1960 in New Zealand

1960 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio and Television 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 6.2 Cricket 6.3 Horse racing 6.4 Summer Olympics 6.5 Netball 6.6 Rugby league 6.7 Rugby Union 6.8 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,403,600 ^[1]
• 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
• Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD. ^[2]

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. ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner then Jack Marshall. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer then Harry Lake. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason, then Ralph Hanan. ^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Keith Holyoake (National) until 12 December, then Walter Nash (Labour) ^[4]

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 Kay Stuart 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 year 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:Horse racing in New Zealand

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
• April 10 — Rex Wilson, long-distance runner
• 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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