# 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.
* 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.

### Government

The 40th New Zealand Parliament continued. The third National Party government was in power.
* Speaker of the House – Richard Harrison
* Prime Minister – Robert Muldoon
* Deputy Prime Minister – Duncan MacIntyre
* Minister of Finance – Robert Muldoon
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – Warren Cooper
* Chief Justice — Sir Ronald Davison

### Parliamentary opposition

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

### Main centre leaders

* Mayor of Auckland – Colin Kay
* Mayor of Hamilton – Ross Jansen
* Mayor of Wellington – Michael Fowler
* Mayor of Christchurch – Hamish Hay
* Mayor of Dunedin – Cliff Skeggs

## 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.
* 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 Philip Doole 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.
* 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. Archived 22 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
* 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: Olly Ohlson 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 New Zealand television, 1982 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

### Film

* Carry Me Back
* Battletruck
* The Scarecrow
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 Whangārei.

### Basketball

* Inaugural season of the NZ National Basketball League, won by Auckland.

### Commonwealth Games

| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 |

### Horse racing
#### Harness racing

* New Zealand Trotting Cup: Bonnie's Chance
* Auckland Trotting Cup (2700m): Gammalite
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

* Australia tours and play 3 tests. These are won 2–1 by New Zealand, who win back the Bledisloe Cup
* Lion National Provincial Championship:
** Division 1: Auckland
** Division 2 (North): Taranaki
** Division 2 (south): Southland
* The North vs South match is played in Wanganui and is won 22-12 by South.

### Shooting

* Ballinger Belt – John Hastie (Okawa)

### 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.

## 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 – Dan 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

* 1 July – James Pritchett, football (soccer) player.
* 4 July – Jeff Lima, rugby league player.
* 6 July – Jeremy Yates, cyclist.
* 15 July – Neemia Tialata, rugby union player.
* 17 July – Eve van Grafhorst.
* 24 July – Anna Paquin, actress.
* 4 August – Juliette Haigh, rower, Olympic bronze medallist (2012 London)
* 15 August – Jason Eaton, rugby union player.
* 30 August – Russell Ward, skeleton racer.
* 7 September – Krystal Forgesson, field hockey player.
* 16 September – Lizzy Igasan, field hockey defender.
* 29 September – Joline Henry, netball player.
* 11 October – Cameron Knowles, football (soccer) player.
* 14 November – Sailosi Tagicakibau, Samoan rugby player
* 17 November – Hollie Smith, singer-songwriter.
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.
* 4 March (in London): Dorothy Eden, novelist.
* 29 April: Ray Boord, politician.
* 9 June (in Canada): Richard St. Barbe Baker, silviculturist and conservationist.
* 11 June: Sir Valdemar Skellerup, industrialist.
* 13 June: John A. Lee politician and writer.
* 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.