2024 in New Zealand

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2024
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that have happened or are expected to happen during 2024 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[edit]

Regal and vice-regal[edit]

Government[edit]

Legislature term: 54th New Zealand Parliament.

The Sixth National Government, elected in 2023, continues.

Other party leaders in parliament[edit]

Judiciary[edit]

Main centre leaders[edit]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • 3 January – The Waitangi Treaty Grounds and its museums are evacuated following a bomb threat received in an email.[1]
  • 6 January – Learner license driver tests are changed in order to drop high wait times. Testees must wait 10 days until attempting another test if they fail twice in a day.[2]
  • 9 January – A seven-year legal battle concludes, marking three and a half hectares of Titirangi bush to be removed for a water treatment plant.[3]
  • 10 January – Train lines in Wellington lose power at around 3pm. Power is restored about six hours later.[4]
  • 11 January – 10 hectares of scrub in Tītahi Bay, Porirua is lit on fire, starting at around 11pm. It is contained the following day.[5]
  • 14 January – The Auckland Light Rail project is cancelled by the government. The project oversaw building light rail system in Auckland.[6]
  • 15 January
    • Train stations on Auckland's Eastern Line between Ōrākei and Sylvia Park reopen after being closed for 10 months to allow tracks to be rebuilt.[7]
    • Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with the Māori King, Kīngi Tūheitia. Their discussions include the government's plans to remove Māori names from public organisations.[8]
  • 16 January – Golriz Ghahraman announces her resignation as a Green Party Member of Parliament following three accusations of shoplifting in Auckland and Wellington.[9]
  • 17 January
    • Wellington enters level two water restrictions due to its ageing infrastructure during summer demand spikes. Almost half of Wellington's water is lost to over 3,000 pipe leaks. The restrictions enact a ban of residential sprinklers and irrigation sprinklers in Wellington City, Porirua City, Hutt City and Upper Hutt City.[10][11]
    • 2023 NCEA results are revealed, showing a drop in secondary school pass rates for the third year in a row. This is attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
    • MetService issues a heat alert in Auckland due to night temperatures forecasted at 20–21 degrees.[13]
  • 19 January
    • Four separate wildfires break out in Amberley and Loburn, Canterbury, reaching an estimated area of 10 hectares. The fires are contained in the evening by over 100 firefighters.[14][15] Three homes and a church are lost in the fires.[16]
    • Celia Wade-Brown is declared elected a list MP for the Green Party following the resignation of Golriz Ghahraman.[17]
    • Westland declares a state of emergency due to heavy rain.[18]
  • 20 January
  • 21 January – A pod of 40 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins were euthanised after becoming stranded on a reef near Māhia Peninsula in the Hawke's Bay region.[21]
  • 22 January – The Commerce Commission launches investigations into pricing and promotional practices of the two supermarket chains Woolworths New Zealand and Foodstuffs.[22]
  • 24 January
    • Albert Park in Auckland is evacuated along with surrounding streets after a man made "concerning comments".[23]
    • Waipukurau water supply drops to 26% due to a leak. Level four water restrictions are put in place, banning outdoor water use, and residents are asked not to use dishwashers or washing machines.[24]
  • 26 January
    • Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says that the government does not want to decrease the voting age to 16, after a similar comment was made on 16 January. This ends the previous government's intention to decrease the age.[25][26]
    • Members of the Ngāti Kahu iwi (tribe) block access to Taipa ahead of the Doubtless Bay Fishing Competition to protest the Government's proposed Treaty of Waitangi Principles legislation and overfishing.[27][28] Protesters vowed to continue their blockade over the weekend (27–28 January).[29][30]
  • 30 January
  • 31 January
    • The government announces that the ending of providing free COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits will be extended to 30 June.[33]
    • A heat alert is issued for Auckland, and outdoor fires are banned in Canterbury.[34]

February[edit]

