Zealand, Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship, :Category:All Blacks, Bledisloe Cup, Tri Nations Series, Ranfurly Shield Shooting Ballinger Belt – Graeme Ballinger (Levin) Soccer The National Summer Soccer League was inaugurated to replace the New Zealand National Soccer League, so there was no 1996 league champion. The New Zealand national soccer team placed third in the OFC Nations Cup, which this year was played as a league rather than a tournament. The Chatham Cup is won by Waitakere City F.C. who beat Mt Wellington 3–1 in the final. Births January 1 January – Benjamin Lister, cricketer 5 January – James Fisher-Harris, rugby league player 8 January – Kadince Christensen, rugby league player 10 January – Jamie-Lee Price, netballer 13 January Mitch Jacobson, rugby union player Oliver Sail, association footballer 28 January – Gabby Westbrook-Patrick, model 31 January – Jordan Trainor, rugby union player February 6 February – Rhett Purcell, tennis player 7 February – Piera Hudson, alpine skier 10 February – Nicole van der Kaay, triathlete 11 February – Jack Salt, basketball player 14 February – Poasa Faamausili, rugby league player 19 February – Amy Robinson, field hockey player 28 February – Rosa Flanagan, athlete 29 February Nelson Asofa-Solomona, rugby league player Tarryn Davey, field hockey player Claudia Williams, tennis player March 8 March – Leni Apisai, rugby league player 11 March – Matthew Ridenton, association footballer 14 March – Andrew Blake, association footballer 16 March – Tyrel Lomax, rugby union player 20 March – Deklan Wynne, association footballer 22 March – Tamupiwa Dimairo, association footballer 24 March – Jack Boyle, cricketer 26 March – Zane Musgrove, rugby league player April 3 April – Cory Brown, association footballer 14 April – Jessee Wyatt, athlete 15 April – Nathaniel Roache, rugby league player 20 April – Caleb Makene, rugby union player 23 April – Ollie Jones, cyclist 29 April – Nicholas Kergozou, cyclist May 9 May – Jonah Lowe, rugby union player 10 May Henry Shipley, cricketer Taniela Tupou, rugby league player 12 May – Hugh Renton, rugby union player 23 May – Maddison Keeney, diver 27 May – Sio Tomkinson, rugby union player 29 May – Holly Rose Emery, model 31 May – Brandon Smith, rugby league player June 1 June – Adam Mitchell, association footballer 4 June – Meikayla Moore, association footballer 5 June Gayle Broughton, rugby union player Jamayne Isaako, rugby league player 6 June