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The following lists events that happened during 1971 in New Zealand .
Population [ edit ]
Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,898,500.[1]
Increase since 31 December 1970: 46,400 (1.63%).[1]
Males per 100 females: 99.7.[1]
Incumbents [ edit ]
Regal and viceregal [ edit ]
Government [ edit ]
The 36th Parliament of New Zealand continued, with the second National government in power.
Parliamentary opposition [ edit ]
Main centre leaders [ edit ]
January [ edit ]
February [ edit ]
September [ edit ]
The Manapouri Power Station , the country's largest hydroelectric facility, is completed. It wouldn't export any electricity until April 1972 when transmission lines to Invercargill were completed.[5]
October [ edit ]
25 October – The Christchurch to Dunedin overnight express becomes the last revenue steam locomotive -hauled train service, as the New Zealand Railways completes dieselisation .
November [ edit ]
December [ edit ]
Arts and literature [ edit ]
See 1971 in art , 1971 in literature
See: 1971 in music
Performing arts [ edit ]
Radio and television [ edit ]
In 1971 there was a major breakthrough for international news when the Warkworth Satellite station was opened. [1 ]
The Melbourne Cup was the first live international broadcast, in November.
The radio licence fee was abolished, and the television fee set at NZ$20 per year.
Feltex Television Awards:
Best Programme: Gallery and In View of the Circumstances
Best Actor: Bruno Lawrence in Time Out
Best Performance as Frontman: Brian Edwards in Post Office Dispute
Best Entertainment: Dinah Lee
TVPDA Award for Allied Crafts: Waynne Williams
See: 1971 in New Zealand television , 1971 in television , List of TVNZ television programming , Category:Television in New Zealand , Category:New Zealand television shows , Public broadcasting in New Zealand
See: Category:1971 film awards , 1971 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand , Category:1971 films
Athletics [ edit ]
The 78th National Chess Championship is held in Nelson, and is won by R.J. Sutton of Auckland (his second title).[8]
Horse racing [ edit ]
Harness racing [ edit ]
23 January: Adam Parore
5 March: Cory Hutchings
29 March: Julie Seymour
11 April: Mark Cooksley
12 April: Greg Russ
28 April: Hamish Carter
2 June: Dion Gosling
11 June: Mark Richardson
18 June: Blair Pocock
20 June: Josh Kronfeld
25 June: Paul Gibbons
9 August: Jon Toogood
15 August: Umesh Parag
18 August: Jonathan Winter
24 August: Heremaia Ngata
27 August: Glen Osborne
15 September: Nathan Astle
18 September: Tom Larkin
20 September: Todd Blackadder
8 October: Marc Ellis
20 October: Rachel House
25 October: Martin Leslie
31 October: Phil Tataurangi
20 November: Dion Nash
30 November: Heath Davis
13 December: Vaughan Coveny
20 December: Simon O'Neill
24 December: Geoff Allott
Category:1971 births
References [ edit ]
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990 . ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac , 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition" . Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008 .
^ a b "Manapouri Facts and Figures – Meridian Energy" . Retrieved 31 May 2012 .[permanent dead link
^ "KFC celebrates 50 years in New Zealand" . RNZ . 20 August 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .
^ "Dining out | NZ History" . nzhistory.govt.nz . Retrieved 16 June 2024 .
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners" . Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009 .
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
See also [ edit ]
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Sovereign states
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