HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1980'S

Highlights of the 1980's - compilation of tracks for 1980 -1989.

1980
Tk 1) Nov - Saturday trading begins 48"
Tk 2) Mar - Industrial dispute at Kinleith 1'16"
Tk 3) Mar - Birth of Mana Motuhake 50"
(comment from Jim Anderton)
Tk 4) Mar - Train crash in Wellington 55'
Tk 5) Mar - USS Truxtun - nuclear protest - voice report39"
Tk 6) Mar - Gary Knapp (Social Credit) wins by-election 26"
Tk 7) Feb - NZ beats West Indies at cricket 1'36"
Tk 8) Feb - Cricket - Croft bumps umpire Goodall 46"
Tk 9) Nov - Arthur Allan Thomas released 1'14"

1981
Tk 10) 03 Mar - Queen Street anti-union march 1'26"
Tk 11) Feb - Foot and Mouth scare 1'28"
Tk 12) 27 Apr - Royal commission report on Mt Erebus crash 1'17"
Tk 13) Feb - Cricket - underarm incident * 1'52"
Tk 14) 01 Jul - Passports required to enter Australia 1'01"
Tk 15) Aug - Silver Fern rail-car crash 1'30"
Tk 16) 25 Jul - Springbok - Waikato rugby match abandoned * 1'10"
Tk 17) 15 Oct - Queen's visit 41"

1982
Tk 18) 22 Jun - Wage-price freeze announced * 43"
Tk 19) Oct - Anne Audain wins 300m at Brisbane Games 32"
Tk 20) Nov - Doole & Inglis ordeal on Mt Cook 1'05
Tk 21) Jan - New Zealand qualified for soccer's World Cup 38"
Tk 22) 14 Jun - Derek Quigley resigns from cabinet 36"
Tk 23) - CER agreement signed 45"
Tk 24) 19 Jul - Privy Council ruling concerning Samoans 36"
Tk 25) 02 Aug - Sue Wood became National Party president 37"

1983
Tk 26) 17 Apr - Royal Tour - Charles, Di & William * 51"
Tk 27) Apr - Paul Chase shot by police 33"
Tk 28) 03 Feb- Lange replace Rowling as Labour leader 1'06"
Tk 29) 01 Jul - Gloria Kong kidnapped * 42"
Tk 30) 22 Aug - New Zealand Party formed * 1'59"
Tk 31) Jul - Chris Lewis reaches Wimbledon final 1'23"
Tk 32) 01 Aug - Lorraine Downes crowned Miss Universe 36"
Tk 33) 02 Sep - Napier school girl Kirsa Jensen disappears * 54"
Tk 34) 08 Oct - Tim Shadbolt wins Waitemata mayoralty 47"
Tk 35) 01 Nov - Kiwi wins Melbourne Cup * 1'15"

1984
Tk 36) 27 Jan - Disastrous floods in Southland 1'16"
Tk 37) 15 Feb - Beverley Wakem appointed Radio NZ DG 47"
Tk 38) 13 Mar - Phillip Rush swims Cook Strait both ways 37"
Tk 39) 27 Mar - Meda MccKenzie also achieves double crossing 37"
Tk 40) 27 Mar - Wellington Trades Hall bombing voice report* 1'00"
Tk 41) Jun - Muldoon calls snap election * 32"
Tk 42) Jun - Lange thinks Muldoon has made a mistake 53"
Tk 43) 14 Jul - Labour wins election 1'06"
Tk 44) 14 Jul - Prime Minister conceded defeat 1'07"
Tk 45) Peter Bellis becomes world bowls champion 38"
Tk 46) Aug- Mark Todd's gold at Los Angeles Olympics * 28"
Tk 47) Jul - Lange on nuclear stance and ANZUS 1'03"
Tk 48) 10 Sep-Te Māori exhibition opens in New York 1'22"
Tk 49) 07 Dec-Queen Street riots * 1'43"

* Also on CDR: COMP 4

1980's Material:2 (CD = COMP3 / OTR = TX2259)

