1970 in New Zealand

1970 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,852,100 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1969: 48,100 (1.72%)
• Males per 100 Females: 99.9

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE. ^[2]

[edit] 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]

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Norman Kirk (Labour). ^[4]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - A. R. (Ron) Guthrey
• Mayor of Dunedin - James George Barnes

[edit] 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]}

[edit] Arts and literature

• Edward Middleton wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1970 in art, 1970 in literature, Category:1970 books

[edit] Music

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Film

See: Category:1970 film awards , 1970 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1970 films

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

See: 1970 in sports , Category:1970 in sports ,

[edit] Athletics

• Jeff Julian wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:32 on March 7 in Napier.

[edit] Commonwealth Games

• New Zealand competed at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh

[edit] Soccer

• Establishment of the New Zealand National Soccer League
• Blockhouse Bay are the first National Soccer Champions.
• Chatham Cup won by Blockhouse Bay

• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Golf: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:Horse racing in New Zealand
• Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships

[edit] 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.
• 22 September: Hitro Okesene, rugby league player.
• 19 October: Whetu Taewa, rugby league player.
• 27 October (in Samoa): Alama Ieremia, rugby player.
• 5 December: Matthew Horne, cricketer.

• Catherine Chidgey, novellist.
• Danielle Cormack, actor.
• Katherine Dienes, organist and composer. ^[7]
• Nicola Kawana, actor.
• Nanaia Mahuta, politician.
• Simon Power, politician.
• Katrina Shanks, politician.
• Metiria Turei, politician.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] 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 1970 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1970