1964 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1964 in New Zealand.

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Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,617,000[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1963: 50,100 (1.95%)[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 100.8[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 34th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the second National Government in power.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

  • 1 January – Massey University College of Manawatu becomes Massey University of Manawatu due to the Massey University of Manawatu Act 1963.
  • 27 February – the 1.97 km (1.22 mi) Lyttelton road tunnel, at the time New Zealand's longest road tunnel, opens to traffic.[5]
  • 1 April – The Government unveils plans for the new executive wing of Parliament, demolishing Government House and constructing a "beehive"-shaped building in its place.[6]
  • May – The last electric tramway system of New Zealand closes.[7]
  • 30 May – The Marsden Point Oil Refinery opens.[8]
  • June – The New Zealand Army Detachment arrives in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.[9]
  • 21–27 June – The Beatles tour New Zealand.[10]
  • 28 August – Emergency number 111 is introduced in Christchurch.[11]
  • November – The Continental Shelf Act 1964 passes into law.[citation needed]
  • 21 December – The last whale is caught for the whaling industry, off the Kaikōura coast, due to a low level of whales.[12]
  • Alexandra experiences record low rainfall with only 212 mm (8.3 in) falling in the town, the driest calendar year recorded in New Zealand (as of March 2023).[13]

Arts and literature

See 1964 in art, 1964 in literature

New books

See Category:1964 books

Music

Radio and television

  • Coronation Street was shown for the first time on New Zealand television on AKTV2 in the Auckland region on Thursday 14 May, running from 8.25 pm to 8.52 pm. As television was not then networked throughout New Zealand, Wellington (WNTV1), Christchurch (CHTV3) and Dunedin (DNTV2) followed in June and July; on Tuesday in Wellington and Christchurch and Thursday in Dunedin.
  • Television licences reach 168,000.
  • Broadcast relay stations at Mount Erin, Kuriwao Hill and Mount Hedgehope are commissioned, extending television coverage to Hawke's Bay, South Otago and Southland.[14]
  • A Māori broadcasting section of NZBC is established.
  • NZBC begins plans for the Avalon studios. Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  • New Zealand Television Workshop awards:
    • Best Factual: Focus
    • Best Light Entertainment: Music Hall
    • Best Documentary: The Distant Shore

See: 1964 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand.

Film

See: Category:1964 film awards, 1964 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1964 films

Sport

Athletics

Chess

  • The 71st National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.A. Court of Wellington.[15]

Cricket

Horse racing

Harness racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[18]

  • Men's singles champion – Ron Buchan (Tui Park Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – W.D. Scott, G.P. Ogilvie (skip) (Cromwell Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – C.T. Bateman, J.M. Clarke, R.D. Barron, H. Deavoll (skip) (Sydenham Bowling Club)

Netball

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics

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  • New Zealand sends a team of 64 competitors.

Winter Olympics

  • New Zealand does not participate in the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Rugby league

Rugby Union

Soccer

Yachting

Births

Deaths

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