1964 in New Zealand

1964 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1964 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,617,000
Increase since 31 December 1963: 50,100 (1.95%)
Males per 100 females: 100.8
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE.
Government
The 34th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the second National Government in power.
Speaker of the House – Ronald Algie .
Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake
Deputy Prime Minister – Jack Marshall.
Minister of Finance – Harry Lake.
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Keith Holyoake.
Attorney-General – Ralph Hanan.
Chief Justice — Sir Harold Barrowclough
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition – Walter Nash (Labour) until 31 March, then Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour).
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
Mayor of Hamilton – Denis Rogers
Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
Mayor of Dunedin – Stuart Sidey
Events
1 January – Massey University College of Manawatu becomes Massey University of Manawatu due to the Massey University of Manawatu Act 1963.
27 February – the Lyttelton road tunnel, at the time New Zealand's longest road tunnel, opens to traffic.
1 April – The Government unveils plans for the new executive wing of Parliament, demolishing Government House and constructing a "beehive"-shaped building in its place.
May – The last electric tramway system of New Zealand closes.
30 May – The Marsden Point Oil Refinery opens.
June – The New Zealand Army Detachment arrives in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
21–27 June – The Beatles tour New Zealand.
November – The Continental Shelf Act 1964 passes into law.
21 December – The last whale is caught for the whaling industry, off the Kaikōura coast, due to a low level of whales.
Arts and literature
Maurice Gee wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1964 in art, 1964 in literature
New books
Washday at the Pa
See :Category:1964 books
Music
See 1964 in music
21–27 June: The Beatles tour New Zealand.
Radio and television
Coronation Street was shown for the first time on New Zealand television on AKTV2 in the Auckland region on Thursday 14 May, running from 8.25 pm to 8.52 pm. As television was not then networked throughout New Zealand, Wellington (WNTV1), Christchurch (CHTV3) and Dunedin (DNTV2) followed in June and July; on Tuesday in Wellington and Christchurch and Thursday in Dunedin.
Television licences reach 168,000.
Broadcast relay stations at Mount Erin, Kuriwao Hill and Mount Hedgehope are commissioned, extending television coverage to Hawke's Bay, South Otago and Southland.
A Māori broadcasting section of NZBC is established.
NZBC begins plans for the Avalon studios.
New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
Best Factual: Focus
Best Light Entertainment: Music Hall
Best Documentary: The Distant Shore
See: 1964 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, :Category:Television in New Zealand, :Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand.
Film
Runaway
See: :Category:1964 film awards, 1964 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1964 films
Sport
Athletics
Peter Snell – Olympic Gold Medal, Men's 800 metres
Peter Snell – Olympic Gold Medal, Men's 1500 metres
John Davies – Olympic Bronze Medal, Men's 1500 metres
Marise Chamberlain – Olympic Bronze Medal, Women's 800 metres
Ray Puckett wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:38.6 on 7 March in Lower Hutt.
Chess
The 71st National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.A. Court of Wellington.
Cricket
New Zealand cricket team
Plunket Shield was won by Auckland (1963-1964 season)
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup – Cairnbrae
Auckland Trotting Cup – Lordship
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.
Men's singles champion – Ron Buchan (Tui Park Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – W.D. Scott, G.P. Ogilvie (skip) (Cromwell Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – C.T. Bateman, J.M. Clarke, R.D. Barron, H. Deavoll (skip) (Sydenham Bowling Club)
Netball
Silver Ferns
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics
New Zealand sends a team of 64 competitors.
Winter Olympics
New Zealand does not participate in the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Rugby League World Cup
Rugby Union
:Category:All Blacks
Bledisloe Cup: New Zealand beat Australia by 2 tests to 1
Ranfurly Shield: Taranaki was successful in all defences, with 8 wins and 1 draw.
Soccer
The Chatham Cup is won by Mount Roskill who beat King Edward Technical College Old Boys 3–1 in the final.
Provincial league champions:
Auckland: Blockhouse Bay
Bay of Plenty: Kahukura
Buller: Waimangaroa United
Canterbury: Christchurch City
Franklin: Papatoetoe
Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
Manawatu: Thistle
Marlborough: Woodbourne
Nelson: Rangers
Northland: Otangarei United
Otago: Northern AFC
Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
South Canterbury: West End
Southland: Invercargill Thistle
Taranaki: Moturoa, Old Boys (shared)
Waikato: Hamilton
Wairarapa: YMCA
Wanganui: Wanganui United
Wellington: Diamond
West Coast: Grey United
Yachting
Helmer Pedersen, and Earle Wells – Olympic Gold Medal, Men's Flying Dutchman class
Births
10 February: John Campbell, broadcaster
22 February: Brad McGann, filmmaker (died 2007)
1 March: Anne Judkins, race walker
23 March: John Mitchell, rugby player and coach
7 April: Russell Crowe, actor
12 May: Matthew Palmer, legal academic
24 May: Aaron Craig,
27 May: Joel Hayward, strategic studies scholar and poet
10 June:
Andrew Niccol, film director
Tony Martin, comedian.
12 June: Lorraine Downes, beauty queen
18 June: Simon Dallow, newsreader
19 June: Michael Kenny, heavyweight boxer
20 June: Steve Braunias, journalist
July: Shayne Carter, musician
11 August: Grant Waite, golfer
27 August: Lynley Hannen, rower
3 October: Shane Cotton, painter
23 October: David Penfold, field hockey player
29 October: Anthony Mosse, swimmer.
3 November: Bryan Young, cricketer
5 December: Brent Todd, rugby league footballer
14 December: Rebecca Gibney, actress
16 December: John Kirwan, rugby footballer and coach
24 December: Nick Smith, politician
Unknown:
Martin Devlin, sports broadcaster
Glenn Colquhoun, poet
Deaths
10 June : Harold Caro, Mayor of Hamilton.
12 December: John Norman Massey, MP and 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
External links
New Zealand
Years of the 20th century in New Zealand