2017 in New Zealand

Regal and vice-regal

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Patsy Reddy

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  Elizabeth II
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  Patsy Reddy

Government

2017 is the third and final full year of the 51st Parliament, which first sat on 21 October 2014 and was dissolved on 17 August 2017. A general election was held on 23 September to elect the 52nd Parliament.

The Fifth National Government, first elected in 2008, ends. The Sixth Labour Government begins.

• Speaker of the House – David Carter, then Trevor Mallard from 8 November
• Prime Minister – Bill English until 26 October, then Jacinda Ardern
• Deputy Prime Minister – Paula Bennett until 26 October, then Winston Peters
• Leader of the House – Gerry Brownlee until 2 May, then Simon Bridges until 26 October, then Chris Hipkins
• Minister of Finance – Steven Joyce until 26 October, then Grant Robertson
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Murray McCully until 2 May, then Gerry Brownlee until 26 October, then Winston Peters

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  David Carter
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  Trevor Mallard
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  Bill English
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  Jacinda Ardern
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  Paula Bennett
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  Winston Peters
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  Gerry Brownlee
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  Chris Hipkins
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  Steven Joyce
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  Grant Robertson
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  Murray McCully

Other party leaders

• Labour – Andrew Little until 1 August, then Jacinda Ardern (Leader of the Opposition until 26 October)
• Green – James Shaw and, until 9 August, Metiria Turei
• New Zealand First – Winston Peters
• Māori Party – Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox
• ACT New Zealand – David Seymour
• United Future – Peter Dunne until 23 August, then Damian Light until 14 November (party disbanded)

• 
  Andrew Little
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  Jacinda Ardern
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  James Shaw
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  Metiria Turei
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  Winston Peters
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  Te Ururoa Flavell
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  Marama Fox
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  David Seymour
• 
  Peter Dunne

Judiciary

• Chief Justice — Sian Elias

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  Sian Elias

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Phil Goff
• Mayor of Tauranga – Greg Brownless
• Mayor of Hamilton – Andrew King
• Mayor of Wellington – Justin Lester
• Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
• Mayor of Dunedin – Dave Cull

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  Phil Goff
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  Greg Brownless
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  Andrew King
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  Justin Lester
• 
  Lianne Dalziell
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  Dave Cull

Events

February

• 6 February – Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of New Zealand
• 13 February – Fires in Hawke's Bay cause a state of emergency to be declared in Hastings.^[2][3]
• 13 February to 20 April – Wild fires burn on the Port Hills of Christchurch
• 22 February – The Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial opens on the sixth anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
• 25 February – Mount Albert by-election takes place

March

• 7 March – Jacinda Ardern is elected deputy leader of the Labour Party
• March – Pumpkin Patch is put into liquidation^[4]

April

• 6 April – A state of emergency is declared as the town of Edgecumbe is evacuated due to flooding caused by the remnants of Cyclone Debbie^[5]
• 13–14 April – Cyclone Cook, now an extratropical cyclone, moves across the North Island^[6]

May

• 4 May – State of emergencies are declares in the Whanganui and Rangitikei districts in anticipation of ex tropical Cyclone Debbie.^[7]

• 25 May – The 2017 New Zealand budget is presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Steven Joyce^[8]

June

• 5 June – The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced^[9]

July

• 19–21 July – Severe flooding hits the east coast of the South Island between Christchurch and Balclutha
• 21 July – Mycoplasma bovis disease found in a South Island herd of cows

August

• 1 August – Jacinda Ardern elected leader of the Labour Party after Andrew Little resigns^[10]

September

• 23 September – The 2017 general election is held

October

• 26 October – Jacinda Ardern is sworn in as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 31 October – Trolleybuses are withdrawn from service in Wellington^[11]

December

• 4 December – The Healthy Homes Guarantee Act 2017 receives royal assent, having passed its third reading in Parliament on 29 November
• 30 December – The 2018 New Year Honours are announced^[12]

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