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1964 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 (1964) • 1965 • 1966 • 1967

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,617,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1963: 50,100 (1.95%)
• 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 34th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the second National Government in power.

• 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

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

• 21-27 June: The Beatles tour New Zealand.^[5]

July

August

September

October

November

December

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

Radio and Television

• Coronation Street is shown for the first time on New Zealand television.
• Television licences reach 168,000.
• A Māori broadcasting section of NZBC is established.
• NZBC begins plans for the Avalon studio. [1]

• New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
  • Best Factual: Focus
  • Best Light Entertainment: Music Hall
  • Best Documentary: The Distant Shore

See: 1964 in New Zealand television, 1964 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, 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

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

See: 1960 in sports , Category:1960 in sports

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
• Raymond Puckett wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:38.6 on March 7 in Lower Hutt.

Cricket

• New Zealand cricket team
• Plunket Shield was won by Auckland (1963-1964 season)

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Cairnbrae ^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Lordship ^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

Summer Olympics

• Summer Olympics, Tokyo - New Zealand sent a team of 69 competitors, winning 3 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Netball

• Silver Ferns

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. ^[8]
• Provincial league champions: ^[9]
  • 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
  • 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.
• 23 March: John Mitchell, rugby player and coach.
• 7 April: Russell Crowe, actor.
• 12 May: Matthew Palmer, legal academic.
• 27 May: Joel Hayward, military historian.
• 10 June: Tony Martin, comedian.
• 12 June: Lorraine Downes, beauty queen.
• June 19: Michael Kenny, heavyweight boxer.
• July: Shayne Carter, musician.
• 11 August: Grant Waite, golfer.
• 27 August: Lynley Hannen, rower.
• 23 October: David Penfold, field hockey player.
• 29 October: Anthony Mosse, swimmer.
• 3 November: Bryan Young, cricketer.
• 5 December - Brent Todd, rugby league footballer.
• 16 December: John Kirwan, rugby footballer and coach.
• 24 December: Nick Smith, politician.

• Steve Braunias, journalist.
• Glenn Colquhoun, poet.
• Shane Cotton, painter.
• Brad McGann, filmmaker.
• Andrew Niccol, film director.

Category:1964 births

Deaths

• 2 January: Somebody, description

Category:1964 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 1964 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1964