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2021
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New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 2021 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

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Regal and vice-regal

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Government

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Legislature term: 53rd New Zealand Parliament

The Sixth Labour Government, elected in 2020, continues.

Other party leaders in parliament

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Judiciary

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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January

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  • 29 December 2020 to 3 January – Riots between inmates and prison guards at Waikeria Prison, causing major fire damage to the complex.[3]
  • 1 January – A bomb threat closes Gisborne Airport, causing evacuations and delayed flights.[4]

February

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  • 13 February – The Government pays NZ$40 million in compensation to 212 kiwifruit orchardists and Te Puke–based post harvest operator Seeka in order to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the Government was liable for losses caused by a Pseudomonas syringae (PSA) outbreak in 2010.[6]
  • 15 February – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves to Alert Level 3, while the rest of New Zealand moves to Alert Level 2.[7]
  • 17 February – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves to Alert Level 2 from midnight while the rest of New Zealand reverts to Alert Level 1 from midnight.[8]
  • 21 February – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves to Alert Level 1 at midnight.[9]
  • 27 February – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves back into an Alert Level 3 lockdown for the next seven days while the rest of New Zealand moves back to an Alert Level 2.[10]

March

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  • 2 March – the Government announces a review into drug-purchasing agency Pharmac's timeliness and decision-making process.[11]
  • 5 March:
    • A tsunami warning is issued following a 7.1M at 2.27am near East Cape and Gisborne.[12]
    • A 7.4M earthquake at 6.40am hits the Kermadec Islands.[13]
    • A tsunami threat and warning is issued for New Zealand after a 8.1M earthquake in the Kermadec Islands.[14] The Beehive Bunker has been activated. Tsunami land threat was dropped at 1.20pm by GNS to a beach and marine threat. The national tsunami advisory was later dropped at 3.43pm.[15]
    • COVID-19 in New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern announces that Auckland will move to Alert Level 2 lockdown from Alert Level 3, with the rest of New Zealand moving down to Alert Level 1, at 6am, on 7 March.[16][17][18] The Ardern ministry will review the alert level of Auckland at the start of the weekend following the alert downgrade.[17]
  • 7 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves to Alert Level 2, with the rest of New Zealand moving to Alert Level 1.[19]
  • 12 March – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves to Alert Level 1 at midday.[19]

April

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  • 19 April – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Quarantine-free travel with Australia begins.[20]
  • April – New Zealand's longest running television advertisement of Auckland Glass stops. It first aired in 1996.[21]

May

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June

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  • 7 June – The 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced.[27]
  • 19 June – A tornado hit the southern Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe, killing one man and injuring two others.[28]
  • 22 June – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand pauses the travel bubble with New South Wales as cases of COVID-19 surge in Sydney.[29]
  • 23 June – COVID-19 in New Zealand: The Wellington Region moves to Alert Level 2, following a positive case of the delta variant who flew to Wellington from Sydney.[30] No outbreak occurred.
  • 29 June – A state of emergency is declared in Wellington due to "coastal hazards".[31]

July

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  • 2 July – The government releases the dates of the Matariki public holiday for the next thirty years.[32]
  • 16 July:
    • A state of emergency is declared in the Buller District due to flooding. An emergency is declared in Marlborough the following day.[31]
    • Farming advocacy group Groundswell NZ stage the nationwide "Howl of a Protest" campaign to protest the Government's freshwater, biodiversity, winter grazing, climate change, and Clean Car Package rebate scheme.[33][34]
  • 23 July – New Zealand athletes begin competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[35]

August

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  • 8 August – New Zealand athletes finish competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[36]
  • 17 August – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand enters Alert Level 4, following a positive case of the Delta Variant of COVID-19 in Auckland.[37]
  • 24 August to 5 September 2021 – Athletes compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

September

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  • 1 September – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand except for Auckland and Northland moved to Alert Level 3.
  • 3 September – Seven people are injured during a stabbing attack at a Countdown supermarket in LynnMall, West Auckland. The attacker was shot and killed by police.[38]
  • 8 September – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand except for Auckland moved to Alert Level 2.
  • 14 September – The Māori Party (Māori: Te Pāti Māori) launch a petition to rename the official name of the nation to Aotearoa and restore Māori placenames by 2026.[39][40]
  • 16 September – Three daughters are murdered by their mother, Lauren Dickason.[41][42]
  • September – The average New Zealand house price passes $1 million for the first time.[43]

October

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November

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December

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Holidays and observances

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Public holidays in New Zealand in 2021 are as follows:[52]

  1. ^ a b c d e If a holiday falls on a weekend, it is observed on the Monday or Tuesday following the actual date. If an employee would normally have worked on the Saturday or Sunday, the holiday will be observed on that date.

Sports

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Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Thoroughbred racing

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Olympics

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  • New Zealand sends a team of 225 competitors across 21 sports.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
7 6 7 20

Paralympics

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 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
6 3 3 12

Rowing

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Shooting

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Exact date unknown

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