Events
- The number of unemployed reaches 100,000.
- The Federation of Labour and Combined State Unions merge to form the Council of Trade Unions.
- New Zealand Post closed 432 post offices.
- Fisheries quota package announced for Mäori iwi.
- The Hokitika Guardian and Star ceases publication.
- 6 February: Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi are suspended.
- 7 March: Cyclone Bola strikes the East Coast of the North Island
- 30 March: The State Sector Act is passed to reform the Public Service.
- April: The Royal Commission on Social Policy issues its report.
- 5 April: Gibbs Report ("Unshackling the Hospitals") released.
- May: Picot Report on educational administration released.
- June: The electrification of the North Island Main Trunk Railway between Hamilton and Palmerston North is completed.
- 1 July: The Government announces the return of Bastion Point to its Ngāti Whātua owners.
- 1 July: Commercial TV goes 7 days a week, except Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day.
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