2016 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and vice-regal
- Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
- Governor-General – The Hon. Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO [1]
Government
2016 is the second full year of the 51st Parliament, which first sat on 21 October 2014.
The Fifth National Government, first elected in 2008, continues.
- Speaker of the House – David Carter
- Prime Minister – John Key
- Deputy Prime Minister – Bill English
- Leader of the House – Gerry Brownlee
- Minister of Finance – Bill English
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Murray McCully
Other party leaders
- Labour – Andrew Little
- Green – James Shaw and Metiria Turei
- New Zealand First – Winston Peters
- Māori Party – Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox
- ACT New Zealand – David Seymour
- United Future – Peter Dunne
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Len Brown
- Mayor of Tauranga – Stuart Crosby
- Mayor of Hamilton – Julie Hardaker
- Mayor of Wellington – Celia Wade-Brown
- Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
- Mayor of Dunedin – Dave Cull
Events
February
- 14 February – significant aftershock in Christchurch causing various cliffs to collapse
March
- 3–24 March – Second flag referendum
August
- 5–21 August – 132 athletes from New Zealand will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October
- 8 October – New Zealand local elections
Sport
Shooting
- Ballinger Belt – Malcolm Dodson (Kaituna/Blenheim)[2]
Deaths
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January
- 2 January – Tim Francis, diplomat (born 1928)
- 5 January – Keith Thiele, World War II pilot (born 1921)
- 8 January – Ida Gaskin, schoolteacher, quiz show contestant, politician (born 1919)
- 17 January
- Melvin Day, artist (born 1923)
- Jules Le Lievre, rugby union player (born 1933)
- 22 January – Alec Wishart, musician (born 1939)
- 23 January – Barry Brickell, potter (born 1935)
- 24 January – Neville Black, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1925)
- 27 January – Shirley Tonkin, sudden infant death syndrome researcher (born 1921)
- 28 January
- Rob Courtney, Paralympic athlete (born 1959)
- Peter Robinson, musician (born 1958)
- Bob Tizard, politician, deputy prime minister (1974–75) (born 1924)
- 31 January – Mere Broughton, Māori language activist, unionist (born c.1935)
February
- 1 February – Kelly McGarry, mountain biker (born 1982)
- 2 February
- Chris Kenny, boxing trainer (born c.1938)
- Marcus Turner, singer-songwriter, folk musician, television presenter (born 1956)
- 7 February – Andrew Hintz, cricketer (born 1963)
- 10 February – John Spencer, businessman (born c.1934)
- 13 February – Barry Jones, Catholic Bishop of Christchurch (born 1941)
- 17 February – Sophia Hawthorne, actress (born 1976)
- 24 February – Ken English, rugby league player (born 1927)
- 26 February – Jack Forrest, rugby league player (born 1924)
- 29 February – Ranginui Walker, Māori activist and academic (born 1932)
March
- 3 March – Martin Crowe, cricketer (born 1962)
- 4 March – Harry Turbott, architect, landscape architect, environmentalist (born 1930)
- 5 March – David Abbott, cricket umpire (born 1934)
- 11 March – Sel Belsham, rugby league player, cricketer (born 1930)
- 16 March – George Menzies, rugby league player and coach (born 1930)
- 19 March – Graham Fortune, diplomat and public servant (born 1941)
- 25 March – Ross Jennings, television producer and director (born 1944)
- 27 March – Frank Torley, television reporter, director and producer (born c.1940)
April
- 3 April
- Rowley Habib, poet, playwright, short-story writer (born 1933)
- Whai Ngata, broadcaster, journalist, lexicographer (born c.1942)
- 11 April – Ruth Gilbert, poet (born 1917)
- 12 April – Alan Loveday, violinist (born 1928)
- 13 April – Kurtis Haiu, rugby union player (born 1984)
- 14 April – Colin Knight, educationalist (born 1934)
- 22 April
- Rex Fell, Thoroughbred racehorse breeder (born c.1945)
- Peter Sellers, sports broadcaster (born 1921)
- 23 April – Bill Sevesi, musician (born 1923)
- 24 April – Paul Annear, jeweller (born 1947)
- 27 April – Chris Parkinson, broadcaster (born 1941)
May
- 18 May – Ian Watkin, actor (born 1940)
June
- 1 June - Leonard Boyle, bishop (born 1930)