Some events that happened in New Zealand in 1980 include the founding of it's first national park, 3 general elections, and the construction of the King County section on the north island.
New Zealand Wars happened in 1845.
New Zealand did not win any medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
New Zealand Chess Championship happened in 1879.
No athlete from New Zealand won gold at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The New Zealand Olympic Committee officially boycotted those Games and the athletes from New Zealand that did participate were competing under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. Five athletes participated and no medals were won.
The New Zealand's oil spill happened on the 5th of October 2011.
New Zealand has many minor earthquakes a year, but only one major earthquake has happened in New Zealand in 2011.
In 1350 Polynesians arrived in New Zealand and started to settle. Kupe a Polynesian explorer was the first person to find New Zealand.
It joined the British Empire.
It has happened and is still happening.
The eruption of Mount Tarawera the largest volcano in New Zealand
Next New Zealand general election happened on 2015-01-24.
Madeleine Sami was born in 1980, in New Zealand.