1964 in New Zealand

← 1963 1962 1961 1964 in New Zealand → 1965 1966 1967
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1964 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,617,000^[1]
• Increase since 31 December 1963: 50,100 (1.95%)
• Males per 100 females: 100.8

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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

Government

The 34th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the second National Government in power.

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

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Walter Nash (Labour) until 31 March, then Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton – Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey

Events

January

• 2 January: description

June

• 21–27 June: The Beatles tour New Zealand.^[5]

November

• The Continental Shelf Act 1964 passes into law

Arts and literature

• Maurice Gee wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1964 in art, 1964 in literature

New books

• Washday at the pa

See Category:1964 books

Music

• See 1964 in music
• 21–27 June: The Beatles tour New Zealand.^[6]

Radio and television

• Coronation Street was shown for the first time on New Zealand television on AKTV2 in the Auckland region on Thursday 14 May, running from 8.25 pm to 8.52 pm. As television was not then networked throughout New Zealand, Wellington (WNTV1), Christchurch (CHTV3) and Dunedin (DNTV2) followed in June and July; on Tuesday in Wellington and Christchurch and Thursday in Dunedin.
• Television licences reach 168,000.
• A Māori broadcasting section of NZBC is established.
• NZBC begins plans for the Avalon studios.
• New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
  • Best Factual: Focus
  • Best Light Entertainment: Music Hall
  • Best Documentary: The Distant Shore

See: 1964 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand.

Film

• Runaway

See: Category:1964 film awards, 1964 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1964 films

Sport

Athletics

• Peter Snell – Olympic Gold Medal, Men's 800 metres
• Peter Snell – Olympic Gold Medal, Men's 1500 metres
• John Davies – Olympic Bronze Medal, Men's 1500 metres
• Marise Chamberlain – Olympic Bronze Medal, Women's 800 metres
• Ray Puckett wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:38.6 on 7 March in Lower Hutt.

Chess

• The 71st National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.A. Court of Wellington.^[7]

Cricket

• New Zealand cricket team
• Plunket Shield was won by Auckland (1963-1964 season)

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Cairnbrae^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Lordship^[9]

Summer Olympics

• Summer Olympics, Tokyo – New Zealand sent a team of 69 competitors, winning 3 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Netball

• Silver Ferns

Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team
• Rugby League World Cup

Rugby Union

• Category:All Blacks
• Bledisloe Cup: New Zealand beat Australia by 2 tests to 1
• Ranfurly Shield: Taranaki was successful in all defences, with 8 wins and 1 draw.

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Mount Roskill who beat King Edward Technical College Old Boys 3—1 in the final.^[10]
• Provincial league champions:^[11]
  • Auckland: Blockhouse Bay
  • Bay of Plenty: Kahukura
  • Buller: Waimangaroa United
  • Canterbury: Christchurch City
  • Franklin: Papatoetoe
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
  • Manawatu: Thistle
  • Marlborough: Woodbourne
  • Nelson: Rangers
  • Northland: Otangarei United
  • Otago: Northern AFC
  • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
  • South Canterbury: West End
  • Southland: Invercargill Thistle
  • Taranaki: Moturoa, Old Boys (shared)
  • Waikato: Hamilton
  • Wairarapa: YMCA
  • Wanganui: Wanganui United
  • Wellington: Diamond
  • West Coast: Grey United

Yachting

• Helmer Pedersen, and Earle Wells – Olympic Gold Medal, Men's Flying Dutchman class

Births

• 10 February: John Campbell, broadcaster
• 1 March: Anne Judkins, race walker
• 23 March: John Mitchell, rugby player and coach
• 7 April: Russell Crowe, actor
• 12 May: Matthew Palmer, legal academic
• 24 May: Aaron Craig,
• 27 May: Joel Hayward, strategic studies scholar and poet
• 10 June: Tony Martin, comedian.
• 12 June: Lorraine Downes, beauty queen
• 18 June: Simon Dallow, newsreader
• 19 June: Michael Kenny, heavyweight boxer
• July: Shayne Carter, musician
• 11 August: Grant Waite, golfer
• 27 August: Lynley Hannen, rower
• 23 October: David Penfold, field hockey player
• 29 October: Anthony Mosse, swimmer.
• 3 November: Bryan Young, cricketer
• 5 December – Brent Todd, rugby league footballer
• 16 December: John Kirwan, rugby footballer and coach
• 24 December: Nick Smith, politician
• Unknown: Martin Devlin, sports broadcaster
• Steve Braunias, journalist
• Glenn Colquhoun, poet
• Shane Cotton, painter
• Brad McGann, filmmaker
• Andrew Niccol, film director

Deaths

• 12 December: John Norman Massey, MP and politician.

See also

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

References

External links

Media related to 1964 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons