1982 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1982 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,226,800[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1981: 32,300 (1.01%)
  • Males per 100 females: 98.6

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – The Hon Sir David Beattie GCMG GCVO QSO QC.[2]

Government[]

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

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Bill Rowling (Labour) until 3 February, then David Lange.[3]
  • Social Credit Party – Bruce Beetham

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • The first Kohanga reo kindergarten, Pukeatua, opens at Wainuiomata. Within 12 years there were more than 800 nationwide.
  • Social Credit forms an agreement with National to back the Clyde Dam (a Think Big project) in exchange for policy concessions.
  • The Clutha Development (Clyde Dam) Empowerment Act was passed, overriding the High Court and Planning Tribunal.
  • The proposed aluminium smelter at Aramoana was cancelled.
  • The Social Credit Political League changes its name to the Social Credit Party.
  • New Zealand provided assistance to the British during the Falklands War, primarily by taking over routine patrol duties elsewhere to free up British military resources.
  • The Warehouse opens its first store, in Takapuna.
  • January: The third Sweetwaters Music Festival is held near Pukekawa.
  • 3 February: David Lange succeeds Bill Rowling as Leader of the Opposition.
  • 4 April: New Zealand breaks diplomatic relations with Argentina over the Falklands Crisis.[4]
  • 22 June: Robert Muldoon announces a 12-month wage and price freeze. The freeze actually lasts almost two years.
  • 14 September: Samoans who take up permanent residence in New Zealand are entitled to New Zealand citizenship from this date. This follows a case referred to the Privy Council which decided in July 1982 to allow all Samoans born under New Zealand administration (i.e. prior to 1962) to claim New Zealand citizenship.
  • November: Mark Inglis and are stuck in an ice cave on Aoraki/Mount Cook for 14 days.
  • 18 November: a suicide bomb attack was made against a facility housing the main computer database of the New Zealand Police in Wanganui by a "punk rock" anarchist named Neil Roberts. He was the only person killed, and the computer system was undamaged, see Terrorism in New Zealand.
  • 14 December: Robert Muldoon signs a "Heads of Agreement" with Australia to allow the Closer Economic Relations agreement to come into force at the beginning of 1983.

Arts and literature[]

  • William Sewell wins the Robert Burns Fellowship

See 1982 in art, 1982 in literature, Category:1982 books

Music[]

  • DD Smash produce their debut album, Cool Bananas.

New Zealand Music Awards[]

Winners are shown first and in boldface with nominees underneath.[5]

  • Album of the year: DD Smash – Cool Bananas
  • Single of the year: Prince Tui Teka – E Ipo
  • Top male vocalist: Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash)
    • Malcolm McNeill
    • Monte Video
  • Top female vocalist: Patsy Riggir
    • Suzanne Prentice
    • Trudi Green (The Neighbours)
  • Top group of the year: DD Smash
    • Herbs
    • The Narcs
  • Most promising male vocalist: Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash)
  • Most promising female vocalist: Jodi Vaughan
  • Most promising group: Dance Exponents
  • Polynesian record of the year: Prince Tui Teka – E Ipo
  • Producer of the year: Ian Morris – Cool Bananas (DD Smash)
  • Engineer of the year: Paul Streekstra & Doug Rogers – Cool Bananas (DD Smash)
  • Sleeve design of the year: Wayne Robinson –Cool Bananas (DD Smash)
  • Outstanding contribution to music: Simon Grigg

See: 1982 in music

Performing arts[]

  • Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Don Linden.

Radio and television[]

  • FM Stereo transmissions were being tested. Radio Bay of Plenty Limited, operating 1XX (previously 1240 am then 1242 am in 1978) also in Whakatane, ran the first of many short-term summer stations.
  • 1XX – FM 90.7 This station was the 1ST licensed FM Stereo Radio station in New Zealand. The station went to air at 4 pm on 5 January 1982 and went through to 31 January 1982 with the station on-air each day in two shifts: 4 pm – 8 pm & 8 pm – 12 am Midnight. Announcers: Chris Clarke,
  • Te Karere, a Māori language news program, is trialled.
  • Northern Television begins broadcasting morning television programs. [1]
  • Feltex Television Awards:
    • Best Information: Country Calendar
    • Best Documentary: Landmarks
    • Best News and Current Affairs: Close Up
    • Best Entertainment: Gliding On
    • Best Drama: Under the Mountain
    • Best Speciality: Kaleidoscope
    • Best Children's: Wild Track
    • Best New Talent: in After School
    • Best Actress: Susan Wilson in Mortimer's Patch and Gliding On
    • Best Actor: Bruce Allpress in Jocko
    • Steve Hosgood Award for Allied Craft: Robert Brown, cameraman
    • Best Television Entertainer: David McPhail and Jon Gadsby
    • Special Award: Ian Watkin for Service to the Industry
    • Best Script: Cry Wolf from Open File

