1964 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,617,000 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1963: 50,100 (1.95%)
* Males per 100 Females: 100.8

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

Government

The 34th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the second National Government in power.

*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) until 31 March, then Arnold Nordmeyer (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

*21-27 June: The Beatles tour New Zealand. [cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/beatles|title=The Beatles in New Zealand|publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage]

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

*Maurice Gee wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1964 in art, 1964 in literature,

Music

See: 1964 in music

Radio and Television

*Coronation Street is shown for the first time on New Zealand television.
*Television licences reach 168,000.
*A Māori broadcasting section of NZBC is established.
*NZBC begins plans for the Avalon studio. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

*New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
**Best Factual: "Focus"
**Best Light Entertainment: "Music Hall"
**Best Documentary: "The Distant Shore"

See: 1964 in New Zealand television, 1964 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Runaway

See: , 1964 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

:See: 1960 in sports ,

Athletics

* Peter Snell — Olympic Gold Medal, Men's 800 metres
* Peter Snell — Olympic Gold Medal, Men's 1500 metres
* John Davies — Olympic Bronze Medal, Men's 1500 metres
* Marise Chamberlain — Olympic Bronze Medal, Women's 800 metres
* Raymond Puckett wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:17:38.6 on March 7 in Lower Hutt.

Cricket

* New Zealand cricket team
* Plunket Shield was won by Auckland (1963-1964 season)

Horse racing

*

ummer Olympics

* Summer Olympics, Tokyo - New Zealand sent a team of 69 competitors, winning 3 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Netball

* Silver Ferns

Rugby league

* New Zealand national rugby league team
* Rugby League World Cup

Rugby Union

*
* Bledisloe Cup: New Zealand beat Australia by 2 tests to 1
* Ranfurly Shield: Taranaki was successful in all defences, with 8 wins and 1 draw.

occer

* Chatham Cup won by Mount Roskill

Yachting

* Helmer Pedersen, and Earle Wells — Olympic Gold Medal, Men's Flying Dutchman class

Births

* 10 February - John Campbell, broadcaster.
* 23 March: John Mitchell, rugby player and coach.
* 7 April: Russell Crowe, actor.
* 12 May: Matthew Palmer, legal academic.
* 27 May: Joel Hayward, military historian.
* 10 June: Tony Martin, comedian.
* 12 June: Lorraine Downes, beauty queen.
* June 19: Michael Kenny, heavyweight boxer.
* July: Shayne Carter, musician.
* 11 August: Grant Waite, golfer.
* 27 August: Lynley Hannen, rower.
* 23 October: David Penfold, field hockey player.
* 29 October: Anthony Mosse, swimmer.
* 3 November: Bryan Young, cricketer.
* 16 December: John Kirwan, rugby player and coach.
* 24 December: Nick Smith, politician.

* Steve Braunias, journalist.
* Glenn Colquhoun, poet.
* Shane Cotton, painter.
* Brad McGann, filmmaker.
* Andrew Niccol, film director.

Deaths

* 2 January: Somebody, description

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 1964 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1964