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1973 in New Zealand

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Other events of 1973Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,024,900
  • Increase since 31 December 1970: 65,200 (2.20%)
  • Males per 100 females: 99.7
  • It took 21 years for the population to grow from 2 million to 3 million.

    • Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO.

    • Government

    The 37th New Zealand Parliament commenced. Government was by a Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.

    Contents

  • Speaker of the House – Stanley Whitehead.
  • Prime Minister – Norman Kirk
  • Deputy Prime Minister – Hugh Watt.
  • Minister of Finance – Bill Rowling.
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs – Norman Kirk.
  • Attorney-General – Martyn Finlay.

    • Parliamentary opposition

  • Leader of the Opposition – Jack Marshall (National).

    • Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
  • Mayor of Hamilton – Mike Minogue
  • Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
  • Mayor of Christchurch – Neville Pickering
  • Mayor of Dunedin – Jim Barnes

    • January

  • 2 January: description

    • Arts and literature

  • Graham Billing wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

    • See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature, Category:1973 books

    New Zealand Music Awards

  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR John Donoghue – Spirit Of Pelorus Jack
  • RECORDING ARTIST / GROUP OF THE YEAR Shona Laing
  • BEST SINGLE / SINGLE OF THE YEAR John Hanlon – Damn The Dam
  • BEST NEW ARTIST Shona Laing
  • BEST NZ RECORDED COMPOSITION Anna Leah – Love Bug
  • PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Keith Southern – Join Together
  • ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock – Only Time Could Let Us Know
  • ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey – Damn The Dam

    • See: 1973 in music

    Performing arts

  • Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Ray Columbus.

    • Radio and television

  • Colour television broadcasts begin on 31 October. The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
  • The Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips on 14 November is the first international live broadcast into New Zealand.
  • In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance.
  • Feltex Television Awards:
  • Natural History Programme: Bird of a Single Flight
  • Best News, Current Affairs: Election Night '72
  • Best Light Entertainment: Loxene Golden Disc 1972
  • Best Drama and the Arts: Gone Up North and An Awful Silence
  • Best Documentary: Deciding
  • Allied Crafts: Loxene Golden Disc set and work on Pop Co.
  • The first ZM radio stations were started in 1973 as 1ZM Auckland, 2ZM Wellington and 3ZM Christchurch.

    • See: 1973 in New Zealand television, 1973 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

    Film

  • Rangi's Catch

    • See: Category:1973 film awards, 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1973 films

    Athletics

  • Terry Manners wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:28.7 on 10 March in Inglewood. In the same year, on 1 December, the title is taken over by John Robinson who wins his first national title, clocking 2:15:03.6 in Christchurch.

    • Chess

  • The 80th National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 12th title).

    • Horse racing

    From January 1973 all races were run at metric distances rather than imperial.

    Harness racing

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Arapaho
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Arapaho

    • Soccer

  • New Zealand National Soccer League won by Christchurch United
  • The Chatham Cup is won by Mount Wellington who beat North Shore United 3—0 in the final.
  • New Zealand hosted and won the inaugural Oceania Cup tournament, beating Tahiti 2-0 in the final.

    • Births

  • 25 January: Ruben Wiki, rugby league footballer
  • 20 February: Leisen Jobe, field hockey player
  • 1 April: Stephen Fleming, cricketer
  • 8 April: Nicholas Tongue, freestyle swimmer
  • 27 May: Tana Umaga, rugby player
  • 27 May: Ian Winchester, athlete
  • 2 July: Andrew Buckley, field hockey player
  • 10 July: Andrew McCormick, rugby union footballer
  • 23 July: Adrian Cashmore, rugby player
  • 31 July: Tasha Williams, hammer thrower
  • 4 August: Hymie Gill, field hockey player
  • 5 August: Justin Marshall, rugby player
  • 13 August: Martin Moana, rugby league footballer
  • 23 August: Kerry Walmsley, cricketer
  • 5 September: Lesley Nicol, netball player
  • 1 September: Trent Bray, freestyle swimmer
  • 14 November: Darren Smith, field hockey player
  • 15 November: Shayne O'Connor, cricketer
  • 16 November: Brendan Laney, rugby player
  • 29 December: Garth da Silva, boxer
  • Kirsten Cameron, swimmer

    • Category:1973 births

    Deaths

  • 5 February – John Stewart, politician (born 1902)
  • 11 April – Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert, Māori leader, interpreter, historian, genealogist (born 1894)
  • 20 May – Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor (born 1909)
  • 18 November – Peter McKeefry, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (born 1899)
  • 19 November – Cyril Allcott, cricketer (born 1896)
  • 15 December – Keith Buttle, mayor of Auckland (born 1900)

    • Category:1973 deaths

    References

    1973 in New Zealand Wikipedia
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