1969 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 5.1.1 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: 2,804,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1968: 31,000 (1.12%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.7.

[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 (before the General election)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - A. R. (Ron) Guthrey
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

[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

• Warren Dibble wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1969 in art, 1969 in literature, Category:1969 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Shane - Saint Paul

See: 1969 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing on videotape was flown from Sydney to Wellington by the RNZAF, and a microwave link was put together to allow its simultaneous broadcast throughout the country. [1]
• In November, the first Network News bulletin was read by Dougal Stevenson and received simultaneously around the country. [2]

See: 1969 in New Zealand television, 1969 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:1969 film awards , 1969 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1969 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 third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:07.6 on February 8 in Christchurch.

• See: 1969 in sports , Category:1969 in sports
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , 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
• Netball: Silver Ferns
• Soccer: New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks
• Other Sports

[edit] Births

• 5 January: David Dixon, American football player.
• 27 January: Shane Thomson, cricketer.
• 23 February: Michael Campbell, golfer.
• 24 April: Tony Tuimavave, rugby league player.
• 3 May: Chris Zoricich, soccer player.
• 3 July (in Florida, USA): Leonard King, basketball player.
• 26 July: Tony Tatupu, rugby league player.
• 27 July: Brendon Pongia, basketballer and television presenter.
• 6 August: Simon Doull, cricketer.
• 6 September: Doug Pirini, decathlete.
• 9 September: Rachel Hunter, model.
• 11 November: Michael Owens, cricketer.
• 13 October: Hugh McCutcheon, volleyball player and coach.
• 20 November: Chris Harris, cricketer.
• 5 December (in Maine, USA): Eric Saindon, visual effects supervisor (film).

Category:1969 births

[edit] Deaths

• 9 January: Brigadier General Leslie Andrew, VC, DSO, soldier.
• William Denham, politician.
• Ralph Hanan, politician.
• Frank Langstone, politician.
• Sir Matthew Oram, politician and 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• Sir Sydney Smith, forensic expert.

Category:1969 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 1969 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1969