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1967 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 (1967) • 1968 • 1969 • 1970

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,745,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1966: 33,700 (1.24%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.2

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE, followed by Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE. ^[2]

Government

The 35th Parliament of New Zealand commenced, with the second National government in power.

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack. ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Harry Lake then Robert Muldoon. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Ralph Hanan. ^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Norman Kirk (Labour). ^[4]
• Leader of the Social Credit Party - Vernon Cracknell

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Russell John Calvert

Events

• 19 January: A gas explosion in the Strongman coal mine near Greymouth kills 19 miners.
• 10 July: Decimal Currency Day, when the currency was Decimalised with two dollars replacing one pound; see also Coins of the New Zealand dollar.
• Free milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) was stopped, it had been distributed since 1937. Some schools continued it with parents paying. ^[5]

Arts and literature

• James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1967 in art, 1967 in literature, Category:1967 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Lee Grant - Thanks To You

See: 1967 in music

Radio and Television

See: 1967 in New Zealand television, 1967 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1967 film awards , 1967 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1967 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

• David McKenzie wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:21:50 in Lower Hutt.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Great Adios ^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Allakasam ^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by North Shore United who beat Christchurch City 2—1 in the final. ^[8]
• Northern League champions: Ponsonby AFC
• Disagreement over the inclusion of a Gisborne team in the Western League caused its dissolution and the establishment of a Central Districts League, with Wanganui omitted but Poverty Bay and Wairarapa included. The premier division was won by Eastern Union^[9]
• Provincial league champions: ^[10]
  • Canterbury: Christchurch City
  • Marlborough: Grosvenor Rovers
  • Nelson: Thistle
  • Otago: Northern
  • South Canterbury: West End
  • Southland: Invercargill United
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Hungaria
  • West Coast: no competition

Births

• 6 January: Craig Perks, golfer.
• 17 March: Andrew Bird, rowing cox.
• 27 March: Anthony Thornton, field hockey player.
• 7 April: Scott Hobson, field hockey player.
• 17 April: Ian Jones, rugby player.
• 23 May: Craig Monk, yachtsman.
• 31 May: Phil Keoghan, television presenter.
• 15 June: Paul Kingsman, swimmer.
• 12 July: Anthony Beks, swimmer.
• 1 August: Cameron Rhodes, actor.
• 30 August (in England): Justin Vaughan, cricketer.
• 4 September: Darrin Murray, cricketer.
• 18 September (in England): Gary Anderson, cyclist.
• 21 October: Gavin Lovegrove, javelin thrower.
• 26 October: Keith Urban, country singer.

• Bernard Beckett, writer.
• Niki Caro, filmmaker.
• Megan Gay, actress.
• Katherine Rich, politician.

Category:1967 births

Deaths

• 11 January: Sir Eruera Tirikatene, politician
• February : Harry Lake, politician
• 3 November: Alexander Aitken, mathematician

• Robert Macalister, Mayor of Wellington.

Category:1967 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 1967 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1967