1965 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1965 in New Zealand.

Population

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

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]
• Chief Justice — Sir Harold Barrowclough

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 – Denis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin – Stuart Sidey then Russell Calvert

Events

• 27 March – A Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) Lockheed L-188 Electra on a training flight crashes and catches fire on landing at Whenuapai Airport. All occupants escape with only one minor injury. ^[5]
• 1 April – TEAL is renamed Air New Zealand.
• 11 April – Qantas launches the first trans-Tasman jet service, between Christchurch and Sydney using Boeing 707 aircraft. ^[6]
• 13 April – An explosion and fire at the General Plastics factory in Masterton kills four people and injures four others. ^[7]
• 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 is officially opened by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. ^[8]
• 27 May – Vietnam War : Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announces New Zealand will send its first combat forces, an artillery battery, to South Vietnam. ^{[9] [10]}
• 20 July – A 33-hour prison riot breaks out at Mount Eden Prison, Auckland, with inmates setting fire to large parts of the prison. ^[11]
• 10 August – New Zealand recognises Singapore as an independent sovereign state, one day after Singapore's expulsion from the Malaysian Federation. ^[12]
• 31 August – New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.
• 3 November – Riccarton Mall, the South Island's first indoor shopping mall, opens to shoppers. ^[13]

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 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. Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• 28 August – Christchurch's CHTV-3 switches to the new Sugarloaf transmitter in the Port Hills. ^[14]
• The broadcast relay station at Mount Studholme is commissioned, extending television coverage to South Canterbury. ^[15]
• 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:Television in New Zealand, 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

Ray 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 ^[16]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Gary Dillon ^[17]
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Robin Dundee ^[18]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland. ^[19]

• Men's singles champion – Ron Buchan (Tui Park Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – Norm Lash, C.D. McGarry (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)
• Men's fours champions – J. Miller, G. MacRae, A. Cotton, P. Jones (skip) (Otahuhu Railway Bowling Club)

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Eastern Suburbs of Auckland who beat Saint Kilda 4–1 in the final. ^[20]
• Provincial league champions: ^[21]
  • 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. ^[22]

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.

Deaths

• 21 June: Thomas Hislop, Jr. , Mayor of Wellington 1931-45 (in Montreal, Canada).
• 10 September: John Weeks , painter.
• 10 September: Walter Broadfoot , politician.

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. "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
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". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
5. "ELECTRA CRASHES AND BURNS - T.E.A.L. Crew Escape From Wreck Unhurt". The Press . 29 March 1965. p. 1.
6. "CHRISTCHURCH-SYDNEY JET SERVICE - Thousands Watch Qantas Boeing". The Press . 12 April 1965. p. 1.
7. "FOUR DIE IN FIERCE BLAZE - Explosion Before Factory Gutted". The Press . 14 April 1965. p. 1.
8. Bruce, David (30 October 2008). "Benmore gets more with first full rebuild". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 30 October 2008.
9. "1965 - key events". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
10. "TROOPS TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM - One Artillery Battery". The Press . 28 May 1965. p. 1.
11. "Riots rock Mt Eden prison". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
12. "N.Z. Recognises Singapore". The Press . 11 August 1965. p. 1.
13. "Grand Carnival Opening - Riccarton Mall". The Press . 2 November 1965. pp. 23–30.
14. "Sugarloaf To Open Tomorrow". The Press . 27 August 1965. p. 1.
15. "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)". Vol. 351. New Zealand Parliament. 28 June 1967. p. 1394.
16. list of NZ Chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
17. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
18. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
19. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
20. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
21. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
22. Regional Champions 1965-1970

External links

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