2017 New York Yankees season, Spring training
On March 17, three Yankees pitchers combined to no-hit the Detroit Tigers. Tanaka allowed two walks and an error over 4 1/3 innings, Chasen Shreve retired the two batters he faced, and Montgomery shut down Detroit's final 12 batters as the Yankees won, 3–0. It was the first no-hitter in Spring Training since the Atlanta Braves tied the Houston Astros in 2015, and the first for the Yankees since an 11–0 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1983.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
Going into the start of the regular season, the Yankees were a mystery to many analysts, as the team was not expected to do much while putting up historic numbers in spring training. Masahiro Tanaka, who had put up spectacular statistics during the spring, including having pitched in a combined no-hitter, was tagged to start Opening Day against the Tampa Bay Rays, in which he'd struggle greatly. CC Sabathia pitched the second game of the young season, pulling the team to a 1–1 record, but the rest of the rotation continued to struggle.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
Through the team's first five games (3 at Tampa Bay, 2 at Baltimore Orioles) the Yankees were 1–4. In the third game of the series against the Orioles, the Yankees came from behind to win the game, going into their first home stand of the season having gotten their second win.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
This momentum would benefit the team greatly, as the Yankees would sweep the first 2 series at Yankee Stadium (3 games against the Rays, 3 games against the St. Louis Cardinals), and taking 2 of 3 against the Chicago White Sox. The Yankees would continue to maintain this momentum through the rest of April, finishing the month with a record of 15–8.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
One of the main storylines of the early season were the series of injuries the Yankees suffered. The team started the season without their shortstop, Didi Gregorius, who had maintained an injury playing in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The team also lost rookie sensation catcher Gary Sanchez within the first five games, and Greg Bird, the first baseman who had missed the entire 2016 season, was performing abysmally, recording only six hits in his first 60 at bats. However, the team managed to work around these issues.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
Ronald Torreyes and Austin Romine, who were brought in to replace Gregorius and Sanchez, respectively, blew away the expectations placed on them and put up some of the best numbers for players at their positions. Aaron Hicks, who had struggled for much of the 2016 season played exceedingly well, Chase Headley put his lackluster performance in April of the previous season to shame, Starlin Castro hit well enough for the second-best batting average in the American League, and the rotation as a whole pitched amazingly, putting up some of the best numbers in the American League.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
By far the biggest story of April, though, was rookie outfielder Aaron Judge. Having struggled in his debut season of 2016, Judge worked extensively over the offseason to adjust his mechanics, reducing his strikeouts and increasing contact rate, while honing his impressive natural power. The adjustments were wildly successful, as Judge dramatically reduced his strikeout rate, put up one of the best batting averages in the league, and tied the record for most home runs by a rookie in the month of April, with 10. He would continue his slugging ways, hit 10 home runs in April, tying a Major League record for rookies.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
In a very dramatic game, on Friday, April 28, 2017, the Yankees, at home facing the Orioles, struggled offensively to start the game, with starter Sabathia proving to be ineffective. At the middle of the 6th inning, the Orioles held a 9–1 lead over the Yankees. The Yankees would then put up 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th, to which the Orioles responded by adding 2 more runs, making the game 11–4. The Yankees would attempt to shorten the gap with a Jacoby Ellsbury grand slam to make it 11–8.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
The Yankees would then score a run in the 9th with an RBI groundout by Ellsbury, followed by a two-run shot by Castro to tie the game. Then, with one out in the bottom of the 10th, Matt Holliday won the game with a 3-run walk-off homerun, capping off an "impossible" comeback win. With it, the Yankees won their fourth come-from-behind game in which they were losing by 8-or-more runs since 2005, twice as many as the next best team.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
The Yankees entered May tied with the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the AL East with a 15–8 (.652) record, much better than their 8–15 (.348) 23-game start in 2016. During the opening series of May, Jacoby Ellsbury sustained an injury that would sideline him for nearly a week after colliding into the Yankee Stadium center field wall in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays. On May 2, first baseman Greg Bird was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a nagging ankle injury. The next day, right fielder Aaron Judge was named Rookie of the Month for April, 2017, beating out solid performances from Boston's Andrew Benintendi and Seattle's Mitch Haniger.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
On May 7, the Yankees completed a sweep of the defending-champion Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago with an 18-inning 5–4 victory that extended deep into the night (it lasted over six hours by the time the night was done). After closer Aroldis Chapman blew his first save of the season by allowing three runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Yankees' bullpen carried the team through another complete game's worth of extra innings.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
Of note in this game was the fact that the Yankees and Cubs set the MLB record for strikeouts in a single game with 48. The Yankees also set a major-league record of seven pitchers with multiple strikeouts in their appearances (Luis Severino, Dellin Betances, Chapman, Tyler Clippard, Adam Warren, Jonathan Holder, and Chasen Shreve). Following the victory (and the Washington Nationals' loss), the Yankees held sole possession of the best record in the major leagues at 20–9.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
The Yankees retired Derek Jeter's No.2 jersey and played a single-admission double-header on Mother's Day, May 12. The rest of the month would see the Yankees cool off, a result of struggles from Tanaka, a lower output by the offense in general, and a slow-down in the rate Judge hit homers, though he would still finish out the month with 17 homeruns on the season and the AL Rookie of the Month for May.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
The Yankees would compete with the Orioles for first place until the last week of the month, with the Orioles falling to third, being leapfrogged by the Red Sox. On May 31, the Yankees sat in first place with a record of 30–20 (good for the second-best AL record, behind the 1st place Houston Astros), the Red Sox sitting at 29–23 and the Orioles at 27–24.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June
From June 7–11, the Yankees scored 8 or more runs in 5 straight games for the first time since 1956.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July
On July 18 the Yankees acquired Todd Frazier, David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle in a 7-player trade with the Chicago White Sox.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
On August 24, 2017, at Comerica Park the Yankees and Detroit Tigers game broke into a brawl. The altercation led to several suspensions and fines for players on both teams, with the game being labeled as the "MLB's wildest game of the 2017 season."


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
With the Tigers up 6–3, Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman began to warm up in replacement for the ejected Kahnle. Yankees catcher Austin Romine and Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera were standing facing each other behind the plate, as Romine was due to catch and Cabrera was due to bat. With Torres' back turned facing them, the two exchanged phrases until Cabrera stepped towards Romine, leading Romine to take off his catcher's mask. Cabrera then shoved Romine in the chest. Romine tackled Cabrera to the ground, with the two throwing punches at each other.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
At this point, the benches on both sides cleared, and a fight formed in the center of the field. Gary Sánchez ran out from the dugout and landed punches on Cabrera and Tigers' third baseman Nicholas Castellanos before his teammate, injured Yankees' outfielder Clint Frazier, attempted to restrain Sánchez. Austin Romine ended up beside his brother, Tigers infielder Andrew Romine. As the fight cleared, both Austin Romine and Cabrera were ejected from the game for their roles in the fight.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
In a postgame press conference, Girardi visibly expressed frustration with the umpiring crew for their mishandling of the situation, specifically the lack of a warning after Fulmer's hit on Sánchez. "If you can't see that Fulmer clearly hit Sánchez on purpose, there's something wrong. I think it could have really been avoidable." He stressed the importance of the game due to the Yankees' playoff aspirations compared to the 4th-place Tigers, and cited an inconsistent strike zone at the end of the game.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
Regarding Romine's ejection, he said "Cabrera went after him and you're gonna throw my catcher out for protecting himself? I mean, pay attention. Somebody's gotta pay attention to what's going on in this game." He demanded additional discipline for Ausmus, rhetorically asking, "Brad Ausmus is going to say 'F-you' to one of my players? Come on, Brad. What is that?"


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
Romine claimed that Cabrera asked him, "You got a fucking problem with me? ", then took off his mask and got shoved to the ground. "It felt like he wanted a confrontation there and I just tried to defend myself the best I could." Sánchez, who was seen throwing punches, stated through his interpreter that "At that moment, instinct just takes over, because you want to defend your teammate. That's your family out there."


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
Gardner, who was involved in altercations with Ausmus and Iglesias, said "I thought the way things were handled, things got out of hand in a hurry. You'd like to see that get squashed from the start. It's not good for the game... I think any time you go through some controversy, it can bring guys together." Todd Frazier, on getting hit by Wilson, said "I thought everything was done with. I just kept asking him, 'Did you do that on purpose?' He wouldn't say a word, just kept staring at me, and that's when I got pretty excited."


