1970 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,852,100[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1969: 48,100 (1.72%)
- Males per 100 females: 99.9
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 36th Parliament of New Zealand commenced, with the second National government in power.
- Speaker of the House - Roy Jack.[3]
- Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
- Deputy Prime Minister - Jack Marshall.[3]
- Minister of Finance - Robert Muldoon.[3]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Keith Holyoake.[3]
- Attorney-General - Jack Marshall.[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 - Ron Guthrey
- Mayor of Dunedin - Jim Barnes
Events
- 15 January: Police and anti-Vietnam war protestors clash outside the Intercontinental Hotel in Auckland, where visiting U.S. Vice-president Spiro Agnew is staying.[5][6]
Arts and literature
- Edward Middleton wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1970 in art, 1970 in literature, Category:1970 books
Music
New Zealand Music Awards
- Loxene Golden Disc SOLOIST AWARD Craig Scott - Lets Get A Little Sentimental
- Loxene Golden Disc GROUP AWARD Hogsnort Rupert - Pretty Girl
See: 1970 in music
Performing arts
- Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Howard Morrison and Oswald Astley Cheesman.
Radio and Television
- The Feltex Television Awards begin.
- Best Arts: Green Gin Sunset
- Best Light Entertainment: The Alpha Plan
- Public Affairs: Gallery for Brian Edwards' interview with Christiaan Barnard.
- Best Documentary: Three Score Years and Then
- Professional (TVPDA award): David Gardner
- Radio Hauraki granted the very first commercial licence in New Zealand breaking the government monopoly of the radio airwaves.
See: 1970 in New Zealand television, 1970 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1970 film awards, 1970 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1970 films
Sport
- See: 1970 in sports , Category:1970 in sports ,
Athletics
- Jeff Julian wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:32 on 7 March in Napier.
Chess
- The 77th National Chess Championship is held in Auckland, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 11th title).[7]
Commonwealth Games
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: James[8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Stella Frost[9]
Soccer
- Establishment of the New Zealand National Soccer League
- Blockhouse Bay are the first National Soccer Champions.[10]
- The Chatham Cup is won by Blockhouse Bay, who beat Western Suburbs FC (Wellington) 3-2 in a replay after the final ended at 2-2 after extra time.[11]
- Northern League premier division (Thompson Shield) - Mount Albert
- Central League first division - Waterside
- Southern League first division - Christchurch Technical
- Promoted to NSL for 1971: Mount Albert-Ponsonby (following a merger) and Caversham (runners up in Southern League, as Christchurch Technical were connected to Christchurch United).[10]
Births
- 12 January: Brett Leaver, field hockey player
- 4 May: Paul Wiseman, cricketer
- 20 May: David Smail, golfer
- 13 June: Chris Cairns, cricketer
- 20 June: Maia Lewis, cricketer
- 9 August: Deborah Morris, politician
- 13 August: Glenn Jonas, cricketer
- 7 September: Guy Callaghan, butterfly swimmer
- 22 September: Hitro Okesene, rugby league player
- 19 October: Whetu Taewa, rugby league player
- 27 October (in Samoa): Alama Ieremia, rugby player
- 5 November: Andrew Hastie, field hockey player
- 3 December: Karen Smith, field hockey player
- 5 December: Matthew Horne, cricketer
- Catherine Chidgey, novellist
- Danielle Cormack, actor
- Katherine Dienes, organist and composer[12]
- Nicola Kawana, actor
- Nanaia Mahuta, politician
- Simon Power, politician
- Katrina Shanks, politician
- Metiria Turei, politician
Deaths
- 27 January: Rita Angus, painter.
- 2 June: Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer.
- 24 June: Tiaki Omana, politician.
- Philip Connolly, politician.
- Sir Charles Cotton, geologist.
- Hon. Jack Watts, politician.
Category:1970 deaths
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 1970 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1970
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ↑ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ Today in History | NZHistory
- ↑ Life: Bin there, done that by Bill Ralston | New Zealand Listener
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- 1 2 New Zealand soccer league tables 1970
- ↑ List of Chatham Cup winners
- ↑ Biographies of selected composers
External links
Media related to 1970 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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