1973 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,024,900[1]
- 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.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 37th New Zealand Parliament commenced. Government was by a Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.
- Speaker of the House – Stanley Whitehead.[3]
- Prime Minister – Norman Kirk
- Deputy Prime Minister – Hugh Watt.[3]
- Minister of Finance – Bill Rowling.[3]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Norman Kirk.[3]
- Attorney-General – Martyn Finlay.[3]
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton – Mike Minogue
- Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
- Mayor of Christchurch – Neville G. Pickering
- Mayor of Dunedin – Jim Barnes
Events
January
- 2 January: description
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Arts and literature
- Graham Billing wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature, Category:1973 books
Music
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 Philips on 14 November is the first international live broadcast into New Zealand.
- In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance.[5]
- 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
See: Category:1973 film awards, 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1973 films
Sport
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).[6]
Horse racing
From January 1973 all races were run at metric distances rather than imperial.
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Arapaho[7]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Arapaho[8]
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.[9]
- 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
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)
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
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- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1973 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1973
