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YEAR: 1980
Sunday trading is legalised.
April 1 - Canterbury Regional Planning Authority merges with Canterbury United Council.
October 26 - City Council gives land at Cuthberts Green to the trustees of new Nga Hau E Wha National Marae.
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YEAR: 1979
April 1 - Lyttelton road tunnel becomes toll free.
July 11 - First meeting of the Canterbury United Council.
July 30 - Carless days for motor vehicles were introduced to combat the second oil shock. They did little to reduce petrol consumption and were scrapped in May 1980.
October 30 - University of Canterbury gives old university to the Arts Centre Trust Board.
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YEAR: 1978
February 25 - New Brighton Mall opens.
October 28 - Pioneer Sports Stadium in Spreydon opens.
An Act of Parliament was passed protecting all marine mammals within 200 nautical miles of New Zealand.
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YEAR: 1977
The Beehive, designed by British architect Sir Basil Spence, is officially opened, but is nor fully used until 1980.
Roger Hall's play 'Middle Age Spread' opens in Wellington; it later wins Comedy of the Year after a successful run in London's West End.
Bastion Point land protest.
The museum's Antartic wing opens
July 4 - Hundreds evacuated as serious flooding affects the city.
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YEAR: 1976
July 31 - Following in the footsteps of Jack Lovelock and Peter Snell, Walker won gold in the Olympic 1500 metres. Black African nations boycotted the Games in protest over the All Blacks' tour of South Africa
September 14 - Inter-Island ferry service between Lyttleton and Wellington ends with the last sailing of the "Rangitira".
September 26 - Orana Park Wildlife Reserve opens.
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YEAR: 1975
Dame Whina Cooper arrives at Parliament after a hugely supported march from Northland with a petition opposing the sale of any more Maori land
The Waitangi Tribunal is established.
May 1 - Canterbury University completes its move from city to Ilam campus.
September 13 - Fire (suspected arson) destroys Addington showgrounds grandstand.
Vicki Buck is elected to the Council, aged 19.
TV2 starts transmission
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YEAR: 1974
The franchise age is reduced from 21 to 18
January 24 - Tenth Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch based at QE2 Park, formerly the New Brighton Trotting Track. Standout performances from Dick Taylor, Mark Treffers, Janie Parkhouse and John Walker ensured the success of these games.
February 2 - In an amazing Commonwealth Games 1500-metre final, New Zealand’s John Walker broke the old world record but still finished second. Tanzanian Filbert Bayi won in a new world record time of 3 minutes 32.16 seconds.
August 31 - Death of Prime Minister Norm Kirk, MP for Sydenham. He had earlier been MP for Lyttelton, and Mayor of Kaiapoi.
YEAR: 1973
The population of NZ passes three million.
Colour television was introduced to NZ.
Air New Zealand takes delivery of the first of it's wide-bodied DC10 jets, opening up mass tourism.
August 4 - Radio Avon, the city's first private radio station of the modern era, begins regular transmission.
November 25 - Queen Elizabeth II sports complex and swimming pools open on the site of the old New Brighton Trotting Track.
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YEAR: 1972
Norm Kirk, MP for Lyttleton, is elected Prime Mnister.
Container shipping services begin between NZ and the UK.
The Accident Compensation Act brings fault-free accident coverage.
The Equal Pay Act aims to extend equal pay for women to the private sector
The last NZ forces are withdrawn from Vietman.
September 30 - New Town Hall complex and James Hay Theatre opens.
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YEAR: 1971
The Aluminium smelter at Bluff starts operating.
The Race Relations Act establishes the office of Race Relations Conciliator
April 30 - 6000 protesters march against the war in Veitnam.
The Court Theatre holds its first production.
October 25 - End of the line for steam railways.
The Christchurch-Dunedin overnight express, headed by a JA-class locomotive, ran the last scheduled steam-hauled service on New Zealand Railways, bringing to an end 108 years of regular steam rail operations in this country.
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