1979 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.1.1 New Zealand Music Awards 5.2 Radio and Television 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Athletics 7.2 Motorsport 7.3 Netball 7.4 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

[edit] Summary

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[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,163,900 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1978: -1,300 (-0.04%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.0

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Sir Keith Holyoake

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Richard Harrison
• Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon
• Deputy Prime Minister - Brian Talboys
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Brian Talboys

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Labour - Bill Rowling (Leader of the Opposition)
• Social Credit Party - Bruce Beetham

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
• Mayor of Wellington - Michael Fowler
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
• Mayor of Dunedin - Clifford George (Cliff) Skeggs

[edit] Events

• 30 July: The Carless days scheme is introduced.
• 28 November: Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashes in Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crewmembers aboard.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Michael A Noonan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

• Nambassa beach festival, touring family roadshow. Whangamata Waihi Beach Mount Maunganui and Coromandel.
• Nambassa three day music, crafts and alternative lifestyle festival on Phil and Pat Hulses' 400 acre farm in Golden Valley, north of Waihi. Attendance 75,000 plus.
• Summer '79, outdoor arts festival in the parks of Wellington - including the Botanical Gardens, the Newtown Zoo, the Town Belt and several suburban parks.

See 1979 in art, 1979 in literature, Category:1979 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR Street Talk – Street Talk
• SINGLE OF THE YEAR Th’ Dudes – Be Mine Tonight
• TOP MALE VOCALIST Rob Guest
• TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Sharon O’Neill
• TOP GROUP Th’ Dudes
• MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Jon Stevens
• MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Tina Cross
• MOST PROMISING GROUP Street Talk
• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Steve Robinson - This Heart This Song
• ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Gerry Smith – This Heart This Song
• BEST COVER DESIGN Geoff Chunn, Peter Burt & Dale Wrightson – Just Drove Through Town

See: 1979 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Current Affairs: Dateline Monday
  • Best Documentary: Okarito
  • Best Drama: The Mad Dog Gang meets Rotten Fred and Ratsguts
  • Best Speciality: Spot On
  • Best Information: Fair Go
  • Best Actor: David McPhail in A Week of It
  • Best Actress: Barbara Ewing
  • Entertainer of the Year: David McPhail
  • Special Committee Award: Selwyn Toogood for pioneering work in Radio and Television

See: 1979 in New Zealand television, 1979 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Middle Age Spread
• Sons for the Return Home

See: Category:1979 film awards, 1979 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1979 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1979 in sports , Category:1979 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup

[edit] Athletics

• Tony Good wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:47.3.

[edit] Motorsport

• A New Zealand team consisting of Larry Ross, Mitch Shirra, Ivan Mauger and Bruce Cribb win the motorcycle Speedway World Team Cup held at White City Stadium in London.

[edit] Netball

Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup ,

• 5th Netball World Championships held in Trinidad and Tobago. Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago all tied for first place.

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by Mt. Wellington AFC
• Chatham Cup won by North Shore United

[edit] Births

• 27 January: Daniel Vettori, cricketer
• 1 February: Peter Fulton, cricketer
• 15 February: Hamish and James Marshall, cricketers
• 15 March: Kyle Mills, cricketer
• 20 March: Keven Mealamu, rugby union player
• 26 March: Ben Blair, rugby union player
• 12 May (In Nadi, Fiji): Amasio Valence, rugby sevens player
• 15 May (in Samoa): Chris Masoe, rugby union player.
• 8 June: Adine Wilson, netball player.
• 2 July: Michael Papps, cricketer.
• 30 July: Louise Corcoran, skeleton racer.
• 3 October: Rodney So'oialo, rugby union player
• 14 November: Carl Hayman, rugby union player
• 20 November: Maree Bowden, netball player
• 3 December: Daniel Bedingfield, pop singer

• Pete Wheeler, artist.

Category:1979 births

[edit] Deaths

• October: Marty Johnstone, drug trafficker ('Mr Asia')
• November: Peter Mulgrew, Mountaineer (died in Mt Erebus disaster)

Category:1979 deaths

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1979 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1979