1973 in New Zealand
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[edit] Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,024,900[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1970: 65,200 (2.20%)
- Males per 100 Females: 99.7
- It took 21 years for the population to grow from 2 million to 3 million.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] Government
The 37th New Zealand Parliament commenced. Government was by a Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.
- Speaker of the House – Stanley Whitehead.[3]
- Prime Minister – Norman Kirk
- Deputy Prime Minister – Hugh Watt.[3]
- Minister of Finance – Bill Rowling.[3]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Norman Kirk.[3]
- Attorney-General – Martyn Finlay.[3]
[edit] Parliamentary opposition
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton – Mike Minogue
- Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
- Mayor of Christchurch – Neville G. Pickering
- Mayor of Dunedin – James George Barnes
[edit] Events
[edit] January
- 2 January: description
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] May
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Arts and literature
- Graham Billing wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature, Category:1973 books
[edit] Music
[edit] New Zealand Music Awards
- ALBUM OF THE YEAR John Donoghue – Spirit Of Pelorus Jack
- RECORDING ARTIST / GROUP OF THE YEAR Shona Laing
- BEST SINGLE / SINGLE OF THE YEAR John Hanlon – Damn The Dam
- BEST NEW ARTIST Shona Laing
- BEST NZ RECORDED COMPOSITION Anna Leah – Love Bug
- PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Keith Southern – Join Together
- ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock – Only Time Could Let Us Know
- ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey – Damn The Dam
See: 1973 in music
[edit] Radio and Television
- Colour television broadcasts begin on 31 October. The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
- The Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Philips on 14 November is the first international live broadcast into New Zealand.
- In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance.[5]
- Feltex Television Awards:
- Natural History Programme: Bird of a Single Flight
- Best News, Current Affairs: Election Night '72
- Best Light Entertainment: Loxene Golden Disc 1972
- Best Drama and the Arts: Gone Up North and An Awful Silence
- Best Documentary: Deciding
- Allied Crafts: Loxene Golden Disc set and work on Pop Co.
- The very first ZM radio stations were started in 1973 as 1ZM Auckland, 2ZM Wellington and 3ZM Christchurch.
See: 1973 in New Zealand television, 1973 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
See: Category:1973 film awards, 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1973 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
- Terry Manners wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:28.7 on 10 March in Inglewood. In the same year, on 1 December, the title is taken over by John Robinson who wins his first national title, clocking 2:15:03.6 in Christchurch.
[edit] Chess
- The 80th National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 12th title).[6]
[edit] Horse racing
From January 1973 all races were run at metric distances rather than imperial.
[edit] Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Arapaho[7]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Arapaho[8]
[edit] Thoroughbred racing
[edit] Soccer
- New Zealand National Soccer League won by Christchurch United
- The Chatham Cup is won by Mount Wellington who beat North Shore United 3—0 in the final.[9]
- New Zealand hosted and won the inaugural Oceania Cup tournament, beating Tahiti 2-0 in the final.
[edit] Births
- 25 January: Ruben Wiki, rugby league footballer
- 20 February: Leisen Jobe, field hockey player
- 1 April: Stephen Fleming, cricketer
- 8 April: Nicholas Tongue, freestyle swimmer
- 27 May: Tana Umaga, rugby player (pictured)
- 27 May: Ian Winchester, athlete
- 2 July: Andrew Buckley, field hockey player
- 10 July: Andrew McCormick, rugby union footballer
- 23 July: Adrian Cashmore, rugby player
- 31 July: Tasha Williams, hammer thrower
- 4 August: Hymie Gill, field hockey player
- 5 August: Justin Marshall, rugby player
- 13 August: Martin Moana, rugby league footballer
- 23 August: Kerry Walmsley, cricketer
- 5 September: Lesley Nicol, netball player
- 1 September: Trent Bray, freestyle swimmer
- 14 November: Darren Smith, field hockey player
- 15 November: Shayne O'Connor, cricketer
- 16 November: Brendan Laney, rugby player
- 29 December: Garth da Silva, boxer
- Kirsten Cameron, swimmer
[edit] Deaths
- 20 May: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor.
- 18 November: Peter McKeefry, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
- 19 November: Cyril Allcott, cricketer.
- John Stewart, politician.
[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 1960–2005". TVNZ. http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
[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 the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1973 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1973
