1963 in New Zealand

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1963 in New Zealand:
Other years in New Zealand
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966

Contents

[edit] Population

  • Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,566,900 [1]
  • Increase since 31/12/1962: 51,100 (2.03%)
  • Males per 100 Females: 100.8

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

[edit] Government

The 33rd New Zealand Parliament concluded and a general election was held on 30 November. This saw the National Party returned with the loss of one seat to have a majority of 10 seats.

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

[edit] Main centre leaders

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1963 in art, 1963 in literature, Category:1963 books

[edit] Music

See: 1963 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

  • There are 80,000 television licences issued, and an estimated 300,000 television viewers in New Zealand. [3]

See: 1963 in New Zealand television, 1963 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:1963 film awards , 1963 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1963 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

  • Jeff Julian wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:52 on March 9 in Hawera.


[edit] Births

Category:1963 births

[edit] Deaths

Category:1963 deaths

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0908570554
  4. ^ Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.

[edit] See also

For world events and topics in 1963 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1963