Weatherall Maddison Weatherall (born 10 September 2001) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a for the St George Illawarra in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Backgroun ...

, rugby league player * 11 September ** Katie Doar, field hockey player ** El Segundo, Thoroughbred racehorse * 17 September – Manu Paea, rugby union player

October–December

* 11 October – Vaiolini Ekuasi, rugby union player * 13 October – Ben Harrington, freestyle skier * 22 October –

George Ott George Ott (born 22 October 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for NPL Victoria club Melbourne Knights as a striker. Club career He made his professional debut on 5 January 2022 in a FFA Cup match against A-League Men sid ...

, association footballer * 25 October – Kazuma Kobori, golfer * 27 October – Alec MacDonald, rugby league player * 9 November – Jock McKenzie, rugby union player * 14 November ** Galleons Sunset, Standardbred racehorse ** TC Robati, rugby league player * 23 November –

Nico Porteous Nico Porteous (born 23 November 2001) is a New Zealand freestyle skier and an Olympic champion. He is New Zealand's youngest Olympic Games medallist, having won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the age of 16. He became New Zealand' ...

, freestyle skier * 29 November –

Xcellent Xcellent (foaled 29 November 2001 in New Zealand) is a thoroughbred racehorse who was trained by Michael & Paul Moroney. He won 6 races from his first 9 career starts, including four Group Ones - The New Zealand Derby and New Zealand Stakes at ...

, Thoroughbred racehorse * 1 December –

Alice Robinson Alice Robinson (born 1 December 2001) is a New Zealand World Cup alpine ski racer. At age sixteen, she competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in giant slalom and slalom. She represented New Zealand in the giant slalom event at the 202 ...

, alpine skier * 5 December – Sean Findlay, field hockey player * 10 December – Sam Sutton, association footballer * 21 December –

Finn Fisher-Black Finn Fisher-Black (born 21 December 2001) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the younger brother of fellow racing cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black. Early life Fisher-Black was educated at Nelso ...

, racing cyclist * 24 December – Tukimihia Simpkins, rugby league player * 27 December –

Sammie Maxwell Samara Louise Maxwell (born 27 December 2001), generally known as Sammie Maxwell, is a cross-country cyclist from New Zealand. At the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, she became the women's under-23 cross-country world champion. Ea ...

, cross-country cyclist

Deaths

January–March

* 13 January – William Fraser, politician (born 1924) * 30 January – Jean Coulston, cricketer (born 1934) * 1 February **

Roy Dalgarno Frederick Leslie Roy Dalgarno (2 December 1910 – 1 February 2001) was an Australian social realist artist. Early life, education and training Born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) in 1910, Dalgarno was educated at Ballarat Grammar School. Fro ...

, artist (born 1910) ** Sir Robert Mahuta, Māori leader (born 1939) * 4 February – Sir

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

, jurist, Governor-General (1980–85) (born 1924) * 27 February –

Selwyn Toogood Selwyn Featherston Toogood (4 April 1916 – 27 February 2001) was a New Zealand radio and television personality. Early life and family Born in Wellington on 4 April 1916, Toogood was the son of Henry Featherston Toogood and Ethel Lois Co ...

, radio and television personality (born 1916) * 4 March – Herbert Green, obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1916)

April–June

* 8 April –

Elsie Locke Elsie Violet Locke (née Farrelly; 17 August 1912 – 8 April 2001) was a New Zealand communist writer, historian, and leading activist in the feminism and peace movements. Also available to subscribers at Oxford Reference Online'. Probably bes ...

, writer, historian and activist (born 1912) * 10 April **

Nyree Dawn Porter Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born Ngaire Dawn Porter; 22 January 1936 – 10 April 2001) was a New Zealand–British actress. Early life and career Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1936. Her first professional work was touring with the N ...

, actor (born 1936) ** Red Anchor, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1981) * 11 April – Sir

Thaddeus McCarthy Thaddeus (Latin ''Thaddaeus'', Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος ''Thaddaĩos'', from Aramaic תדי ''Ṯaday'') is a male given name. As of the 1990 Census, ''Thaddeus'' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while ''Thad'', ...

