1977 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1977 in New Zealand.
Population[edit]
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,166,400.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1976: 3000 (0.09%).[1]
- Males per 100 females: 99.4.[1]
Incumbents[edit]
Regal and viceregal[edit]
- Head of State – Elizabeth II
- Governor-General – Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO, followed by The Rt Hon. Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG CH QSO.[2]
Government[edit]
1977 was the second full year of the 38th Parliament. The Third National Government was in power.
- 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]
- Chief Justice — Sir Richard Wild
Parliamentary opposition[edit]
Main centre leaders[edit]
- Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton – Bruce Beetham then Ross Jansen
- Mayor of Wellington – Michael Fowler
- Mayor of Christchurch – Hamish Hay
- Mayor of Dunedin – Jim Barnes then Clifford George (Cliff) Skeggs
Events[edit]
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- 5 January – Led by Joe Hawke, members of Ngati Whatua occupy Bastion Point reserve (Takaparawha) to protest crown sales of land taken from Māori.[5]
- 6 February – Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of New Zealand
- 28 February – The new Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament, nicknamed the "Beehive" due to its shape, is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, despite not being fully complete yet.
- 26 March – 1977 Mangere by-election: David Lange (Labour) is elected to replace Colin Moyle.
- 21 November – God Defend New Zealand becomes the second official national anthem of New Zealand, in conjunction with God Save The Queen.
- 6 December – The meat pie-based fast food chain Georgie Pie opens its first restaurant in Kelston, Auckland.
- 23 December – the Wild Animal Control Act 1977 passed into law
- New Zealand proclaims an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles (370 km) – the seventh largest in the world at 4.3 million km2
- Mushrooms and typewriters are added to the CPI basket.[6]
Arts and literature[edit]
- Keri Hulme and Roger Hall win the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1977 in art, 1977 in literature
Music[edit]
The New Zealand Music Awards were not held this year.
- Waikino music festival at Bicknel's farm, Waitawheta Valley, between Waihi and Waikino. Attendance 5500.
See: 1977 in music
Radio and television[edit]
- April: Fair Go airs for the first time.
- June: Wellington's Radio Active 89FM first hits the airwaves
- Feltex Television Awards:
- Best Current Affairs: News at Ten
- Best Documentary Series: Black Future
- Best Light Entertainment: Blerta
- Best Play: The God Boy
- Best Drama: Moynihan
- Best Speciality: Country Calendar
- Best Actor: Ian Mune in Winners and Losers and Moynihan
- Best Actress: Judy Douglas in The God Boy
- Best Script: The God Boy
- Best Personality: Roger Gascoigne
Performing arts[edit]
- Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Max Cryer.
- Roger Hall's Middle-Age Spread premiered at the Circa Theatre, Wellington
Television[edit]
See: 1977 in New Zealand television, 1977 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film[edit]
See: Category:1977 film awards, 1977 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1977 films
Sport[edit]
Athletics[edit]
- Terry Manners wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:40 in Hawera.
Association football[edit]
- New Zealand National Soccer League won by North Shore United
- The Chatham Cup is won by Nelson United who beat Mount Wellington 1–0 in the final.[7]
Chess[edit]
- The 84th New Zealand Chess Championship is held in North Shore, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland.[8]
Horse racing[edit]
Harness racing[edit]
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Sole Command[9]
- There was no 1977 running of the Auckland Trotting Cup as the race was being rescheduled from December (1976) to February (1978)[10]
Thoroughbred racing[edit]
Births[edit]
- 22 January: Jono Gibbes, rugby player
- 25 February: Matthew Bell, cricketer
- 25 March: Brooke Walker, cricketer
- 16 May: Melanie Lynskey, actress
- 20 May: Raf de Gregorio, soccer player
- 25 May: Michael Bevin, field hockey goalkeeper
- 14 June: Duncan Oughton, footballer
- 9 July (in South Africa): Leana du Plooy, netball player'
- 5 July: Dale Rasmussen, rugby player[11]
- 11 July: Matai Smith, television presenter
- 13 July: Xavier Rush, rugby player
- 5 September: Emily Gillam, field hockey player
- 8 September: Sheryl Scanlan, netball player
- 9 September: Caleb Ralph, rugby player
- 18 October: Ryan Nelsen, footballer
- 13 November: Chanel Cole, musician
- 28 November: Greg Somerville, rugby player
- 15 December: Dominic Bowden, television presenter
- 21 December: Leon MacDonald, rugby player
Deaths[edit]
- 22 January: Toby Hill, watersider and trade unionist
- 18 February: Ron Jarden, rugby player.
- 7 June (in England): Sir Rex Nan Kivell, art collector.
- 26 June; Alice May Palmer, public servant and union official
- 15 August: Margaret Escott, novelist and poet.[12]
- 24 December: Sir Roy Jack, politician and 16th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
See also[edit]
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ Today in History | NZHistory
- ^ "100 years of CPI - Basket changes | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021.
- ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sky Sports – Rugby Union – Guinness Premiership – Worcester – Dale Rasmussen". Sky Sports. 14 September 2011.
- ^ McLeod, Aorewa. "Escott, Cicely Margaret. First published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 4, 1998". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
External links[edit]
Media related to 1977 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons