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1963 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 (1963) • 1964 • 1965 • 1966

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,566,900 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1962: 51,100 (2.03%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.8

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen 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: Queen Elizabeth II arrives in New Zealand on the Royal Yacht Britannia[1]
• 7 February: 15 people killed in a bus crash due to brake failure in the Brynderwyn hills in Northland [2]
• 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]

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. [3]

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

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

Sport

Athletics

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

Chess

• The 70th National Chess Championship is held in Christchurch. The title is shared by Ortvin Sarapu and R.J. Sutton. ^[8]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• Cardigan Bay, the million dollar pacer, wins the New Zealand Trotting Cup ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Cardigan Bay - 2nd win ^[10]

Thoroughbred racing

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup was won by North Shore United who beat Nomads of Christchurch 3-1 in the final. ^[11]
• Provincial league champions: ^[12]
  • Auckland: North Shore United
  • Bay of Plenty: Kahukura
  • Buller: Millerton Rangers
  • Canterbury: Nomads
  • Franklin: Manurewa
  • 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. ^[13]

Births

• 4 January: Sean Fitzpatrick, rugby player.
• 21 February: Greg Turner, golfer.
• 16 March: Kevin Smith, actor.
• 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.
• 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

References

See 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 1963 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1963