1965 in New Zealand

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Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1965 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,663,800^[1]
• Increase since 31 December 1964: 46,800 (1.79%)
• Males per 100 females: 100.7

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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

Government

The 34th Parliament of New Zealand continued, with the 2nd National government in power.

• Speaker of the House – Ronald Algie.^[3]
• Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake.^[3]
• 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 – Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour) until 16 December, then Norman Kirk (Labour).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson then Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton – Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey then Russell John Calvert

Events

• 1 April – Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) is renamed Air New Zealand.
• April – The HVDC Inter-Island link is completed, connecting the North Island's electricity network and the South Island's electricity network together.
• 15 May – Benmore Dam opened by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake.^[5]
• 31 August – New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.

Arts and literature

• Janet Frame wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1965 in art, 1965 in literature, Category:1965 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Loxene Golden Disc Ray Columbus & The Invaders – Till We Kissed

See: 1965 in music

Radio and television

• Television in the "four main centres" (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) is now broadcast seven nights a week. Broadcasting now totals 50 hours a week.
• There are 300,000 television licences.
• New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
  • Best Factual: Compass
  • Best Light Entertainment: In the Groove
  • Best Children's Series: Junior Magazine with Jasmine

See: 1965 in New Zealand television, 1965 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1965 film awards, 1965 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1965 films

Sport

Athletics

Raymond Puckett wins his fifth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:26.8 on 13 March in Dunedin.

Chess

• The 72nd National Chess Championships are held in Wellington. The winner is J.R. Phillips of Wellington^[6]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Gary Dillon^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Robin Dundee^[8]

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Eastern Suburbs of Auckland who beat Saint Kilda 4—1 in the final.^[9]
• Provincial league champions:^[10]
  • Bay of Plenty: Rangers
  • Buller: Granity Athletic
  • Canterbury: Christchurch City
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
  • Manawatu: Kiwi United
  • Marlborough: Woodbourne
  • Nelson: Rangers
  • Otago: St Kilda
  • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
  • South Canterbury: West End
  • Southland: Invercargill Thistle
  • Taranaki: Moturoa
  • Wairarapa: Masterton Athletic
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Diamond
  • West Coast: Cobden-Kohinoor
• The Northern League is formed, incorporating top teams from Northland, Auckland, Franklin and Waikato. The first League champions are Eastern Suburbs of Auckland.^[11]

Births

• 10 January: John Radovonich, field hockey player.
• 11 February: Eric Rush, rugby union and rugby sevens player.
• 14 February: Zinzan Brooke, rugby player.
• 15 February: Jamie Smith, field hockey player.
• 15 March: Robyn Malcolm actor
• 4 April: Gail Jonson, swimmer.
• 8 April: Michael Jones, rugby player.
• 22 April: Carmel Clark, swimmer.
• 28 May (in Britain): Alan Henderson, bobsleigh pilot
• 28 June: Duane Mann, rugby league player.
• 29 July: Paresh Patel, field hockey player.
• 31 August: Willie Watson, cricketer.
• 1 September: Tania Roxborogh, writer.
• 7 September: Tea Ropati, rugby league player.
• 21 September: Belinda Cordwell, tennis player.
• 26 October: Ken Rutherford, cricketer.
• 24 November: Nyla Carroll, long-distance runner.
• 18 December: Anna Doig, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.
• John Leigh, actor.
• Se'e Solomona, rugby league player.
• Hilary Timmins, television presenter.

Category:1965 births

Deaths

• Thomas Hislop, Jr., Mayor of Wellington.
• John Weeks, painter.

Category:1965 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

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. Bruce, David (30 October 2008). "Benmore gets more with first full rebuild". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
6. list of NZ Chess champions
7. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
8. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
9. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
10. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
11. Regional Champions 1965-1970

External links

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