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Soviet ambassador expelled
1980
Split Enz hit no. 1
1980
'Montego Bay' hits number one
1981
Trevor Chappell bowls underarm
1981
New Zealand Film Archive launched
1981
Allison Roe wins Boston Marathon
1981
All Whites beat Australia on road to Spain
1981
Anti-Springbok protesters block Hamilton match
1981
Police baton anti-tour protesters outside Parliament
1981
Kiri Te Kanawa sings at Royal Wedding
1981
'Flour-bomb test' ends Springbok tour
1982
'Queen of Crime' Ngaio Marsh dies
1982
Privy Council rules on Samoan citizenship
1982
First kōhanga reo opens
1983
Lance Cairns hits six sixes at Melbourne Cricket Ground
1983
Waitangi Tribunal rules on Motunui claim
1983
Signing of CER agreement strengthens trans-Tasman trade ties
1983
Prince William meets 'buzzy bee'
1983
Lorraine Downes crowned Miss Universe
1983
Protest as USS
Texas
visits Auckland
1984
Queen Street concert ends in riot
1984
Te Maori exhibition opens in New York
1984
Ann Hercus becomes first Minister of Women's Affairs
1984
Susan Devoy wins British Open squash tournament
1984
Trades' Hall bombing
1984
Floods devastate Southland
1984
Muldoon calls snap election
1985
USS
Buchanan
refused entry to New Zealand
1985
Rainbow Warrior
sunk by French secret agents
1985
Keri Hulme wins Booker Prize
1986
Goods and Services Tax Act introduced
1986
Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass in windy Wellington
1986
'Slice of Heaven' hits no. 1
1986
Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed
1986
Sinking of the
Mikhail Lermontov
1987
Death of Colin McCahon
1987
Death of Rewi Alley
1987
'Black Tuesday' share-market crash
1987
New Zealander sentenced to death in Malaysia
1987
Te reo Māori recognised as official language
1987
Lotto goes on sale for first time
1987
A.J. Hackett bungy jumps from Eiffel Tower
1987
All Blacks win the first World Cup
1987
New Zealand goes nuclear-free
1987
Attempted hijacking in Fiji foiled
1987
State-owned enterprises are born
1988
Cyclone Bola strikes
1988
Bastion Point land returned
1988
Cartwright Report condemns cancer treatment
1988
Air New Zealand women cabin crew win anti-discrimination case
1989
RainbowYOUTH formed
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