18 August – The nation's first Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant opens in Royal Oak, Auckland, beginning a decade of American fast food chains being established in New Zealand.
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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]
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25 October – The Christchurch to Dunedin overnight express becomes the last revenue steam locomotive-hauled train service, as the New Zealand Railways completes dieselisation.
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The following lists events that happened during 1971 in New Zealand 1970 1969 1968 1971 in New Zealand 1972 1973 1974Decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990sSee also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2 1 Regal and viceregal 2 2 Government 2 3 Parliamentary opposition 2 4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3 1 January 3 2 February 3 3 March 3 4 April 3 5 June 3 6 July 3 7 August 3 8 September 3 9 October 3 10 November 3 11 December 4 Arts and literature 4 1 Music 4 1 1 New Zealand Music Awards 4 2 Performing arts 4 3 Radio and television 4 4 Film 5 Sport 5 1 Athletics 5 2 Chess 5 3 Horse racing 5 3 1 Harness racing 5 4 Soccer 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 References 9 See alsoPopulation editEstimated 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 editRegal and viceregal edit Head of State Elizabeth II Governor General Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE 2 Government edit The 36th Parliament of New Zealand continued with the second National government in power Speaker of the House Roy Jack 3 Prime Minister Keith Holyoake Deputy Prime Minister Jack Marshall 3 Minister of Finance Robert Muldoon 3 Minister of Foreign Affairs Keith Holyoake 3 Attorney General Jack Marshall until 2 February then Dan Riddiford 3 Chief Justice Sir Richard WildParliamentary opposition edit Leader of the Opposition Norman Kirk Labour 4 Main centre leaders edit Mayor of Auckland Dove Myer Robinson Mayor of Hamilton Mike Minogue Mayor of Wellington Frank Kitts Mayor of Christchurch Ron Guthrey then Neville Pickering Mayor of Dunedin Jim BarnesEvents editJanuary edit February edit March edit April edit The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter starts production 5 June edit July edit August edit 18 August The nation s first Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC restaurant opens in Royal Oak Auckland beginning a decade of American fast food chains being established in New Zealand 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 editArts and literature editNoel Hilliard wins the Robert Burns Fellowship See 1971 in art 1971 in literature Music edit New Zealand Music Awards edit Loxene Golden Disc Craig Scott Smiley Loxene Golden Disc Chapta Say A PrayerSee 1971 in music Performing arts edit Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Pat McMinn OBE 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 WilliamsSee 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 Film edit See Category 1971 film awards 1971 in film List of New Zealand feature films Cinema of New Zealand Category 1971 filmsSport editAthletics edit David McKenzie wins his third national title in the men s marathon clocking 2 17 16 4 on 6 March in Invercargill Chess edit The 78th National Chess Championship is held in Nelson and is won by R J Sutton of Auckland his second title 6 Horse racing edit Harness racing edit New Zealand Trotting Cup True Averil 7 Auckland Trotting Cup Garcon Roux 8 Soccer edit New Zealand National Soccer League won by Eastern Suburbs AFC The Chatham Cup is won by Western Suburbs FC of Wellington who beat Wellington City 3 2 in the final 9 Births edit23 January Adam Parore cricketer 5 March Cory Hutchings surf livesaving and ironman competitor 29 March Julie Seymour netball player 11 April Mark Cooksley rugby union player 12 April Greg Russ field hockey player 28 April Hamish Carter triathlete 2 June Dion Gosling field hockey player 11 June Mark Richardson cricketer 18 June Blair Pocock cricketer 20 June Josh Kronfeld rugby union player 25 June Paul Gibbons pole vaulter 9 August Jon Toogood musician songwriter 15 August Umesh Parag field hockey player 18 August Jonathan Winter swimmer 24 August Heremaia Ngata soccer player 27 August Glen Osborne rugby union player 15 September Nathan Astle cricketer 18 September Tom Larkin musician 20 September Todd Blackadder rugby union player 8 October Marc Ellis rugby union and rugby league player television personality 20 October Rachel House actress and comedian 25 October Martin Leslie rugby union player 31 October Phil Tataurangi golfer 20 November Dion Nash cricketer 30 November Heath Davis cricketer 13 December Vaughan Coveny soccer player 20 December Simon O Neill opera singer 24 December Geoff Allott cricketer Category 1971 birthsDeaths edit16 January Harold Abbott rugby union player 12 March Robert Laidlaw businessman 28 March Miriam Soljak feminist and activist 24 June Jack Dunning cricketer 13 July R A K Mason poet 19 September Ted Badcock cricketer 10 October John Cawte Beaglehole historian and biographer 15 December Air Marshall Roderick Carr 22 December Mary Grigg politician References edit a b c Historical population estimates tables Statistics New Zealand Archived from the original on 31 December 2017 Statistics New Zealand New Zealand Official Yearbook 1990 ISSN 0078 0170 page 52 a b c d e Lambert amp 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 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 MachineSee also editList 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 in New Zealand amp oldid 1180362989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
