1983 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,264,800 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1982: 38,000 (1.18%)
* Males per 100 Females: 98.6

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

Government

The 40th New Zealand Parliament continued. The third National Party government was in power.

*Speaker of the House - Richard Harrison
*Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon
*Deputy Prime Minister - Duncan MacIntyre
*Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Warren Cooper

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Colin Kay then Catherine Tizard
*Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
*Mayor of Wellington - Michael Fowler then Ian Lawrence
*Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
*Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs

Events

*The fourth Sweetwaters Music Festival is held near Pukekawa.
*The visit of the United States nuclear-powered frigate Texas sparks widespread protests.
*The Official Information Act replaces the 1951 Official Secrets Act.

*1 January: The Closer Economic Relations Free trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand comes into force.
*March: Prince Charles, Princess Diana and Prince William visit New Zealand.
*28 March: Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Trade, Lionel Bowen and New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia, Laurie Francis sign the Closer Economic Relations agreement in Canberra, Australia.
*22 August: The New Zealand Party is launched.
*1 September: Disappearance (and presumed death) of 14-year-old Kirsa Jensen. [ [http://www.crime.co.nz/c-files.asp?ID=34 Kirsa Jensen at crime.co.nz] ]

Arts and literature

*Rawiri Paratene wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1983 in art, 1983 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR DD Smash - Deep In The Heart Of Taxes
*SINGLE OF THE YEAR DD Smash - Outlook For Thursday
*TOP MALE VOCALIST Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash)
*TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Suzanne Prentice
*TOP GROUP OF THE YEAR DD Smash
*MOST PROMISING MALE VOCLAIST Andrew Mclennan (Coconut Rough)
*MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Sonya Waters
*MOST PROMISING GROUP Coconut Rough
*BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM The Radars - Chulu Chululu
*BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK/ CAST RECORDING/ COMPILATION Sharon O'Neill - Smash Palace
*BEST MUSIC VIDEO Andrew Shaw - Outlook For Thursday (DD Smash)
*ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Dave Marett - Sierra Leone (Coconut Rough)
*PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave Marett - Sierra Leone (Coconut Rough)
*MOST POPULAR SONG Patsy Riggir - Beautiful Lady
*MOST POPULAR ARTIST DD Smash
*OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION Murray Cammick
*BEST COVER DESIGN Simon & Suzy Clark - Daring Feats
*CLASSICAL RECORD OF THE YEAR Louise Malloy – Louise
*JAZZ RECORD OF THE YEAR Rodger Fox Big Band - Heavy Company
*COUNTRY RECORD OF THE YEAR Suzanne Prentice - When I Dream

See: 1983 in music

Radio and Television

*"Te Karere" becomes a regular Māori language news program.
*Northern Television ceases transmission. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

*Feltex Television Awards:
**Best Television Entertainer: Howard Morrison
**Best Actor: Michael on "Gliding On"
**Best Actress: Sarah Peirse on "A Woman of Good Character"
**Best Drama: "Gliding On"
**Best New Talent: Heath Lees on "Opus" and "Kaleidoscope"
**Best Entertainment: McPhail and Gadsby
**Best Documentary: "Wild South" - Black Robin
**Best Information: "Country Calendar"
**Best Speciality: "Kaleidoscope"
**Best News and Current Affairs: "Close Up"
**Best Script: "Protesters"
**Steve Hosgood Award for Allied Craft: Errol Samuelson, film sound operator on National History Programmes

See: 1983 in New Zealand television, 1983 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Bad Blood
*Hang on a Minute Mate!
*Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
*Patu!
*Strata (film)
*Savage Islands (film)
*Utu

See: , 1983 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: 1983 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

* Graham Macky wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:21:22 in Mosgiel, while Val Lindsay does the same in the women's championship (3:11:35).

Basketball

* NBL won by Auckland

Netball

* The 6th Netball World Championships were held in Singapore. New Zealand lost to Australia in the final.

occer

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

*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 Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup

Births

* 19 January: Glen Moss, soccer player.
* 27 January: Dene Halatau, rugby league player.
* 8 February: James Ryan, rugby union player.
* 8 February: Cory Jane, rugby union and sevens player.
* 13 February: Bradley Shaw, field hockey player.
* 7 April: Allan Pearce, soccer player.
* 15 April: Anna Scarlett, netballer.
* 30 April: David Faiumu, rugby league player.
* 5 May: Ben Atiga, rugby union player.
* 11 May: Holly Valance, actor / musician.
* 22 May: Jeremy Christie, soccer player.
* 6 June: Joe Rokocoko, rugby union player.
* 10 June: Gavin Williams, rugby union player.
* 17 June: James Dolphin, sprinter.
* 29 June: Jimmy Gopperth, rugby union player.
* 6 July: Brent Fisher, soccer player.
* 28 August: Luke McAlister, rugby union player.
* 7 September: Piri Weepu, rugby union player
* 8 September: John Ling, writer.
* 15 September: Richard Sherlock, cricketer.
* 28 September: John Schwalger, rugby union player.
* 17 October: Michelle Ang, actor.
* 18 October Jonny Reid, A1GP driver.
* 8 November: Chris Rankin, actor.
* 2 December: Michael Wesley-Smith, actor.
* 15 December: Brooke Fraser, singer-songwriter.
* 31 December: Jesse Peach, actor / journalist.
* December: Aaradhna, hip-hop artist.

* George Bridgewater, rower.
* Jeremy Mayall, composer.
* Hollie Smith, singer-songwriter.

Deaths

* 23 July: Tex Morton, musician.
* 12 August: Giff Vivian, cricketer.
* 26 October: Edward Blaiklock, academic.
* 8 December: Sir Keith Holyoake, former Prime Minister.

* Sir William Liley, pioneering surgeon.
* Launcelot Eric Richdale, ornithologist.
* Sir William Alfred Stevenson, industrialist and philanthropist.

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 1983 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1983