1976 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,163,400 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1975: 19,700 (0.63%)
* Males per 100 Females: 99.5

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
*Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO. [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

*Speaker of the House - Roy Jack. Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon
*Deputy Prime Minister - Brian Talboys.
*Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon.
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Brian Talboys.
*Attorney-General - Peter Wilkinson.

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Bill Rowling (Labour). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

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

Events

January

* 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

*Sam Hunt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1976 in art, 1976 in literature,

Music

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

Radio and Television

*Television Two is renamed South Pacific Television.
*All broadcasting services, including radio, are merged into the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

*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, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*The God Boy

See: , 1976 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

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

port

:See: 1976 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , 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 in overseas tourniments.
*Horse racing: See , 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

Athletics

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

occer

* New Zealand National Soccer League won by Wellington Diamond United
* Chatham Cup won by Christchurch United

Births

* 1 January: Karl Burnett, actor.
* 13 January: Bic Runga, singer, songwriter.
* 12 February: Christian Cullen, rugby player.
* 14 March: Sarah Ulmer, cyclist.
* 14 March: (in Winnipeg, Canada) Daniel Gillies, actor.
* 31 March: Anna Rowberry, netball player.
* 6 April: Bruce Reihana, rugby player.
* 11 April: (in Tonga) Pita Alatini, rugby player.
* 7 July: Ron Cribb, rugby player.
* 22 July (in South Africa): Joggie Viljoen, rugby player.
* 3 September: Ivan Vicelich, soccer player.
* 13 September: Craig McMillan, cricketer.
* 29 September (in South Africa): Megan Cassie (Alatini), singer and actress.
* 3 October: Simon Wills, motor racing driver.
* 4 November: Troy Flavell, rugby player.
* 20 November: Doug Viney, K-1 fighter.
* 3 December: Byron Kelleher, rugby player.
* 13 December: Mark Paston, soccer player.
* 15 December: Joseph Yovich, cricketer.
* 21 December: Mark Dickel, basketball player.

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.

References

ee 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