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
The next day, Major League Baseball announced discipline for the players involved in the brawl, including the suspensions of five players and managers and the finings of seven additional participants. Cabrera received the longest suspension at seven games, while Yankees catcher Sánchez received the longest suspension on his team at four games. All disciplined players had their suspensions reduced by one game following appeals.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August, Yankees-Tigers brawl
The Yankees were swept at home by the American League-leading Cleveland team from August 28–30, after which Cleveland went on to record a historic 22-game win streak.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
In September, Aaron Judge broke out of a prolonged slump and the Yankees pulled ahead in the American League wildcard race by winning 23 of their final 34 games. From September 11–13 a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays was relocated from Tropicana Field to Citi Field due to Hurricane Irma, marking the first time since 1998 that the Yankees played a game in Queens not against the Mets.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
The Yankees clinched a post-season berth in Toronto on September 23. The Yankees continued their 6-man starting rotation throughout the month. Both relief pitchers Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman showed some struggles during this month.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
On September 25 in a makeup game against the Kansas City Royals, Aaron Judge tied and broke the MLB rookie record for home runs hit in a single year. In doing so, he also became the youngest player to have 7 multi-home run games in Yankee history since Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle.


2017 New York Yankees season, Regular season, October
Yankees won the AL Wild Card Game 8–4. Yankees rallied from trailing 0–2 to rally to win the ALDS in 5 games against Cleveland Indians. Yankees also trailed the ALCS 0–2. Then they won 3 straight home games and were 1 win away from heading to the World Series but failed and lost in Game 7 against the Astros ending what would’ve been a Cinderella run. On October 26, 5 days after the Yankees were eliminated the team announced that they would not bring back Joe Girardi for the 2018 season.


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships
The 2017 Federation Tournament of Champions took place at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls on March 24, 25 and 26. Federation championships were awarded in the AA, A and B classifications. Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn won the Class AA championship. Donald Cannon-Flores of Abraham Lincoln was named the Class AA tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class AA were as follows:


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA, Results
Abraham Lincoln finished the season with a 31-3 record. It was Abraham Lincoln's fifth state title, the most of any PSAL team.


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class A were as follows:


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class B were as follows:


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B, Results
La Salle Academy finished the season with a 27-2 record.


2017 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2017 New Zealand Derby
The 2017 New Zealand Derby was a horse race which took place at Ellerslie Racecourse on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was the 142nd running of the New Zealand Derby, and it was won by Gingernuts.


2017 New Zealand Derby
Sold for $5,000 as a weanling and $42,500 as a two-year-old, Gingernuts made a low-key start to his career with two wins in his first five starts – mostly in minor midweek company.


2017 New Zealand Derby
The son of Iffraaj was not even nominated for the Derby until 21 February. But everything changed in the Avondale Guineas, a Group Two race two weeks before the Derby. Gingernuts was a 26-to-one longshot in the $100,000 race and dropped back to a distant last after breaking slowly from the starting gate, but he produced a remarkable finishing burst to win by a length and a quarter.


2017 New Zealand Derby
The Guineas win earned Gingernuts second-favouritism in the Derby, in which he again produced a formidable finish down the home straight to beat the Australian-trained Rising Red by a length. The win sparked huge celebrations among an ownership syndicate of more than 30 people, most wearing matching orange 'G-Nuts' caps.


2017 New Zealand Derby
It was the first New Zealand Derby win for leading New Zealand syndicators Te Akau Racing, as well as for trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards. Autridge was the favourite to win the race as a jockey in 1981 aboard the undefeated Altitude, who suffered a catastrophic and fatal haemorrhage.


2017 New Zealand Derby
It was the second Derby win for champion jockey Opie Bosson, who won the race in 2015 aboard Mongolian Khan.


2017 New Zealand Derby, Winner's details, The road to the Derby
Early-season appearances in 2016-17 prior to running in the Derby.


2017 New Zealand Derby, Winner's details, Subsequent Group 1 wins
Subsequent wins at Group 1 level by runners in the 2017 New Zealand Derby.


2017 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding on 12 February 2017. It was the sixty-second New Zealand Grand Prix and fielded Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.


2017 New Zealand Grand Prix, Report, Race 3, Race
Daruvala led a flag-to-finish victory to win his first New Zealand Grand Prix and become the first Indian to do so. Marcus Armstrong finished a strong second, staying in contention for the most of the race. Thomas Randle finished third and in doing so, won the 2017 Toyota Racing Series championship, with a five-point margin over nearest contender, Pedro Piquet. The first lap saw a major incident where Christian Hahn and Luis Leeds collided at turn seven - causing the former to roll and crash heavily.


2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The 2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 1 August 2017 to choose the next Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Deputy Leader and Mount Albert MP Jacinda Ardern.


2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Background
Labour leader Andrew Little had led Labour since 2014 and, after several poor results, announced his intention to retire from the leadership following intense media speculation. According to Ardern, Little had previously approached her on 26 July 2017 and stated he thought she should take over as party leader, as he was of the opinion he could not turn things around for Labour. Ardern said she had refused, telling him to "stick it out".


2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Result
As Ardern was the only officially nominated candidate, she was universally elected as party leader and took over Little's role as Leader of the Opposition as well. Kelvin Davis was then elected unopposed as deputy leader filling the vacancy caused by Ardern's elevation. At 37, Ardern became the youngest leader of the Labour Party. She is also the second woman to lead the party after Helen Clark. Ardern's tenure as leader began just eight weeks before the 2017 general election, and at a press conference following her election as leader, she said that the forthcoming election campaign would be one of "relentless positivity".


2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Outcome
Immediately following the announcement that Ardern had been elected leader, Labour was inundated with donations by the public, at their peak reaching NZ$700 per minute. Ardern's election was followed by a spate of positive coverage from many sections of the media, including international outlets such as CNN, with commentators referring to a 'Jacinda effect' and 'Jacindamania'.


2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Outcome
Labour also rose dramatically upon Ardern's elevation to the leadership; by late August they had risen to 43 per cent in the Colmar Brunton poll (having been 24 per cent before the leadership change) as well as managing to overtake National in opinion polls for the first time in over a decade. In the last week of the campaign, the party dropped in the polls, and achieved second place behind National in the preliminary results of the 23 September election. However National did not secure a majority, leaving New Zealand First as kingmaker, which negotiated with both parties about a coalition agreement. On 19 October 2017, it was announced that Labour had formed a government with New Zealand First and the Greens, and making Ardern Prime Minister.


2017 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Outcome
Andrew Little was later lauded by Labour supporters for putting aside his personal ambition to allow Ardern to lead Labour, which saw a swift reversal of fortunes. His decision was labelled a "selfless masterstroke" and he was praised for his integrity and selflessness. Little acknowledged later that the decision to stand aside was a painful one but got over it quickly knowing that his move had paid off for Labour. He was then elected as a Cabinet Minister by the Labour caucus following Labour's formation of a government.


2017 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2017 New Zealand Music Awards was the 52nd holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. It took place on 16 November 2017 at Spark Arena in Auckland and it was hosted by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce. The awards show was broadcast live nationally on Three.


2017 New Zealand Music Awards
Nominations for the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards opened on 21 June 2017, and cover artists who have had commercial recordings released between 1 August 2016 and 31 July 2017. Nominations closed on 2 August 2017, and the nominees were announced on 5 October. The artisan award winners will be awarded on  25 October 2017.


2017 New Zealand Music Awards, Early awards
While most of the awards will be presented at the main awards ceremony held in November, five genre awards are presented earlier in the year at ceremonies of their field.


2017 New Zealand Music Awards, Nominees and winners
A number of changes have been made to the award categories for 2017:


2017 New Zealand NBL season
The 2017 NBL season was the 36th season of the National Basketball League. For the second year in a row, the league fielded seven teams.


2017 New Zealand NBL season
The regular season commenced on Thursday 16 March in Invercargill with the Southland Sharks hosting the Nelson Giants at Stadium Southland. The season contained 13 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in June at Tauranga's ASB BayPark Arena. The seven teams played every team on three occasions to make up an 18-game round robin season.


2017 New Zealand NBL season
With an 18–0 record, the Wellington Saints made NBL history by becoming the first team to complete a perfect regular season. They went on to post a perfect 20–0 campaign after sweeping the Final Four and collecting their 10th NBL championship in the process.


2017 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2017 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold was the twelfth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand on 1–6 August 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000. Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce announced that the government is investing $185,000 for the 2016 and 2017 season. It is originally scheduled for March this year but delayed due to the Adele live concerts coming to Auckland at that time.


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards
The 2017 New Zealand Radio Awards were the awards for excellence in the New Zealand radio industry during 2016. It was the 40th New Zealand Radio Awards, recognising staff, volunteers and contractors in both commercial and non-commercial broadcasting.


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees
This is a list of nominees, with winners in bold.


