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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1976 in New Zealand .
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,163,400.
[1]
Increase since 31 December 1975: 19,700 (0.63%).
[1]
Males per 100 females: 99.5.
[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
Events
28 February –
Nelson by-election –
Mel Courtney (
Labour ) elected to replace the late
Stan Whitehead .
1 April – The
New Zealand Fire Service is formed, following the nationwide merger of urban fire boards and fire brigades brought about by the Fire Service Act 1975.
9 April –
Upper Hutt becomes the first telephone exchange to implement
subscriber toll dialling , allowing national calls to be made without operator assistance.
[5]
7 June – The nation's first
McDonald's restaurant opens in central
Porirua ; a
Big Mac initially cost 75c.
[6]
17 July – 1 August – New Zealand
competes at the
1976 Summer Olympics in
Montreal ,
Quebec ,
Canada , despite 28 African nations boycotting the games over New Zealand's sporting ties with
apartheid South Africa . The nation wins four medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze.
15 September – The
Union Company 's
Lyttelton to
Wellington ferry service is cancelled, having operated since 1895 and by the Ministry of Transport since 1974, facing increased competition from air travel and the
Railways '
Cook Strait ferry service .
1 November – The
Waitangi Day Act 1976 commences, replacing the New Zealand Day public holiday with Waitangi Day on 6 February.
14 December – The Weights and Measures Amendment Act commences, officially completing
metrication in New Zealand.
Arts and literature
See
1976 in art ,
1976 in literature
Music
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
NZSO – Symphony No. 2
RECORDING ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR Dr Tree
BEST NEW ARTIST Dr Tree
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Alan Galbraith –
Taking It All in Stride
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock – Taking It All in Stride
ARRANGER OF THE YEAR David Frazer – Taking It All in Stride
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
John Hanlon – Night Life
See:
1976 in music
Performing arts
Radio and television
See:
1976 in New Zealand television ,
1976 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:1976 film awards ,
1976 in film ,
List of New Zealand feature films ,
Cinema of New Zealand ,
Category:1976 films
Sport
Athletics
UK-born
Jack Foster wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:27 on 6 March in
Auckland .
Chess
Horse racing
Harness racing
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2
1
1
4
New Zealand sends a team of 80 competitors.
Winter Olympics
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
0
0
0
0
New Zealand sends a team of five alpine skiers.
Paralympic Games
Summer Paralympics
New Zealand sends a team of 12 competitors.
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
7
1
5
12
Soccer
Births
1 January –
Karl Burnett , actor
13 January –
Bic Runga , singer, songwriter
12 February –
Christian Cullen , rugby union footballer
14 March –
Sarah Ulmer , cyclist
31 March –
Anna Rowberry , netball player
6 April –
Bruce Reihana , rugby player
10 April –
Jason Richards , motor racing driver (d. 2011)
7 May –
Stacey Jones , rugby league footballer
14 May –
Jason Reeves , broadcaster
3 June –
Miriama Smith , actress
7 July –
Ron Cribb , rugby union footballer
3 August –
Rachel Sutherland , field hockey player
3 September –
Ivan Vicelich , soccer player
13 September –
Craig McMillan , cricketer
3 October –
Simon Wills , motor racing driver
4 November –
Troy Flavell , rugby union footballer
20 November –
Doug Viney , K-1 fighter
3 December –
Byron Kelleher , rugby union footballer
13 December –
Mark Paston , soccer player
15 December –
Joseph Yovich , cricketer
21 December –
Mark Dickel , basketball player
Category:1976 births
Deaths
9 January: Sir
Stanley Whitehead , politician and 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
7 February (in Australia): Sir
Cedric Stanton Hicks , nutrition scientist.
12 June:
Herb Lilburne , All Black captain.
15 July:
Peter Gilbert , boxer.
20 July:
Tom Lowry , cricketer.
19 August:
Ken Wadsworth , cricketer.
21 August:
Ken James , cricketer.
12 November:
Cliff Porter , All Black captain.
14 November:
Ernest Toop , politician, deputy mayor of Wellington
See also
References
External links
Media related to
1976 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
1976 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand