1979 in New Zealand

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See also: 1978 in New Zealand, other events of 1979, 1980 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 July 4 Arts and literature 4.1 January 4.2 Music 4.2.1 New Zealand Music Awards 4.3 Radio and Television 4.4 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Netball 6.2 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Summary

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

See: 1979 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

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

Opposition Leaders

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

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

Events

See also 1979, 1979 in politics, 1979 in science, Category:1979 in Australia, 1979 in Australia, 1979 in music, 1979 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

July

• 30 July: The Carless days scheme is introduced.

Arts and literature

• Michael A Noonan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

January

• 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

Music

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

Radio and Television

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Current Affairs: Dateline Monday
  • Best Documentary: Okarito
  • Best Drama: The Mad Dog Gang meets Rug Rats
  • 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

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

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

• 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

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.

Soccer

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

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 player
• 26 March: Ben Blair, rugby player
• 15 May (in Samoa): Chris Masoe, rugby player
• 2 July: Michael Papps, cricketer
• 3 October: Rodney So'oialo, rugby player
• 14 November: Carl Hayman, rugby player
• 3 December: Daniel Bedingfield, pop singer

Category:1979 births

Deaths

• October: Marty Johnstone, drug trafficker ('Mr Asia')

Category:1979 deaths

See also

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