1963 in New Zealand

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1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966

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 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: 2,566,900 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1962: 51,100 (2.03%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.8

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - 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) (before 31 March).

• Labour - Arnold Nordmeyer (Leader of the Opposition) (from 1 April).

[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

• 7 February: 15 people killed in a bus crash due to brake failure in the Brynderwyn hills in Northland [1]

[edit] Arts and literature

• Maurice Shadbolt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

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

[edit] Music

See: 1963 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• There are 80,000 television licences issued, and an estimated 300,000 television viewers in New Zealand. [2]

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

[edit] Film

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

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

• 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).
• 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

• 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.

Category:1963 births

[edit] 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.

• (in Poland): Ralph Talmont, photographer.

Category:1963 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 1963 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1963