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1972 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 (1972) • 1973 • 1974 • 1975

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,959,700 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1971: 61,200 (2.11%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.7

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE, followed by Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO. ^[2]

Government

The 36th Parliament of New Zealand concluded. A general election was held on 8 December and saw the second National government defeated by a large margin, with the Labour Party winning 55 of 87 seats in Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack until 8 December, then Alfred Allen. ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake then Jack Marshall then Norman Kirk
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall then Robert Muldoon then Hugh Watt. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon then Bill Rowling. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake then Jack Marshall then Norman Kirk. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Dan Riddiford until 9 February, then Roy Jack until 8 December, then Martyn Finlay. ^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Norman Kirk (Labour) until 8 December, then Jack Marshall (National). ^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - Neville G. Pickering
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

Events

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

• Ian Wedde wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1972 in art, 1972 in literature, Category:1972 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

• LOXENE GOLDEN DISC Suzanne - Sunshine Through A Prism
• LOXENE GOLDEN DISC Creation - Carolina

See: 1972 in music

Radio and Television

• The Broadcasting Authority in March grants the right to broadcast a second television channel to the private consortium Independent Television Corporation. After the election of the Labour Government in November, Norman Kirk announces the second channel will be run by NZBC.
• In September, the first live broadcast of an All Black match takes place. The All Blacks played against Australia. [1]

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Programme: Charlie's Rock - Pukemanu
  • Outstanding Performance: Peter Sinclair in Golden Disc Award
  • Best Drama: Charlie's Rock - Pukemanu

See: 1972 in New Zealand television, 1972 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• To Love a Māori

See: Category:1972 film awards, 1972 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1972 films

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

Sport

Athletics

• David McKenzie wins his fourth and last national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:14:11.2 on March 11 in Dunedin.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Globe Bay ^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Royal Ascot ^[6]

Thoroughbred racing

Olympic games

• New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by Mt. Wellington AFC
• The Chatham Cup is won by Christchurch United who met Mount Wellington.
  • Final 4-4 after extra time
  • First replay 1-1 after extra time
  • Second replay 2-1 ^[7]

Births

• 3 January: Shaun Longstaff, rugby player
• 9 January: Gary Stead, cricketer
• 3 March: Peter O'Leary, soccer referee
• 27 March: David Bain, served 12 years for murder of his family, conviction quashed pending a retrial
• 29 March: Paul Kent, swimmer
• April 12: Jenny Shepherd, field hockey player
• 16 May: Matthew Hart, cricketer
• 3 June: Robert Kennedy, cricketer
• 7 June: Karl Urban, actor
• 21 June (in South Africa): Irene van Dyk, netball player
• 4 July: Craig Spearman, cricketer
• 12 August: Tony Marsh, rugby player
• 27 October: John Steel, swimmer
• December 20: Jonathan Wyatt, long-distance runner

• Veeshayne Armstrong, television presenter.
• Brooke Howard-Smith, broadcaster.
• (in Britain): Warwick Murray, academic.
• (in Hong Kong): Jack Yan, publisher, designer and businessman.

Category:1972 births

Deaths

• 4 March: Major-General Sir Harold Eric Barrowclough, former Chief Justice.
• 14 April: Bert Hawthorne, motor racing driver.
• 22 October: James Keir Baxter, poet.
• 11 December: John Mills, cricketer.

• Charles Bowden, politician.
• Ronald Hugh Morrieson, writer.
• Billy Wallace, rugby player.

Category:1972 deaths

References

See also

• 1972 in science
• Category:1972 in Australia
• 1972 in Australia
• History of New Zealand
• Category:History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

See 1972 for events not directly related to New Zealand.

Category:1972