Way (The New Loungehead) A Penman & Ross (Finnart) - Calming of the Drunken Monkey (Salmonella Dub) New Zealand Radio Programmer Award: John Diver - Channel Z (Wellington) Melanie Wise - Q92FM (Queenstown) Kaye Glamuzina - National Radio See: 1998 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Dame Malvina Major ONZ GNZM DBE. Radio and television 16 March: British children's television series Teletubbies premieres on TV3. 30 August: Prime Television New Zealand begins transmission. See: 1998 in New Zealand television, 1998 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, :Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), :Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand Film Memory and Desire Saving Grace See: :Category:1998 film awards, 1998 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1998 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport See: 1998 in sports, :Category:1998 in sports Athletics Mark Hutchinson wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:51 on 25 October in Auckland while Bernardine Portenski claims her second in the women's championship (2:44:52) Basketball the NBL was won by the Nelson Giants Commonwealth Games Cricket Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team The Shell Trophy for 1998-99 was won by Canterbury, with Northern Districts runners-up. Golf New Zealand Open :Category:New Zealand golfers Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Christian Cullen Auckland Trotting Cup: Christian Cullen Thoroughbred racing Netball Silver Ferns National Bank Cup Netball World Championships Olympic Games New Zealand sends a team of eight competitors in six sports. Paralympic Games New Zealand sends a team of five competitors in one sport. Rugby league The Auckland Warriors finished 15th out of 20 teams in the first season of the National Rugby League premiership. Auckland won the National Provincial Competition by defeating Canterbury 44-8 while Waikato ended the season holding the Rugby League Cup. 24 April, New Zealand defeated Australia 22-16 9 October, New Zealand lost to Australia 12-30 31 October, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 22-16 7 November, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 36-16 14 November, New Zealand drew with Great Britain 23-all Rugby union :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Super 12 - was won by the Canterbury Crusaders who defeated the Auckland Blues 20–13 in the final. Season summary National Provincial Championship - won by Otago Bledisloe Cup - won 3-0 by Australia Tri Nations Series - won by South