1973 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in New Zealand.

Population[edit]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December 1973: 3,024,900.[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1972 – 65,200 (2.20%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females – 99.7.[1]
  • It took 21 years for the population to grow from 2 million to 3 million.[citation needed]

Incumbents[edit]

Regal and viceregal[edit]

  • Elizabeth II
    Elizabeth II
  • Denis Blundell
    Denis Blundell

Government[edit]

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

  • Stanley Whitehead
    Stanley Whitehead
  • Norman Kirk
    Norman Kirk
  • Hugh Watt
    Hugh Watt
  • Bill Rowling
    Bill Rowling
  • Martyn Finlay
    Martyn Finlay

Parliamentary opposition[edit]

  • Jack Marshall
    Jack Marshall

Judiciary[edit]

Main centre leaders[edit]

  • Dove-Myer Robinson
    Dove-Myer Robinson
  • Frank Kitts
    Frank Kitts
  • Neville Pickering
    Neville Pickering
  • Jim Barnes
    Jim Barnes

Events[edit]

Arts and literature[edit]

See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature

Music[edit]

New Zealand Music Awards[edit]

  • 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

Performing arts[edit]

Radio and television[edit]

  • Colour television broadcasts begin at 7:45 pm on 31 October.[15] The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
  • In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance.[16]
  • 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 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, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[edit]

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

Sport[edit]

Athletics[edit]

  • Terry Manners wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:18:28.7 on 10 March in Inglewood. In the same year, on 1 December, the title is taken over by John Robinson who wins his first national title, clocking 2:15:03.6 in Christchurch.

Chess[edit]

  • The 80th National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 12th title).[17]

Horse racing[edit]

From January 1973, all races are run at metric distances rather than imperial.

Harness racing[edit]

Soccer[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Full date unknown[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. ^ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. pp. 33–36.
  6. ^ "Air New Zealand accepts DC10". The Press. 13 January 1973. p. 1.
  7. ^ a b "Trans Tasman Travel Arrangement News Releases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.
  8. ^ Wright, Michael (26 December 2023). "NZ's hottest day ever: Melted roads, workers striked and it killed 26,000 chickens". Stuff. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  9. ^ Swarbrick, Nancy (11 March 2010). "Fires and fire services - Towards a national fire service". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  10. ^ "AUCKLAND CIVIL EMERGENCY - 4000 moved after fumes escape". The Press. 28 February 1973. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Labour government cancels Springbok rugby tour". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  12. ^ "P.M. SAYS DOOR NOT SHUT - Expects union to accept". The Press. 11 April 1973. p. 1.
  13. ^ "UPROAR AS THOMAS IS FOUND GUILTY". The Press. 17 April 1973. p. 1.
  14. ^ "No. 45985". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 2 June 1973. pp. 6507–6510.
  15. ^ a b "COLOUR SHOULD GIVE LIFT TO LIFE". The Press. 1 November 1973. p. 1.
  16. ^ "TVNZ timeline 1960–2005" (PDF). TVNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  17. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  19. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Morgan, Karen J. "Edith Louisa Niederer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

See also[edit]

For world events and topics in 1973 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1973

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