1977 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,166,400 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1976: 3000 (0.09%)
* Males per 100 Females: 99.4

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
*Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO, followed by The Rt Hon. Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG CH 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 - Bruce Beetham then Ross Jansen
*Mayor of Wellington - Michael Fowler
*Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
*Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes then Clifford George (Cliff) Skeggs

Events

* 5 January: Led by Joe Hawke, members of Ngati Whatua occupy Bastion Point reserve (Takaparawha) to protest crown sales of land taken from Māori. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=05/01 Today in History | NZHistory ] ] New Zealand proclaims an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles (370 km) - the seventh largest in the world at 4.3 million km²

Arts and literature

*Kerry Hulme and Roger Hall win the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1977 in art, 1977 in literature,

Music

The New Zealand Music Awards were not held this year.
* Waikino music festival at Bicknel's farm, Waitawheta Valley, between Waihi and Waikino. Attendance 5500.

See: 1977 in music

Radio and Television

*April: "Fair Go" airs for the first time.
*June: Wellington's Radio Active 89FM first hits the airwaves
*Feltex Television Awards:
**Best Current Affairs: 'News at Ten"
**Best Documentary Series: "Black Future"
**Best Light Entertainment: "Blerta"
**Best Play: "The God Boy"
**Best Drama: "Moynihan"
**Best Speciality: "Country Calendar"
**Best Actor: Ian Mune in "Winners and Losers" and "Moynihan"
**Best Actress: Judy Douglas in "The God Boy"
**Best Script: "The God Boy"
**Best Personality: Roger Gascoigne

See: 1977 in New Zealand television, 1977 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Landfall (film)
*Off the Edge
*Sleeping Dogs
*Solo (1977 film)
*Wild Man

See: , 1977 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: 1977 in sports , ,
*Rugby: , National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , , Cricket World Cup
*Golf: New Zealand Open , Check in overseas tourniments.
*Horse racing: See , list winners.
*Rugby league Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team
*Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup

Athletics

* Terry Manners wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:40 in Hawera.

occer

* New Zealand National Soccer League won by North Shore United
* Chatham Cup won by Nelson United

Births

* 22 January: Jono Gibbes, rugby player.
* 25 February: Matthew Bell, cricketer.
* 25 March: Brooke Walker, cricketer.
* 16 May: Melanie Lynskey, actress.
* 20 May: Raf de Gregorio, soccer player.
* 9 July (in South Africa): Leana du Plooy, netball player.
* 5 July: Dale Rasmussen, rugby player [ [http://www.skysports.com/rugbyunion/player/0,20330,12547_227640,00.html Sky Sports | Rugby Union | Guiness Premiership | Worcester | Dale Rasmussen ] ]
* 11 July: Matai Smith, television presenter.
* 13 July: Xavier Rush, rugby player.
* 8 September: Sheryl Scanlan, netball player.
* 9 September: Caleb Ralph, rugby player.
* 13 November: Chanel Cole, musician.
* 28 November: Greg Somerville, rugby player.
* 15 December: Dominic Bowden, television presenter.
* 21 December: Leon MacDonald, rugby player.

Deaths

* 18 February: Ron Jarden, rugby player.
* 7 June (in England): Sir Rex Nan Kivell, art collector.
* 24 December: Sir Roy Jack, politician and 16th Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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 1977 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1977