1962 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 June 4.6 July 4.7 August 4.8 September 4.9 October 4.10 November 4.11 December 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio and Television 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Athletics 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

[edit] Summary

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[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,515,800 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1961: 54,500 (2.21%)
• Males per 100 Females: 101.0

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham followed by Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Ronald Algie
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - Harry Lake
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

• Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] 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 Sidey

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• R.A.K. Mason wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1962 in art, 1962 in literature, Category:1962 books

[edit] Music

See: 1962 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) is restructured on 1 April to form New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.
• An outside broadcast van is in use in Auckland, and similar vans are ordered for Wellington and Christchurch.
• Dunedin gets a television service on 1 July.
• There are 23,343 licenced television sets in New Zealand. [1]

See: 1962 in New Zealand television, 1962 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:1962 film awards , 1962 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1962 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

• Barry Magee wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:55.4 in Auckland.

• See: 1962 in sports , Category:1962 in sports Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Bledisloe Cup , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
• Golf: 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 national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns
• Soccer: New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks
• Other Sports

[edit] Births

• 12 January (in England): Terry Wiles, thalidomide survivor.
• 4 February: Frank Bunce, rugby union player.
• 17 February: Tony Blain, cricketer.
• 1 March: Russell Coutts, yachtsman.
• 4 March: John Young, composer.
• 15 March: Trevor Franklin, cricketer.
• 6 June: Grant Fox, rugby player.
• 8 June: John Cutler, yachtsman.
• 22 July: Rena Owen, actress.
• 5 August: Richard de Groen, cricketer.
• 13 September: Brian Fowler, cyclist.
• 21 September: Kelly Evernden, tennis player.
• 22 September: Martin Crowe, cricketer.
• 27 September: Gavin Larsen, cricketer.
• 9 October: Paul Radisich, racing driver.
• 12 October: Mark S. Olsen, painter.
• 7 November: Debbie Hockley, cricketer.
• 29 December: Wynton Rufer, soccer player.

• Tim Chadwick, artist and writer.
• Jon Stevens, singer.

Category:1962 births

[edit] Deaths

• 26 April: Clarence "Gerry" Skinner, Labour politician.
• 18 July: G. H. Cunningham, mycologist and plant pathologist.
• 28 October: Frederick Schramm, Labour politician and 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• Clyde Carr, politician.
• John Houston, historian and writer.

Category:1962 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 1962 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1962