1960 in New Zealand

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See also: 1959 in New Zealand, other events of 1960, 1961 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1960 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD

[edit] Government

The 32nd New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the Labour government under Walter Nash. The general election saw the governing Labour Party defeated by a twelve-seat margin.

• Speaker of the House - Robert Macfarlane
• Prime Minister - Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner then Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer then Harry Lake
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - Keith Holyoake (Leader of the Opposition) (before 12 December).

• Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition) (after 12 December).

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey

[edit] Events

See 1960 , 1960 in politics , 1960 in science , Category:1960 in Australia , 1960 in Australia , 1960 in music , 1960 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Maurice Duggan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1960 in art, 1960 in literature, Category:1960 books

[edit] Music

See: 1960 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• At 7.30pm on Wednesday 1 June 1960, a switch was flicked in a building in Shortland Street in central Auckland and New Zealand's first official television transmission began. [1]. For the first six weeks, programs are limited to two hours a night and two nights a week. [2]. In mid-July, this was extended to four nights a week. A television licence fee of £4 per week was introduced in August.

See: 1960 in New Zealand television, 1960 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1960 film awards , 1960 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1960 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1960 in sports , Category:1960 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
• Other Sports

[edit] Births

• 15 February: Michael James "Jock" Hobbs, rugby player and administrator
• 6 April: Richard Loe, rugby player
• 7 June: Lianne Dalziel, politician
• 29 September: Tau Henare, politician
• 26 December: Temuera Morrison, actor

• Jenny Bornholdt, poet

Category:1960 births

[edit] Deaths

• 10 September: Sir Harold Gillies, plastic surgery pioneer

Category:1960 deaths

[edit] See also