New Zealand Filmmaker Lee Tamahori directs the 1994 film “Once Were Were Warriors,” from Alan Duff’s bestselling novel of the same name, a scathing study of the depression, rage and violence that plagues many modern urban Maori families.

In New Zealand’s general election, the number of elected members to the House of Representatives increases from 99 to 120 in accordance with the mandated transition of Parliament into a mixed member proportional (MMP) representation system.

The National party’s Jim Bolger retains the premiership and Winston Peter, Maori leader of the New Zealand First party, becomes Deputy Prime Minister.

The two leaders form a coalition between the National and New Zealand First parties.

By the end of 1994, the level of ownership of Australasian resources and businesses is well over 90 percent.

New Zealand Filmmaker Lee Tamahori directs the 1994 film “Once Were Were Warriors,” from Alan Duff’s best-selling novel of the same name, a scathing study of the depression, rage and violence that plagues many modern urban Maori families.

By the end of 1994, the level of ownership of Australasian resources and businesses is well over 90 percent.

New Zealand Filmmaker Lee Tamahori directs the 1994 film “Once Were Were Warriors,” from Alan Duff’s best-selling novel of the same name, a scathing study of the depression, rage and violence that plagues many modern urban Maori families.

By early 1994, Burma's estimated 400,000 heroin users have the highest HIV rate of any addict population.

(Source: The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade)

In 1993-94, Southeast Asia supplies an estimated 80 percent of the total US market for heroin.
(Source: The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade)