1965 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,663,800 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1964: 46,800 (1.79%)
* Males per 100 Females: 100.7

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor-General - Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE. [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 34th Parliament of New Zealand continued, with the 2nd National government in power.
*Speaker of the House - Ronald Algie. Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake.
*Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall.
*Minister of Finance - Harry Lake.
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake.
*Attorney-General - Ralph Hanan.

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour) until 16 December, then Norman Kirk (Labour). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

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

January

* 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

*31 August: New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

*Janet Frame wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1965 in art, 1965 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD 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. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

*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, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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

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

port

:See: 1965 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

*Athletics:Raymond Puckett wins his fifth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:26.8 on March 13 in Dunedin.
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , 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 in overseas tourniments.
*Horse racing: See , 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
*Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
*Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
*Other Sports

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
* April 4: 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.
* November 24: Nyla Carroll, long-distance runner.
* December 18: Anna Doig, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.

* John Leigh, actor.
* Se'e Solomona, rugby league player.
* Hilary Timmins, television presenter.

Deaths

* Thomas Hislop (Jnr)., Mayor of Wellington.
* John Weeks, painter.

References

ee 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 1965 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1965