1974 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 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

[edit] Summary

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[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,091,900 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1973: 65,200 (2.20%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.7

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell

[edit] Government

The 37th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by a Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.

• Speaker of the House - Stanley Whitehead
• Prime Minister - Norman Kirk then Bill Rowling
• Deputy Prime Minister - Hugh Watt then Bob Tizard
• Minister of Finance - Bill Rowling then Bob Tizard
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Norman Kirk then Bill Rowling

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• National - Jack Marshall (Leader of the Opposition) (before 4 July).

• National - Robert Muldoon (Leader of the Opposition) (after 4 July).

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts then Michael Fowler
• Mayor of Christchurch - Neville G. Pickering then Hamish Hay
• 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

• Hone Tuwhare wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1974 in art, 1974 in literature, Category:1974 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

• BEST NEW ARTIST Bunny Walters
• RECORDING ARTIST / GROUP OF THE YEAR Bull Dogs All-Star Goodtime Band
• BEST NZ RECORDED COMPOSITION John Hanlon - Is It Natural
• PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey - Is It Natural
• ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey - Is It Natural

See: 1974 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• The target delivery date for colour television for all New Zealanders was when the country hosted the 1974 Commonwealth Games. [1]
• Broadcasts were converted to use the PAL system. [2]

• Feltex Television Awards:
  • Best Programme: Richard John Seddon - Premier
  • Best Performer: Bill McCarthy
  • Best Actor: Tony Currie as Seddon
  • Writing: Alexander Guyan in Lunch with Richard Burton
  • Allied Crafts: Janice Wharekawa - Vision Mixer for Happen Inn and others
  • Special Award: Television team for the 1974 Commonwealth Games

See: 1974 in New Zealand television, 1974 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:1974 film awards , 1974 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1974 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

• See: 1974 in sports , Category:1974 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, British Commonwealth Games.
• 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

[edit] Soccer

• New Zealand National Soccer League won by , Mt. Wellington AFC
• Chatham Cup won by Christchurch United

[edit] Births

• 6 January: Dion Waller, rugby player.
• 10 January: Jemaine Clement, comedian.
• 28 February: Moana Mackey, politician.
• 27 April (in Australia): Richard Johnson, soccer player.
• 6 May: Sean Pero Cameron, basketball player.
• 2 June: Andy Booth, motor racing driver.
• 10 July: Chris Drum, cricketer.
• 14 July (in Bulgaria): Pavlina Nola, tennis player.
• 26 July: Kees Meeuws, rugby player.
• 1 August: Michelle Turner, field hockey player.
• 27 August: Michael Mason, cricketer.
• 15 September: Emily Drumm, cricketer.
• 11 October: Liz Couch, skeleton racer.
• 23 October: Beatrice Faumuina, discus thrower.
• 5 November: Taine Randell, rugby player.
• 13 November: Carl Hoeft, rugby player.
• 2 December: Robert Hart, cricketer.
• 7 December: Jason Spice, rugby and cricket player.
• 10 December: Chris Martin, cricketer.

• Kate Duignan, novellist.
• Tim Selwyn, activist.

Category:1974 births

[edit] Deaths

• 13 February: Murray Hudson GC, soldier.
• 13 February: Sir Leslie Munro, diplomat.
• 14 February: Charles 'Stewie' Dempster, cricketer.
• 30 August: Professor George Jobberns, academic.
• 31 August: Norman Kirk, Prime Minister.
• 12 September: Hector Bolitho, writer and biographer.
• 11 December: Maurice Duggan, writer.

• Alice Bush, doctor and medical activist.
• James Fletcher, industrialist.
• Charles Elliot Fox, missionary.
• Robert McKeen, politician - 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• Dan Riddiford, politician.

category:1974 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 1974 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1974