1980 in New Zealand

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1980
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in New Zealand.

Population[edit]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,176,400.[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1979: 12,500 (0.40%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 99.2.[1]

Incumbents[edit]

Regal and viceregal[edit]

Government[edit]

The 39th New Zealand Parliament continued. The third National Party government was in power.

An attempt by high-ranking ministers Derek Quigley, Jim McLay, and Jim Bolger to replace Muldoon as prime minister (known as the "colonels' coup") with the deputy prime minister Talboys collapsed as a result of Talboys' unwillingness to actively campaign against Muldoon.

Three by-elections occurred.

Parliamentary opposition[edit]

Main centre leaders[edit]

Events[edit]

  • 24 March – A Porirua to Wellington commuter train collides with a diesel shunter on the approach to Wellington railway station, killing two and injuring 77.[5][6]
  • A strike at Kinleith Mill lasted for 80 days, and broke the government's wage and price freeze.
  • The first Sweetwaters Music Festival was held near Ngāruawāhia.
  • The carless days scheme finished.
  • Saturday trading allowed (lifting the 1945 restriction), although Sunday trading by most retail outlets apart from dairies and takeaway food outlets remained banned.[7]

Arts and literature[edit]

See 1980 in art, 1980 in literature, Category:1980 books

Music[edit]

New Zealand Music Awards[edit]

  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR Sharon O'Neill – Sharon O'Neill
  • SINGLE OF THE YEAR Jon Stevens – Montego Bay
  • TOP MALE VOCALIST Jon Stevens
  • TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Sharon O'Neill
  • TOP GROUP The Crocodiles
  • MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Jon Stevens
  • MOST PROMISING GROUP Crocodiles
  • PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Dave MaCrae & Kevin Oliff – Pacific Eardrum (Pacific Eardrum)
  • ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Tony Burns – Pacific Eardrum (Pacific Eardrum)
  • BEST COVER Peter Burt – Pacific Eardrum (Pacific Eardrum)
  • OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION Terence O’Neill-Joyce

See: 1980 in music

Performing arts[edit]

Radio and television[edit]

See: 1980 in New Zealand television, 1980 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[edit]

See: Category:1980 film awards, 1980 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1980 films

Sport[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Chess[edit]

Horse racing[edit]

Harness racing[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

  • Only four of the 98 New Zealand competitors originally selected go to the Summer Olympics because of the Western boycott.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0

Winter Olympics[edit]

  • New Zealand sends a team of five alpine skiers.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0

Paralympic Games[edit]

Summer Paralympics[edit]

 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
7 6 7 20

Winter Paralympics[edit]

  • New Zealand sends its first team to a Winter Paralympics, consisting of three competitors in one sport.
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0

Rugby union[edit]

Soccer[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Churchman, Geoffrey B (1992). Danger Ahead New Zealand Railway Accidents in the Modern Era. IPI Publishing Group. ISBN 0-908876-74-2.
  6. ^ "Track-crossing points should have prevented rail crash". The Press. 25 March 1980. p. 1.
  7. ^ Story: Food shops Page 7 – Shopping hours, Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  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. ^ "Bledisloe Cup history". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  12. ^ a b c d e Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  13. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Heath Blackgrove profile". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  15. ^ Jordan, Tiena. "Harold David London". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  16. ^ Bates, Arthur P. "William Perrett Mead". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links[edit]

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