1962 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,515,800 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1961: 54,500 (2.21%)
* Males per 100 Females: 101.0

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD, followed by Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE. [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

*Speaker of the House - Ronald Algie. Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
*Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall.
*Minister of Finance - Harry Lake.
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake.
*Attorney-General - Ralph Hanan.

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Walter Nash (Labour) [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

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

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

*R.A.K. Mason wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1962 in art, 1962 in literature,

Music

See: 1962 in music

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. [ [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf TVNZ Timeline] ]

See: 1962 in New Zealand television, 1962 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: , 1962 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand,

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

port

Athletics

* 27 January: Peter Snell sets a new world record for the mile of 3m 54.4s, running at Cook's Gardens, Wanganui. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=27/01 NZhistory.net] ]
* Barry Magee wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:55.4 in Auckland.

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.

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.

References

ee 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