2022 in New Zealand

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Cindy Kiro

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  Elizabeth II
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  Cindy Kiro

Legislature term: 53rd New Zealand Parliament

The Sixth Labour Government, elected in 2020, continues.

• Speaker of the House – Trevor Mallard
• Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern
• Deputy Prime Minister – Grant Robertson
• Leader of the House – Chris Hipkins
• Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Nanaia Mahuta

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  Trevor Mallard
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  Jacinda Ardern
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  Grant Robertson
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  Chris Hipkins
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  Nanaia Mahuta

• National – Christopher Luxon (leader of the Opposition)
• Green – James Shaw and Marama Davidson
• ACT – David Seymour
• Māori Party – Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

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  Christopher Luxon
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  James Shaw
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  Marama Davidson
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  David Seymour

• Chief Justice – Helen Winkelmann

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  Helen Winkelmann

• Mayor of Auckland – Phil Goff
• Mayor of Tauranga – Anne Tolley (as chair of commissioners)
• Mayor of Hamilton – Paula Southgate
• Mayor of Wellington – Andy Foster
• Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
• Mayor of Dunedin – Aaron Hawkins

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  Phil Goff
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  Anne Tolley
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  Paula Southgate
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  Andy Foster
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  Lianne Dalziell
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  Aaron Hawkins

• 23 January – COVID-19 in New Zealand: The whole of New Zealand moves to red under the COVID-19 Protection Framework at 11:59 pm, after the confirmation of multiple community cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.[1]
• 30 January – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern go into isolation after being deemed to be a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case.[2]

• 1 February – Pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis is offered a place in MIQ after initially being denied entry.[3]
• 2 February – A state of emergency is issued in the Buller District as heavy rain continues to fall.[4]
• 3 February – The West Coast Region receives a record-breaking amount of rainfall. State Highway 6 is closed.[5]
• 4 February – Civil Defence orders evacuations for low-lying areas of Westport.[6]
• 6 February
  • Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of New Zealand[7]
  • Waitangi Day celebrations are cut back due as COVID-19 restrictions force the closure of the Treaty Grounds.[8]
• 7 February – A 21-gun salute is performed in Wellington for the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of New Zealand.[9]

• 31 March – The Transmission Gully Motorway opens to traffic, having been officially opened by Jacinda Ardern the previous day.[10]

• 7 April – Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill passes its third reading in Parliament, establishing Matariki as a public holiday in New Zealand.[11]

• 6 June – The 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours will be announced
• 18 June – A by-election will be held in Tauranga[12]
• 8 October – The 2022 local elections will be held[13]
• 31 December – The 2023 New Year Honours will be announced

Public holidays in New Zealand in 2022 are as follows:[14]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 2 January – Day after New Year's Day
• 3 January – New Year's Day observed
• 4 January – Day after New Year's Day observed
• 6 February – Waitangi Day
• 7 February – Waitangi Day observed
• 15 April – Good Friday
• 18 April – Easter Monday
• 25 April – Anzac Day
• 6 June – Queen's Birthday
• 24 June – Matariki
• 24 October – Labour Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day
• 27 December – Christmas Day observed

• January
  • New Zealand and Bangladesh draw 1–1 in a two Test-match series in New Zealand[15]
  • Ross Taylor plays his 112th and final Test match for New Zealand after a 15-year career[15]
• February
  • The New Zealand women's team defeats India 4–1 in a one-day international series during the India women's tour of New Zealand[16]
  • The Australian cricket team's tour of New Zealand, to play three Twenty20 International matches, scheduled for March, is cancelled because of COVID-19[17]
• March
  • The two-Test series in New Zealand between South Africa and New Zealand ends, with the series drawn 1–1[18]
• April
  • The 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, held at six venues around New Zealand, concludes, with Australia defeating England in the final[19]
  • The Dutch cricket team's tour New Zealand ends, with New Zealand winning the ODI series 3–0[20]

• 2–27 June – The New Zealand men's cricket team will play three Test matches in England
• 1–10 September – The New Zealand men's cricket team will play five Twenty20 International matches in Bangladesh

