1965 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1965 in New Zealand.

←

 1965 in New Zealand

→

Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:

Population
  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,663,800[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1964: 46,800 (1.79%)
  • Males per 100 females: 100.7

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 34th Parliament of New Zealand continued, with the 2nd National government in power.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events
  • 1 April – Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) is renamed Air New Zealand.
  • April – The HVDC Inter-Island link is completed, connecting the North Island's electricity network and the South Island's electricity network together.
  • 15 May – Benmore Dam opened by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake.[5]
  • 31 August – New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.

Arts and literature

See 1965 in art, 1965 in literature, Category:1965 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Loxene Golden Disc Ray Columbus & The Invaders – Till We Kissed

See: 1965 in music

Radio and television
  • Television in the "four main centres" (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) is now broadcast seven nights a week. Broadcasting now totals 50 hours a week.
  • There are 300,000 television licences.
  • The broadcast relay station at Mount Studholme is commissioned, extending television coverage to South Canterbury.[6]
  • New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
    • Best Factual: Compass
    • Best Light Entertainment: In the Groove
    • Best Children's Series: Junior Magazine with Jasmine

See: 1965 in New Zealand television, 1965 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1965 film awards, 1965 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1965 films

Sport

Athletics
Ray Puckett wins his fifth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:26.8 on 13 March in Dunedin.

Chess
  • The 72nd National Chess Championships are held in Wellington. The winner is J.R. Phillips of Wellington[7]

Horse racing

Harness racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.[10]

  • Men's singles champion – Ron Buchan (Tui Park Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – Norm Lash, C.D. McGarry (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J. Miller, G. MacRae, A. Cotton, P. Jones (skip) (Otahuhu Railway Bowling Club)

Soccer
  • The Chatham Cup is won by Eastern Suburbs of Auckland who beat Saint Kilda 4–1 in the final.[11]
  • Provincial league champions:[12]
    • Bay of Plenty: Rangers
    • Buller: Granity Athletic
    • Canterbury: Christchurch City
    • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
    • Manawatu: Kiwi United
    • Marlborough: Woodbourne
    • Nelson: Rangers
    • Otago: St Kilda
    • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
    • South Canterbury: West End
    • Southland: Invercargill Thistle
    • Taranaki: Moturoa
    • Wairarapa: Masterton Athletic
    • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
    • Wellington: Diamond
    • West Coast: Cobden-Kohinoor
  • The Northern League is formed, incorporating top teams from Northland, Auckland, Franklin and Waikato. The first League champions are Eastern Suburbs of Auckland.[13]

Births

Category:1965 births

Deaths

Category:1965 deaths

gollark: Sure.
gollark: I see.
gollark: I think there's a web version, I got the desktop version.
gollark: <@!711227962401226793> Exist.
gollark: I have Mindustry.

See also

References
  1. "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. Bruce, David (30 October 2008). "Benmore gets more with first full rebuild". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  6. "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)". 351. New Zealand Parliament. 28 June 1967: 1394. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. list of NZ Chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  9. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  11. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  13. Regional Champions 1965-1970

Media related to 1965 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.