Awards: Best Current Affairs: 'News at TenBest Documentary Series: Black FutureBest Light Entertainment: BlertaBest Play: The God BoyBest Drama: MoynihanBest Speciality: Country CalendarBest Actor: Ian Mune in Winners and Losers and MoynihanBest Actress: Judy Douglas in The God BoyBest Script: The God BoyBest Personality: Roger Gascoigne Performing arts Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Max Cryer. Roger Hall's Middle-Age Spread'' premiered at the Circa Theatre, Wellington Television See: 1977 in New Zealand television, 1977 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, :Category:Television in New Zealand, :Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand Film Landfall Off the Edge Sleeping Dogs Solo Wild Man See: :Category:1977 film awards, 1977 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1977 films Sport Athletics Terry Manners wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:20:40 in Hawera. Association football New Zealand National Soccer League won by North Shore United The Chatham Cup is won by Nelson United who beat Mount Wellington 1–0 in the final. Chess The 84th New Zealand Chess Championship is held in North Shore, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland. Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Sole Command There was no 1977 running of the Auckland Trotting Cup as the race was being rescheduled from December (1976) to February (1978) Thoroughbred racing Births 22 January: Jono Gibbes, rugby player 25 February: Matthew Bell, cricketer 25 March: Brooke Walker, cricketer 16 May: Melanie Lynskey, actress 20 May: Raf de Gregorio, soccer player 25 May: Michael Bevin, field hockey goalkeeper 9 July (in South Africa): Leana du Plooy, netball player 5 July: Dale Rasmussen, rugby player 11 July: Matai Smith, television presenter 13 July: Xavier Rush, rugby player 5 September: Emily Gillam, field hockey player 8 September: Sheryl Scanlan, netball player 9 September: Caleb Ralph, rugby player 13 November: Chanel Cole, musician 28 November: Greg Somerville, rugby player 15 December: Dominic Bowden, television presenter 21 December: Leon MacDonald, rugby player :Category:1977 births Deaths 22 January: Toby Hill, watersider and trade unionist 18 February: Ron Jarden, rugby player. 7 June (in England): Sir Rex Nan Kivell, art collector. 15 August: Margaret Escott, novelist and poet. 24 December: Sir Roy Jack, politician and 16th Speaker of the House of Representatives. :Category:1977 deaths See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New