1960_in_new_zealand

1960 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963

Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio and Television 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Athletics 7.2 Cricket 7.3 Horse racing 7.4 Summer Olympics 7.5 Netball 7.6 Rugby league 7.7 Rugby Union 7.8 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,403,600 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
• Increase since 31/12/1959: 43,900 (1.86%)
• Males per 100 Females: 101.0

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD

Government

The 32nd New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the Labour government under Walter Nash. The general election saw the governing Labour Party defeated by a twelve-seat margin.

• Speaker of the House - Robert Macfarlane
• Prime Minister - Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner then Jack Marshall
• Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer then Harry Lake
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - Keith Holyoake (Leader of the Opposition) (before 12 December).

• Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition) (after 12 December).

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Sidey

Events

• Passing of the Waitangi Day Act, 1960, first step towards a national day.
• 26 November: New Zealand general election, 1960

Arts and literature

• Maurice Duggan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1960 in art, 1960 in literature, Category:1960 books

Music

See: 1960 in music

Radio and Television

• At 7.30pm on Wednesday 1 June 1960, a switch was flicked in a building in Shortland Street in central Auckland and New Zealand\'s first official television transmission began. [1]. For the first six weeks, programs are limited to two hours a night and two nights a week. [2]. In mid-July, this was extended to four nights a week. A television licence fee of £4 per week was introduced in August.

See: 1960 in New Zealand television, 1960 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1960 film awards , 1960 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1960 films

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

Sport

• See: 1960 in sports , Category:1960 in sports

Athletics

• Raymond Puckett wins his third national title in the men\'s marathon, clocking 2:23:12.6 on March 8 in Invercargill.

Cricket

• The Australian team toured but games against the national side did not have Test status.
• Plunket Shield was won by Canterbury (1959-1960 season)

Horse racing

• Category:New Zealand horse races

Summer Olympics

• Summer Olympics, Rome - New Zealand entered 38 competitors in 9 sports, winning 2 gold (Peter Snell — Athletics, Men\'s 800m, Murray Halberg — Athletics, Men\'s 5,000m) and one bronze (Barry Magee — Athletics, Men\'s Marathon) medals.

Netball

• Silver Ferns

Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team
• Rugby League World Cup

Rugby Union

• Category:All Blacks
• Ranfurly Shield: Auckland managed successful defences against Thames Valley (22-6) and Counties (14-3) before losing to North Auckland, 17-11. North Auckland managed to defend the shield against Poverty Bay, (24-3) before losing 3-6 to Auckland. Auckland held the shield for the remainder of the season, beating Manawatu (31-8), Bay of Plenty (9-6), Wellington (22-9), Taranaki (25-6) and Canterbury (19-18).

Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by North Shore United

Births

• 21 January: Phil Horne, cricketer.
• 15 February: Michael James "Jock" Hobbs, rugby player and administrator.
• 6 April: Richard Loe, rugby player.
• 14 May: Frank Nobilo, golfer.
• 7 June: Lianne Dalziel, politician.
• 15 July: Gary Robertson, cricketer.
• 9 September: Chris White, rower.
• 29 September: Tau Henare, politician.
• 26 December: Temuera Morrison, actor.

• Chris Bell, author.
• Jenny Bornholdt, poet.
• Ajahn Thaniya, Buddhist nun.

Category:1960 births

Deaths

• 10 September: Sir Harold Gillies, plastic surgery pioneer

• Edgar Neale, politician.
• Sir William Polson, politician.

Category:1960 deaths

References

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand\'s links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1960 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1960

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