1969 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.1.1 New Zealand Music Awards 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 6.2 Horse racing 6.2.1 Harness racing 6.2.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.3 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,804,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1968: 31,000 (1.12%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.7.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE. ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 35th parliament concluded and a general election was held on 26 November. It saw the Second National Government of New Zealand returned for a fourth term, with 45 of the 84 seats. The Social Credit Party lost its only seat. The overall vote was very close, with National only 1% ahead of Labour in total votes cast.

• Speaker of the House - Roy Jack . ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Ralph Hanan until 24 July, then vacant until Jack Marshall appointed on 22 December. ^[3]

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Norman Kirk (Labour). ^[4]
• Leader of the Social Credit Party - Vernon Cracknell until 26 November

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - A. R. (Ron) Guthrey
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

[edit] Events

• The voting age is lowered from 21 to 20. ^[5]
• A law change allows the number of seats in Parliament to vary in order to preserve the number of South Island seats. This increases the number of MPs from 80 to 84. ^[5]

[edit] Arts and literature

• Warren Dibble wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1969 in art, 1969 in literature, Category:1969 books

[edit] Music

[edit] New Zealand Music Awards

LOXENE GOLDEN DISC AWARD Shane - Saint Paul

See: 1969 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing on videotape was flown from Sydney to Wellington by the RNZAF, and a microwave link was put together to allow its simultaneous broadcast throughout the country. [1]
• November 5: the first Network News bulletin was read at 7.35pm by Dougal Stevenson and received simultaneously around the country ^[6] TVNZ website

See: 1969 in New Zealand television, 1969 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Public broadcasting in New Zealand Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television programmes.

[edit] Film

See: Category:1969 film awards , 1969 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1969 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

Jeff Julian wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:19:07.6 on February 8 in Christchurch.

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Spry ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Leading Light ^[8]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Eastern Suburbs who beat New Brighton 2—0 in the final. ^[9]
• Teams in the Northern and Central leagues were playing for places in the planned 1970 National league, with the top three in each league being promoted. The Southern League would be represented by Christchurch United, a new club backed by Christchurch City, Shamrock, Rangers and Christchurch Technical, who would continue to play independently in the Southern League. ^[10]
• Northern League premier division (Thompson Shield) won by Mt Wellington. ^[10]
• Central League won by Western Suburbs ^[10]
• Southern League First Division won by Christchurch Technical ^[10]

[edit] Births

• 5 January: David Dixon, American football player.
• 27 January: Shane Thomson, cricketer.
• 23 February: Michael Campbell, golfer.
• 24 April: Tony Tuimavave, rugby league player.
• 3 May: Chris Zoricich, soccer player.
• 3 July (in Florida, USA): Leonard King, basketball player.
• 26 July: Tony Tatupu, rugby league player.
• 27 July: Brendon Pongia, basketballer and television presenter.
• 6 August: Simon Doull, cricketer.
• 6 September: Doug Pirini, decathlete.
• 9 September: Rachel Hunter, model.
• 10 September: Craig Innes, rugby footballer
• 11 November: Michael Owens, cricketer.
• 13 October: Hugh McCutcheon, volleyball player and coach.
• 20 November: Chris Harris, cricketer.
• 5 December (in Maine, USA): Eric Saindon, visual effects supervisor (film).

Category:1969 births

[edit] Deaths

• 9 January: Brigadier General Leslie Andrew, VC, DSO, soldier.
• William Denham, politician.
• Ralph Hanan, politician.
• Frank Langstone, politician.
• Sir Matthew Oram, politician and 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• Sir Sydney Smith, forensic expert.

Category:1969 deaths

[edit] References

[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 environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1969 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1969