Purest Form - If I Fell/U Can Do It Best Songwriter: Mark Tierney / Paul Casserly / Anthony Ioasa - Sweet Disorder (Strawpeople) Glen Moffat - Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight Greg Johnson - Don't Wait Another Day Best Cover: Alec Bathgate – Abbasalutely Chris Knox - Songs of You and Me Neil Finn and Wayne Conway - Finn See: 1996 in music Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Keith Leggett. Radio and television See: 1996 in New Zealand television, 1996 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, TV3 (New Zealand), Public broadcasting in New Zealand The New Zealand Government sells the Radio New Zealand commercial arm to Clear Channel creating The Radio Network Film Broken English Chicken Jack Brown Genius Flight of the Albatross Someone Else's Country The Frighteners The Whole of the Moon See: :Category:1996 film awards, 1996 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1996 films Internet See: NZ Internet History Sport Athletics Phil Costley wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:32 on 27 October in Auckland, while Tracey Clissold claims her first in the women's championship (2:39:03). Basketball The NBL was won by Auckland. Cricket Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team, Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Cricket World Cup Golf New Zealand Open Check :Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tournaments. Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Il Vicolo - 2nd win Auckland Trotting Cup: Sharp And Telford Thoroughbred racing Netball Silver Ferns National Bank Cup Olympic Games New Zealand sends a team of 97 competitors. Paralympics New Zealand sends a team of 30 competitors across seven sports. Rugby league The Lion Red Cup was won by the Counties Manukau Heroes who beat the Waitakere City Raiders 34–22 in the grand final. Waitakere were the minor premiers. In their second season the Auckland Warriors placed 11th of 20 teams in the Australian National Rugby League competition. They had been in finals contention until losing their last six games. 5 October, New Zealand defeated Papua New Guinea 62-8 11 October, New Zealand defeated Papua New Guinea 64-0 The 1996 Great Britain Lions tour saw the three Tet matches played in New Zealand: 18 October, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 17-12 25 October, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 18-15 1 November, New Zealand defeated Great Britain 32-12 Rugby union :Category:Rugby union in New