convicted of passport fraud. August 2 August: Around 7,500 Destiny Church members march on Parliament in black shirts to protest liberal social policies. 15 August: Tornado in Waitara. Two fatalities when a farmhouse is destroyed. 19 August: Cereal maker Dick Hubbard announces he is running for the position of Mayor of Auckland. September October 6 October: Waikato Hospital doctors complete a 22-hour surgery to separate a pair of conjoined twins. 9 October: 2004 local body and health board elections completed, but not all of the counting; and some results need to wait for special votes. All three West Coast mayors unseated, along with several in more populous centres such as Auckland. 11 October: Disappearance under controversial circumstances of Iraena Asher at Piha, a West Auckland beach. November 1 November: A reciprocal working holiday agreement between New Zealand and Belgium comes into effect. 18 November: Legislation passed vesting ownership of all land up to the high tide mark in New Zealand with the Crown. 29 November: The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act comes into force. December 9 December: The Supreme Court of New Zealand granted Ahmed Zaoui bail. He will reside in the Dominican Friary in Auckland. He will have to report to the police twice a week and must spend each night in the friary. 9 December: The Civil Unions Act is passed. The Act establishes the new institution of civil union, available to same-sex and de facto couples. 10 December: Smoking is banned in workplaces or licensed premises. 26 December: 5 New Zealanders are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Undated National Communications Corporation Limited is founded. Arts and literature Awards Katherine Duignan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship. Montana Book Awards 2004 Deutz Medal for Fiction – Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose Montana Medal for Non-fiction – The Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond Readers' Choice – Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King Poetry – Sing-song by Anne Kennedy History – The Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond Lifestyle and contemporary culture – Classic fly fishing in New Zealand Rivers by David Hallett and John Kent Biography – Mason by Rachael Barrowman Illustrative – Central by Arno Gasteiger Reference & Anthology – Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English Environment – Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss by Peter Batson A.W. Reed Award for Contribution to New