1986 in New Zealand

1986 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 (1986) • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,313,500^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1985: 10,400 (0.31%)
• Males per 100 Females: 97.9

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO^[2]

Government

The 41st New Zealand Parliament continued. The fourth Labour Party government was in power.

• Speaker of the House - Gerard Wall
• Prime Minister - David Lange
• Deputy Prime Minister - Geoffrey Palmer
• Minister of Finance - Roger Douglas
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - David Lange

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Jim McLay (National) until 26 March, then Jim Bolger (National).^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Catherine Tizard
• Mayor of Hamilton - Ross Jansen
• Mayor of Wellington - Ian Lawrence then James Belich
• Mayor of Christchurch - Hamish Hay
• Mayor of Dunedin - Cliff Skeggs

Events

• 16 February: Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds.
• 26 March: Jim Bolger replaces Jim McLay as leader of the National Party.
• 21 June: The Wanganui Herald publishes its last issue. The paper started in 1865 as The Evening Herald.^[4]
• 9 July: Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, 49 votes to 44.
• 8 August: The Homosexual Law Reform Act comes into force.
• 1 October: GST is introduced at a rate of 10%.
• 22 November: Pope John Paul II visits New Zealand for two days.
• December: The Royal Commission on the Electoral System produces a report recommending the adoption of a mixed member proportional electoral system.^[5]
• 13 December: The Constitution Act is passed, ending the right of the British Parliament to pass laws on behalf of New Zealand.

Arts and literature

• Cilla McQueen wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1986 in art, 1986 in literature, Category:1986 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR Peking Man - Peking Man
• SINGLE OF THE YEAR Peking Man - Room That Echos
• BEST MALE VOCALIST Pat Urlich
• BEST FEMALE VOCALIST Margaret Urlich
• BEST GROUP Peking Man
• MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Tex Pistol
• MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Tania Rowles
• MOST PROMISING GROUP Ardijah
• INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Herbs
• BEST VIDEO Kerry Brown - As The Sun Goes Down (Everything that Flies)
• BEST PRODUCER Bruce Lynch - Peking Man
• BEST ENGINEER Graeme Myhre - Peking Man
• BEST JAZZ ALBUM Phil Broadhurst Trio–Iris
• BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM NZ Symphony Orchestra - A Song Of Islands
• BEST COUNTRY ALBUM Patsy Riggir - Patsy Riggir Country
• BEST FOLK ALBUM Various Artists - Send The Boats Away
• BEST GOSPEL ALBUM Samoan Congregational Christian Church Choir - Matou Te Fia Sauna
• BEST POLYNESIAN ALBUM The Five Stars - Flower Of Samoa
• BEST SONG OF THE YEAR Dave Dobbyn - Slice Of Heaven
• BEST COVER Phil O'Reilly - Peking Man

See: 1986 in music

Radio and Television

• The State Owned Enterprises Act requires all State-owned enterprises, including Television New Zealand, to operate as commercially successful businesses. [1]

See: 1986 in New Zealand television, 1986 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Mark II
• Pallet on the Floor
• Queen City Rocker

See: Category:1986 film awards, 1986 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1986 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

• John Campbell wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:15:19 on 1 June in Christchurch, while Sharon Higgins claims her first in the women's championship (2:45:44).

Commonwealth Games

• New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Cricket

• New Zealand achieve historic test series wins over Australia and England.

Their 1-0 victory over Alan Border's Australians in February/March 1986 was their first series win over Australia at home with a 5 wicket win in the third test at Eden Park. This followed on from their 2-1 series win in Australia in November/December 1985, where Richard Hadlee took a record 33 wickets in three tests.

In June/July 1986 New Zealand achieved their first test series win in England, 1-0, winning the second test at Trent Bridge.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Master Mood^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Comedy Lad^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by North Shore United who beat Mount Maunganui 4—2 on aggregate in the two-legged final.^[8]

Births

• 15 January: Isaia Toeava, rugby player.
• 29 January: Steven Broad, singer.
• 12 February: Ashwath Sundarasen, actor.
• 17 February: Steven Old, soccer player.
• 4 March: Manu Vatuvei, rugby player.
• 5 March: Sean Eathorne, cricketer.
• 5 March: Joel Watson, figure skater.
• 17 March (in South Africa): Corney Swanepoel, swimmer.
• 4 April: Richard Petherick, field hockey player.
• 21 April (in Australia): Ryan Kersten, basketballer.
• 5 May: Cole Tinkler, soccer player.
• 4 September: Michael Murphy, singer.
• 16 September: Willie Lonsdale, cricketer.
• 24 September: Todd Astle, cricketer.
• 30 September: Martin Guptill, cricketer.
• 7 October: Amy Satterthwaite, cricketer.
• 14 October: Teresa Bergman, singer.

Deaths

• 25 January: Dennis Smith, cricketer.
• 24 April: Garnet Hercules Mackley, businessman and politician.
• 19 May: Leonard Trent, RNZAF pilot and Victoria Cross winner.
• 27 June: George Nepia, rugby player.
• 10 August: Don McRae, cricketer and soccer player.
• 25 September: Geoff Alley, rugby player, National Librarian.
• Joe Bootham, painter.
• Peter Mahon, Queen's Counsel, judge.

References

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1986 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1986