, jurist (born 1907) * 20 April –

Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe (17 November 1923 – 20 April 2001) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, e ...

, cricketer (born 1923) * 22 April – Trevor de Cleene, politician (born 1933) * 24 April –

Lindsay Daen Lindsay Daen (1923–2001), was a New Zealand sculptor and artist who worked and resided in Puerto Rico. Daen created landmark sculptures in Puerto Rico, Australia and the United States. He was a member of the Royal Art Society in Sydney, whose a ...

, sculptor and artist (born 1923) * 5 May – Roger Hill, World War II naval commander (born 1910) * 18 May – Sir

Alan Westerman Sir Wilfred Alan Westerman (25 March 1913 – 18 May 2001) was a senior Australian public servant and policymaker. Life and career Alan Westerman was born in New Zealand on 25 March 1913. He was educated at Knox Grammar School, the University o ...

, public servant (born 1913) * 19 May ** Sir Alan Hellaby, businessman (born 1926) **

Harry Mahon Harold Thomas Mahon (15 January 1942 – 19 May 2001) was a New Zealand rowing coach. He coached international crews from New Zealand, Switzerland, South Africa and Great Britain to success at World Championships and Olympic Games. He also coach ...

, rowing coach (born 1942) * 21 May **

Erkin Bairam Erkin Bairam (1958 - 21 May 2001Knowles, S., and McCombie, J. (2002)"Erkin Bairam: 1958-2001 His contribution to economics" ''Economics Discussion Papers'' No. 0212, University of Otago.Knowles, S., and McCombie, J. (2003), "Erkin Bairam’s Contri ...

, economics academic (born 1958) ** Cecil Murgatroyd, non-serious politician (born 1958) * 2 June – Sir Kenneth Hayr, RAF air marshal (born 1935) * 6 June –

Douglas Lilburn Douglas Gordon Lilburn (2 November 19156 June 2001) was a New Zealand composer. Early life Lilburn was born in Whanganui and spent his early years on the family sheep farm in the upper Turakina River valley at Drysdale. He attended Waitaki ...

, composer (born 1915) * 8 June – Duncan MacIntyre, politician (born 1915) * 13 June – Gordon Christie, politician (born 1914) * 20 June – Wallace Reyburn, writer (born 1913) * 30 June –

Jack Finlay John Finlay (10 June 1889 – 30 September 1942) was an Irish athlete who played hurling for Laois in the 1910s and in later life was a politician. Finlay was born in Ballycuddy, County Laois in 1889. He had a love of hurling from a young ...

, rugby union player and coach, soldier (born 1916)

July–September

* 4 July –

Charlie Saxton Charles Saxton (born November 7, 1989, in Bristol, Pennsylvania) is an American film, television and voice actor. He had a supporting role as Bug, one of the band members, in ''Bandslam''. He was featured in ''Hung'', an HBO comedy-drama ser ...

, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1913) * 6 July –

Derek Freeman John Derek Freeman (15 August 1916 – 6 July 2001) was a New Zealand anthropologist knownTuzin, page 1013. for his criticism of Margaret Mead's work on Samoan society, as described in her 1928 ethnography ''Coming of Age in Samoa''. His at ...

, anthropologist (born 1916) * 8 July –

John O'Shea John Francis O'Shea (; born 30 April 1981) is an Irish professional football coach and former player. He was known for his versatility in playing several positions on either side of the pitch or the centre. Born in Waterford, O'Shea joined Man ...

, filmmaker and actor (born 1920) * 18 July –

Ritchie Johnston Richard Elsdon Johnston (2 January 1931 – 18 July 2001) was an Olympic track cyclist from Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua' ...

, cyclist (born 1931) * 19 July ** Charles King, cyclist (born 1911) ** Peter Lucas, rower (born 1933) * 25 July **

Levi Borgstrom Levi Petrus Borgstrom (7 November 1919 – 25 July 2001) was a Swedish-New Zealand carver. Early life Borgstrom was born in Lycksele, Sweden in 1919. As a teenager, he began using his father's tools to carve wooden cutlery and crockery and wa ...