1985:
Tk 1) 17 Feb John Walker - 1st athlete to run 100 sub 4 min miles 1'36"
Tk 2) 19 Feb Disastrous floods in Te Aroha kill 4 * 1'59"
Tk 3) 02 Mar David Lange leads winning team in Oxford Debate - 2'10"
"nuclear weapons are morally indefensible" *
Tk 4) 29 Mar Paul Reeves - named as next Govnr General * 45"
Tk 5) 17 Apr NZ Rugby union says All Blacks will tour Sth Africa 1'49"
Tk 6) 10 Jul Rainbow Warrior sunk * 1'22"
Tk 7) 10 Aug NZ signs Treaty of Rarotonga restricting 57"
nuclear activity in the South Pacific

1986
Tk 8) 02 Nov Keri Hulme wins Booker Prize for literature * 1'25"
Tk 9) 16 Feb Mikhail Lermontov sinks in Marlborough Sounds* 1'14"
Tk 10) 24 Feb Egg thrown at Queen on 8 day tour of NZ 50"
Tk 11) 26 Mar Bolger replaces McLay as National Party leader 1'45"
Tk 12) 21 Apr Cavaliers rugby tour to Sth Africa (Lange & Blazey) 1'16"
Tk 13) 09 Jul Homosexual Law Reform Bill becomes law 1'51"
Tk 14) Aug NZ wins 8 gold medals at Commonwealth Games * 56"
Tk 15) 01 Oct GST begins * 1'09"
Tk 16) 22 Nov 60,000 attend mass for Pope John Paul II 2'25"

1987
Tk 17) 19 Jan KZ7 loses Americas Cup Series to Dennis Connor. 1'14"
Tk 18) 02 Mar Bay of Plenty earthquake. 1'39"
Tk 19) 10 Jun Royal Commission of enquiry into cervical cancer 1'20"
treatment at National Womens Hospital begins. (Phillida Bunkle)
Tk 20) 20 Jun All Blacks win 1st Rugby World Cup against France. 1'16"
Tk 21) 22 Jul Lotto begins in NZ. 1'15"
Tk 22) 30 Jul Govt announces all pre-school children will be immunised against Hepatitis B. 58"
Tk 23) 25 Aug 3rd Channel warrant granted to TV 3. 34"
Tk 24) 19 Oct World share prices crash - Bob Jones comments 1'15"
Tk 25) 02 Dec Brian Lindsay - 1st heart transplant receipient. 2'25"

1988
Tk 26) 05 Feb Public reaction to Govt closing 432 Post Offices in NZ. 58"
Tk 27) 06 Mar Cyclone Bola devastates many parts of North Island. 1'17"
Tk 28) 05 Apr Gibbs taskforce report on hospital services - suggests major
changes to health system. 1'03"
Tk 29) 10 May Picot Report released. 1'10"
Tk 30) Mrs Titewhai Harawera suspended from position at
Carrington Hospital. 59"
Tk 31) 01 Jul Bastion Point saga settled - land returned to Ngati Whatua. 1'15"
Tk 32) Seoul Olympics - NZ won 13 medals. 1'07"
Tk 33) NZ boxing referee, Keith Walker assaulted at Olympics. 47"
Tk 34) 14 Dec Roger Douglas sacked just before Christmas. 1'28"
Tk 35) Richard Hadlee became greatest fast bowler in cricket 1'00"
history when he took his 374th wicket.
1989
Tk 36) 24 Jan Tennis Belinda Cordwell - 1st NZ woman 43"
to reach semi final of Australian Open.
Tk 37) 25 Feb United Airlines loses part of fuselage - 9 1'15"
people including 1 Nzer, Lee Campbell were killed.
Tk 38) 21 Mar Auckland Area Health Board stripped of its 48"
powers.
Tk 39) 01 May New Labour Party born 42"
Tk 40) 10 Jul Govt bans driftnet fishing after Geoffrey Palmer's 1'14"
visit to Forum Fisheries Agency in Honiara.
Tk 41 03 Aug Caucus votes Roger Douglas back into cabinet 47"
Tk 42 Starts at 1'00"
07 Aug David Lange resigns as P.M. 54"
Tk 43 08 Aug Geoffrey Palmer becomes PM, Helen Clark 1'12"
becomes deputy. `
Tk 44 02 Oct Crew of Rose Noelle surface on Great 2'10"
Barrier Island after being reported missing for four months.