• New Zealand sends a team of 15 competitors across five sports.
• Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins the women's snowboard slopestyle, becoming the first New Zealander to win a Winter Olympics gold medal.[21]
• Nico Porteous wins the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe, becoming the first New Zealand male and youngest New Zealander to win a Winter Olympics gold medal.[22]

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	1	0	3

• New Zealand sends a team of three alpine skiers
• Corey Peters and Adam Hall each win two medals[23]

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	1	2	4

• New Zealand Secondary School Championships (Maadi Cup)[24]
  • Maadi Cup (boys' U18 coxed eight) – Hamilton Boys' High School
  • Levin Jubilee Cup (girls' U18 coxed eight) – Rangi Ruru Girls' School
  • Star Trophy (overall points) – Rangi Ruru Girls' School

• 8 October – 12 November – The 2021 Rugby World Cup for women will be held at three venues in the upper North Island

• Ballinger Belt – Mike Collings (Te Puke)[25]

• 1 March – Paul Coll becomes the first New Zealand man to reach World No. 1 in the official men's squash world ranking[26]

• 1 January – Bob Leamy, Catholic bishop (born 1934)[27]
• 3 January – Tu'u Maori, rugby league player (born 1988)[28]
• 5 January – Rose Beauchamp, puppeteer, actress, musician (born 1946)[29]
• 13 January – Joe Babich, winemaker, businessman (born 1940)[30]
• 23 January – Bruce Miller, soil chemist, scientific administrator (born 1922)[31]
• 29 January – Pete Smith, actor (born 1958)[32]

• 2 February – Roy Purdon, harness-racing trainer (born 1927)[33]
• 6 February – Frank McAtamney, rugby union player (born 1934)[34]
• 9 February – Peter Neilson, politician (born 1954)[35]
• 10 February – Olsen Filipaina, rugby league player (born 1957)[36]
• 18 February – Harold Titter, businessman and public administrator (born 1930)[37]
• 19 February – Peter Grayburn, businessman (born 1925)[38]
• 23 February – Joeli Vidiri, rugby union player (born 1973)[39]
• 24 February
  • Lillian Chrystall, architect (born 1926)[40]
  • Va'aiga Tuigamala, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1969)[41]

• 9 March – David Crooks, military leader (born 1931)[42]
• 14 March – Terry Dunleavy, wine industry leader, politician, columnist (born 1928)[43]
• 17 March – Sir Wira Gardiner, soldier, public servant, writer (born 1943)[44]
• 18 March – Murray Day, squash administrator (born 1931)[45]
• 20 March – Lyell Cresswell, composer (born 1944)[46]
• 22 March – Dame Miriam Dell, women's advocate, botanist (born 1924)[47]
• 23 March
  • Russell Kerr, ballet dancer, choreographer, and producer (born 1930)[48]
  • Busby Noble, Māori activist, Antarctic adventurer (born c. 1959)[49]
• 24 March – Kenny McFadden, basketball player and coach (born 1961)[50]
• 25 March – Cat Pausé, fat studies academic and activist.[51]
• 26 March – Mike Riddell, Christian minister and writer (born 1953)[52]
• 28 March – Dame June Jackson, Māori leader, activist and public servant (born 1939)[53]
• 29 March – Kerry-Jayne Wilson, ornithologist (born 1950)[54]
• 31 March – Moana Jackson, Māori lawyer specialising in constitutional law, the Treaty of Waitangi and international indigenous issues[55]

• 2 April – Sir Robin Gray, politician (born 1931)[56]
• 3 April
  • Noeline Brokenshire, sportsperson, woodturner, magazine publisher (born 1925)[57]
  • Frances Porter, writer and historian (born 1925)[58]
• 5 April – Leslie Young, economist (born 1949)[59]
• 6 April – John Creighton, rugby union player (born 1937)[60]
• 12 April – Alison Gernhoefer, school principal (born c. 1937)[61]
• 17 April – Kevin Meates, rugby union player (born 1930)[62]
• 20 April – Ian Brooks, politician (born 1928)[63]
• 26 April – Sir Christopher Harris, 3rd Baronet, businessman (born 1934)[64]
• 28 April – Ian Pool, demographer (born 1936)[65]