1963 in New Zealand

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Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1963 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,566,900^[1]
• Increase since 31 December 1962: 51,100 (2.03%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.8

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE.^[2]

Government

The 33rd New Zealand Parliament concluded and a general election was held on 30 November. This saw the National Party returned with the loss of one seat to have a majority of 10 seats.

• Speaker of the House – Ronald Algie.^[3]
• Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister – Jack Marshall.^[3]
• Minister of Finance – Harry Lake.^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Keith Holyoake.^[3]
• Attorney-General – Ralph Hanan.^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Walter Nash (Labour) until 31 March, then Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton – Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey

Events

• 6 February: Elizabeth II arrives in New Zealand on the Royal Yacht Britannia for the 1963 Royal Tour of New Zealand.
• 7 February: 15 people killed in a bus crash due to brake failure in the Brynderwyn Hills in Northland
• 17 April: Tauranga becomes a city.^[5]
• 3 July: New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441 crashes into the Kaimai Ranges, killing all 23 aboard.^[6][7]
• 7 December: Two people are killed in the Bassett Road machine gun murders.^[8]

Arts and literature

• Maurice Shadbolt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1963 in art, 1963 in literature, Category:1963 books

Music

See: 1963 in music

Radio and Television

• There are 80,000 television licences issued, and an estimated 300,000 television viewers in New Zealand.

See: 1963 in New Zealand television, 1963 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1963 film awards, 1963 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1963 films

Sport

Athletics

Jeff Julian wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:22:52 on 9 March in Hawera.

Chess

• The 70th National Chess Championship is held in Christchurch. The title is shared by Ortvin Sarapu and R.J. Sutton, both of Auckland.^[9]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• Cardigan Bay, the million dollar pacer, wins the New Zealand Trotting Cup^[10]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Cardigan Bay – 2nd win^[11]

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup was won by North Shore United who beat Nomads of Christchurch 3-1 in the final.^[12]
• Provincial league champions:^[13]
  • Auckland: North Shore United
  • Bay of Plenty: Kahukura
  • Buller: Millerton Rangers
  • Canterbury: Nomads
  • Franklin: Manurewa AFC
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
  • Manawatu: Thistle
  • Marlborough: Woodbourne
  • Nelson: Rangers
  • Northland: Otangarei United
  • Otago: King Edward Technical College OB
  • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
  • South Canterbury: Northern Hearts
  • Southland: Invercargill Thistle
  • Taranaki: Moturoa
  • Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers
  • Wairarapa: Lansdowne United
  • Wanganui: Wanganui United
  • Wellington: Diamond
  • West Coast: Cobden-Kohinoor
• The second (and last) Rothmans Cup (see 1962) was won by North Shore United.^[14]

Births

• 21 February: Greg Turner, golfer.
• 16 March: Kevin Smith, actor.
• 4 June: Sean Fitzpatrick, rugby union player.
• 18 June: Paul Honiss, rugby referee.
• 20 July: Catherine Campbell, cricketer.
• 20 July: Mike Davidson, freestyle swimmer.
• 20 August: Ian Woodley, field hockey goalkeeper.
• 26 August: Christine Arthur, field hockey player.
• 9 September (in England): Sarah Illingworth, cricketer.
• 10 September: Jay Laga'aia, actor.
• 17 September: Warren Gatland, rugby player and coach.
• 11 December: Mark Greatbatch, cricketer.
• 24 December: David Grundy, field hockey player.
• Joanna Bourke, historian.
• Andrew Johnston, poet.
• (in Poland): Ralph Talmont, photographer.

Category:1963 births

Deaths

• 7 January: Tapihana Paraire Paikea, politician.
• 19 March: Frederick Hackett, politician.
• 16 May: Fintan Patrick Walsh, trade unionist.
• 4 July: Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, soldier, Governor-General of New Zealand.
• 14 July: Maud Basham (Aunt Daisy), radio personality.
• 19 September: Sir David Low, cartoonist (in London).

Category:1963 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1963 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1963

References

1. Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
4. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
5. "Profile of Tauranga". Hitachi International Association. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
6. "New Zealand's worst air disasters". New Zealand Herald. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
7. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
8. "Bassett Road machine-gun murders". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 18 October 2013.
9. List of NZ chess champions
10. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
11. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
12. NZ Soccer
13. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
14. Rothmans Cup

External links

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