AFC The Chatham Cup is won by North Shore United who beat Mount Wellington 2–1 in the final. Births 27 January: Daniel Vettori, cricketer 1 February: Peter Fulton, cricketer 15 February: Hamish and James Marshall, cricketers 15 March: Kyle Mills, cricketer 20 March: Keven Mealamu, rugby union player 26 March: Ben Blair, rugby union player 12 May (In Nadi, Fiji): Amasio Valence, rugby sevens player 15 May (in Samoa): Chris Masoe, rugby union player. 8 June: Adine Wilson, netball player. 2 July: Michael Papps, cricketer. 30 July: Louise Corcoran, skeleton racer. 3 October: Rodney So'oialo, rugby union player 14 November: Carl Hayman, rugby union player 20 November: Maree Bowden, netball player 3 December: Daniel Bedingfield, pop singer Pete Wheeler, artist. :Category:1979 births Deaths October: Marty Johnstone, drug trafficker ('Mr Asia') 28 November: Peter Mulgrew, mountaineer (died in Mount Erebus disaster) :Category:1979 deaths See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica References External links New Zealand Years of the 20th century in New Zealand