• Source: 1978 in New Zealand

      • The following lists events that happened during 1978 in New Zealand.


      Population


      Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,165,200.
      Change since 31 December 1977: -1,200 (-0.04%).
      Males per 100 females: 99.2.
      This was the first year since 1941 in which New Zealand's population declined (due to emigration, largely to Australia).


      Incumbents




      = Regal and viceregal

      =
      Head of State – Elizabeth II
      Governor-General – The Rt Hon. Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG CH QSO.


      = 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.
      Attorney-General – Peter Wilkinson until 13 December, then Jim McLay.
      Chief Justice — Sir Richard Wild (until 20 January), Sir Ronald Davison (starting 3 February)


      = Parliamentary opposition

      =
      Leader of the Opposition – Bill Rowling (Labour).
      Social Credit Party – Bruce Beetham


      = 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


      Events


      The Pureora Forest Park was established after a series of protests and tree sittings.
      18 February – The Rangitikei by-election was won by Bruce Beetham for Social Credit.
      1 April – Flag carriers Air New Zealand and the National Airways Corporation merge to form a single airline under the Air New Zealand name.
      25 April – A 506 day long Māori occupation of and protest in Bastion Point ends.
      12 September – Kaimai Rail Tunnel on the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, at 8896 m the longest tunnel in New Zealand, opened.
      December – Holy Name Seminary, Christchurch (Catholic) closed.


      Arts and literature


      Roger Hall and Peter Olds win the Robert Burns Fellowship.
      See 1978 in art, 1978 in literature, Category:1978 books


      = January

      =
      Nambassa, three-day music, crafts and alternative lifestyles festival on Phil and Pat Hulses' 400-acre (1.6 km2) farm in Golden Valley, north of Waihi. Attendance 25,000.


      = October

      =
      Nambassa winter road show, toured the North Island of NZ, promoting the 1979 festival.


      = Music

      =


      New Zealand Music Awards


      Winners were as follows:

      ALBUM OF THE YEAR Hello Sailor – Hello Sailor
      SINGLE OF THE YEAR Golden Harvest – I Need Your Love
      TOP MALE VOCALIST John Rowles
      TOP GROUP Hello Sailor
      TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Sharon O’Neill
      ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Ian Morris – Hello Sailor
      PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Rob Aicken – Hello Sailor
      MOST PROMISING GROUP Citizen Band
      MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Kim Hart
      MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Dennis O’Brien
      See: 1978 in music


      = Performing arts

      =
      Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to George Tumahai.


      = Radio and television

      =
      23 November – the AM broadcast band moves from 10 kHz spacing to 9 kHz spacing, in line with the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975.
      Feltex Television Awards:
      Best Current Affairs: Dateline Monday
      Best Information: Fair Go
      Best Documentary: Birth with R.D. Laing
      Best Light Entertainment: A Week of It
      Best Drama: The Governor
      Best Speciality: Sport on One
      Best Actor: David McPhail on A Week of It
      Best Personality: Roger Gascoigne
      Best Script: He Iwi Ko Tahi Tatou: episode four of The Governor
      See: 1978 in New Zealand television, 1978 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand


      = Film

      =
      Angel Mine
      Skin Deep
      See: Category:1978 film awards, 1978 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1978 films


      Sport




      = Athletics

      =
      Paul Ballinger wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:33 on 11 March in Hastings.


      = Chess

      =
      The 85th New Zealand Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Craig Laird of Tauranga.


      = Commonwealth Games

      =


      = Cricket

      =
      15 February: After 48 years of trying, New Zealand beats England in a Test match for the first time, winning the Test at the Basin Reserve.


      = Horse racing

      =


      Harness racing


      New Zealand Trotting Cup: Trusty Scot
      Auckland Trotting Cup: Sole Command. From 1978–86 the race was over 2700m and there was no handicapping.


      = Soccer

      =
      New Zealand National Soccer League won by Christchurch United
      The Chatham Cup is won by Manurewa who beat Nelson United 1–0 in the final.


      Births


      2 January: Dan Ward-Smith, rugby union player
      5 January: Adi Dick, musician.
      21 January (in the United States): Mike Chappell, basketballer.
      3 February: Keith Cameron, rugby union player.
      26 February: Rico Gear, rugby union player.
      8 April: Nathan Mauger, rugby union player.
      29 April: Donna Loffhagen, netball and basketball player.
      19 May: Willie Walker, rugby union player.
      28 May: John Dennison, poet.
      1 June: Ben Lummis, singer and winner of New Zealand Idol (season 1).
      11 June: Daryl Tuffey, cricketer.
      4 July: Bianca Russell, field hockey player.
      6 July: Kevin Senio, rugby union player.
      12 July: Claire Chitham, actor.
      26 July: David Kosoof, field hockey player.
      28 July: Jacob Oram, cricketer.
      14 August (in South Africa): Greg Rawlinson, rugby union player.
      5 September:
      Chris Hipkins, politician.
      Chris Jack, rugby union player.
      10 September: Nish Selvadurai, comedian.
      13 September: Andrew Hore, rugby union player.
      18 September: Iain Lees-Galloway, politician.
      21 September: Doug Howlett, rugby union player.
      10 October: Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell (twins), rowers, Olympic gold medallists (2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing)
      26 October: Ricky Cockerill, figure skater.
      6 November: Dean Kent, swimmer.
      11 November: Lou Vincent, cricketer.
      19 November (in Australia): Mahé Drysdale, rower, Olympic gold medallist (2012 London)
      21 November: Paul Urlovic, soccer player.
      William Dwane Bell, convicted murderer.
      Mok TzeMing, writer.
      Category:1978 births


      Deaths


      6 January: Burt Munro, record-setting motorcyclist
      30 March: Sir Charles William Hamilton (Bill Hamilton), inventor of the jetboat.
      13 May: Alby Roberts, cricketer.
      22 May: Sir Richard Wild, 9th Chief Justice of New Zealand.
      23 July: Sir Ronald Algie, politician and former Speaker of the House of Representatives.
      18 August: Ronald L. Meek, economist.
      John Hutton, glass engraver
      Category:1978 deaths


      See also


      List of years in New Zealand
      Timeline of New Zealand history
      History of New Zealand
      Military history of New Zealand
      Timeline of the New Zealand environment
      Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica


      References




      External links


      Media related to 1978 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

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