1984 in New Zealand

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1984
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New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1984 in New Zealand.

Contents

Population

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 40th New Zealand Parliament, led by the National Party, concluded, and in the general election the Labour Party was elected in the 41st New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

Unknown dates

Arts and literature

See 1984 in art, 1984 in literature, Category:1984 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Winners are shown first with nominees underneath. [8]

  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR Dance Exponents – Prayers be Answered
    • The Mockers – Swear It's True
    • Patsy Riggir – You'll Never Take The Country Out of Me
  • SINGLE OF THE YEAR The Narcs – You Took Me Heart and Soul
  • TOP MALE VOCALIST Jordan Luck (Dance Exponents)
    • Andy Dickson (The Narcs)
    • Andrew Fagan (The Mockers)
  • TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Patsy Riggir
    • Jodi Vaughan
    • Suzanne Prentice
  • TOP GROUP Dance Exponents
    • The Mockers
    • Pātea Māori Club and Dalvanius Prime
  • MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Martin Phillips (The Chills)
    • Ross McKenzie (The Idles)
    • Wayne Gillespie
  • MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Meryl Yvonne
    • Janice Lampen
    • Sharon Dubont
  • MOST PROMISING GROUP The Chills
    • Jive Bombers
    • You're A Movie
  • BEST JAZZ ALBUM Brian Smith Quartet – Southern Excursio
    • Ken Avery/ Darktown Strutters – Jazz The Way It Used to Be
    • Rodger Fox – Something Juicy
  • BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir – You'll Never Take the Country Out of Me
    • Suzanne Prentice – So Precious To Me
    • Jodi Vaughn – Rodeo Eyes
  • BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZSO & Others – Music By Larry Pruden
    • Michael Houston – Michael Houston
    • Schola Musica – NZ Music For Strings
  • BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM Pātea Māori Club & Dalvanius Prime – "Aku Raukura"
    • The Five Stars – Musika Malie (Good Music)
    • Rosalio – Samoan Serenade
  • BEST FOLK ALBUM Phil Garland – Springtime in the Mountains
    • Michael Warmuth – Hammered Duclimer
    • Wayne Gillespie – Wayward Son
  • PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave MCartney – You Took Me Heart & Soul
    • Glyn Tucker Jnr / Trevor Reekie – Swear It's True
    • Glyn Tucker Jnr / Trevor Reekie – You Fascinate
  • ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Graham Myhre – You Took Me Heart & Soul
    • Graham Myhre/ Gyn Tucker Jnr – Caught in the Act
    • Glyn Tucker Jnr – You Fascinate
  • BEST COVER DESIGN Joe Wylie – Aku Raukura (Pātea Māori Club)
    • Murray Vincent – Music By Larry Purden
    • Mike Hutton – Vocal at the Local
  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO Bruce Morrison – I'm in Heaven
    • William Keddell – Elephunk in My Soup
    • Tom Parkinson – I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue) (Dance Exponents)
  • BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK Jenny Mcleod – The Silent One
    • Mike Nock – Strata
    • John Charles/ Dave Fraser – Constance
  • INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Tim Finn
  • OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY Eldred Stebbing – (For his Lifelong Contribution to the Recording Arts in New Zealand)
  • MOST POPULAR SONG The Narcs – You Took Me Heart and Soul

See: 1984 in music

Performing arts

Radio and television

See: 1984 in New Zealand television, 1984 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1984 film awards, 1984 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1984 films

Sport

Athletics

Basketball

Horse racing

Harness racing

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics

  • New Zealand sends a team of 130 competitors across 18 sports.
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81211

Winter Olympics

  • New Zealand sends a team of six alpine skiers.
Gold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
0000

Paralympic Games

Summer Paralympics

Gold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
810624

Winter Paralympics

  • New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in one sport.
Gold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
1315

Shooting

Soccer

Births

Category:1984 births

Deaths

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Maui Dalvanius Prime was a New Zealand entertainer and songwriter. His career spanned 30 years. He mentored many of New Zealand's Māori performers, and was a vocal and forthright supporter of Māori culture.

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<i>Poi E</i> (album) 1987 studio album by Pātea Māori Club featuring Dalvanius

Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori culture group the Pātea Māori Club. In 1984 the totally Māori language title track "Poi E" topped the New Zealand pop charts for four consecutive weeks, and was that year's biggest selling single - outselling all international recording artists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poi E</span> 1983 single by Pātea Māori Club

"Poi E" is a New Zealand 1984 number-one hit song by the group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1983, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori kākahu (garments). The song reached No 1 in New Zealand in each of the following three decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngoi Ngoi</span> 1984 single by Pātea Māori Club

"Ngoi Ngoi" is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally included in the band's 1987 debut album Poi E, it was released as a single in 1988. A Māori language pop/Gospel song, it was written as a tribute to lyricist Ngoi Pēwhairangi by Dalvanius Prime and people from her community in Tokomaru Bay who were close to her. The single did not chart in the top 40 singles in New Zealand, however was nominated for Best Polynesian Album at the 1988 New Zealand Music Awards.

Pātea Māori Club is a New Zealand cultural group and performance act formed in the South Taranaki town of Pātea in 1967 as the Pātea Methodist Māori Club. In 1983, the group began to release Māori-language pop and hip hop music, produced by Dalvanius Prime with lyrics by Ngoi Pēwhairangi. Their first single, "Poi E", reached number one on the New Zealand top 50 singles chart in 1984.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aku Raukura</span> 1984 single by Pātea Māori Club

"Aku Raukura", also known as "Raukura", is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally written in sessions with Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Dalvanius Prime in Tokomaru Bay in 1982, it was released as their second single in June 1984, during the chart success of their debut hit "Poi E". The song peaked at number 10 in New Zealand, and was later included in their 1987 debut album Poi E.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hei Konei Rā</span> 1984 single by Pātea Māori Club

"Hei Konei Rā", also known as "Hei Konei Ra (Farewell)" on its original release, is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally written in sessions with Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Dalvanius Prime in Tokomaru Bay in 1982, it was released as their third single in late 1984 or early 1985, prior to the band's tour of the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number 21 in New Zealand, and was later included in their 1987 debut album Poi E.

"E Papa Waiari", also known as "E Papa Wairangi" is a traditional Māori song, often used in tītī tōrea, a type of whakaraka played by passing tītī while seated, in time to a rhythmic song.

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  8. "Awards 1984". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  9. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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