Events
- 24 May – Labour MP Malcolm Douglas is removed from Parliament six months after the 1978 general election, after an electoral petition by National opponent Winston Peters is upheld over irregularities in the votes of the Hunua electorate. Peters subsequently replaces Douglas
- 30 July – The carless days scheme is introduced, restricting private motor vehicles from driving on one day of the week.
- 8 August – 1979 Abbotsford landslip: Sixty-nine homes in the Dunedin suburb of Abbotsford are left uninhabitable after 18 hectares (44 acres) of land slips 48 metres in 15 minutes.
- 3 November – The Evening Star ceases publication. The Dunedin newspaper was founded in 1863.
- 28 November – Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashes in Mount Erebus, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crewmembers aboard.
- Two years after its official opening, the new executive wing of Parliament House, known as the Beehive, is fully completed and occupied by the Government.
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