1972 in New Zealand

1972 in New Zealand
Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:

Population

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 36th Parliament of New Zealand concluded. A general election was held on 8 December and saw the second National government defeated by a large margin, with the Labour Party winning 55 of 87 seats in Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

See 1972 in art, 1972 in literature, Category:1972 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

See: 1972 in music

Performing arts

Radio and Television

See: 1972 in New Zealand television, 1972 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1972 film awards, 1972 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1972 films

Sport

Athletics

Chess

Horse racing

Harness racing

Olympic games

Soccer

Births

Category:1972 births

Deaths

Category:1972 deaths

References

  1. Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
  2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. "New Zealand and Chile". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  6. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
  7. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
  8. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
  9. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com

See also