1965 in New Zealand

1965
in
New Zealand

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

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,663,800.
  • 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

  • 27 March – A Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) Lockheed L-188 Electra on a training flight crashes and catches fire on landing at Whenuapai Airport. All occupants escape with only one minor injury.
  • 1 April – TEAL is renamed Air New Zealand.
  • 11 April – Qantas launches the first trans-Tasman jet service, between Christchurch and Sydney using Boeing 707 aircraft.
  • 13 April – An explosion and fire at the General Plastics factory in Masterton kills four people and injures four others.
  • 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 is officially opened by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake.
  • 27 May – Vietnam War: Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announces New Zealand will send its first combat forces, an artillery battery, to South Vietnam.
  • 20 July – A 33-hour prison riot breaks out at Mount Eden Prison, Auckland, with inmates setting fire to large parts of the prison.
  • 31 August – New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.
  • 3 November – Riccarton Mall, the South Island's first indoor shopping mall, opens to shoppers.

Arts and literature

See 1965 in art, 1965 in literature

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. [1] Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  • 28 August – Christchurch's CHTV-3 switches to the new Sugarloaf transmitter in the Port Hills.
  • The broadcast relay station at Mount Studholme is commissioned, extending television coverage to South Canterbury.
  • 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

Horse racing

Harness racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.

  • 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.
  • Provincial league champions:
    • 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.

Births

Deaths

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