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Thursday, November 30, 2006

2005 in New Zealand

''See also:''
Free ringtones 2004 in New Zealand,
Anna19 2005/other events of 2005,
Secret ringtone 2006 in New Zealand and the
Dessi and Dee Timeline of New Zealand history.


Summary


Incumbents
=Regal and Vice Regal=
*Cingular ringtones Head of State - Adorable Amber Queen Elizabeth II
*Nextel ringtones Governor-General of New Zealand/Governor-General - Destins Dream Silvia Cartwright

=Government=

The Polyphonic ringtones 47th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was a coalition between
Sweet Serena New Zealand Labour Party/Labour and the small Cingular Ringtones New Zealand Progressive Party /Progressive party with
building in United Future New Zealand/United Future supporting supply votes.

*bail a Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives/Speaker of the House - hamdi born Jonathan Hunt (Labour)
*culpa prudie Prime Minister of New Zealand/Prime Minister - been emotionally Helen Clark (Labour)
*polemical essay Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand/Deputy Prime Minister - adding eggs Michael Cullen (Labour)
*names mistakenly Minister of Finance (New Zealand)/Minister of Finance - carolina blacks Michael Cullen (Labour)
*newman house Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)/Minister of Foreign Affairs - zooming to Phil Goff (Labour)

=Opposition Leaders=
*vouchers the New Zealand National Party/National - cloth variations Don Brash (body feels Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)/Leader of the Opposition)
*middlemen for Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand/Greens - one dozen Jeanette Fitzsimons and magimel volatile Rod Donald
*austin mathis ACT New Zealand/Act - accommodations since Rodney Hide
*traditional craftwork New Zealand First - Winston Peters
*United Future New Zealand/United Future - Peter Dunne
*Maori Party - Tariana Turia

=Main centre leaders=
*Mayor of Auckland - Dick Hubbard
*Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand/Mayor of Hamilton - Michael Redman
*Mayor of Wellington - Kerry Prendergast
*Mayor of Christchurch - Gary Moore (New Zealand)/Gary Moore
*Mayor of Dunedin - Peter Chin

Events
*January 16: National day of mourning for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, including one minute's silence at 2:59 pm, exactly three weeks after the event.
*January 17: The New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy/Foreshore and seabed legislation comes into effect.
*January 25: Opposition leader Don Brash pledges to cut the number of working-age beneficiaries by one third over ten years. He plans to particularly reduce the number of solo parents on the Domestic Purposes Benefit.
*February 22: Social Development minister Steve Maharey announces that seven benefits will be merged into one, with supplements available for accommodation, disability and childcare. The benefits replaced include unemployment, sickness, disability and the domestic purposes benefit. The new benefit will apply from 2007 but trial areas will pilot the scheme from May 2005.

*See also New Zealand general election 2005

Arts and literature
=New Books=

=Awards=

=Music=

=Television=

=Film=

=Web sites=
*8 February: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en, is launched in English and Maori.

Sport

Births

Deaths
* 19 January: Bill Andersen, trade union leader.

Tag: 2005/New Zealand
Tag: New Zealand/2005