List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)
The following lists the number-one singles on the New Zealand Singles Chart during the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Recorded Music NZ chart, the chart history of which can be found on the Recorded Music NZ website or Charts.nz.
| The yellow background indicates the number-one song on New Zealand's End-of-Year Chart |
 The New Zealand flag marks artists of New Zealand origin. |
1981
1982
1983
Note: The highest-selling single of New Zealand in 1983 was New Order's "Blue Monday", which peaked at number two for two weeks behind Michael Jackson's "Beat It".1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
Artists with the most number-one songs
Key| Artist | Number-one singles | Longest run | Total weeks at number one |
| U2 | 5 | "One Tree Hill | 19 |
| UB40 | 3 | "I Got You Babe" | 11 |
| 3 | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | 14 |
Excluded statistics
Most weeks at number one
Key| Title | Artist | Reached number one | Weeks at number one |
| "Sailing Away" | All of Us | 9 | |
| "Hands Up " | Ottawan | 9 | |
| "Jezebel" | | 8 | |
| "Slice of Heaven" | featuring Herbs | 8 | |
| "How Great Thou Art" | | 8 | |
| "Shaddap You Face" | Joe Dolce Music Theatre | 8 | |
| "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | 8 | ||
| "Uptown Girl" | 7 | ||
| "One Love/People Get Ready" | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 7 | |
| "Faith" | 7 | ||
| "La Bamba" | Los Lobos | 7 | |
| "Pass the Dutchie" | Musical Youth | 7 | |
| "Locomotion" | Ritz | 7 | |
| "Walk This Way" | Run–D.M.C. | 7 | |
| "Stars on 45" | Stars on 45 | 7 | |
| "One Tree Hill" | U2 | 7 | |
| "We Are the World" | USA for Africa | 7 | |
| "Stomp!" | 6 | ||
| "Living Doll" | and The Young Ones | 6 | |
| "Lean on Me" | Club Nouveau | 6 | |
| "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club | 6 | |
| "Sweet Lovers" | Holidaymakers | 6 | |
| "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | 6 | ||
| "Into the Groove" | Madonna | 6 | |
| "Sexual Healing" | 6 | ||
| "Room That Echoes" | Peking Man | 6 | |
| "Funkytown" | Pseudo Echo | 6 | |
| "I Got You Babe" | UB40 and Chrissie Hynde | 6 |