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 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 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 Horse racing 6.2.1 Harness racing 6.2.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.3 Olympic games 6.4 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,163,400 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1975: 19,700 (0.63%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.5

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] 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]

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Sam Hunt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

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

[edit] Music

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 Rogers
  • 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

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

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Stanley Rio ^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Bolton Byrd ^[6]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Olympic games

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

[edit] 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. ^[7]

[edit] 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
• August 3: 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

[edit] 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.
• 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

[edit] References

[edit] 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