← → The following lists events that happened during 1979 in New Zealand.

See 1979 in art, 1979 in literature, Category:1979 books See: 1979 in music See: 1979 in New Zealand television, 1979 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand See: Category:1979 film awards, 1979 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1979 films Category:1979 births Category:1979 deaths Media related to 1979 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons