The following lists events that happened during 1999 in New Zealand.
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- Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,851,100.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1998: 22,500 (0.57%).[1]
- Males per 100 Females: 96.5.[1]
See 1999 in art, 1999 in literature, Category:1999 books
Music
Winners are shown first with nominees underneath.[11][12]
- Album of the Year: The Feelers - Supersystem
- Che Fu - 2b S Pacific
- Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
- Single of the Year: Che Fu - Scene III
- The Feelers - Venus
- Ardijah - Love So Right
- Top Male Vocalist: Neil Finn
- Top Female Vocalist: Betty-Anne Monga (Ardijah)
- Sulata Foai (Te Vaka)
- Alesha Siosiua (Urban Pacifika)
- Top Group: The Feelers
- Most Promising Male Vocalist: Andrew Tilby (Breathe)
- King Kapisi
- Nathan King (Zed)
- Most Promising Female Vocalist: Boh Runga (Stellar*)
- Liz Faalogo (NV)
- Sina Saipaia
- Most Promising Group: Stellar*
- International Achievement: Bic Runga
- Best Music Video: Reuben Sutherland Wait & See (Shihad)
- Sima & Makerita Urale- Sub Cranium Feeling (King Kapisi)
- Mark Tierney & Fiona Champtloup - Unlikely (NV)
- Best Producer: Malcolm Welsford & The Feelers - Supersystem
- Eddie Raynor - ENZSO 2
- Che Fu & Andy Morton - 2b Spacific (Che Fu)
- Best Engineer: Andy Morton - 2BS Pacific (Che Fu)
- Sam Gibson - Try Whistling This (Neil Finn)
- Malcolm Welsford - Supersystem (The Feelers)
- Best Jazz Album: Chris White / Aaron Nevezie Quartet - Take Me With You
- Wil Sargisson - Steppin'Out
- Rodger Fox Quartet - Back To Being One
- Best Classical Album: Alexander Ivashkin - Under The Southern Cross
- Tamas Vesmas - Debussy, Bartok Piano Music
- New Zealand String Quartet - Bartok The Six Quartets
- Best Country Album: Barry Saunders - Magnetic South
- Glen Moffat - A Place To Play
- Home Tonight - Coalrangers
- Best Folk Album: Windy City Strugglers - On Top of the World
- Gallowglass - Sparven
- Philip Riley & Jayne Elleson - The Blessing Tree
- Best Gospel Album: Parachute Band - Always & Forever
- Debbie Harwood and Friends - Angels - The New Zealand Christmas Album
- Steve Apirana - It's Inevitable
- Best Mana Maori Album: Moana and the Moa Hunters - Rua
- Hori Chapman - Toku Reo
- Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere -National Champions
- Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
- Best Mana Reo Album: Traditional Waiata - He Waiata Onemata (Songs From the Past)
- Ngati Rangiwewehi - Wairua -Spirit of Ngati Rangiwewehi
- Moana & The Moahunters - Rua
- Waihirere Maori Club - Waihirere National Champions
- Best Children's Album: Jennifer Moss - Jennifer's Garden
- David LaPlance - A Hand Full of Songs
- Universal Children's Audio - Kori Kori / Busi Bodies / Lue Lue Mai
- Tessarose Productions - Dancing to the Beat Volume 2
- Best Songwriter: James Reid - Venus (The Feelers)
- Best Cover: Elroy Finn - Try Whistling This (Neil Finn)
- Marcus Ringrose - Supersystem (The Feelers)
- Mark Roach & Andrew Durno - HLAH IV: Are You Gonna Kiss It Or Shoot It? (HLAH)
- New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: Melanie Wise - Q92FM Queenstown
- Tony Neilsen -Radio Otago Group
- Jo Hampton - NRG FM
- Robert Taylor - Radio Hauraki
See: 1999 in music
Athletics
- Phil Costley wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:43 on 24 October in Auckland, while Gabrielle O'Rourke claims her second as well in the women's championship (2:38:47).
Cricket
Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
- 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England: New Zealand finished third in its pool and fourth in the super-six round before being beaten by Pakistan in the first semifinal.
- The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up.
