1963_in_New_Zealand

1963 in New Zealand

1963 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

4 Arts and literature

4.1 Music

4.2 Radio and Television

4.3 Film

5 Appointments and awards

6 Sport

7 Births

8 Deaths

9 References

10 See also

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

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

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.

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

Events

6 February: Queen Elizabeth II arrives in New Zealand on the Royal Yacht Britannia[1]
7 February: 15 people killed in a bus crash due to brake failure in the Brynderwyn hills in Northland [2]

Arts and literature

Maurice Shadbolt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

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

Music

See: 1963 in music

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

Film

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

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

Sport

See: 1963 in sports , Category:1963 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

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

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:Horse racing in New Zealand, 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

Births

4 January: Sean Fitzpatrick, rugby player.
21 February: Greg Turner, golfer.
16 March: Kevin Smith, actor.
18 June: Paul Honiss, rugby referee.
20 July: Catherine Campbell, cricketer.
20 July: Mike Davidson, freestyle swimmer.
20 August: Ian Woodley, field hockey goalkeeper.
26 August: Christine Arthur, field hockey player.
9 September (in England): Sarah Illingworth, cricketer.
10 September: Jay Laga'aia, actor.
17 September: Warren Gatland, rugby player and coach.
11 December: Mark Greatbatch, cricketer.
24 December: David Grundy, field hockey player.

Joanna Bourke, historian.
Andrew Johnston, poet.
(in Poland): Ralph Talmont, photographer.

Category:1963 births

Deaths

7 January: Tapihana Paraire Paikea, politician.
19 March: Frederick Hackett, politician.
4 July: Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, soldier, Governor-General of New Zealand.
14 July: Maud Basham (Aunt Daisy, radio personality.
19 September: Sir David Low, cartoonist.

Category:1963 deaths

References

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

See also

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