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Associated Craft Award
Bek Wall, Sheridan Hill, Bernadette Read - NZME Trade Marketing Team  - NZME All Stations


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Children's Programme
The Crazy Kiwi Christmas Kids Show - Phil Guyan, Frank Ritchie, Catherine Sylvester, Levi Guyan, Daryl Habraken, Phil Yule, Erin Carpenter, Chris Newbold, Joshua Couch, Skyler Sylvester, Lauren McLay, Andy Duff, John Key, Jack Tame, Rachel Smalley, Pippa Wetzel, Petra Bagust - Christian Broadcasting Assoc & NZME


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Community Access Programmes
The Nobel Dylan - The Folk Music Hour - Davey Calder, Chris Foreman - Access Radio Taranaki 104.4FM


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Community Access Programmes
Canterbury Cultures - Philippines Export Labour Market - Lana Hart - PlainsFM


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Community Campaign
Make Kaikoura Crate Again - Bryce Casey, Duncan Heyde, Roger Farrelly, Jennifer Bainbridge, Tom Furniss, Tony Lyall, Aaron Ly, Stacey Wouters, Stacey McLeod - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
Cool to Korero - Richard Culph, JGeek and the Geeks, Jimi Jackson, Grant Brodie - Mai FM Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
Chris Bond - Si and Gary Show - More FM Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
Jim's Extreme Parkour: Expectations vs. Reality - Stacey McLeod, Jim Cawthorn - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Maori Language Broadcast
OB Tangihanga Nolan Raihania - Kingston Cooper, Moerangi Tihore - Radio Ngati Porou


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best News & Sport
The Kaikoura Earthquake - Chris Lynch, Tyler Adams, Anastasia Hedge, Kurt Bayer, Chelsea Daniels, Sam Olley - Newstalk ZB Canterbury


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best News & Sport
Remembering Martin Crowe - Kent Johns, Kerrie Shaw, D'Arcy Waldegrave, Goran Paladin, Eli Mwaijumba, Rikki Swannell, Adam Cooper, Elliott Smith, Andrew Mulligan, Simon Doull, Marc Peard, Gareth Lischner - Radio Sport Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Jay-Jay, Dom and Randell - Jay-Jay Harvey, Dominic Harvey, Clinton Randell, Kerry Gregory, Carl Thompson, Stephanie Munro, Stephanie Monks - The Edge Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
The Hits Dunedin Breakfast with Callum and P - Callum Procter, Patrina Roche - The Hits Dunedin


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Robert Scott - The Easy Drive Home - Robert Scott - The Breeze Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
The Easy Workday with Katrina Smith - Katrina Smith - The Breeze Wellington


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Jono & Ben - Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce, Dan Webby, Duncan Heyde, Bronwynn Bakker - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Duncan Garner - RadioLIVE Drive with Duncan Garner - RadioLIVE Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Marcus Lush - Marcus Lush Nights - Newstalk ZB Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
ZM and Friskies Cat News - Carl Fletcher, Cameron Maurice, Sarah Catran, Vaughan Smith, MeganSellers - ZM Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
Jono and Ben's Cool Town Bro - Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce, Duncan Heyde, Dan Webby, Bronwynn Bakker, Jason Mac, Michael Batty, Tony Lyall, Chris Lloyd, Adam Stevenson, Cam Bakker, Monique Pierce, Mel Rundle - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
Cranzacs - Steve Joll, Kath Bier, Pearl Leonard, Casey Sullivan - The Breeze Wellington


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
- Stacey McLeod, Michael Baker, Alice Murray, Josh Post, Sharina Delluta, Kathleen Waller, Cathrin Jaeger - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
Coast Ambassadors - Lauren Driffill, Abbie Mackay, Sheryl Dunlop, Justine Black, Tracey Fox - Coast Nationwide


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
50 Years Since They Told Us We Couldn't - Kate Britten, Mikhal Norriss, Mike McClung, Dan Bradley, Tracey Fox, Justine Black, Michael Fuiava, John Galliers, Claudia Williams - Radio Hauraki Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
National Crate Day - Stacey Wouters, Michael Baker, Stacey McLeod - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
Guns'N'Roses on The Breeze - Steve Joll, Kath Bier, Pearl Leonard, Casey Sullivan - The Breeze Wellington


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
- Nathan Hart, Jodie Gill, Felixe O'Keefe, Cynthia Monardez - Radio Hauraki Christchurch


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Radio Creative
Corn Evil - The End is Near Alastair Barran The Edge Auckland


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Radio Creative
'Phone a Friend' - Scott Armstrong, Tim Woodley - ZB, Sport, Hits, Hauraki Nationwide


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Spoken Programmes
Larry Williams Drive - Larry Williams, Laura Smith, Louis Herman-Watt, Thomas Thexton, Laura Heathcote - Newstalk ZB Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Technical Production
Justin Bieber Campaign - Alistair Cockburn, Gary Pointon, Ross Flahive, Abi Banks, Dan Bernstone, Caitlin Marett - ZM Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Technical Production
Donald Trump Make NZ Crate Again - Joe Baxendale, Jason Mac - The Rock Network


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Sales Team of the Year
MediaWorks National Agency - Donna Gurney, Gerhard Simanke, Paul Glaister, Matt Bowness, Amanda Nicholls, Matt Tattle, Amelia MacDiarmid, Mike Berry, Nicole Jones, Jude Taylor, Johnathan Schaffer, Tim Norman - MediaWorks National


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Sales Team of the Year
MediaWorks Taupo/Rotorua - Penny Lyons, Irene Nottage, Brent Marshall, Julia Manktelow, Leah Withington, James Nottage - MediaWorks Taupo/Rotorua


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Station of the Year
One Double X - Glenn Smith - One Double X Eastern Bay of Plenty


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Station of the Year
More FM Canterbury - Christian Boston, Rob McDonald - More FM Canterbury


2017 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, 'The Blackie' (Award)
Scotty J Word insertion - Matt Heath, Jeremy Wells, Joseph Durie, Chris Goodwin - Hauraki Network


2017 New Zealand Warriors season
The 2017 New Zealand Warriors season was the 23rd season in the club's history. Coached by Stephen Kearney and captained by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, the Warriors competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Jersey and sponsors
In 2017 the Warriors jerseys will again be made by Canterbury of New Zealand.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Pre-season training
Pre -season training began on 1 November, with the exception of players involved in the 2016 Four Nations tournament.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Auckland Nines
The Warriors lost all three of their matches at the Nines.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Auckland Nines
The squad for the Nines was Ryan Hoffman, Junior Pauga, Matt Allwood, Blake Ayshford, Ata Hingano, Sam Cook, Shaun Johnson, Ruben Wiki (c), Mason Lino, Bunty Afoa, James Gavet, Tuimoala Lolohea, Jazz Tevaga, Ofahiki Ogden, Lewis Soosemea, Toafofoa Sipley, Isaiah Papalii, and James Bell. Solomone Kata was originally named, but withdrew due to a virus and was replaced by Cook.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Pre-season matches
The Warriors played two trial matches, against the Melbourne Storm and the Gold Coast Titans. The match against the Titans was in Palmerston North, it was the first time the Warriors played in Palmerston North since 1995.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Regular season
Home matches were played at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, with the exception of one game at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. The Warriors also played an away game at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams
As in 2016, the Warriors entered a team into the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the Junior Warriors competed in the Holden Cup.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Intrust Super Premiership NSW squad
The Warriors finished the season second and played the third placed Penrith Panthers in week one of the finals. After losing to eventual winners Penrith they defeated Newcastle 30–6 before losing to the Wyong Roos in a preliminary final to end the season.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Intrust Super Premiership NSW squad
Bureta Faraimo, Mason Lino and Toafofoa Sipley were named in the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Holden Cup squad
The Holden Cup team finished in last place, with only three wins during the season. This was the final year of the Holden Cup.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Awards
Captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck won the club's NRL player of the year award while Simon Mannering won the people's choice award.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Awards
Mason Lino was the club's Intrust Super Premiership NSW player of the year while Chanel Harris-Tavita was the NYC player of the year.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Awards
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad won the clubman of the year while Sam Cook was the Intrust Super Premiership NSW team man of the year and Kenese Kenese was the NYC clubman of the year.


2017 New Zealand Warriors season, Awards
Bunty Afoa won the NRL rookie of the year and Tyler Slade was the NYC rookie of the year.


2017 New Zealand budget
The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2017/18 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Steven Joyce on 25 May 2017. It was the ninth budget of the Fifth National Government, and the first presented by Joyce in his role as Minister of Finance. This was the last budget presented by the Fifth National government which was defeated at the 2017 general election.


2017 New Zealand budget, Reaction
As is tradition, the Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Little, moved a motion of no confidence in reply to the Budget speech.


2017 New Zealand general election
The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament. The previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 August 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 71 members were elected from single-member electorates and 49 members were elected from closed party lists. Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election, with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. Advance voting proved popular, with 1.24 million votes cast before election day, more than the previous two elections combined.


2017 New Zealand general election
Prior to the election, the centre-right National Party, led by Prime Minister Bill English, had governed since 2008 in a minority government with confidence and supply from the Māori, ACT and United Future parties. It was the first election for English as incumbent Prime Minister, having replaced John Key on 12 December 2016 and the first since 1975 where both major parties had leadership changes. The main opposition parties to the National government were Labour (the official opposition), led by Jacinda Ardern, the Green Party, and New Zealand First.


2017 New Zealand general election
The National Party won a plurality of the seats with 56, down from 60 in 2014. Labour made large gains following Jacinda Ardern becoming the party leader seven weeks prior to the election, increasing its representation from 32 to 46 seats. Labour was the only parliamentary party to gain support but a large portion came at the expense of the Green Party, who lost almost half their seats (dropping from 14 to 8) following co-leader Metiria Turei's resignation over self-admitted benefit and electoral fraud. The anti-immigration populist party New Zealand First won 9 seats, down from 12 in 2014. ACT retained its one seat. Election-night counts had National with 58 seats, Labour with 45 seats, and the Greens with 7 seats, but when special votes were counted, National lost one list seat each to the Greens and Labour.


2017 New Zealand general election
The election saw five parties return to Parliament, down from seven in 2014 and the lowest number since the introduction of MMP in 1996. Māori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell lost his seat of Waiariki and, with the party's vote count being below the threshold of 5%, they also lost their list MP, co-leader Marama Fox, and departed Parliament. United Future leader and sole MP Peter Dunne retired from politics during the campaign due to poor polling in his electorate of Ōhāriu and his successor failed to win the seat. The party voted to dissolve less than two months later.


2017 New Zealand general election
Even with support partner ACT retaining its sole seat, the existing National minority government were short of the 61 seats needed to govern, and Bill English declared that the arrangement would not be continued. New Zealand First's nine seats gave it the balance of power between the National Party and the Labour–Green bloc. On 19 October 2017, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announced that the party was intending to form a minority coalition government with the Labour Party of 55 seats, with confidence and supply agreement from the Green Party.


2017 New Zealand general election
This is the first Government in New Zealand under MMP where the most popular party is not part of the Government. The election resulted in Ardern becoming New Zealand's third female Prime Minister, and Peters being reappointed Deputy Prime Minister, a role he had first held in 1996–98. This marked an end to nine years under the Fifth National Government, and the beginning of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand.


2017 New Zealand general election, Electoral system
New Zealand uses the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system to elect the 120-member House of Representatives. Each voter gets two votes, one for a political party (the party vote) and one for a local candidate (the electorate vote). Political parties which meet the threshold (5% of the party vote or one electorate seat) receive seats in the House in proportion to the percentage of the party vote they receive.


2017 New Zealand general election, Electoral system
In the 2014 and 2017 elections, 71 of the 120 seats were filled by the MPs elected from the electorates, with the winner in each electorate determined by the by the plurality ("first-past-the-post") method; the remaining 49 seats were filled by candidates from each party's closed party list. If a party wins more electorates than seats it is entitled to under the party vote, an overhang results; in this case, the House will add extra seats to cover the overhang. The 2014 election saw a one-seat overhang where Peter Dunne won the Ōhāriu electorate when his United Future Party was entitled to zero seats under the party vote.


2017 New Zealand general election, Electoral system
The majority of members in the House will form a Government. Since it is difficult for any single party to win a majority of seats under MMP, parties must generally negotiate with other parties either to form a majority coalition government or to obtain sufficient confidence and supply to operate as a minority government.


2017 New Zealand general election, Electoral system
Electorate boundaries in the 2017 election were the same as at the 2014 election, with 64 general electorates (48 in the North Island and 16 in the South Island), and 7 Māori electorates.


2017 New Zealand general election, Electoral system, Electoral law changes
The Electoral Amendment Act 2017 and the Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Act 2017 made a number of changes to the conduct of general elections, including:


2017 New Zealand general election, Election schedule
Unless an early election is called or the election date is set to circumvent holding a by-election, a general election is held every three years. The last election was held on Saturday, 20 September 2014.


2017 New Zealand general election, Election schedule
The Governor-General must issue writs for an election within seven days of the expiration or dissolution of the current Parliament. Under section 17 of the Constitution Act 1986, Parliament expires three years "from the day fixed for the return of the writs issued for the last preceding general election of members of the House of Representatives, and no longer." The writs for the 2014 election were returned on 10 October 2014, a day late due to a judicial recount of the Te Tai Tokerau electorate.


2017 New Zealand general election, Election schedule
As a result, the 51st Parliament would have expired, if not dissolved earlier, on Tuesday, 10 October 2017. Consequently, the last day for issuance of writs of election would have been 17 October 2017. The writs must be returned within 50 days of their issuance (save for any judicial recount or death of a candidate), which would have been Wednesday, 6 December 2017. Because polling day must be a Saturday and two weeks is generally required for the counting of special votes, the last possible date for the 2017 general election would have been Saturday, 18 November 2017.


2017 New Zealand general election, Election schedule
On 1 February 2017, Prime Minister Bill English announced that the election would be held on Saturday 23 September 2017. This will be the first election that both major parties, Labour and National are contesting under new leadership since 1975.


2017 New Zealand general election, Election schedule
Key dates relating to the general election were as follows:


2017 New Zealand general election, Parties and candidates
Political parties registered with the Electoral Commission can contest the general election as a party. To register, parties must have at least 500 financial members, an auditor, and an appropriate party name. A registered party may submit a party list to contest the party vote, and can have a party campaign expenses limit in addition to limits on individual candidates' campaigns. Unregistered parties and independents can contest the electorate vote only.


2017 New Zealand general election, Parties and candidates, MPs who did not stand for re-election
Twenty-two members of parliament announced that they would not stand for re-election.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results
Preliminary results were gradually released after polling booths closed at 19:00 (NZST) on 23 September. The preliminary count only includes advance ordinary and election day ordinary votes; it does not include any special votes. Special votes include votes from those who enrolled after the deadline of 23 August, those who voted outside their electorate (this includes all overseas votes), hospital votes, and those voters enrolled on the unpublished roll.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results
All voting papers, counterfoils and electoral rolls are returned to the electorate's returning officer for a mandatory recount; this also includes approving and counting any special votes, and compiling a master roll to ensure no voter has voted more than once. Official results, including all recounted ordinary votes and special votes, were released by the Electoral Commission on Saturday 7 October 2017.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results
Parties and candidates have three working days after the release of the official results to apply for a judicial recount. These recounts take place under the auspices of a District Court judge (the Chief District Court Judge in case of a nationwide recount), and may delay the return of the election writ by a few days.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
Prior to the election, the National Party held the majority of the electorate seats with 40. Labour held 27 seats, and NZ First, ACT, and United Future held one seat each. Between the 2014 and 2017 elections, one seat changed allegiance: in the 2015 Northland by-election, NZ First leader Winston Peters won the seat off National, after MP Mike Sabin resigned.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
Fifty-five electorates saw the incumbent MP re-elected, while another 11 saw a new MP elected from the same party as the retiring incumbent.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
In three electorates, the incumbent MP was defeated. Labour candidate and lawyer Duncan Webb claimed Christchurch Central off National MP Nicky Wagner; Labour previously held the electorate continuously from its formation in 1946 until Wagner won it in 2011. After National lost Northland to NZ First leader Winston Peters in 2015, candidate Matt King claimed the electorate back for National from Peters.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
Labour candidate and former television presenter Tamati Coffey claimed Waiariki off Māori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell; Flavell's defeat saw the Māori Party without an electorate seat and with the party polling below 5% in the party vote, saw the party voted out of Parliament. Coffey's win also saw Labour claim a clean sweep of the Māori electorates for the first time since the 2002 election.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
In Hutt South, National list MP Chris Bishop claimed the electorate from Labour – the first time the electorate has swung since its creation in 1996. Contributing to the swing was the 2014 boundary changes which saw the Labour-leaning suburb of Naenae swapped for the National-leaning western hill suburbs of Lower Hutt, and long standing Labour MP Trevor Mallard standing down at the election to contest the party list only. In Ōhāriu, incumbent United Future MP Peter Dunne stepped down after holding the electorate in various incarnations since 1984. Labour candidate and former police officer Greg O'Connor subsequently claimed the electorate.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
Overall, National gained one electorate to hold 41, Labour gained two electorates to hold 29, while ACT retained its one electorate seat.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
Hamilton West was considered to be New Zealand's bellwether seat. Since the formation of the electorate in 1969, the winning candidate was from the party that went on to form the government, with the exception of 1993 when it elected a Labour MP while National went on to form the government (albeit with a one-seat majority). Hamilton West, Maungakiekie and Rotorua were also regarded as bellwethers in the MMP era, swinging with the government at every election since 1996. All three electorates in the 2017 election were won by National candidates.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Electorate results
The table below shows the results of the 2017 general election:


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, List results
The following MPs were elected from their respective party lists:


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Changes in MPs
Two former MPs (Shane Jones and Willie Jackson) and 31 first-time MPs were elected to the 52nd Parliament, joining 87 incumbents from the 51st Parliament.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Changes in MPs
Following the retirement of Peter Dunne, Bill English (National, list) became the new Father of the House, having served as an MP continuously since 1990. While both Winston Peters and Trevor Mallard have served longer than English, their tenures have been non-continuous.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Changes in MPs
23-year-old Chlöe Swarbrick (Green, list) became the new Baby of the House. She was the youngest MP to be elected to Parliament since the election of the 23-year-old Marilyn Waring in 1975.