See: , 1982 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: Category:1982 film awards, 1982 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1982 films

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • Trevor Wright wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:34 on 3 April in Whangarei.

Basketball[]

Commonwealth Games[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
5 8 13 26

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Bonnie's Chance[6]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup (2700m): Gammalite[7]

ROWING

New Zealand men's rowing 8 win gold medal at the world rowing championships in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Stephanie Foster wins the first ever NZ women's medal at a world championships with a bronze medal in the single sculls event.

Rugby union[]

Shooting[]

  • Ballinger Belt – John Hastie (Okawa)[9]

Soccer[]

  • The All Whites reach the Football World Cup Finals in Barcelona, but lose all three games.
  • New Zealand National Soccer League won by Mount Wellington
  • The Chatham Cup is won by Mount Wellington who beat Miramar Rangers 1—0 after extra time in the final.[10]

Births[]

January to June[]

  • 6 January – Roy Asotasi, rugby league player.
  • 12 January – Tony Lochhead, football (soccer) player.
  • 17 January – Tim Weston, cricketer.
  • 30 January – Shontayne Hape, rugby league player.
  • 1 February – Sam Tuitupou, rugby union player.
  • 5 March – Daniel Carter, rugby union player.
  • 6 March – Jimmy Cowan, rugby union player.
  • 20 March – Rory Fallon, football (soccer) player.
  • 22 March – Chris Smylie, rugby player.
  • 24 March – James Napier, actor.
  • 4 April – Andrea Hewitt, athlete.
  • 19 April – Sitiveni Sivivatu, rugby union and sevens player.
  • 3 May – Casey Laulala, rugby union player.
  • 6 May – Eric Murray, rower, Olympic gold medallist (2012 London)
  • 13 May – Mika Vukona, basketball player.
  • 16 May – Jonathan Duncan, swimmer.
  • 21 May – Ma'a Nonu, rugby union player.
  • 22 June – Stu Mills, cricketer.

July to December[]

Category:1982 births

Deaths[]

  • 3 January 1982: Bernard O'Brien, philosopher and theologian.
  • 18 February: Dame Ngaio Marsh writer and director.
  • 1 March: Frank Gill, Air Commodore, politician.
  • 1 March: Frank Sargeson, writer.
  • 24 May: William Sheat, politician.[12]
  • 4 March (in London): Dorothy Eden, novelist.
  • 29 April: Ray Boord, politician.[12]
  • 9 June (in Canada): Richard St. Barbe Baker, silviculturist and conservationist.[12]
  • 11 June: Sir Valdemar Skellerup, industrialist.[13]
  • 13 June: John A. Lee politician and writer.[12]
  • 15 July: Don Beard, cricketer.
  • 2 September: Clive Hulme, Victoria Cross winner.
  • 19 September: Ted Badcock, cricketer.
  • 8 October: Cora Wilding, physiotherapist and artist.
  • 14 October: Andrew Davidson, educationalist
  • 1 November (in Canada): Eric Arthur, architect.
  • 22 November (in Majorca, Spain): Jean Batten aviator.
  • 2 December: Sir Robert Macfarlane, politician.
  • 18 December: Ray Emery, cricketer.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ Toledo Blade, 5 April 1982, page 4
  5. ^ "Awards 1981". Listing. NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  6. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  7. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Lambert, M.; Palenski, R. (1985). 4th Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Alamanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-91-0.
  9. ^ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  10. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Jeremy Yates profile". Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lambert, M & Palenski, R: The New Zealand Almanac, 1st edition, Moa Almanac Press, Wellington, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  13. ^ Lambert, Max; Traue, James Edward; Taylor, Alister (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 729. ISBN 9780790001302.

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