1976 in New Zealand

1976 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 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 Athletics 6.2 Chess 6.3 Horse racing 6.3.1 Harness racing 6.3.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.4 Olympic games 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,163,400^[1]
• Increase since 31 December 1975: 19,700 (0.63%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.5

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO.^[2]

Government

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack.^[3]
• Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon
• Deputy Prime Minister - Brian Talboys.^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon.^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Brian Talboys.^[3]
• Attorney-General - Peter Wilkinson.^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Bill Rowling (Labour).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue then Bruce Beetham
• Mayor of Wellington - Michael Fowler
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

Events

• 28 February: Nelson by-election - Mel Courtney (Labour) elected to replace the late Stanley Whitehead.
• 7 June: The nation's first McDonald's restaurant opens in central Porirua.
• 1 November: The Waitangi Day Act 1976 commences, replacing the New Zealand Day public holiday with Waitangi Day on 6 February.

Arts and literature

• Sam Hunt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1976 in art, 1976 in literature, Category:1976 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR NZSO - Symphony #2
• RECORDING ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Dr Tree
• BEST NEW ARTIST Dr Tree
• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Alan Galbraith - Taking It All In Stride
• ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock - Taking It All In Stride
• ARRANGER OF THE YEAR David Frazer - Taking It All In Stride
• COMPOSER OF THE YEAR John Hanlon - Night Life

See: 1976 in music

Radio and Television

• Television Two is renamed South Pacific Television.
• All broadcasting services, including radio, are merged into the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand. [1]

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Programme: Pearse
  • Best Personality: John Clarke and Dougal Stevenson
  • Actor: Martin Sanderson
  • Actress: Ilona Rodgers
  • Best Series: One Man's View
  • Best Script: Ian Mune and Peter Hansard: Winners And Losers: The Woman At The Store

See: 1976 in New Zealand television, 1976 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• The God Boy

See: Category:1976 film awards, 1976 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1976 films

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

Sport

Athletics

• UK-born Jack Foster wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:27 on 6 March in Auckland.

Chess

• The 83rd National Chess Championship is held in Upper Hutt. There is a three-way tie for the title between Lev Aptekar, Murray Chandler, and Ortvin Sarapu .^[5]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Stanley Rio^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Bolton Byrd^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

Olympic games

• New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by Wellington Diamond United
• The Chatham Cup is won by Christchurch United who beat Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 4—0 in the final.^[8]

Births

• 1 January: Karl Burnett, actor
• 13 January: Bic Runga, singer, songwriter
• 12 February: Christian Cullen, rugby union footballer
• 14 March: Sarah Ulmer, cyclist
• 31 March: Anna Rowberry, netball player
• 6 April: Bruce Reihana, rugby player
• 7 May: Stacey Jones, rugby league footballer
• 7 July: Ron Cribb, rugby union footballer
• 3 August: Rachel Sutherland, field hockey player
• 3 September: Ivan Vicelich, soccer player
• 13 September: Craig McMillan, cricketer
• 3 October: Simon Wills, motor racing driver
• 4 November: Troy Flavell, rugby union footballer
• 20 November: Doug Viney, K-1 fighter
• 3 December: Byron Kelleher, rugby union footballer
• 13 December: Mark Paston, soccer player
• 15 December: Joseph Yovich, cricketer
• 21 December: Mark Dickel, basketball player

Category:1976 births

Deaths

• 9 January: Sir Stanley Whitehead, politician and 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 7 February (in Australia): Sir Cedric Stanton Hicks, nutrition scientist.
• 12 June: Herb Lilburne, All Black captain.
• 20 July: Tom Lowry, cricketer.
• 21 August: Ken James, cricketer.
• 12 November: Cliff Porter, All Black captain.
• 19 August: Ken Wadsworth, cricketer.

Category:1976 deaths

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 1976 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1976

References

External links

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