1962 in New Zealand
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[edit] Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,515,800[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1961: 54,500 (2.21%)
- Males per 100 Females: 101.0
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
- Head of State – Elizabeth II
- Governor-General – The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD, followed by Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE.[2]
[edit] Government
- 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]
[edit] Parliamentary opposition
[edit] 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
[edit] Events
[edit] January
- 2 January: description
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
- 11 August: New Zealand Railways's Cook Strait ferry service begins, using the ship GMV Aramoana
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Arts and literature
- R.A.K. Mason wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1962 in art, 1962 in literature, Category:1962 books
[edit] Music
See: 1962 in music
[edit] Radio and Television
- New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) is restructured on 1 April to form New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.
- An outside broadcast van is in use in Auckland, and similar vans are ordered for Wellington and Christchurch.
- Dunedin gets a television service on 1 July.
- There are 23,343 licenced television sets in New Zealand.[5]
See: 1962 in New Zealand television, 1962 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
See: Category:1962 film awards , 1962 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1962 films
[edit] 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
[edit] Sport
[edit] Athletics
- 27 January: Peter Snell sets a new world record for the mile of 3m 54.4s, running at Cook's Gardens, Wanganui.[6]
- Barry Magee wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:55.4 in Auckland.
[edit] Chess
- The 69th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by G.G. Haase of Dunedin.[7]
[edit] Horse racing
[edit] Harness racing
- Lordship defeats Cardigan Bay to win the rain affected New Zealand Trotting Cup[8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Dandy Briar[9]
[edit] Thoroughbred racing
[edit] Soccer
- The Chatham Cup is won by Hamilton Technical Old Boys who beat Northern of Dunedin 4—1 in the final.[10]
- Provincial league champions:[11]
- Auckland: Eastern Suburbs AFC
- Bay of Plenty: Rangers
- Buller: Waimangaroa Utd
- Canterbury: Western
- Franklin: Manurewa AFC
- Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
- Manawatu: Thistle
- Marlborough: Woodbourne
- Nelson: Rangers
- Northland: Otangarei United
- Otago: Northern AFC
- Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
- South Canterbury: Thistle
- Southland: Invercargill Thistle
- Taranaki: Moturoa
- Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB
- Wairarapa: Lansdowne United
- Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
- Wellington: Northern
- West Coast: Runanga
- The inaugural Rothmans Cup was played between the champion clubs from Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago as a de-facto national championship. The final was won by Northern AFC of Dunedin 3-2 on aggregate.[12]
[edit] Births
- 12 January (in England): Terry Wiles, thalidomide survivor.
- 4 February: Frank Bunce, rugby union player.
- 17 February: Tony Blain, cricketer.
- 1 March: Russell Coutts, yachtsman.
- 4 March: John Young, composer.
- 15 March: Trevor Franklin, cricketer.
- 6 June: Grant Fox, rugby player.
- 8 June: John Cutler, yachtsman.
- 22 July: Rena Owen, actress.
- 5 August: Richard de Groen, cricketer.
- 13 September: Brian Fowler, cyclist.
- 21 September: Kelly Evernden, tennis player.
- 22 September: Martin Crowe, cricketer.
- 27 September: Gavin Larsen, cricketer.
- 9 October: Paul Radisich, racing driver.
- 12 October: Mark S. Olsen, painter.
- 7 November: Debbie Hockley, cricketer.
- 29 December: Wynton Rufer, soccer player.
- Tim Chadwick, artist and writer.
- Jon Stevens, singer.
[edit] Deaths
- 26 April: Clarence "Gerry" Skinner, Labour politician.
- 18 July: G. H. Cunningham, mycologist and plant pathologist.
- 28 October: Frederick Schramm, Labour politician and 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- Clyde Carr, politician.
- John Houston, historian and writer.
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ TVNZ Timeline
- ^ NZhistory.net
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html.
- ^ Rothmans Cup
[edit] 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 1962 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1962
