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1977 in New Zealand

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1977
in
New Zealand

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1977 in New Zealand.

Population

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  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,166,400.[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1976: 3000 (0.09%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 99.4.[1]

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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1977 was the second full year of the 38th Parliament. The Third National Government was in power.

Parliamentary opposition

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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28 February: Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Beehive.

Arts and literature

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See 1977 in art, 1977 in literature

Music

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The New Zealand Music Awards were not held this year.

See: 1977 in music

Radio and television

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  • 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

Performing arts

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Television

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

Film

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See: Category:1977 film awards, 1977 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1977 films

Sport

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Athletics

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Association football

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Chess

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Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Thoroughbred racing

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Births

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Category:1977 births

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
  6. ^ "100 years of CPI - Basket changes | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Sky Sports – Rugby Union – Guinness Premiership – Worcester – Dale Rasmussen". Sky Sports. 14 September 2011.
  12. ^ McLeod, Aorewa. "Escott, Cicely Margaret. First published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 4, 1998". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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