1973 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 3,024,900 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1970: 65,200 (2.20%)
* Males per 100 Females: 99.7
* It took 21 years for the population to grow from 2 million to 3 million.

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO. [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 37th New Zealand Parliament commenced. Government was by a
Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.

*Speaker of the House - Stanley Whitehead. Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*Prime Minister - Norman Kirk
*Deputy Prime Minister - Hugh Watt.
*Minister of Finance - Bill Rowling.
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Norman Kirk.
*Attorney-General - Martyn Finlay.

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Jack Marshall (National). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
*Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
*Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
*Mayor of Christchurch - Neville G. Pickering
*Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

Events

January

* 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

*Graham Billing wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature,

Music

New Zealand Music Awards

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR John Donoghue - Spirit Of Pelorus Jack
*RECORDING ARTIST / GROUP OF THE YEAR Shona Laing
*BEST SINGLE / SINGLE OF THE YEAR John Hanlon – Damn The Dam
*BEST NEW ARTIST Shona Laing
*BEST NZ RECORDED COMPOSITION Anna Leah - Love Bug
*PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Keith Southern - Join Together
*ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Peter Hitchcock - Only Time Could Let Us Know
*ARRANGER OF THE YEAR Mike Harvey – Damn The Dam

See: 1973 in music

Radio and Television

*Colour television broadcasts begin on October 31. The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
*The wedding of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips on November 14 is the first international live broadcast into New Zealand.
*In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance. [http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz/pdf/tvnz_timeline.pdf]

*Feltex Television Awards:
**Natural History Programme: "Bird of a Single Flight"
**Best News, Current Affairs: "Election Night '72"
**Best Light Entertainment: "Loxene Golden Disc 1972"
**Best Drama and the Arts: "Gone Up North" and "An Awful Silence"
**Best Documentary: "Deciding"
**Allied Crafts: Loxene Golden Disc set and work on Pop Co.

*The very first ZM radio stations were started in 1973 as 1ZM Auckland, 2ZM Wellington and 3ZM Christchurch.

See: 1973 in New Zealand television, 1973 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Rangi's Catch

See: , 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

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

port

:See: 1973 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).

Athletics

* Terry Manners wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:28.7 on March 10 in Inglewood. In the same year, on December 1, the title is taken over by John Robinson who wins his first national title, clocking 2:15:03.6 in Christchurch.
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
*Gold: New Zealand Open , Check in overseas tournaments.
*Horse racing: See , list winners.
*Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
*Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships

occer

* New Zealand National Soccer League won by Christchurch United
* Chatham Cup won by Mt. Wellington AFC
* New Zealand hosted and won the inaugural Oceania Cup tournament, beating Tahiti 2-0 in the final.

Births

* 1 April: Stephen Fleming, cricketer.
* 8 April: Nicholas Tongue, freestyle swimmer.
* 28 April (in Durban, South Africa): Andrew Mehrtens, rugby player.
* 27 May: Tana Umaga, rugby player.
* 27 May: Ian Winchester, athlete.
* 10 July: Andrew McCormick, rugby union footballer.
* 23 July: Adrian Cashmore, rugby player.
* 5 August: Justin Marshall, rugby player.
* 13 August: Martin Moana, rugby league player.
* 23 August: Kerry Walmsley, cricketer.
* 5 September: Lesley Nicol, netball player.
* 1 September: Trent Bray, freestyle swimmer.
* 14 November: Darren Smith, field hockey player.
* 15 November: Shayne O'Connor, cricketer.
* 16 November: Brendan Laney, rugby player.
* 29 December: Garth da Silva, boxer.

* Kirsten Cameron, swimmer.

Deaths

* 20 May: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor.
* 18 November: Peter Cardinal McKeefry, Roman Catholic bishop and Cardinal.
* 19 November: Cyril Allcott, cricketer.

* John Stewart, politician.

References

ee 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 1973 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1973