- 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: 99.5Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
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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
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Mayor of Auckland -Dove-Myer Robinson
*Mayor of Hamilton -Mike Minogue thenBruce Beetham
*Mayor of Wellington - Michael Fowler
*Mayor of Christchurch -Hamish Hay
*Mayor of Dunedin -James George Barnes Events
January
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Arts and literature
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Sam Hunt wins theRobert 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 LifeSee:
1976 in music Radio and Television
*Television Two is renamed
South Pacific Television .
*All broadcasting services, including radio, are merged into theBroadcasting Corporation of New Zealand . [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]*Feltex Television Awards:
**Best Programme: "Pearse"
**Best Personality: John Clarke andDougal Stevenson
**Actor:Martin Sanderson
**Actress:Ilona Rogers
**Best Series: "One Man's View"
**Best Script:Ian Mune andPeter 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
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The God Boy See: ,
1976 in film ,List of New Zealand feature films ,Cinema of New Zealand ,Appointments and awards
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New Zealand Order of Merit ,Order of New Zealand
*Archbishop of New Zealand
*Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Dioceseport
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1976 in sports , ,Summer Olympic Games (See andWinter 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 leagueNew 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 onMarch 6 inAuckland .occer
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New Zealand National Soccer League won byWellington Diamond United
*Chatham Cup won byChristchurch United Births
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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
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9 January : SirStanley Whitehead , politician and 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
*7 February (in Australia): SirCedric 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
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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":
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