1986 in New Zealand

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See also: 1985 in New Zealand, other events of 1986, 1987 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 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 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Summary

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

See: 1986 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 - The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves

Government

The 41st New Zealand Parliament continued. The fourth Labour Party government was in power.

• Speaker of the House - Gerard Wall
• Prime Minister - David Lange
• Deputy Prime Minister - Geoffrey Palmer
• Minister of Finance - Roger Douglas
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - David Lange

Opposition Leaders

• National - Jim McLay (Leader of the Opposition) (before 26 March).

• National - Jim Bolger (Leader of the Opposition) (after 26 March).

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Catherine Tizard
• Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
• Mayor of Wellington - Ian Lawrence then James Belich
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
• Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs

Events

See 1986, 1986 in politics, 1986 in science, Category:1986 in Australia, 1986 in Australia, 1986 in music, 1986 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

• February 16: Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds.
• March 26: Jim Bolger replaces Jim McLay as leader of the National Party.
• July 9: Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 49 votes to 44.
• August 8: The Homosexual Law Reform Act comes into force.
• October 1: GST is introduced at a rate of 10%.
• November 22: Pope John Paul II visits New Zealand for two days.
• December: The Royal Commission on the Electoral System produces a report recommending the adoption of a mixed member proportional electoral system.
• December 13: The Constitution Act is passed, ending the right of the British Parliament to pass laws on behalf of New Zealand.

Arts and literature

• Cilla McQueen wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1986 in art, 1986 in literature, Category:1986 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR Peking Man - Peking Man
• SINGLE OF THE YEAR Peking Man - Room That Echos
• BEST MALE VOCALIST Pat Urlich
• BEST FEMALE VOCALIST Margaret Urlich
• BEST GROUP Peking Man
• MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Tex Pistol
• MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Tania Rowles
• MOST PROMISING GROUP Ardijah
• INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Herbs
• BEST VIDEO Kerry Brown - As The Sun Goes Down (Everything that Flies)
• BEST PRODUCER Bruce Lynch - Peking Man
• BEST ENGINEER Graeme Myhre - Peking Man
• BEST JAZZ ALBUM Phil Broadhurst Trio – Iris
• BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra - A Song Of Islands
• BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir - Patsy Riggir Country
• BEST FOLK ALBUM Various Artists - Send The Boats Away
• BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Samoan Congregational Christian Church Choir - Matou Te Fia Sauna
• BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM The Five Stars - Flower Of Samoa
• BEST SONG OF THE YEAR Dave Dobbyn - Slice Of Heaven
• BEST COVER Phil O'Reilly - Peking Man

See: 1986 in music

Radio and Television

• The State Owned Enterprises Act requires all State-owned enterprises, including Television New Zealand, to operate as commercially successful businesses. [1]

See: 1986 in New Zealand television, 1986 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Mark II
• Pallet on the Floor
• Queen City Rocker

See: Category:1986 film awards, 1986 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1986 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: 1986 in sports , Category:1986 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 , Netball World Championships
• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
• Other Sports

Births

• 15 January: Isaia Toeava, rugby player
• 29 January: Steven Broad, singer
• 12 February: Ashwath Sundarasen, actor
• 4 March: Manu Vatuvei, rugby player
• 5 March: Sean Eathorne, cricketer
• 5 March: Joel Watson, figure skater
• 17 March (in South Africa): Corney Swanepoel, swimmer
• 4 April: Richard Petherick, field hockey player
• 5 May: Cole Tinkler, soccer player
• 4 September: Michael Murphy, singer
• 24 September: Todd Astle, cricketer
• 30 September: Martin Guptill, cricketer
• 14 October: Teresa Bergman, singer

Deaths

• 25 January: Dennis Smith, cricketer
• 24 April: Garnet Hercules Mackley, businessman and politician
• 10 August: Don McRae, cricketer and soccer player
• Joe Bootham, painter
• George Nepia, rugby player
• Peter Mahon, Queen's Counsel
• Leonard Trent, RNZAF pilot and Victoria Cross winner

See also

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