1971 in New Zealand

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See also: 1970 in New Zealand, other events of 1971, 1972 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.1.1 New Zealand Music Awards 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1971 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Labour - Norman Kirk (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - A. R. (Ron) Guthrey then Neville G. Pickering
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

[edit] Events

See 1971 , 1971 in politics , 1971 in science , Category:1971 in Australia , 1971 in Australia , 1971 in music , 1971 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:1971

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Noel Hilliard wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1971 in art, 1971 in literature, Category:1971 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

• LOXENE GOLDEN DISC Craig Scott - Smiley
• LOXENE GOLDEN DISC Chapta - Say A Prayer

See: 1971 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• In 1971 there was a major breakthrough for international news when the Warkworth Satellite Station was opened. [1]
• The Melbourne Cup was the first live international broadcast, in November.
• The radio licence fee was abolished, and the television fee set at NZ$20 per year.

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Programme: Gallery and In View of the Circumstances
  • Best Actor: Bruno Lawrence in Time Out
  • Best Performance as Frontman: Brian Edwards in Post Office Dispute
  • Best Entertainment: Dinah Lee
  • TVPDA Award for Allied Crafts: Wayne Williams

See: 1971 in New Zealand television, 1971 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1971 film awards , 1971 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1971 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: 1971 in sports , Category:1971 in sports
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup ,Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
• Golf: New Zealand Open , Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team
• Netball: Silver Ferns , Netball World Championships

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by Eastern Suburbs AFC
• Chatham Cup won by Western Suburbs (Wellington)

[edit] Births

• 11 April: Mark Cooksley, rugby player
• 12 April: Gregory Russ, field hockey player
• 28 April: Hamish Carter, triathlete
• 2 June: Dion Gosling, field hockey defender
• 20 June: Josh Kronfeld, rugby player
• 21 June: Irene Van Dyk, netballer
• 15 August: Umesh Parag, field hockey player
• 15 September: Nathan Astle, cricketer
• 20 September: Todd Blackadder, rugby player
• 8 October: Marc Ellis, rugby union and rugby league player, television personality
• 30 November: Heath Davis, cricketer
• 24 December: Geoff Allott, cricketer

[edit] Deaths

• 24 June: Jack Dunning, cricketer
• 19 September: Ted Badcock, cricketer
• 10 October: John Cawte Beaglehole, historian and biographer
• 15 December: Air Marshall Roderick Carr

• Harold Abbott: 1905 All Black

Category:1971 deaths

[edit] See also