1972 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,959,700 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1971: 61,200 (2.11%)
* Males per 100 Females: 99.7

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

Government

The 36th Parliament of New Zealand concluded. A general election was held on 8 December and saw the second National government defeated by a large margin, with the Labour Party winning 55 of 87 seats in Parliament.
*Speaker of the House - Roy Jack until 8 December, then Alfred Allen. Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*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.
*Attorney-General - Dan Riddiford until 9 February, then Roy Jack until 8 December, then Martyn Finlay.

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Norman Kirk (Labour) until 8 December, then Jack Marshall (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 - 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

Events

January

* 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

*Ian Wedde wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1972 in art, 1972 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

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

See: 1972 in music

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. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

*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, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*To Love a Māori

See: , 1972 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: 1972 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

* David McKenzie wins his fourth and last national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:14:11.2 on March 11 in Dunedin.
*Rugby: , National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
*Golf: 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

occer

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

Births

* 3 January: Shaun Longstaff, rugby player.
* 9 January: Gary Stead, cricketer.
* 3 March: Peter O'Leary, soccer referee.
* 27 March: David Bain, Served 12 years for murder of his family, conviction quashed pending a retrial.
* 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.
* 12 August: Tony Marsh, rugby player.
* 27 October: John Steel, swimmer.
*December 20: Jonathan Wyatt, long-distance runner.

* Veeshayne Armstrong, television presenter.
* Brooke Howard-Smith, broadcaster.
* (in Britain): Warwick Murray, academic.
* (in Hong Kong): Jack Yan, publisher, designer and businessman.

Deaths

* 4 March: Major-General Sir Harold Eric Barrowclough, former Chief Justice.
* 14 April: Bert Hawthorne, motor racing driver.
* 22 October: James Keir Baxter, poet.
*11 December: John Mills, cricketer.

* Charles Bowden, politician.
* Ronald Hugh Morrieson, writer.
* Billy Wallace, rugby player.

References

ee also

* 1972 in science
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* 1972 in Australia
* History of New Zealand
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* Military history of New Zealand
* Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
* Timeline of New Zealand history
* Timeline of New Zealand's links with AntarcticaSee 1972 for events not directly related to New Zealand.