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

January

• 3 January – The Waitangi Treaty Grounds and its museums are evacuated following a bomb threat received in an email.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 10 January – Train lines in Wellington lose power at around 3pm. Power is restored about six hours later.^[4]
• 11 January – 10 hectares of scrub in Tītahi Bay, Porirua is lit on fire, starting at around 11pm. It is contained the following day.^[5]

Predicted and scheduled events

• Six new marine reserves in the southeast South Island are expected to be gazetted.^[6]
• 26 February – State Highway 1 will close over Brynderwyn Hills for repairs until 27 March.
• 9 March – The Hokitika Wildfoods Festival will take place.^[7]
• 15 March – World of Music, Arts and Dance will take place in New Plymouth.^[7]
• 3 June – The 2024 King's Birthday Honours will be announced.
• July – Elections for the Tauranga City Council will be held.^[8]
• October – King Charles III and Queen Camilla plan to visit New Zealand.^[9]
• 31 December – The 2025 New Year Honours will be announced.

January

• 1 January – Sandra Blewett, marathon swimmer (born 1949).^[11]
• 2 January – Richard Izard, Hall of Fame industrialist and philanthropist (born 1934).^[12]
• 4 January – Y. P. Reddy, Fijian businessman, co-founder of the Reddy Group (born 1934).^[13]
• 6 January
  • Tony Adeane, lawyer and judge, District Court judge (1993–2020) (born c. 1951).^[14]
  • Richard Wallace, Māori Anglican bishop, Pīhopa o Te Waipounamu (since 2017) (born 1945).^[15]
• 8 January
  • Michael Brown, Anglican clergyman, dean of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul (1985–2002) (born 1936).^[16]
  • Duncan Hales, rugby union player (Canterbury, Manawatu, national team) (born 1947).^[17]
• 10 January – Anaru Rangiheuea, Māori leader (Te Arawa) (born 1935).^[18]
• 11 January – Hugh Willis, volunteer bush-track builder (born 1934).^[19]

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  Richard Izard
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  Richard Wallace
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  Anaru Rangiheuea