title: List of number-one singles in 1978 (New Zealand)
text: # List of number-one singles in 1978 (New Zealand)
  
  This is a list of number-one hit singles in 1978 in New Zealand, starting with the first chart dated, 29 January 1978.
  
  ## Chart
  
  ### Key
  
      ‡ – Single of New Zealand origin
  
  | Week | Artist | Title |
  | - | - | - |
  | 29 January 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 5 February 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 12 February 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 19 February 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 26 February 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 5 March 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 12 March 1978 | Wings | "Mull of Kintyre" |
  | 19 March 1978 | Samantha Sang | "Emotion" |
  | 26 March 1978 | Bee Gees | "Stayin' Alive" |
  | 2 April 1978 | Easter holiday - no chart | Easter holiday - no chart |
  | 9 April 1978 | John Rowles | "Tania" |
  | 16 April 1978 | John Rowles | "Tania" |
  | 23 April 1978 | John Rowles | "Tania" |
  | 30 April 1978 | John Rowles | "Tania" |
  | 7 May 1978 | Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" |
  | 14 May 1978 | Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" |
  | 21 May 1978 | Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" |
  | 28 May 1978 | Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" |
  | 6 June 1978 | Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" |
  | 11 June 1978 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | "You're the One That I Want" |
  | 18 June 1978 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | "You're the One That I Want" |
  | 23 June 1978 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | "You're the One That I Want" |
  | 2 July 1978 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | "You're the One That I Want" |
  | 9 July 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 16 July 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 23 July 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 30 July 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 6 August 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 13 August 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 20 August 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 27 August 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 3 September 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 10 September 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 17 September 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 24 September 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 1 October 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 8 October 1978 | Boney M. | "Rivers of Babylon" |
  | 15 October 1978 | Exile | "Kiss You All Over" |
  | 22 October 1978 | Exile | "Kiss You All Over" |
  | 29 October 1978 | Exile | "Kiss You All Over" |
  | 5 November 1978 | Exile | "Kiss You All Over" |
  | 12 November 1978 | Clout | "Substitute" |
  | 19 November 1978 | Clout | "Substitute" |
  | 26 November 1978 | Clout | "Substitute" |
  | 3 December 1978 | 10cc | "Dreadlock Holiday" |
  | 10 December 1978 | 10cc | "Dreadlock Holiday" |
  | 17 December 1978 | 10cc | "Dreadlock Holiday" |
  