2017 New Zealand general election, Results, Changes in MPs
Golriz Ghahraman (Green, list) became the first former refugee to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
Preliminary election results gave National 58 seats, Labour 45, New Zealand First 9, Green 7, and ACT 1, leaving no party or obvious coalition able to command a parliamentary majority of 61 seats. Final results saw the National party lose two further seats, one each to Labour and the Greens, confirming New Zealand First as the election's kingmaker. Both the National and Labour parties outlined planned negotiations with New Zealand First in the hope of forming a government.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
A National–NZ First coalition would hold 65 seats, while a Labour–NZ First coalition would also need the support of the Green party to form a majority government with 63 seats. National Party leader Bill English ruled out a formal governing arrangement with the ACT Party's sole MP David Seymour, though such an agreement existed following the 2014 election.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
New Zealand First has held the balance of power in previous parliaments and its leader has served in several ministries. Following the 1996 election, the party joined a coalition government with National with Peters as Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, an agreement that ended when Peters was sacked from Cabinet in August 1998. Following the 2005 election, NZ First entered into a confidence and supply agreement with the minority Labour government that also saw Peters appointed as Foreign Minister but not as a member of the Cabinet.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
Shaw announced the Greens' negotiation team of himself, MP Eugenie Sage, acting chief of staff Tory Whanau, Green co-convenor Debs Martin and campaign staffer Andrew Campbell on 26 September. Labour's negotiators were led by leader Ardern and deputy leader Davis.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
Negotiations concluded on 12 October, with "extensive dossiers" provided to NZ First from both Labour and National. The NZ First Board met alongside the parliamentary caucus on 16 October to begin the process of formally choosing a coalition partner.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
On 19 October, NZ First announced the formation of a minority coalition government with Labour. As part of the agreement, NZ First received four portfolios inside Cabinet and one outside. Winston Peters also accepted an offer of the role of Deputy Prime Minister.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation
The Greens received three portfolios outside Cabinet and one parliamentary under-secretary as a result of a confidence and supply agreement reached between them and Labour.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation, Cabinet and ministerial roles
On 20 October 2017, the names of Labour's 16 Cabinet ministers were announced as Jacinda Ardern, David Clark, Clare Curran, Kelvin Davis, Chris Hipkins, Iain Lees-Galloway, Andrew Little, Nanaia Mahuta, Stuart Nash, Damien O'Connor, David Parker, Grant Robertson, Jenny Salesa, Carmel Sepuloni, Phil Twyford, and Megan Woods. The Labour ministers outside cabinet were Kris Faafoi, Peeni Henare, Willie Jackson, William Sio, and Meka Whaitiri.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation, Cabinet and ministerial roles
The Green Party announced on 21 October its three ministers outside cabinet and one parliamentary under-secretary slots as James Shaw, Julie Anne Genter, Jan Logie and Eugenie Sage.


2017 New Zealand general election, Government formation, Cabinet and ministerial roles
The final ministers to be named were from New Zealand First. On 25 October, it was announced that Ron Mark, Tracey Martin and Shane Jones would join the Cabinet, with Fletcher Tabuteau as a parliamentary under-secretary.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Expense limits and broadcasting allocations
During the three-month regulated period prior to election day (i.e. 23 June to 22 September 2017), parties and candidates have limits on how much they may spend on election campaigning. It is illegal in New Zealand to campaign on election day itself.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Expense limits and broadcasting allocations
For the 2017 election, every registered party contending the party vote is permitted to spend $1,115,000 plus $26,200 per electorate candidate on election campaigning during the regulated period, excluding radio and television campaigning (broadcasting funding is allocated separately). A party contesting all 71 electorates is therefore permitted to spend $2,975,200 on election campaigning. All electorate candidates are permitted to spend $26,200 each on campaigning over and above their party's allocation.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Expense limits and broadcasting allocations
Registered parties are allocated a separate broadcasting budget for radio and television campaigning. Only money from the broadcasting allocation can be used to purchase airtime; the actual production costs of advertisements can come from the general election expenses budget. The Electoral Commission sets the amount of broadcasting funds each party gets; generally the allocation is based on the number of seats in the current Parliament, previous election results, and support in opinion polls. The initial broadcasting allocation was released on 26 May 2017. The broadcasting allocation was revised on 23 August 2017, redistributing funds from parties that failed to register in time for the election.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Expense limits and broadcasting allocations
Third party promoters, such as trade unions and lobby groups, can campaign during the regulated period. The maximum expense limit is $315,000 for those promoters registered with the Electoral Commission, and $12,600 for unregistered promoters. As of 19 August 2017, the following third party promoters were registered:


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues
In a January 2017 poll conducted by Roy Morgan Research, 26 percent of respondents named housing supply and affordability as the most important issue facing New Zealand, while another 17 percent named poverty and income inequality.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Education
On 27 August 2017, National pledged a $379 million education package. New "digital academies" focused on IT training and similar to existing trades academies, would be introduced for 1,000 year-12 and 13 students at a cost of $48 million. There would also be investments of $126 million to improve maths achievements for primary school students and $160 million to give all primary school students the opportunity to learn a second language if they wished. There would be an expansion of the National Standards scheme that would allow parents to check the progress of their child via their mobile phone.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Education
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern announced on 14 August 2017 that the party had reinstated a 2015 pledge to assist school students to learn to drive and budget. Five driving lessons and the fees for the licence test would be free, and students would be taught life skills and budgeting. On 29 August, Ardern announced that Labour would implement its 2016 policy of three years free tertiary education, starting with one year in 2018 and expanding to two years in 2021 and three years in 2024. She also announced a $50 per week increase in the student allowance and student loan living costs.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Education
The ACT party continued to support partnership (charter) schools, with intentions to allow state schools to convert into partnership schools. ACT leader David Seymour said on 2 September 2017 that the party would give schools $975 million more, so long as they abandon nationally negotiated union contracts. Schools would be funded $93,000 per teacher in a bulk funding arrangement and would be free to allocate the grant how they wanted, with principals able to decide how much to pay individual teachers. Teachers' pay would be boosted by $20,000 on average, and the payments would reward good teachers and attract "our brightest graduates" to careers in teaching.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Housing
According to Quotable Value, residential house prices across New Zealand increased 34.2% between June 2014 and June 2017, from an average of $476,000 to an average of $639,000. In the Auckland metro area, the increase was 45.5% in the same period, from $718,000 to $1,045,000.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Housing
ACT announced its housing policy on 6 August 2017, proposing to scrap the urban rural boundary to free up land for those who want to subdivide and build, claiming that this would create room for 600,000 possible houses.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Housing
Green Party leader James Shaw reaffirmed on 22 August the party's intention to introduce a capital gains tax, saying that it was "a priority" for the party and a measure "we want to see addressed in a first term of a new government." Shaw said the fact that New Zealand was one of the only countries in the developed world without a consistent capital gains tax had helped fuel inequality between "those who don't own a home and those who now own ten".


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Housing
Labour's flagship housing policy was the KiwiBuild scheme, which would aim to build 100,000 homes over 10 years. Labour announced on 3 September it would extend the landlords' termination notice period to 90 days (from 42 days), abolish termination without cause, and limit rent increases to once every 12 months (from 6 months). This was in addition to previously announced policies of extending the "bright-line test" for taxing capital gains on residential properties from two years to five years, and abolishing negative gearing on investment properties.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
According to Statistics New Zealand estimates, New Zealand's net migration (long-term arrivals minus long-term departures) in the June 2016/17 year was 72,300. That was up from 38,300 in the June 2013/14 year. Of those migrants specifying a region of settlement, 61 percent settled in the Auckland region.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
Labour promised to reduce net immigration by about 20–30,000 annually, partly by reducing the number of students enrolled in "low value" courses that were susceptible to being used as a subterfuge for immigration. The party said it would introduce a stricter test regime to ensure employers seek to hire New Zealanders before recruiting overseas applicants, and would require skilled migrants to stay and work in the region their visa was issued for.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
National planned to count migrants as "skilled" only if the job they were coming to paid more than about $49,000 a year, but the plan was opposed by employers who said their businesses would be put at risk by the blocking of foreign workers. Immigrants only needed to be paid over $41,859 a year – resulting in about 6000 more workers being able to stay in the country longer.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
Those earning less would be considered low-skilled and can stay in the country for a maximum of three years, after which a stand-down period applies before they can apply to come back. National planned to introduce legislation in 2018 that would raise the residency requirements for superannuation from 10 to 20 years.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
NZ First leader Winston Peters vowed to reduce net immigration to around 10,000 per year. Peters said that unemployed New Zealanders would be trained to take jobs as the number was reduced, and the number of older immigrants would be limited, with more bonded to the regions.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
The Green Party proposed that migration should be capped to 1 per cent of population growth, but later abandoned that policy due to the perception that the Greens were pandering to anti-immigrant rhetoric.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
ACT had "long opposed populist attacks on immigrants", according to David Seymour. ACT wanted immigrants to "demonstrate they've earned above the average wage in their field" to get residency, and it would put an end to foreigners leaving their kids in New Zealand while paying taxes overseas by implementing an "infrastructure charge" of $10 per day for a maximum of a year for all migrants.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Immigration
The Opportunities Party (TOP) wanted a change so that immigration would not be driven by student visas or reciprocal visitor working visas. The party also wanted to abandon the requirement for highly-skilled migrants to have a job to come to.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Rail transport
National Party leader and Prime Minister Bill English announced on 6 August 2017 that there would be a $267 million investment in Auckland and Wellington commuter rail, which would include (in Auckland) electrification of the line between Papakura and Pukekohe, a third line between Westfield and Wiri, and (in Wellington) double-tracking the line between Trentham and Upper Hutt, and several other improvements.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Rail transport
Labour announced on 6 August 2017 that it would accelerate the building of a proposed light rail system between Auckland CBD and Auckland Airport so that it would be completed within a decade. The plan is part of Labour's wider transport improvements that would include a light rail link to west Auckland, an eventual extension of light rail to the North Shore, a bus network between Howick and the airport, electrification from Papakura to Pukekohe, a third main line between Westfield and Papakura, and other rail and road improvements.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Rail transport
On 21 August 2017, the party's leader Jacinda Ardern announced a $20 million plan for a passenger rail service linking Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga. She said that the region would grow by 800,000 people in the next 25 years, and that rail was historically a fundamental travel mode and it was time that it was again.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Rail transport
The Green Party announced on 17 August 2017 that it would introduce a passenger rail service between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga on a trial basis from 2019. The party had previously said that its policy was to complete the electrification of the rail network between Auckland and Hamilton and extend electrification to Tauranga. On 25 August 2017, Green party plans for a light rail line between Wellington railway station and Wellington Airport via Newtown were announced. The party would establish the line by 2027, and it could form the spine of an extended network north to Epuni via central Lower Hutt and south to Island Bay.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Poverty
During the leaders' debate held on 4 September 2017, National leader Bill English committed his party to a target to bring 100,000 children out of poverty within the next term. The National party policy was mainly built around their Families Package, due to be introduced in April 2018, which English said would bring 50,000 children out of poverty. They would increase the tax credits for 310,000 families who receive Working for Families, and the abatement level for the tax credits would decrease from $36,350 to $35,000.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Poverty
At the same debate Labour leader Jacinda Ardern committed to changing the law to require that every government budget update would have to include a measurement of child poverty. Labour promised to extend Working for Families to another 30,000 families, by raising the abatement threshold and increasing the tax credits. They introduced the Best Start package that would give $60 a week for each child in their first year and extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Poverty
On 16 July 2017, the Green Party announced at their AGM that they would increase all benefits by 20% and remove all penalties and excessive sanctions to those on the benefit, looking to change the “punitive culture” at MSD. They would boost the Working for Families package and raise the minimum wage to $17.75.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Poverty
The Māori Party set a target to eliminate all poverty by 2025, introducing a living wage for all workers and making cost of living adjustments to all benefits. The party promised to increase support to grandparents raising grandchildren and expand Whānau Ora.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Poverty
TOP proposed an introduction of a universal basic income of $200 a week to all families with children under 3 (or under 6 if adopted), which would replace paid maternity leave. Low income families regardless of employment would get $72 a week and free child care.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Issues, Poverty
ACT campaigned on implementing lifetime limits of five years for the sole parent benefit and three years for the jobseeker benefit. They proposed cutting Working for Families and paid parental leave for upper income earners. On 12 July 2017, ACT deputy leader Beth Houlbrooke made a Facebook post criticising Labour's Best Start package, stating "The fact is, parents who cannot afford to have children should not be having them. ACT believes in personal responsibility, meaning we stand with the majority of parents who wait and save before having children."


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, National
National was campaigning for a fourth term in government. If successful, it would have been the first four-term government since the Second National Government (1960–72), and the first four-term government under MMP. National revealed the design of its first tranche of party hoardings in early July, featuring leader Bill English and the slogan "Delivering for New Zealanders".


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, National
On 20 August 2017, English announced that the government, if re-elected, planned to build ten new "Roads of National Significance" at a cost of $10.5 billion. Four-laning the Hawke's Bay Expressway, a solution for the Manawatu Gorge road (closed after rock falls in April 2017 and a long history of such falls), and a highway from Wellsford to Whangarei were included.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, National
The party announced on 13 August 2017 that it would create a new bootcamp for youth offenders at the Waiouru Military Camp. English said that there were about 150 "very serious young offenders". The justice minister said that a new Young Serious Offender (YSO) classification would be established for the group.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, National
Prime Minister Bill English and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman announced on 19 August 2017 that a new hospital costing more than $1.2 billion would be built to replace Dunedin Hospital, rather than refurbishing the existing building. It would be expected to open in 7–10 years. On 21 August, English and Coleman announced a pledge that 600,000 low income people would have access to $18 doctors' visits. The Community Services Card would also be expanded to an additional 350,000 people with low incomes and high housing costs.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, National
The party's infrastructure spokesman Steven Joyce announced on 2 September 2017 that a National Infrastructure Commission would be set up to help expand and oversee public–private partnerships (PPPs). The commission would supervise large infrastructure projects, such as the building of new schools, roads, and hospitals, which would be built as PPPs. It was likely that the first project would be the $50 million rebuild of Whangarei Boys' High School, but several other large projects totalling several billion dollars were also being considered.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Labour
Labour announced it would reverse the tax cuts included in the 2017 Budget and instead increase Working for Families rates and introduce a new benefit for families with children under 3 years old. It also would introduce a winter heating supplement for people on superannuation and benefits.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Labour
On 1 August 2017, party leader Andrew Little resigned on the back of poor opinion polling performance. Deputy leader Jacinda Ardern was unanimously elected leader by the party caucus, while Kelvin Davis was unanimously elected deputy leader to replace Ardern. The leadership change saw a large boost in the Labour Party's support – the party had received $250,000 in donations and signed up 1000 volunteers within 24 hours of the leadership change, according to party secretary Andrew Kirton.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Labour
The design for Labour's first tranche of party hoardings was released in early July, featuring both Little and Ardern with the slogan "A fresh approach". After the change of leadership, the new hoardings solely featured Ardern with the new slogan "Let's do this".


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Labour
On 26 August, Ardern announced a plan to cut fees for visits to doctors. Community Services Card holders would be charged $8 for a visit to a doctor, teenagers would be charged $2, and under–13s would still pay nothing. The cost for an average adult would fall from $42 to $32.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Labour
Labour's finance spokesman Grant Robertson announced on 14 September 2017, nine days before the election, that there would be "no new taxes or levies" until after the 2020 election. Any changes arising from its tax working group would not take effect until 2021. Robertson's announcement reversed the position taken by leader Jacinda Ardern who had reserved the right to implement changes before obtaining a mandate at the 2020 election, and came as a Newshub-Reid Research poll showed National rising at the expense of Labour. Labour had gone into the previous two general elections with a capital gains tax policy.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
The Green Party launched its election campaign on 9 July in Nelson. Bryce Edwards writing for The New Zealand Herald claimed the party's policies announced in the run up to the election showed that: "After years of watering down policies and desperately trying to make themselves more respectable to the mainstream, they have made an abrupt shift to the left". One of the major announcements was the party's new radical welfare reform proposals. Social policy academic and welfare campaigner Susan St John gave the social welfare reforms a "definite thumbs up", pointing to two "breathtakingly bold policies" within the reforms.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
These two aspects included in the reforms were, one: "sole parents to keep their sole parent support when they attempt to repartner. She is the one to say, not WINZ [Work and Income New Zealand], when she is in a partnership in the nature of marriage". A second aspect would be to make "the In–Work Tax Credit available to all low income families".


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
The party also announced as part of its 'Families Package' it would lower the bottom rate of tax to 9%, introduce a new top rate of tax of 40% on those with an income over $150,000 and increase all core benefits by 20%.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
Another policy announced by the party was the proposed introduction of an interim $0.10 per litre excise levy on bottled water. This would be in place until "a proposed working party helped develop a system to charge all commercial water users 'a fair amount'".


