1967 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1967 in New Zealand.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,745,000.^[1]
• Increase since 31 December 1966: 33,700 (1.24%).^[1]
• Males per 100 females: 100.2.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE, followed by Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE.^[2]

Government

The

• Speaker of the House – Roy Jack.^[3]
• Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister – Jack Marshall.^[3]
• Minister of Finance – Harry Lake until 21 February (death), then Robert Muldoon.^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Keith Holyoake.^[3]
• Attorney-General – Ralph Hanan.^[3]
• Chief Justice — Sir Richard Wild

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Norman Kirk (Labour).^[4]
• Leader of the Social Credit Party – Vernon Cracknell

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton – Denis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin – Russell John Calvert

Events

• 19 January – A gas explosion in the Strongman coal mine near Greymouth kills 19 miners.^[5]
• 23–26 January – The
  Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Air Marshall Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, tours New Zealand.^[6][7]
• February – Free milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) was stopped, it had been distributed since 1937. Some schools continued it with parents paying.^[8]
• 11 March – 1967 Southern Maori by-election: Whetu Tirikatene (Labour) wins the by-election, replacing her late father, Eruera Tirikatene (Labour).
• 19 March – Two tigers are shot dead in Newtown after escaping an insecure enclosure at Wellington Zoo.^[9][10]
• 15 April
  • 1967 Fendalton by-election: Eric Holland (National) wins the by-election, replacing the late Harry Lake (National).
  • 1967 Petone by-election: Fraser Colman (Labour) wins the by-election, replacing the late Mick Moohan (Labour).
• 7-17 May – Railway workers strike after failed wage talks with the government, cancelling rail services nationwide for eleven days.^[11]
• 10 July – The nation's currency is decimalised, with the New Zealand dollar replacing the New Zealand pound at a rate of two dollars to a pound.
• 23 September – Referendums were held on whether to extend hotel closing hours (passed), and whether to extend the term of Parliament (failed; see
  referendum
  ).
• 9 October – Three weeks after the
  referendum, bar closing times were extended to 10pm; ending the six o'clock swill
  .
• December – The report of the Royal Commission on Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand (the "Woodhouse Report") is released, recommending the establishment of a universal no-fault compensation scheme for injuries. The scheme was later realised in 1974 as the Accident Compensation Commission (ACC).^[12][13]

Arts and literature

• James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1967 in art, 1967 in literature, Category:1967 books

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Loxene Golden Disc Lee Grant – Thanks To You

See: 1967 in music

Radio and television

See:

• David McKenzie wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:21:50 in Lower Hutt
  .

• The 74th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 9th title).^[14]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Great Adios^[15]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Allakasam^[16]

• The
  Christchurch City 2–1 in the final.^[17]
• Northern League champions: Ponsonby AFC
• Disagreement over the inclusion of a Gisborne team in the Western League caused its dissolution and the establishment of a Central Districts League, with Wanganui omitted but Poverty Bay and Wairarapa included. The premier division was won by
  Eastern Union^[18]
• Provincial league champions:[19]
  • Canterbury: Christchurch City
  • Marlborough: Grosvenor Rovers
  • Nelson: Thistle
  • Otago: Northern AFC
  • South Canterbury: West End
  • Southland: Invercargill United
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Hungaria
  • West Coast: no competition

Births

• 6 January: Craig Perks, golfer.
• 17 March: Andrew Bird, rowing cox.
• 27 March: Anthony Thornton, field hockey player.
• 7 April: Scott Hobson, field hockey player.
• 17 April:
  Ian Jones
  , rugby player.
• 5 May:
  Bishop-elect) appointed in December 2017 as the 10th Bishop of Christchurch.^[20]
• 10 May: Eion Crossan, rugby player
• 23 May: Craig Monk, yachtsman.
• 31 May: Phil Keoghan, television presenter.
• 11 June: Graeme Bachop, rugby player
• 15 June: Paul Kingsman, swimmer.
• 12 July: Anthony Beks, swimmer.
• 1 August: Cameron Rhodes, actor.
• 20 August Robert Ironside soccer
• 30 August (in England): Justin Vaughan, cricketer.
• 4 September: Darrin Murray, cricketer.
• 18 September (in England): Gary Anderson, cyclist.
• 21 October: Gavin Lovegrove, javelin thrower.
• 26 October: Keith Urban, country singer.
• Bernard Beckett, writer.
• Niki Caro, filmmaker.
• Megan Gay, actress.
• Katherine Rich, politician.