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1965 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 (1965) • 1966 • 1967 • 1968

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,663,800 ^[1]
• 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. ^[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]

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 - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey then Russell John Calvert

Events

• 15 May: Benmore Dam opened by Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake.^[5]
• 31 August: New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.

Arts and literature

• Janet Frame wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1965 in art, 1965 in literature, Category:1965 books

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. [1]

• 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:New Zealand television, 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

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

Raymond Puckett wins his fifth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:26.8 on March 13 in Dunedin.

Chess

• The 72nd National Chess Championships are held in Wellington. The winner is J.R. Phillips of Wellington ^[6]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Gary Dillon ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Robin Dundee ^[8]

Thoroughbred racing

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Eastern Suburbs of Auckland who beat Saint Kilda 4—1 in the final. ^[9]
• Provincial league champions: ^[10]
  • 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. ^[11]

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.

Category:1965 births

Deaths

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

Category:1965 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 1965 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1965