12. Even with priority, it was a 3 month wait to get a telephone. They come form Australia.

1976

1. Malleys return from States and move into their first house on King Edward.

2. New Zealand has its first TV Telethon. 24 hours of madness to raise $130,000 for Child's Health Foundation.

3. US Bicentennial. Red, White and Blue toilet seats and coffins.

4. McDonalds arrives in NZ.

5. Viking lands on Mars.

6. Malley's Head is on TV 2 news, spouting much mathematic wisdom.

7. In order to buy a car in NZ, the law requires that you have 75% of the purchase price and will pay off the balance within 1 year.

8. King Oscar sardines arrive in NZ and sell for 19¢, compared to others going at 30¢.

9. Albanian government has ordered citizens to change their names if they don't meet politcal ideogical and moral standards of the Communist Party. Newly born babies must have their names cleared before they can be registered.

10. Burger King arrives in New Zealand.

11. Inflation in NZ for 1976 was 15.6%.

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