2024 in New Zealand

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The following is a list of expected and scheduled events for the year 2024 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and vice-regal

• Head of state – Charles III
• Governor-General – Dame Cindy Kiro

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  Charles III
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  Cindy Kiro

Government

Legislature term: 54th New Zealand Parliament.

The Sixth National Government, elected in 2023, continues.

• Speaker of the House – Gerry Brownlee
• Prime Minister – Christopher Luxon
• Deputy Prime Minister – Winston Peters
• Leader of the House – Chris Bishop
• Minister of Finance – Nicola Willis
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Winston Peters

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  Gerry Brownlee
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  Christopher Luxon
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  Winston Peters
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  Chris Bishop
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  Nicola Willis

Other party leaders in parliament

• Labour – Chris Hipkins (Leader of the Opposition)
• Green – James Shaw and Marama Davidson
• ACT – David Seymour
• NZ First – Winston Peters
• Te Pāti Māori – Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

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  Chris Hipkins
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  James Shaw
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  Marama Davidson
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  David Seymour
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  Winston Peters

Judiciary

• Chief Justice – Helen Winkelmann
• President of the Court of Appeal – Mark Cooper
• Chief High Court judge – Susan Thomas
• Chief District Court judge – Heemi Taumaunu

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  Helen Winkelmann
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  Mark Cooper

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Wayne Brown
• Mayor of Tauranga – Anne Tolley (as chair of commissioners)
• Mayor of Hamilton – Paula Southgate
• Mayor of Wellington – Tory Whanau
• Mayor of Christchurch – Phil Mauger
• Mayor of Dunedin – Jules Radich

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  Wayne Brown
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  Anne Tolley
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  Paula Southgate
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  Tory Whanau
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  Phil Mauger

Events

January

• 3 January – The Waitangi Treaty Grounds and its museums are evacuated following a bomb threat received in an email.
• 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.
• 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.
• 10 January – Train lines in Wellington lose power at around 3pm. Power is restored about six hours later.
• 11 January – 10 hectares of scrub in Tītahi Bay, Porirua is lit on fire, starting at around 11pm. It is contained the following day.
• 14 January – The Auckland Light Rail project is cancelled by the government. The project oversaw building light rail system in Auckland.
• 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.
  • 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.
• 16 January – Golriz Ghahraman resigns as a Green Party Member of Parliament following three accusations of shoplifting in Auckland and Wellington.
• 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.

Predicted and scheduled events

• Six new marine reserves in the southeast South Island are expected to be gazetted.
• 26 February – State Highway 1 will close over Brynderwyn Hills for repairs until 27 March.
• 9 March – The Hokitika Wildfoods Festival will take place.
• 15 March – World of Music, Arts and Dance will take place in New Plymouth.
• 3 June – The 2024 King's Birthday Honours will be announced.
• July – Elections for the Tauranga City Council will be held.
• October – King Charles III and Queen Camilla plan to visit New Zealand.
• 31 December – The 2025 New Year Honours will be announced.

Holidays and observances

Public holidays in New Zealand in 2024 are as follows:

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 2 January – Day after New Year's Day
• 6 February – Waitangi Day
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 25 April – Anzac Day
• 3 June – King's Birthday
• 28 June – Matariki
• 28 October – Labour Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Sandra Blewett, marathon swimmer (born 1949).
• 2 January – Richard Izard, Hall of Fame industrialist and philanthropist (born 1934).
• 4 January – Y. P. Reddy, Fijian businessman, co-founder of the Reddy Group (born 1934).
• 6 January
  • Tony Adeane, lawyer and judge, District Court judge (1993–2020) (born c. 1951).
  • Richard Wallace, Māori Anglican bishop, Pīhopa o Te Waipounamu (since 2017) (born 1945).
• 8 January
  • Michael Brown, Anglican clergyman, dean of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul (1985–2002) (born 1936).
  • Duncan Hales, rugby union player (Canterbury, Manawatu, national team) (born 1947).
• 10 January – Anaru Rangiheuea, Māori leader (Te Arawa) (born 1935).
• 11 January – Hugh Willis, volunteer bush-track builder (born 1934).

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  Richard Izard
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  Richard Wallace
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  Anaru Rangiheuea