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1977 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 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 6.2 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,166,400 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1976: 3000 (0.09%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.4

[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, followed by The Rt Hon. Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG CH 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 - Bruce Beetham then Ross Jansen
• Mayor of Wellington - Michael Fowler
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes then Clifford George (Cliff) Skeggs

[edit] Events

• 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]

New Zealand proclaims an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles (370 km) - the seventh largest in the world at 4.3 million km²

[edit] Arts and literature

• Kerry Hulme and Roger Hall win the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1977 in art, 1977 in literature, Category:1977 books

[edit] Music

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

[edit] Radio and Television

• 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

See: 1977 in New Zealand television, 1977 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Landfall (film)
• Off the Edge
• Sleeping Dogs
• Solo (1977 film)
• Wild Man

See: Category:1977 film awards, 1977 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1977 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

• See: 1977 in sports , Category:1977 in sports ,
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , , Cricket World Cup
• Golf: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:Horse racing in New Zealand, list winners.
• Rugby league Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup

[edit] Athletics

• Terry Manners wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:40 in Hawera.

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by North Shore United
• Chatham Cup won by Nelson United

[edit] Births

• 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
• May 25: Michael Bevin, field hockey goalkeeper
• 9 July (in South Africa): Leana du Plooy, netball player
• 5 July: Dale Rasmussen, rugby player ^[6]
• 11 July: Matai Smith, television presenter
• 13 July: Xavier Rush, rugby player
• September 5: Emily Gillam, field hockey player
• 8 September: Sheryl Scanlan, netball player
• 9 September: Caleb Ralph, rugby player
• 13 November: Chanel Cole, musician
• 28 November: Greg Somerville, rugby player
• 15 December: Dominic Bowden, television presenter
• 21 December: Leon MacDonald, rugby player

Category:1977 births.

[edit] Deaths

• 18 February: Ron Jarden, rugby player.
• 7 June (in England): Sir Rex Nan Kivell, art collector.
• 24 December: Sir Roy Jack, politician and 16th Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Category:1977 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 1977 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1977

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