1968 in New Zealand

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Other years in New Zealand

1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971

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: 2,773,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1967: 28,000 (1.02%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.8 - Note that this was the first year (other than during a major war) in which the number of females exceeded the number of males.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt

[edit] Government

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - 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 then Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers then Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning then A. R. (Ron) Guthrey
• Mayor of Dunedin - Russell John Calvert then James George Barnes

[edit] Events

• 10 April Inter-Island ferry Wahine founders off Wellington with a loss of 51 lives.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Ruth Dallas wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1968 in art, 1968 in literature, Category:1968 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Allison Durbin - I Have Loved Me A Man

See: 1968 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Wellington television crews win the World Newsfilm Award for their coverage of the Wahine disaster.

See 1968 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:1968 film awards , 1968 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1968 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 second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:40 on March 9 in Whangarei.

• See: 1968 in sports , Category:1968 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

• 26 January: Chris Pringle, cricketer.
• January: Emma Paki, singer/songwriter.
• 29 February: Gareth Farr, composer and percussionist.
• 20 March: Lawrence Makoare, actor.
• 29 March: Lucy Lawless, actress and singer.
• 16 April (in England): Roger Twose, cricketer.
• 10 May: Craig Russ, field hockey player.
• 14 May (in Canada): Richard Tapper, swimmer.
• 25 May: Kevin Iro, rugby league player.
• 26 June: Scott Anderson, field hockey goalkeeper .
• 8 July: Shane Howarth, rugby player.
• 27 July: Cliff Curtis, actor.
• 31 July: Jenny Duck, field hockey player .
• 4 November: Lee Germon, cricketer.
• August 21: Robbie Johnston, long-distance runner.
• 27 August: Matthew Ridge, rugby league player, rugby union player and television presenter.
• 24 October (in Papua New Guinea): Ross Anderson, swimmer.
• 18 November: Logan Edwards, rugby league player.
• 3 December: Toni Jeffs, swimmer.
• 25 December: Jason Mackie, rugby league player.

• Greg Johnson, musician.
• Paul Moon, historian and biographer.
• Michael Parekowhai, sculptor.

category:1968 births

[edit] Deaths

• 4 June: Walter Nash, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand

[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 1968 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1968