1965 in New Zealand

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1965 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 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 Athletics 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,663,800 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1964: 46,800 (1.79%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.7

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE. ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 34th Parliament of New Zealand continued, with the 2nd National government in power.

• Speaker of the House - Ronald Algie. ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake. ^[3]
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Harry Lake. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Ralph Hanan. ^[3]

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour) until 16 December, then Norman Kirk (Labour). ^[4]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson then Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Sidey then Russell John Calvert

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

• 31 August: New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Janet Frame wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1965 in art, 1965 in literature, Category:1965 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Ray Columbus & The Invaders - Till We Kissed

See: 1965 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Television in the "four main centres" (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) is now broadcast seven nights a week. Broadcasting now totals 50 hours a week.
• There are 300,000 television licences. [1]

• New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
  • Best Factual: Compass
  • Best Light Entertainment: In the Groove
  • Best Children's Series: Junior Magazine with Jasmine

See: 1965 in New Zealand television, 1965 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:1965 film awards , 1965 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1965 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

[edit] Athletics

• Raymond Puckett wins his fifth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:26.8 on March 13 in Dunedin.

• See: 1965 in sports , Category:1965 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

• 10 January: John Radovonich, field hockey player.
• 11 February: Eric Rush, rugby union and rugby sevens player.
• 14 February: Zinzan Brooke, rugby player.
• 15 February: Jamie Smith, field hockey player.
• 15 March: Robyn Malcolm actor
• April 4: Gail Jonson, swimmer.
• 8 April: Michael Jones, rugby player.
• 22 April: Carmel Clark, swimmer.
• 28 May (in Britain): Alan Henderson, bobsleigh pilot
• 28 June: Duane Mann, rugby league player.
• 29 July: Paresh Patel, field hockey player.
• 31 August: Willie Watson, cricketer.
• 1 September: Tania Roxborogh, writer.
• 7 September: Tea Ropati, rugby league player.
• 21 September: Belinda Cordwell, tennis player.
• 26 October: Ken Rutherford, cricketer.
• November 24: Nyla Carroll, long-distance runner.
• December 18: Anna Doig, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.

• John Leigh, actor.
• Se'e Solomona, rugby league player.
• Hilary Timmins, television presenter.

Category:1965 births

[edit] Deaths

• Thomas Hislop (Jnr)., Mayor of Wellington.
• John Weeks, painter.

Category:1965 deaths

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1965 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1965