, wood carver (born 1919) **

Alan Kirton Alan Henry Kirton (22 February 1933 – 25 July 2001) was a New Zealand agricultural scientist. Biography Born in Stratford, New Zealand in 1933, Kirton was raised in a farming family who ran sheep and dairy cows on a block of land in a sm ...

, agricultural scientist (born 1933) * 27 July ** George Cholmondeley-Tapper, motor racing driver (born 1910) ** Van der Hum, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1971) * 30 July – Thomas Wells, cricketer and educator (born 1927) * 5 August **

Kenelm Digby Sir Kenelm Digby (11 July 1603 – 11 June 1665) was an English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, astrologer and known as a leading Roman Catholic intellectual and Blackloist. For his versatility, he is d ...

, lawyer, jurist, public servant (born 1912) ** Patricia Woodroffe, fencer (born 1926) * 7 August – Dick Dunn, boxing coach (born 1908) * 8 August **

Robin Penhearow Robin Anthony Penhearow (born 5 October 1941 in Shimla, Simla, India, died 8 August 2001 in Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, New Zealand) was a New Zealand cricketer who played four first-class matches, mostly for Northern Districts men's cricket ...

, cricketer (born 1941) ** Peter Sinclair, radio and television personality (born 1938) * 25 August – Bill Pratney, cyclist and politician (born 1909) * 1 September – Sir John Robertson, ombudsman (born 1925) * 31 August – Rex Forrester, hunter and fisherman (born 1928) * 21 September – Andrew Bradfield, computer programmer (born 1966) * 23 September –

Allen Curnow Thomas Allen Monro Curnow (17 June 1911 – 23 September 2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. Life Curnow was born in Timaru, New Zealand, the son of a fourth generation New Zealander, an Anglican clergyman, and he grew up in a relig ...

, poet and journalist (born 1911) * 28 September – Jack Skeen, rugby union player (born 1928) * 29 September –

Shona McFarlane Shona Graham McFarlane (27 March 1929 – 29 September 2001) was a New Zealand artist, journalist and broadcaster. Biography McFarlane was born in Gore and educated at Otago Girls' High School, and studied teaching at the Dunedin Teachers' C ...

, artist, journalist and television personality (born 1929)

October–December

* 8 October – Ray Williams, rugby union player (born 1909) * 10 October – Norm Wilson, rugby union player and television personality (born 1922) * 14 October – Sir

Philip Adams Sir Philip George Doyne Adams KCMG (17 December 1915 – 14 October 2001) was a British career diplomat. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand and was educated at Lancing College, Sussex, before going on to read Philosophy, Politics and Eco ...

, diplomat (born 1915) * 22 October – Bill James, rower (born 1926) * 26 October –

John Platts-Mills John Faithful Fortescue Platts-Mills, (4 October 1906 – 26 October 2001) was a British barrister and left-wing politician. He was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Finsbury from 1945 to 1948, when he was expelled from the party effect ...

, politician (born 1906) * 30 October − Jack Scott, politician (born 1916) * 6 November – Peter Newman, economist (born 1928) * 10 November – Enid McElwee, fencer (born 1914) * 13 November ** Jack Griffiths, rugby union player, soldier (born 1912) ** Mayzod Reid, diver (born 1928) * 6 December – Sir Peter Blake, yachtsman (born 1948) * 13 December –

Pamela Barham Pamela Joy Barham (formerly Edmonds, née Smith; 11 November 1933 – 13 December 2001) was a New Zealand netball player and coach. She played 12 Tests for the New Zealand netball team, and captained the side at the 1963 World Netball Champions ...

, netball player and coach * 14 December – Reg Singer, association football player (born 1924) * 20 December **

Manuhuia Bennett Right Reverend Manuhuia "Manu" Augustus Bennett (10 February 1916 – 20 December 2001) was a New Zealand Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 20th century. He was born in Rotorua on 10 February 1916 into an ecclesiastical family: his fat ...

– Anglican bishop (born 1916) ** Dame Miraka Szászy, Māori leader (born 1921) * 29 December –

Brian Bansgrove Brian Bansgrove (18 July 1941 – 29 December 2001) was a New Zealand gaffer (chief lighting technician for motion pictures) best known for his work on ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy. Andrew Lesnie, who won the 2002 Academy Award for C ...

, film gaffer (born 1941)

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