1966 in New Zealand

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See also: 1965 in New Zealand, other events of 1966, 1967 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 4.1.1 New Zealand Music Awards 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: 1966 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Ronald Algie
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - Harry Lake
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Labour - Norman Kirk (Leader of the Opposition)
• Social Credit - Vernon Cracknell (after the 26 November General election)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Russell John Calvert

[edit] Events

See 1966 , 1966 in politics , 1966 in science , Category:1966 in Australia , 1966 in Australia , 1966 in music , 1966 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

• 1 January: New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force.

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1966 in art, 1966 in literature, Category:1966 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Maria Dallas - Tumbling Down

See: 1966 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• The program Country Calendar first appears on television.
• The C'mon music program, hosted by Peter Sinclair, begins.

See: 1966 in New Zealand television, 1966 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Don't Let it Get You

See: Category:1966 film awards, 1966 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1966 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: 1966 in sports , Category:1966 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

• 3 February: Danny Morrison, cricketer
• 26 May: Grant Bradburn, cricketer
• 30 July: Kerry Fox, actor
• 26 September: Shane Dye, jockey
• 22 October: Blair Hartland, cricketer
• 7 November: Murphy Su'a, cricketer
• 1 December: Andrew Adamson, film director

• Laila Harré, politician and trade unionist
• Nandor Tanczos, politician

Category:1966 births

[edit] Deaths

• 2 January: Somebody, description

Category:1966 deaths

[edit] See also