1973 in New Zealand

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See also:
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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December 1973 – 3,024,900[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1972 – 65,200 (2.20%)
  • Males per 100 females – 99.7
  • It took 21 years for the population to grow from 2 million to 3 million.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Elizabeth II

  • Denis Blundell

Government[]

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

  • Stanley Whitehead

  • Norman Kirk

  • Hugh Watt

  • Bill Rowling

  • Martyn Finlay

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Jack Marshall (National)[4]

  • Jack Marshall

Judiciary[]

Main centre leaders[]

  • Dove-Myer Robinson

  • Frank Kitts

  • Neville Pickering

  • Jim Barnes

Events[]

  • 1 January – The 1973 New Year Honours are announced[5]
  • 4 February – The details of the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement are announced[6]
  • 11 February – The Rolling Stones play a single New Zealand concert, at Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, on their 1973 Pacific Tour
  • 1 March – The Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement is implemented[6]
  • 2 June – The 1973 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced[7]
  • 19 October – The New Zealand Day Act 1973, making 6 February a national holiday, receives royal assent

Arts and literature[]

  • Graham Billing wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature, Category:1973 books

Music[]

New Zealand Music Awards[]

  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR John Donoghue – Spirit Of Pelorus Jack
  • RECORDING ARTIST / GROUP OF THE YEAR Shona Laing
  • BEST SINGLE / SINGLE OF THE YEAR John Hanlon – Damn The Dam
  • BEST NEW ARTIST Shona Laing
  • BEST NZ RECORDED COMPOSITION Anna Leah – Love Bug
  • PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Keith Southern – Join Together
  • ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock – Only Time Could Let Us Know
  • ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey – Damn The Dam

See: 1973 in music

Performing arts[]

  • Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Ray Columbus.

Radio and television[]

  • Colour television broadcasts begin on 31 October. The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
  • The Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips on 14 November is the first international live broadcast into New Zealand.
  • In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance.[8]
  • Feltex Television Awards:
    • Natural History Programme: Bird of a Single Flight
    • Best News, Current Affairs: Election Night '72
    • Best Light Entertainment: Loxene Golden Disc 1972
    • Best Drama and the Arts: Gone Up North and An Awful Silence
    • Best Documentary: Deciding
    • Allied Crafts: Loxene Golden Disc set and work on Pop Co.
  • The first ZM radio stations were started in 1973 as 1ZM Auckland, 2ZM Wellington and 3ZM Christchurch.

See: , 1973 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:1973 film awards, 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1973 films

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • Terry Manners wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:28.7 on 10 March in Inglewood. In the same year, on 1 December, the title is taken over by who wins his first national title, clocking 2:15:03.6 in Christchurch.

Chess[]

  • The 80th National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 12th title).[9]

Horse racing[]

From January 1973, all races are run at metric distances rather than imperial.

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup – Arapaho[10]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup – Arapaho[11]

Soccer[]

  • New Zealand National Soccer League is won by Christchurch United
  • The Chatham Cup is won by Mount Wellington who beat North Shore United 3–0 in the final[12]
  • New Zealand hosts and wins the inaugural Oceania Cup tournament, beating Tahiti 2–0 in the final

Births[]

Category:1973 births

Deaths[]

  • 5 February – John Stewart, politician (born 1902)
  • 11 April – Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert, Māori leader, interpreter, historian, genealogist (born 1894)
  • 20 May – Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor (born 1909)
  • 18 November – Peter McKeefry, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (born 1899)
  • 19 November – Cyril Allcott, cricketer (born 1896)
  • 15 December – Keith Buttle, mayor of Auckland (born 1900)

Category:1973 deaths

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. ^ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. pp. 33–36.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Trans Tasman Travel Arrangement News Releases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.
  7. ^ "No. 45985". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 2 June 1973. pp. 6507–6510.
  8. ^ "TVNZ timeline 1960–2005" (PDF). TVNZ. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  9. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  11. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

See also[]

For world events and topics in 1973 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1973

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