Shooting
- Ballinger Belt – Rick Fincham (Upper Hutt)[15]
January–March
- 7 January – Scott Gregory, rugby union player
- 16 January – Michael Woud, association footballer
- 18 January
- 20 January – Sarpreet Singh, association footballer
- 27 January – Kaleb Trask, rugby union player
- 19 February – Jacqui Hand, association footballer
- 23 February – Emily Shearman, cyclist
- 25 February – Nando Pijnaker, association footballer
- 6 March – Mawene Hiroti, rugby league player
- 12 March – Murray Taulagi, rugby league player
- 23 March – Danny Toala, rugby union player
- 29 March – Caleb Clarke, rugby union player
April–June
- 3 April – Chanel Harris-Tavita, rugby league player
- 4 April – Lwamba Chileshe, squash player
- 10 April – Grace Jale, association footballer
- 15 April – Dalton Wilkins, association footballer
- 19 April – Connor Garden-Bachop, rugby union player
- 22 April – Finn Allen, cricketer
- 27 April – Joe Bell, association footballer
- 30 April
- 10 May – Quinn Tupaea, rugby union player
- 13 May – Alex Greive, association footballer
- 14 May
- 8 June – Dane Ingham, association footballer
- 13 June – Maddi Wesche, shot putter
- 29 June – Madison Doar, field hockey player
October–December
- 7 October – Kate Heffernan, cricketer
- 11 October – Leicester Fainga'anuku, rugby union player
- 17 October – Gabrielle Fa'amausili, swimmer
- 28 October – Campbell Pithie, cyclist
- 30 October – Caleb Muntz, rugby union player
- 9 November
- 10 November – Matthew Fisher, cricketer
- 16 November
- 17 November – Ronaldo Mulitalo, rugby league player
- 18 November – Rachin Ravindra, cricketer
- 29 November – Bobbi Gichard, swimmer
- 5 December – William Stedman, athlete
- 12 December – Jakob Bhula, cricketer
- 19 December – Elsu, Standardbred racehorse
- 20 December – Cullen Grace, rugby union player
- 30 December
- 31 December
April–June
- 13 April – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player (born 1924)
- 19 April – Doug Dillon, jurist (born 1924)
- 28 April – Harold Wellman, geologist (born 1909)
- 29 April – Barbara Bevege, cricketer (born 1942)
- 30 April – Bruce Jesson, journalist, republican activist, politician (born 1944)
- 9 May – Jeff Whittington, murder victim (born 1985)
- 12 May – Dan Walls, theoretical physics academic (born 1942)
- 17 May – Chris Corne, linguist (born 1942)
- 21 May – Yvonne Lawley, actor (born 1913)
- 22 May – Maxwell Fernie, organist, music teacher and conductor (born 1910)
- 10 June – SIr Leonard Thornton, army officer (born 1916)
- 12 June – Gerry Clark, sailer, writer, ornithologist (born 1927)
- 25 June – Bill Rapson, chemist (born 1912)
July–September
- 5 July –
- 22 July – Syd Jensen, motorcycle racer, motor racing driver (born 1922)
- 24 July – Rona McKenzie, cricketer (born 1922)
- 2 August – Charles Rappolt, politician (born 1939)
- 9 August – Les Riley, cricketer (born 1948)
- 10 August – Jens Hansen, jeweller (born 1940)
- 12 August – Wilfrid Kalaugher, athlete, cricketer, school teacher (born 1904)
- 23 August – Frank Tredrea, cyclist (born 1920)
- 24 August – Peter Mann, Anglican bishop (born 1924)
- 28 August – Muriel Hilton, politician, Mayor of Timaru (1959–1962) (born 1904)
- 31 August – Sylvia Potts, middle-distance athlete (born 1943)
- 1 September – Joe Genet, wrestler (born 1914)
- 5 September – Robert Arthur Owens, Mayor of Tauranga (born 1921)
October–December
- 5 October – Jack Somerville, Presbyterian leader (born 1910)
- 17 October – Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton, diplomat (born 1910)
- 22 October – Martin Donnelly, cricketer (born 1917)
- 25 October
- 2 November – Hardy Browning, potter, local politician (born 1915)
- 11 November – Bob Walls, artist (born 1927)
- 14 November – Garth Harris, taxation law academic (born 1942)
- 25 November – Sua Sulu'ape Paulo II, Samoan master tattooist (born c.1950)
- 1 December – Frank Newhook, plant pathology academic (born 1918)
- 6 December – Sheikh Khalid Hafiz, Muslim cleric (born 1938)
- 13 December – Peter Adams, actor (born 1938)
For world events and topics in 1999 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1999
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