1967 in New Zealand

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Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg 1967 in New Zealand: Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg

Other years in New Zealand

1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970

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

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,745,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1966: 33,700 (1.24%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.2

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson followed by Sir Arthur Porritt

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - Harry Lake then Robert Muldoon
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Labour - Norman Kirk (Leader of the Opposition)
• Social Credit - Vernon Cracknell

[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

• 19 January: A gas explosion in the Strongman coal mine near Greymouth kills 19 miners.

[edit] Arts and literature

• James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1967 in art, 1967 in literature, Category:1967 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Lee Grant - Thanks To You

See: 1967 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

See: 1967 in New Zealand television, 1967 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:1967 film awards , 1967 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1967 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 second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:21:50 in Lower Hutt.

• See: 1967 in sports , Category:1967 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

• 6 January: Craig Perks, golfer.
• 17 March: Andrew Bird, rowing cox.
• 27 March: Anthony Thornton, field hockey player.
• 7 April: Scott Hobson, field hockey player.
• 17 April: Ian Jones, rugby player.
• 23 May: Craig Monk, yachtsman.
• 31 May: Phil Keoghan, television presenter.
• 15 June: Paul Kingsman, swimmer.
• 12 July: Anthony Beks, swimmer.
• 1 August: Cameron Rhodes, actor.
• 30 August (in England): Justin Vaughan, cricketer.
• 4 September: Darrin Murray, cricketer.
• 18 September (in England): Gary Anderson, cyclist.
• 21 October: Gavin Lovegrove, javelin thrower.
• 26 October: Keith Urban, country singer.

• Bernard Beckett, writer.
• Niki Caro, filmmaker.
• Megan Gay, actress.
• Katherine Rich, politician.

Category:1967 births

[edit] Deaths

• 11 January: Sir Eruera Tirikatene, politician
• February : Harry Lake, politician
• 3 November: Alexander Aitken, mathematician

• Robert Macalister, Mayor of Wellington.

Category:1967 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 1967 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1967