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.^[1]
Increase since 31 December 1964: 46,800 (1.79%).^[1]
Males per 100 females: 100.7.^[1]

Incumbents

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.^[5]
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.^[6]
13 April – An explosion and fire at the General Plastics factory in Masterton kills four people and injures four others.^[7]
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.^[8]
27 May – Vietnam War: Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announces New Zealand will send its first combat forces, an artillery battery, to South Vietnam.^[9]^[10]
20 July – A 33-hour prison riot breaks out at Mount Eden Prison, Auckland, with inmates setting fire to large parts of the prison.^[11]
10 August – New Zealand recognises Singapore as an independent sovereign state, one day after Singapore's expulsion from the Malaysian Federation.^[12]
31 August – New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement signed.
3 November – Riccarton Mall, the South Island's first indoor shopping mall, opens to shoppers.^[13]

Arts and literature

Janet Frame wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

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.^[14]
The broadcast relay station at Mount Studholme is commissioned, extending television coverage to South Canterbury.^[15]
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^[16]

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Gary Dillon^[17]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Robin Dundee^[18]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.^[19]

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.^[20]
Provincial league champions:^[21]
- 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.^[22]

Births

10 January: John Radovonich, field hockey player.
11 February: Eric Rush, rugby union and rugby sevens player.
14 February: Zinzan Brooke, rugby player.
15 February: Jamie Smith, field hockey player.
15 March: Robyn Malcolm actor
4 April: Gail Jonson, swimmer.
8 April: Michael Jones, rugby player.
22 April: Carmel Clark, swimmer.
28 May (in Britain): Alan Henderson, bobsleigh pilot
28 June: Duane Mann, rugby league player.
29 July: Paresh Patel, field hockey player.
31 August: Willie Watson, cricketer.
1 September: Tania Roxborogh, writer.
7 September: Tea Ropati, rugby league player.
21 September: Belinda Cordwell, tennis player.
26 October: Ken Rutherford, cricketer.
24 November: Nyla Carroll, long-distance runner.
18 December: Anna Doig, freestyle and butterfly swimmer.
John Leigh, actor.
Se'e Solomona, rugby league player.
Hilary Timmins, television presenter.

Deaths

21 June: Thomas Hislop, Jr., Mayor of Wellington 1931-45 (in Montreal, Canada).
10 September: John Weeks, painter.
10 September: Walter Broadfoot, politician.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ "ELECTRA CRASHES AND BURNS - T.E.A.L. Crew Escape From Wreck Unhurt". The Press. 29 March 1965. p. 1.
^ "CHRISTCHURCH-SYDNEY JET SERVICE - Thousands Watch Qantas Boeing". The Press. 12 April 1965. p. 1.
^ "FOUR DIE IN FIERCE BLAZE - Explosion Before Factory Gutted". The Press. 14 April 1965. p. 1.
^ Bruce, David (30 October 2008). "Benmore gets more with first full rebuild". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
^ "1965 - key events". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "TROOPS TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM - One Artillery Battery". The Press. 28 May 1965. p. 1.
^ "Riots rock Mt Eden prison". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "N.Z. Recognises Singapore". The Press. 11 August 1965. p. 1.
^ "Grand Carnival Opening - Riccarton Mall". The Press. 2 November 1965. pp. 23–30.
^ "Sugarloaf To Open Tomorrow". The Press. 27 August 1965. p. 1.
^ "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)". Vol. 351. New Zealand Parliament. 28 June 1967. p. 1394.
^ list of NZ Chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ Regional Champions 1965-1970

External links

Media related to 1965 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[:02-1] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[2] Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52

[almanac-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4

[4] "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[5] "ELECTRA CRASHES AND BURNS - T.E.A.L. Crew Escape From Wreck Unhurt". The Press. 29 March 1965. p. 1.

[6] "CHRISTCHURCH-SYDNEY JET SERVICE - Thousands Watch Qantas Boeing". The Press. 12 April 1965. p. 1.

[7] "FOUR DIE IN FIERCE BLAZE - Explosion Before Factory Gutted". The Press. 14 April 1965. p. 1.

[8] Bruce, David (30 October 2008). "Benmore gets more with first full rebuild". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 October 2008.

[9] "1965 - key events". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[10] "TROOPS TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM - One Artillery Battery". The Press. 28 May 1965. p. 1.

[11] "Riots rock Mt Eden prison". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[12] "N.Z. Recognises Singapore". The Press. 11 August 1965. p. 1.

[:0-13] "Grand Carnival Opening - Riccarton Mall". The Press. 2 November 1965. pp. 23–30.

[14] "Sugarloaf To Open Tomorrow". The Press. 27 August 1965. p. 1.

[15] "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)". Vol. 351. New Zealand Parliament. 28 June 1967. p. 1394.

[16] st of NZ Chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[17] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[18] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[19] McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[20] Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[21] "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

[22] Regional Champions 1965-1970

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