1973 in New Zealand

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See also: 1972 in New Zealand, other events of 1973, 1974 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 6.1 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

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

See: 1973 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 - Sir Denis Blundell

[edit] Government

The 37th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by a Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.

• Speaker of the House - Stanley Whitehead
• Prime Minister - Norman Kirk
• Deputy Prime Minister - Hugh Watt
• Minister of Finance - Bill Rowling
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Norman Kirk

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• National - Jack Marshall (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - Neville G. Pickering
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

[edit] Events

See 1973 , 1973 in politics , 1973 in science , Category:1973 in Australia , 1973 in Australia , 1973 in music , 1973 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

• Graham Billing wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature, Category:1973 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR John Donoghue - Spirit Of Pelorus Jack
• RECORDING ARTIST / GROUP OF THE YEAR Shona Laing
• BEST SINGLE / SINGLE OF THE YEAR John Hanlon – Damn The Dam
• BEST NEW ARTIST Shona Laing
• BEST NZ RECORDED COMPOSITION Anna Leah - Love Bug
• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Keith Southern - Join Together
• ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock - Only Time Could Let Us Know
• ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey – Damn The Dam

See: 1973 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Colour television broadcasts begin on October 31. The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
• The wedding of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips on November 14 is broadcast live.
• In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance. [1]

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Natural History Programme: Bird of a Single Flight
  • Best News, Current Affairs: Election Night '72
  • Best Light Entertainment: Loxene Golden Disc 1972
  • Best Drama and the Arts: Gone Up North and An Awful Silence
  • Best Documentary: Deciding
  • Allied Crafts: Loxene Golden Disc set and work on Pop Co.

See: 1973 in New Zealand television, 1973 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Rangi's Catch

See: Category:1973 film awards, 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1973 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: 1973 in sports , Category:1973 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

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by Christchurch United
• Chatham Cup won by Mt. Wellington AFC
• New Zealand hosted and won the inaugural Oceania Cup tournament, beating Tahiti 2-0 in the final.

[edit] Births

• 1 April: Stephen Fleming, cricketer
• 8 April: Nicholas Tongue, freestyle swimmer
• 28 April: Andrew Mehrtens (in Durban, South Africa), Rugby Player
• 27 May: Tana Umaga, rugby player
• 23 July: Adrian Cashmore, rugby player
• 5 August: Justin Marshall, rugby player
• 5 September: Lesley Nicol, netball player
• 23 August: Kerry Walmsley, cricketer
• 1 September: Trent Bray, freestyle swimmer
• 14 November: Darren Smith, field hockey player
• 15 November: Shayne O'Connor, cricketer
• 16 November: Brendan Laney, rugby player
• 29 December: Garth da Silva, boxer

Category:1973 births

[edit] Deaths

• 20 May: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor
• 18 November: Peter Cardinal McKeefry, Roman Catholic bishop and Cardinal
• 19 November: Cyril Allcott, cricketer

Category:1973 deaths

[edit] See also