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

* Head of State – Elizabeth II *

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

– Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO

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Government

The 34th Parliament of New Zealand continued, with the 2nd National government in power. *

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hunger ...

– Ronald Algie.Lambert & Palenski: ''The New Zealand Almanac'', 1982. * Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake. * Deputy Prime Minister – Jack Marshall. * Minister of Finance – Harry Lake. * Minister of Foreign Affairs – Keith Holyoake. * Attorney-General – Ralph Hanan. * Chief Justice — Sir Harold Barrowclough

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

– Arnold Nordmeyer ( Labour) until 16 December, then Norman Kirk (Labour).

Main centre leaders

* Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson then

Roy McElroy Roy Granville McElroy (2 April 1907 – 16 May 1994) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician, who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1965 to 1968. Early life and career Born in Auckland on 2 April 1907, McElroy was the son of Herbert Thoma ...

* Mayor of Hamilton – Denis Rogers * Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts * Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning * Mayor of Dunedin –

Stuart Sidey Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey (8 October 1908 – 28 October 2007) was a former New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Dunedin. Biography Early life and career Born in 1908, he was brought up in Corstorphine House. He was the only child of S ...

then

Russell Calvert Russell John Calvert (1 February 1909 – 20 August 2011) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as Mayor of Dunedin between 1965 and 1968. Biography Early life Calvert was born in Masterton in 1909. He was educated at Nelson Col ...

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 Whenuapai is a suburb and aerodrome located in northwestern Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the northwestern shore of the Waitematā Harbour, 15 kilometres to the northwest of Auckland's city centre. It is one of t ...

. 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 The Boeing 707 is an American, long-range, narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype first flown in 1954, the initial first flew on December 20, ...

aircraft. * 13 April – An explosion and fire at the General Plastics factory in

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

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 Benmore Dam is the largest dam within the Waitaki power scheme, located in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. There are eight other power stations in the Waitaki Power Scheme. The dam is the largest earth-fill (zoned embankme ...

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 New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...

signed. * 3 November –

Riccarton Mall Westfield Riccarton, also known by its former name Riccarton Mall, is a large retail complex located in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Riccarton. First opened on 3 November 1965, it is Christchurch's oldest shopping mall. The complex is ...

, the South Island's first indoor shopping mall, opens to shoppers.

Arts and literature

* Janet Frame wins the Robert Burns Fellowship. See

1965 in art Events from the year 1965 in art. Events * March 19 – A record price of 760,000 guineas is paid at Christie's London auction house for Rembrandt's painting ''Titus''. * May – Avant-garde artists Marta Minujín and Rubén Santantonín presen ...

1965 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1965. Events *February 10 – Soviet fiction writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to five and seven years, respectively, for "anti-Soviet" writin ...

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

Loxene Golden Disc Ray Columbus & The Invaders – Till We Kissed See:

1965 in music List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1965. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1965 in British music * 1965 in Norwegian music Specific genres *1965 in country music * 1965 in jazz Events *January 4 – Fender Musical Instrum ...

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

*28 August – Christchurch's CHTV-3 switches to the new Sugarloaf (New Zealand), 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 The year 1965 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1965. Events *January 1 - Comedian Soupy Sales, who hosted the "Lunch With Soupy Sales" children's program on New York City's WNEW-TV, ...

, List of TVNZ television programming, :Television in New Zealand, :New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: :1965 film awards,

1965 in film The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with ''The Sound of Music'' topping the U.S. box office and winning five Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in North Americ ...

List of New Zealand feature films This is a list of feature films and pre 1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release. Key * * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission. * † = Year given is date of principal photography rather th ...

, Cinema of New Zealand, :1965 films

Sport

Athletics

Ray Puckett Raymond Leslie Puckett (born 17 December 1935) is a former New Zealand distance runner, who represented his country at the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964, and at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Coached by Arthur Lydiard, 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

* New Zealand Trotting Cup – Gary Dillon * Auckland Trotting Cup – Robin Dundee

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland. * Men's singles champion –

Ron Buchan Maurice Ronald Buchan (6 December 1907 – 30 January 2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 and won a gold medal in th ...

(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 Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central Premier League. Club history The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's p ...

** Manawatu: Kiwi United ** Marlborough: Woodbourne ** Nelson: Rangers ** Otago: St Kilda ** Poverty Bay:

Eastern Union Gisborne City AFC was an association football club in Gisborne, New Zealand. Founded in 1939 as Eastern Union, the club changed its name to Gisborne City after winning the Central Districts League at the first attempt in 1967. As Eastern Union, ...

** South Canterbury: West End ** Southland: Invercargill Thistle ** Taranaki:

Moturoa Moturoa is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the west of the city centre, bordering Port Taranaki and the Sugar Loaf Islands. One of the islands, Moturoa, the largest, shares it ...

** 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.Regional Champions 1965-1970
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Births

*10 January:

John Radovonich John Lewis Radovonich (born 10 January 1965) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the men's national team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born ...

, 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 Tea Faa'tea Ropati (born 7 September 1964) is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa. Background Ropati was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Ropati is a member of the large Ropati rugby leagu ...

, 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 Anna Maree Doig (born 18 December 1965) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from New Zealand, who represented her native country at 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also k ...

, freestyle and butterfly swimmer. * John Leigh, actor. *

Se'e Solomona Maseese (Se'e) David Solomona (born 9 March 1965) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa. Background Solomona was born in New Zealand. Playing career Solomona started ...

, rugby league player. *

Hilary Timmins Hilary Timmins is a New Zealand television personality. Career Hilary first appeared on New Zealand Television in 1986 after studying English literature and ancient history at Auckland University coupled with a busy modelling career – when she ...

, 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 Sir Walter James Broadfoot (6 April 1881 – 10 September 1965) was a New Zealand politician of the United Party, and from 1936, the National Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1949 to 1954 in the First National Government. Biography Ea ...

, politician.

References

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