  • 4 February – A wildfire along the banks of the Waimakariri River near Kirwee reaches 80 hectares in size, leading to evacuations and the closure of Old West Coast Road.[35]
  • 5 February – Rangiora High School closes for one day due to a high COVID-19 infection rate among its staff.[36]
  • 6 February – Large crowds gather outside Treaty House in Waitangi, Northland to protest against the Government's Māori language policies and proposed Treaty Principles legislation.[37][38]
  • 7 February – Supreme Court rules that iwi leader and climate activist Mike Smith can sue seven companies for pollution including Fonterra, Z Energy and Genesis Energy Limited.[39]
  • 8 February – Local state of emergency declared in the Southland township of Bluecliffs due to erosion caused by heavy rain and sea swell.[40]
  • 10 February
    • Westpac experiences an outage in which customers are unable to withdraw funds and use eftpos cards for more than 12 hours.[41]
    • A South Dunedin Countdown supermarket closes for at least a week, after suffering a rodent infestation.[42]
  • 11 February – The government announces a $63 million funding increase for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, to remove sediment and debris.[43]
  • 12 February – The Ministry of Primary Industries starts an investigation at a Christchurch Countdown supermarket, after a mouse is spotted running across uncovered a deli-made salad.[44]
  • 13 February – A memorial service is held at Muriwai to remember the death of two firefighters during Cyclone Gabrielle. A plaque was also unveiled.[45]
  • 14 February
  • 20 February – Labour Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Grant Robertson announces his resignation from politics to take up the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago commencing July 2024.[49]
  • 21 February – Green MP Efeso Collins collapses and dies during a charity event.[50]
  • 24 February – The new Kaeo Bridge in Northland opens after starting in 2021 and being unveiled in 2015.[51]
  • 25 February – Food labels now must contain potentially life‐threatening allergens bolded in the ingredients list.[52][53]
  • 26 February – State Highway 1 over Brynderwyn Hills closes for repairs until 27 March.
  • 28 February
  • 29 February

March[edit]

April[edit]

  • 1 April
    • The minimum wage is increased from $22.70 to $23.15 an hour.[87]
    • Pharmacies become permitted to vaccinate children under the age of five.[88]
  • 4 April – The New Zealand Government announces that local councils will have to hold referendums on Māori wards and constituencies.[89]
  • 5 April – Thousands of students participate in 20 "climate strikes" events across the country.[90]
  • 7 April – Changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa are announced due to 'unsustainable' immigration levels.[91]
  • 9 April – TVNZ confirms its decision to discontinue its consumer affairs programme Fair Go, along with its midday and late night news bulletins.[92]
  • 10 April
    • The OCR remains at 5.5%.[93]
    • Heavy rain in the West Coast causes the closure of State Highway 6 and power outages due to three power poles being knocked down. Sandbags are placed in some places in Hokitika.[94][95] 46 Air New Zealand flights are cancelled.[96]
    • TVNZ confirms its decision to cancel its current affairs programme Sunday.[97]
    • Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand confirms its decision to shut down its Newshub news service by 5 July.[98]
  • 12 April
    • A pier on a rail bridge over the Rangitata River gets washed away due to heavy rain, causing the bridge to sag.[99]
    • 52 Air New Zealand flights are cancelled due to bad weather and "engineering issues".[96]
    • The government pledges $8.2 million to the Pacific Connect cable and a further $8.2 million to fund building a Pacific oceans and fisheries research vessel.[100]
  • 16 April
  • 17 April
  • 23 April – The Wellington City Council cancels a NZ$32 million agreement with cinema chain Reading Cinemas to refurbish and earthquake-strengthen its Wellington building.[107]
  • 24 April – Paul Goldsmith replaces Melissa Lee as the Media and Communications Minister, and Penny Simmonds has her Disability Issues portfolio removed. Lee is removed from cabinet and is replaced by Simon Watts. In a statement, Luxon referenced issues in the media sector and "major financial issues with programmes run by the Ministry of Disabled People".[108]
  • 25 April – The Rangitata River rail bridge in the Canterbury Region reopens after damage from severe weather two weeks earlier.[109]
  • 28 April – A protest of several hundred people occurs in Petone to oppose council's proposed demolition of Petone Wharf after it was closed in 2021 due to earthquake damage.[110]
  • 29 April
    • The government increases Pharmac funding by $1.7 billion over the next four years, increasing it to $6.3 billion.[111]
    • The government's school cellphone ban comes into force on the first day of Term Two.[112]
    • The first Popeyes restaurant in New Zealand opens.[113]
    • NZTA launches a mobile app which serves several functions, such as paying vehicle registrations and road user charges.[114]

May[edit]

June[edit]

Predicted and scheduled events[edit]

Holidays and observances[edit]

Public holidays in New Zealand in 2024 are as follows:[159]

Sport[edit]

Cricket[edit]

January
February
March
April

Horse racing[edit]

Thoroughbred racing[edit]

Olympics[edit]

New Zealand will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August.

Rowing[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Tennis[edit]

The ASB Classic tournament is held in Auckland from 1 to 13 January:[173]

Winter Youth Olympics[edit]

New Zealand sends a team of 22 competitors across seven sports to the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, held in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February.[174]

 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
1 2 4 7

Deaths[edit]

Deaths
January · February · March · April · May

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

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