1966 in New Zealand

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Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg 1966 in New Zealand: Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg

Other years in New Zealand

1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

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 5.1.1 New Zealand Music Awards 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: 2,711,300 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1965: 47,500 (1.78%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.7

[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

• Labour - Norman Kirk (Leader of the Opposition)
• Social Credit - Vernon Cracknell (after the 26 November General election)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Russell John Calvert

[edit] Events

• 1 January: New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force.

[edit] Arts and literature

• James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1966 in art, 1966 in literature, Category:1966 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Maria Dallas - Tumbling Down

See: 1966 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• The program Country Calendar first appears on television.
• The C'mon music program, hosted by Peter Sinclair, begins.

See: 1966 in New Zealand television, 1966 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Don't Let It Get You

See: Category:1966 film awards, 1966 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1966 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

• David McKenzie wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:59 on March 12 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

• See: 1966 in sports , Category:1966 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

• 13 January (in Florida, USA): Campbell Cooley, actor.
• 2 February: Sean Wade, long-distance runner.
• 3 February: Danny Morrison, cricketer.
• 22 March: Glen Denham, basketballer.
• 20 April: Sarah Bradley, television presenter.
• 26 May: Grant Bradburn, cricketer.
• 26 July: Nicola Payne, rower.
• 30 July: Kerry Fox, actor.
• 26 September: Shane Dye, jockey.
• 22 October: Blair Hartland, cricketer.
• 7 November: Murphy Su'a, cricketer.
• 1 December: Andrew Adamson, film director.

• Laila Harré, politician and trade unionist.
• Nandor Tanczos, politician.
• (in Sydney): Mick Watson, sports entrepreneur.

Category:1966 births

[edit] Deaths

• Bill Anderton, politician.

Category:1966 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 1966 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1966