1966 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,711,300 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1965: 47,500 (1.78%)
* Males per 100 Females: 100.7

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 Parliament of New Zealand concluded and a general election was held on 26 November. The National Party was returned with a majority of eight seats, having lost one seat to the Social Credit Party who entered parliament for the first time.

*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 - Norman Kirk (Labour). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]
* Leader of Social Credit Party - Vernon Cracknell (after the 26 November General election)

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

* 1 January: New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force.
* November: The "Grey River Argus" ceases publication. The newspaper was founded in 1865. [cite web|url=http://www.greystar.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=34|title=About Us|publisher=The Greymouth Star]

Arts and literature

*James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1966 in art, 1966 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Maria Dallas - Tumbling Down

See: 1966 in music

Radio and Television

*The program Country Calendar first appears on television.
*The C'mon music program, hosted by Peter Sinclair, begins.
*First broadcast of Radio Hauraki from a boat called the TIRI in the Hauraki Gulf outside of New Zealand waters in an attempt to break the Government Monopoly on the New Zealand radio airwaves.

See: 1966 in New Zealand television, 1966 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Don't Let It Get You

See: , 1966 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: 1966 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

*Athletics:David McKenzie wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:16:59 on March 12 in Hamilton, New Zealand.
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
*Gold: New Zealand Open , Check in overseas tourniments.
*Horse racing: See , list winners.
*Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
*Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
*Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
*Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
*Other Sports

Births

* 13 January (in Florida, USA): Campbell Cooley, actor.
* 2 February: Sean Wade, long-distance runner.
* 3 February: Danny Morrison, cricketer.
* 22 March: Glen Denham, basketballer.
* 20 April: Sarah Bradley, television presenter.
* 26 May: Grant Bradburn, cricketer.
* 26 July: Nicola Payne, rower.
* 30 July: Kerry Fox, actor.
* 26 September: Shane Dye, jockey.
* 22 October: Blair Hartland, cricketer.
* 7 November: Murphy Su'a, cricketer.
* 1 December: Andrew Adamson, film director.

* Laila Harré, politician and trade unionist.
* Nandor Tanczos, politician.
* (in Sydney): Mick Watson, sports entrepreneur.

Deaths

* Bill Anderton, politician.

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 1966 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1966