1969 in New Zealand

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1969 in New Zealand:
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Contents

[edit] Population

  • Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,804,000 [1]
  • Increase since 31/12/1968: 31,000 (1.12%)
  • Males per 100 Females: 99.7.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

[edit] Government

The 35th parliament concluded and a general election was held on 26 November. It saw the Second National Government of New Zealand returned for a fourth term, with 45 of the 84 seats. The Social Credit Party lost its only seat. The overall vote was very close, with National only 1% ahead of Labour in total votes cast.

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

[edit] Main centre leaders

[edit] Events

  • The voting age is lowered from 21 to 20. [5]
  • A law change allows the number of seats in Parliament to vary in order to preserve the number of South Island seats. This inceases the number of MPs from 80 to 84. [5]

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1969 in art, 1969 in literature, Category:1969 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Shane - Saint Paul

See: 1969 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

  • Coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing on videotape was flown from Sydney to Wellington by the RNZAF, and a microwave link was put together to allow its simultaneous broadcast throughout the country. [1]
  • In November, the first Network News bulletin was read by Dougal Stevenson and received simultaneously around the country. [2]

See: 1969 in New Zealand television, 1969 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:1969 film awards , 1969 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1969 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

  • Jeff Julian wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:07.6 on February 8 in Christchurch.


[edit] Births

Category:1969 births

[edit] Deaths

Category:1969 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.
  5. ^ a b New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline

[edit] See also

For world events and topics in 1969 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1969