1967 in New Zealand

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See also:
  • Other events of 1967
  • Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1967 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,745,000[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1966: 33,700 (1.24%)
  • Males per 100 females: 100.2

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE, followed by Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE.[2]

Government[]

The 35th Parliament of New Zealand commenced, with the second National government in power.

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Norman Kirk (Labour).[4]
  • Leader of the Social Credit Party – Vernon Cracknell

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • 19 January: A gas explosion in the Strongman coal mine near Greymouth kills 19 miners.
  • February: Free milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) was stopped, it had been distributed since 1937. Some schools continued it with parents paying.[5]
  • 10 July: The nation's currency is decimalised, with the New Zealand dollar replacing the New Zealand pound at a rate of two dollars to a pound.
  • 23 September: Referendums were held on whether to extend hotel closing hours (passed), and whether to extend the term of Parliament (failed; see referendum).
  • 9 October: Three weeks after the referendum, bar closing times were extended to 10pm; ending the six o'clock swill.

Arts and literature[]

  • James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

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

Music[]

New Zealand Music Awards[]

Loxene Golden Disc – Thanks To You

See: 1967 in music

Radio and television[]

See: , 1967 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: Category:1967 film awards, 1967 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1967 films

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • David McKenzie wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:21:50 in Lower Hutt.

Chess[]

  • The 74th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 9th title).[6]

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Great Adios[7]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Allakasam[8]

Soccer[]

  • The Chatham Cup is won by North Shore United who beat Christchurch City 2–1 in the final.[9]
  • Northern League champions: Ponsonby AFC
  • Disagreement over the inclusion of a Gisborne team in the Western League caused its dissolution and the establishment of a Central Districts League, with Wanganui omitted but Poverty Bay and Wairarapa included. The premier division was won by Eastern Union[10]
  • Provincial league champions:[11]
    • Canterbury: Christchurch City
    • Marlborough: Grosvenor Rovers
    • Nelson: Thistle
    • Otago: Northern AFC
    • South Canterbury: West End
    • Southland: Invercargill United
    • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
    • Wellington: Hungaria
    • West Coast: no competition

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.
  • 5 May: Paul Martin SM (born 5 May 1967) (Bishop-elect) appointed in December 2017 as the 10th Bishop of Christchurch.[12]
  • 10 May: Eion Crossan, rugby player
  • 23 May: Craig Monk, yachtsman.
  • 31 May: Phil Keoghan, television presenter.
  • 11 June: Graeme Bachop, rugby player
  • 15 June: Paul Kingsman, swimmer.
  • 12 July: Anthony Beks, swimmer.
  • 1 August: Cameron Rhodes, actor.
  • 20 August Robert Ironside soccer
  • 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

Deaths[]

  • 11 January: Sir Eruera Tirikatene, politician
  • 17 January: George Yerex, wildlife conservator
  • 4 February : James Roberts trade unionist, former president of Labour Party
  • 21 February : Harry Lake, politician, minister of finance
  • 23 May: Robert Macalister, Mayor of Wellington.
  • 25 September: P. H. Matthews, politician
  • 22 October: Leonard Morton Wright, Mayor of Dunedin
  • 3 November: Alexander Aitken, mathematician
  • December: Edwin Thoms Cox (in Adelaide), Mayor of Dunedin

Category:1967 deaths

See also[]

For world events and topics in 1967 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1967

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  8. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ 1967 soccer
  11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  12. ^ "We have a new bishop!". Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

External links[]

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