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
On 16 July 2017, co-leader Metiria Turei publicly admitted that she had not disclosed to Work and Income New Zealand that she was accepting rent from flatmates while on the Domestic Purposes Benefit in the early 1990s, and admitted on 3 August 2017 that she had registered a false residential address to vote for a friend who was running in the Mount Albert electorate in 1993.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
On 7 August 2017, MPs David Clendon and Kennedy Graham announced that they planned to resign as Green Party candidates for the 2017 election, due to Turei's revelations and her handling of the resulting situation. Both Clendon and Graham resigned from the party caucus the following day, after the party made moves to remove them involuntarily.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
On 9 August 2017, Turei resigned as co-leader and as a list candidate for the 2017 election, saying that the "scrutiny on [her] family has become unbearable". She campaigned in the Te Tai Tonga Māori electorate, and retired from Parliament at the election. Per their constitution, the Green Party will choose a replacement co-leader at the next annual general meeting in 2018, leaving James Shaw as the sole party leader through the election campaign.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
On 21 August 2017, the party promised free public transport for students and those aged under 19, to be achieved by means of a "green card". Green Party transport spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter said the cost of the card would be $70–80 million.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
The party announced plans on 2 September 2017 to counter pollution by introducing a tax on farmers of $2 per kilogram of nitrate (fertiliser), which it said would raise about $136 million per year. The party would also distribute funds and allow concessions to the agricultural sector in response to declining water quality.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Green
Leader James Shaw said on 17 September 2017 that the party wanted a capital gains tax, exclusive of the family home, to be implemented in the first year after the election, if Labour and the Greens formed a coalition government. Labour had already said that if it became the government, any capital gains tax recommendations made by its tax working group would not be implemented until after the 2020 election.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, New Zealand First
New Zealand First launched its campaign in Palmerston North on 25 June 2017. Announced policies included ring-fencing GST to the regions it is collected from, writing off student loans of people willing to work outside major centres, cutting net immigration to 10,000 per year, retaining the superannuation age at 65, and holding two binding referenda on whether Māori electorates should be abolished and whether the number of MPs should be reduced to 100.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, New Zealand First
New Zealand First also campaigned on increasing the minimum wage to $17. They would later increase it to $20.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, New Zealand First
On 31 August 2017, party leader Winston Peters announced a policy of relocating the Port of Auckland to Marsden Point by 2027. Peters had vowed in July that a Northport rail connection to Marsden Point at a cost of up to $1 billion was non-negotiable in any post–election coalition between NZ First and either National or Labour.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Māori
The Māori Party election campaign focused on protecting indigenous rights by providing an independent voice for Māori. The party's whānau based policies focuses on obtaining affordable housing to help Māori in low-wage jobs, strengthening employment-support for Māori beneficiaries and making Te Reo Māori and Māori history core curriculum subjects in all schools up to year 10.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Māori
The party's policies on rangatiratanga focused on combating climate change in the Pacific to alleviate environmental destruction of our neighbouring Pacific nation and scholarships for Māori and Pasifika students to strengthen recruitment and retention of these students in tertiary institutions.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Māori
The party's policies on kāwanatanga focused on protecting freshwater as tāonga and growing iwi economic resources. They released a policy for a new rail scheme called IwiRail which they said would open up the regions to freight and tourism. Since the 2008 general election, the party provided parliamentary support to the Fifth National Government.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, Māori
In previous elections their policies included improving public transport with fewer emissions, giving tax breaks to lower income earners, taking GST off food products, and banning the use of controversial 1080 poison.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, ACT
Since the 2008 general election, the party provided parliamentary support to the Fifth National Government.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, ACT
ACT announced policies including tax cuts, with the top personal tax bracket reducing from 33% to 25%, and raising the age of superannuation from 65 to 67 gradually every 2 months starting in 2020.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, The Opportunities Party (TOP)
In taxation, the party proposed to deem a minimum rate of return for all assets (including housing, land and business assets) and charge a tax on it. At the same time, reduce income tax rates so that the total tax take would remain unchanged. The changes would be done gradually to ensure house prices remain stable while incomes grow. The party considered the existing tax regime to favour owners of capital and to over-tax wage earners, to favour home-owners and to disadvantage those who rent their home, and to encourage investment in real estate rather than productive businesses.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, The Opportunities Party (TOP)
They would tighten immigration laws and shift the focus to attracting highly skilled migrants. Criteria for immigrants would involve demonstrating they can help improve the living standards of all New Zealanders, limiting net immigration to 1% population growth per annum (i.e. 47,900 based on June 2017 population), and making access to permanent residency harder and longer.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, The Opportunities Party (TOP)
The party's founder, Gareth Morgan, announced plans to almost halve the number of prison inmates by 2027. Morgan said "New Zealand has some of the world's worst and most outdated criminal justice policies", and to reduce the prison population by 40%, the party wanted to scrap the 'three strikes' law, extend eligibility for the Youth Court to offenders under 20, and increase funding for restorative justice.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Party campaigns, United Future
On 21 August 2017, United Future leader and sole MP Peter Dunne announced that he was quitting politics at the election, citing recent polling and his perception that there was a mood for change in his seat of Ōhāriu. United Future's candidate for the Botany electorate took over as leader shortly after, promising to move his party towards Labour because of its stance on social issues.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Major debates
Television New Zealand (TVNZ) hosted three television leaders' debates; two between the National and Labour leaders, and one where the leaders of the secondary and minor parties were also invited. The two National-Labour debates were to be moderated by Newstalk ZB and Seven Sharp host Mike Hosking. Hosking withdrew from moderating the multi-party debate due to illness; the debate was instead moderated by 1 News political editor Corin Dann. It also hosted an online debate focusing on young voters and youth issues, moderated by Breakfast host Jack Tame.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Major debates
To be able to participate in their multiparty leaders debate, TVNZ requires a party to have an MP already in parliament, or be polling above 3% in the most recent One News/Colmar Brunton poll. Polling at 1.9%, new party TOP met neither of that criteria. Party leader Gareth Morgan filed an urgent judicial review, arguing that as he was polling higher than ACT, United Future and the Mãori party (who all fit the criteria by having at least one MP in parliament), his party had a right to be involved in the debates and TOP's exclusion was problematic. The case was heard at the Auckland High Court on 7 September, with the judge ultimately ruling against Morgan.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Major debates
Three hosted one television leaders' debate between the National and Labour leaders on 4 September. The debate was moderated by Newshub political editor Patrick Gower.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Major debates
Fairfax again hosted a debate, the Stuff Leaders Debate (formerly called The Press Leaders Debate), between the National and Labour leaders on 7 September. It was moderated by Fairfax's South Island editor-in-chief Joanna Norris and Stuff political editor Tracy Watkins, and was streamed online.


2017 New Zealand general election, Campaigning, Endorsements
Unlike in some other countries, political endorsements in New Zealand by media and people outside the political sphere are rare. The following people and organisations endorsed parties and candidates:


2017 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling
Opinion polls have been undertaken periodically since the 2014 election, primarily by MediaWorks New Zealand, Roy Morgan Research, and Television New Zealand. The graph on the left below shows the collated results of all polls for parties that polled above the 5% electoral threshold at the 2014 election; the graph on the right shows results for parties that polled between 1% and 4.9%, or won an electorate seat, at the 2014 election.


2017 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling, Seat predictions
The use of mixed-member proportional representation allows ready conversion of a party's support into a party vote percentage and therefore a number of seats in Parliament. Projections generally assume no changes to electorate seats each party holds (ACT retains Epsom, Māori retains Waiariki, Labour retains Te Tai Tokerau, etc.) unless there is a specific reason to assume change. For example, after Peter Dunne announced his retirement, projections stopped assuming United Future would retain Ōhāriu. Other parties that do not pass the 5% threshold are assumed to not to win an electorate and therefore gain no seats.


2017 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling, Seat predictions
Radio New Zealand takes a "poll of polls" average to produce their forecast. The New Zealand Herald bases theirs on a predictive model incorporating poll data as well as past election results and past poll accuracy. Newshub and 1 News and produce projections based on their own polls only.


2017 New Zealand general election, Opinion polling, Seat predictions
When determining the scenarios for the overall result, the minimum parties necessary to form majority governments are listed (provided parties have indicated openness to working together). Actual governments formed may include other parties beyond the minimum required for a majority. This happened after the 2014 election, when National only needed one seat from another party to reach a 61-seat majority, but they formed a 64-seat government with Māori, ACT and United Future.


2017 New Zealand general election, Post-election events, Leadership changes
Metiria Turei stepped down as co-leader of the Green Party during the campaign period and the party did not elect a replacement before the election. In 2018 she was succeeded by Marama Davidson.


2017 New Zealand general election, Post-election events, Local by-elections
The following local by-elections were required due to the resignation of an incumbent local body politician following their election to Parliament:


2017 New Zealand general election, Post-election events, Electoral offences
On 2 October 2017, the Electoral Commission referred four alleged electoral offences to Police. These all involved social media posts of electoral statements during the election silence period of midnight to 7:00pm on election day – a breach of section 197(1)(g)(i) of the Electoral Act. Two of these incidents concerned Sean Plunket, the communications director of The Opportunities Party. On 18 October 2017, the Electoral Commission referred a subsequent offence to Police about TVNZ re-broadcasting a bulletin of Te Karere during the silence period.


