1963 in New Zealand
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See also: 1962 in New Zealand, other events of 1963, 1964 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.
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[edit] Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1963 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] Government
- Speaker of the House - Ronald Algie
- Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
- Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall
- Minister of Finance - Harry Lake
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake
[edit] Opposition Leaders
See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections
- Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition) (before 31 March).
- Labour - Arnold Nordmeyer (Leader of the Opposition) (from 1 April).
[edit] 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
[edit] Events
See 1963 , 1963 in politics , 1963 in science , Category:1963 in Australia , 1963 in Australia , 1963 in music , 1963 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history
[edit] January
- 2 January: description
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Arts and literature
- Maurice Shadbolt wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1963 in art, 1963 in literature, Category:1963 books
[edit] Music
See: 1963 in music
[edit] Radio and Television
- There are 80,000 television licences issued, and an estimated 300,000 television viewers in New Zealand. [1]
See: 1963 in New Zealand television, 1963 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
See: Category:1963 film awards , 1963 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1963 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
- See: 1963 in sports , Category:1963 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
- Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , 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 Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
- Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, 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
[edit] Births
- 4 January: Sean Fitzpatrick, rugby player
- 16 March: Kevin Smith, actor
- 20 August: Ian Woodley, field hockey goalkeeper
- 26 August: Christine Arthur, field hockey player
- 10 September: Jay Laga'aia, actor
- 17 September: Warren Gatland, rugby player and coach
- 11 December: Mark Greatbatch, cricketer
- 24 December: David Grundy, field hockey player
[edit] Deaths
- 4 July: Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
- 14 July: Maud Basham (Aunt Daisy, radio personality
- 19 September: Sir David Low, cartoonist
[edit] See also
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