1986 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,313,500 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1985: 10,400 (0.31%)
* Males per 100 Females: 97.9

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
*Governor-General - The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 41st New Zealand Parliament continued. The fourth Labour Party government was in power.

*Speaker of the House - Gerard Wall
*Prime Minister - David Lange
*Deputy Prime Minister - Geoffrey Palmer
*Minister of Finance - Roger Douglas
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - David Lange

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Jim McLay (National) until 26 March, then Jim Bolger (National). [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 - Catherine Tizard
*Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
*Mayor of Wellington - Ian Lawrence then James Belich
*Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
*Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs

Events

*February 16: Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds.
*March 26: Jim Bolger replaces Jim McLay as leader of the National Party.
*21 June: "The Wanganui Herald" publishes its last issue. The paper started in 1865 as "The Evening Herald". [cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/newpapers.htm|title=Early New Zealand Newspapers]
*July 9: Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 49 votes to 44.
*August 8: The Homosexual Law Reform Act comes into force.
*October 1: GST is introduced at a rate of 10%.
*November 22: Pope John Paul II visits New Zealand for two days.
*December: The Royal Commission on the Electoral System produces a report recommending the adoption of a mixed member proportional electoral system. [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/HstBldgs/History/Resources/3/6/e/36e40376aa2842e6bcce0a4557ebf2bc.htm New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline ] ]
*December 13: The Constitution Act is passed, ending the right of the British Parliament to pass laws on behalf of New Zealand.

Arts and literature

*Cilla McQueen wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1986 in art, 1986 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR Peking Man - Peking Man
*SINGLE OF THE YEAR Peking Man - Room That Echos
*BEST MALE VOCALIST Pat Urlich
*BEST FEMALE VOCALIST Margaret Urlich
*BEST GROUP Peking Man
*MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Tex Pistol
*MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Tania Rowles
*MOST PROMISING GROUP Ardijah
*INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Herbs
*BEST VIDEO Kerry Brown - As The Sun Goes Down (Everything that Flies)
*BEST PRODUCER Bruce Lynch - Peking Man
*BEST ENGINEER Graeme Myhre - Peking Man
*BEST JAZZ ALBUM Phil Broadhurst Trio – Iris
*BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra - A Song Of Islands
*BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir - Patsy Riggir Country
*BEST FOLK ALBUM Various Artists - Send The Boats Away
*BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Samoan Congregational Christian Church Choir - Matou Te Fia Sauna
*BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM The Five Stars - Flower Of Samoa
*BEST SONG OF THE YEAR Dave Dobbyn - Slice Of Heaven
*BEST COVER Phil O'Reilly - Peking Man

See: 1986 in music

Radio and Television

*The State Owned Enterprises Act requires all State-owned enterprises, including Television New Zealand, to operate as commercially successful businesses. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

See: 1986 in New Zealand television, 1986 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , TV3 (New Zealand), , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Mark II
*Pallet on the Floor
*Queen City Rocker

See: , 1986 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: 1986 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

* John Campbell wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:15:19 on June 1 in Christchurch, while Sharon Higgins claims her first in the women's championship (2:45:44).
*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 , Netball World Championships
*Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
*Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
*Other Sports

Births

* 15 January: Isaia Toeava, rugby player.
* 29 January: Steven Broad, singer.
* 12 February: Ashwath Sundarasen, actor.
* 17 February: Steven Old, soccer player.
* 4 March: Manu Vatuvei, rugby player.
* 5 March: Sean Eathorne, cricketer.
* 5 March: Joel Watson, figure skater.
* 17 March (in South Africa): Corney Swanepoel, swimmer.
* 4 April: Richard Petherick, field hockey player.
* 21 April (in Australia): Ryan Kersten, basketballer.
* 5 May: Cole Tinkler, soccer player.
* 4 September: Michael Murphy, singer.
* 16 September: Willie Lonsdale, cricketer.
* 24 September: Todd Astle, cricketer.
* 30 September: Martin Guptill, cricketer.
* 7 October: Amy Satterthwaite, cricketer.
* 14 October: Teresa Bergman, singer.

Deaths

* 25 January: Dennis Smith, cricketer.
* 24 April: Garnet Hercules Mackley, businessman and politician.
* 10 August: Don McRae, cricketer and soccer player.

* Joe Bootham, painter.
* George Nepia, rugby player.
* Peter Mahon, Queen's Counsel.
* Leonard Trent, RNZAF pilot and Victoria Cross winner.

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 1986 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1986