2017 New Zealand general election, Post-election events, Election donations
On 13 May 2021, the Serious Fraud Office charged six people in relation to election donations made to the Labour Party during the 2017 general election. The six individuals are all charged with obtaining at least $34,840 by deception or without claim of right, with the donation being paid to the Labour Party via an intermediary bank account.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season
The 2017 New Zealand rugby league season was the 110th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the National Competition, run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The New Zealand national rugby league team also competed at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand were in Group B of the World Cup. They defeated Samoa 38-8 and will play Scotland and Tonga. Coached by David Kidwell, Adam Blair captains the side which includes Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Gerard Beale, Kenny Bromwich, Addin Fonua-Blake, Peta Hiku, Shaun Johnson, Thomas Leuluai, Danny Levi, Isaac Liu, Simon Mannering, Te Maire Martin, Jason Nightingale, Kodi Nikorima, Russell Packer, Jordan Rapana, Brad Takairangi, Joseph Tapine, Martin Taupau, Elijah Taylor, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and Dean Whare.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand lost the 2017 Anzac Test 12-30. Coached by David Kidwell the team was Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Jordan Kahu, Dean Whare, Jordan Rapana, Kieran Foran, Shaun Johnson, Jesse Bromwich (c), Issac Luke, Russell Packer, Kevin Proctor, Simon Mannering, Jason Taumalolo. Bench: Adam Blair, Martin Taupau, Kenny Bromwich and Kodi Nikorima. Elijah Taylor, David Fusitu'a and Brandon Smith were a part of the Kiwis squad but did not play in the match. Following the match Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor were both caught with cocaine at a night club. They were subsequently fined by their clubs and suspended from the World Cup.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Kiwi Ferns lost 4-16 to the Australian Jillaroos in the Anzac Test. Coached by Tony Benson, the team was Sarina Fiso (c), Langi Veainu, Corrina Whiley, Va'anessa Molia-Fraser, Atawhai Tupaea, Georgia Hale, Alex Cook, Lilieta Maumau, Krystal Rota, Bunty Kuruwaka-Crowe, Crystal Tamarua, Teuila Fotu-Moala and Laura Mariu. Bench: Annetta Nuuausala, Hilda Peters, Ngatokotoru Arakua and Nora Maaka. For the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, The Kiwi Ferns selectors considered Australian-based players for the first time. Jason Stanton assists Benson at the tournament.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The squad is Racquel Anderson, Ngatokotoru Arakua, Sharlene Atai, Maitua Feterika, Teuila Fotu Moala, Louisa Gago, Georgia Hale (vc), Honey Hireme, Amber Kani, Bunty Kuruwaka-Crowe, Laura Mariu (c), Lilieta Maumau, Nita Maynard, Raecene McGregor, Krystal Murray, Kimiora Nati, Apii Nicholls-Pualau, Annetta-Claudia Nu'uausala, Hilda Peters, Kahurangi Peters, Krystal Rota, Aieshaleigh Smalley, Atawhai Tupaea and Shontelle Woodman. New Zealand will play Canada, Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Junior Kiwis were coached by Nathan Cayless and included Patrick Herbert, Gregory Leleisiuao, Reimis Smith, Siosifa Talakai, Steven Marsters, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Erin Clark, Emry Pere, Jarome Luai (c), Fabien Paletua-Kiri, Briton Nikora, Dane Aukafolau, Isaiah Papalii. Interchange: Manase Fainu, Moeaki Fotuaika, Kaleb Fuimaono and Sitili Tupouniua.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
Auckland are the holders of the Rugby League Cup but have not defended the trophy since 2012.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Competition
2017 was the eighth year of the National Competition. The tournament began on 17 September.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Competition, Regional competitions
The Southern regional series involved the Southland Rams, the Otago Whalers, the Tasman Titans, the West Coast Chargers and a new district, the Aoraki Eels.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The New Zealand Warriors played in their 23rd first grade season in the Australian competition.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The Warriors also fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the Holden Cup.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
For the fourth consecutive year, Auckland hosted the NRL Auckland Nines.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Glenora Bears won the Fox Memorial, defeating the Point Chevalier Pirates 26-0 to win the Auckland Rugby League title. Glenora also won the Roope Rooster Challenge Trophy.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Otahuhu Leopards defeated the Bay Roskill Vikings 34-20 to win the Sharman Cup.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The ARL Coastal Classic Nines were held on the Hibiscus Coast, after two years in Whitianga. The Pt Chevalier Pirates defeated the Hibiscus Coast Raiders 16-12 in the final to win the tournament.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Tevita Latu and Kevin Locke played for Point Chevalier while Epalahame Lauaki played for Glenora.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington
Whiti Te Ra defeated the Wainuiomata Lions 18-8 to win the Wellington Rugby League title.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
The Linwood Keas won the Canterbury Rugby League title, defeating the Hornby Panthers 34-20.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Northland
Moerewa Tigers won the Whangarei City & Districts title, defeating the Takahiwai Warriors 44-24 at Toll Stadium, Whangarei.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Northland
Ngati Kahu Sharks won the Taitokerau rugby league title, defeating the Kaikohe Lions 46-12.


2017 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Waikato
Taniwharau won the Waikato Rugby League title, defeating the Hamilton City Tigers 16-14.


2017 Newcastle 500
The 2017 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 24 to 26 November 2017. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the fourteenth and final event in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 25 and 26 of the season.


2017 Newcastle 500
The event was the first running of the Newcastle 500, following the discontinuation of the Sydney 500 at the conclusion of the 2016 season.


2017 Newcastle 500, Background
Five drivers came into the final event of the series with a mathematical chance of securing the title, the highest number since 2005.


2017 Newcastle 500, Background
Jamie Whincup leads the championship on 2850 points, 30 points ahead of Scott McLaughlin. McLaughlin's team-mate Fabian Coulthard sits third, 176 points behind Whincup. Chaz Mostert and Shane van Gisbergen are the other two drivers with a chance, however they are 264 and 276 points behind respectively.


2017 Newcastle Knights season
The 2017 Newcastle Knights season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and captained by Trent Hodkinson, before being replaced by Sione Mata'utia and Jamie Buhrer in the captaincy role, they competed in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 16th place (out of 16).


2017 Newcastle Knights season, Jerseys and sponsors
In 2017, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was nib Health Funds.


2017 Newcastle Knights season, Fixtures, Auckland Nines
Squad: 1. Peter Mata'utia 2. Ken Sio 3. Brendan Elliot 4. Nathan Ross 5. Cory Denniss 6. Brock Lamb 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Jacob Saifiti 11. Mitchell Barnett 12. Jamie Buhrer (c) 13. Luke Yates 14. Tyler Randell 15. Jack Stockwell 16. Sam Stone 17. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 18. Nick Meaney 19. Sione Mata'utia (Emergency Player)


2017 Newcastle Knights season, Representative honours
The following players appeared in a representative match in 2017.


2017 Newcastle Knights season, Individual honours, Teams and squads
Intrust Super Premiership New South Wales Team of the Year


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Curling Championship, the women's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 26 to 29 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Stacie Curtis rink represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts from the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial championship which was held at the same time.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Stacie Curtis won her fourth provincial championship, after defeating another former provincial champion, Shelley Hardy in the final.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
"x" indicates team with the hammer in the first end.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
The 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 26 to 29 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning team will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier from the Mile One Centre in St. John's. This will be the second time the winner will be the hosting provincial team in the history of the Brier.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
The event is being held in conjunction with the 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial championship, which will be held at the same time.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 26, 2017. This article lists the results in selected municipalities. Results are for mayoral elections unless otherwise specified.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections, Labrador City
Council voted in 2017 to not hold a separate election for mayor. The council candidate who wins the most votes is elected mayor.


2017 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections, St. John's, City Council, By-election
A by-election was held October 20, 2020 in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hope Jamieson.


2017 Newport City Council election
Elections to Newport City Council were held on 3 May 2017 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2017 United Kingdom local elections.


2017 Newport City Council election
Councillors elected in this election will serve a five-year term due to new Welsh Government policy.


2017 Newport City Council election
The next full election will take place in May 2022.


2017 Next Generation ATP Finals
Chung Hyeon defeated Andrey Rublev in the final, 3–4(5–7), 4–3(7–2), 4–2, 4–2 to capture the 2017 Next Generation ATP Finals title.


2017 Next Generation ATP Finals
The 2017 Next Generation ATP Finals was a men's exhibition tennis tournament played in Milan, Italy, from 7 to 11 November 2017. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players who were age 21 and under on the 2017 ATP World Tour.