1972 in New Zealand

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See also: 1971 in New Zealand, other events of 1972, 1973 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 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 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

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See: 1972 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt followed by Sir Denis Blundell

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack then Alfred Allen
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake then Jack Marshall then Norman Kirk
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall then Robert Muldoon then Hugh Watt
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon then Bill Rowling
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake then Jack Marshall then Norman Kirk

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Labour - Norman Kirk (Leader of the Opposition) (before 8 December).

• National - Jack Marshall (Leader of the Opposition) (after 8 December).

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - Neville G. Pickering
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

[edit] Events

See 1972 , 1972 in politics , 1972 in science , Category:1972 in Australia , 1972 in Australia , 1972 in music , 1972 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 , Category:1972

[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

• Ian Wedde wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1972 in art, 1972 in literature, Category:1972 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

• LOXENE GOLDEN DISC Suzanne - Sunshine Through A Prism
• LOXENE GOLDEN DISC Creation - Carolina

See: 1972 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• The Broadcasting Authority in March grants the right to broadcast a second television channel to the private consortium Independent Television Corporation. After the election of the Labour Government in November, Norman Kirk announces the second channel will be run by NZBC.
• In September, the first live broadcast of an All Black match takes place. The All Blacks played against Australia. [1]

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Programme: Charlie's Rock - Pukemanu
  • Outstanding Performance: Peter Sinclair in Golden Disc Award
  • Best Drama: Charlie's Rock - Pukemanu

See: 1972 in New Zealand television, 1972 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• To Love a Māori

See: Category:1972 film awards, 1972 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1972 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: 1972 in sports , Category:1972 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 , National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
• Golf: 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

[edit] Soccer

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

[edit] Births

• 9 January: Gary Stead, cricketer
• 27 March: David Bain, convicted for murder of his family.
• 29 March: Paul Kent, swimmer
• 16 May: Matthew Hart, cricketer
• 3 June: Robert Kennedy, cricketer
• 7 June: Karl Urban, actor
• 21 June (In South Africa): Irene van Dyk, netball player
• 4 July: Craig Spearman, cricketer
• 27 October: John Steel, swimmer

• Brooke Howard-Smith, broadcaster
• (in Hong Kong): Jack Yan, publisher, designer and businessman

Category:1972 births

[edit] Deaths

• 22 October: James Keir Baxter, poet
• 11 December: John Mills, cricketer

• Ronald Hugh Morrieson, writer
• Billy Wallace, rugby player

Category:1972 deaths

[edit] See also