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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[edit] Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1979 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] 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
[edit] Opposition Leaders
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] July
- 30 July: The Carless days scheme is introduced.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Michael A Noonan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
[edit] 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
[edit] Music
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[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: 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Soccer
[edit] 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
[edit] Deaths
- October: Marty Johnstone, drug trafficker ('Mr Asia')
