1973 in New Zealand

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

Population

  • 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

Regal and viceregal

  • Elizabeth II
    Elizabeth II
  • Denis Blundell
    Denis Blundell

Government

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

  • Jack Marshall
    Jack Marshall

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

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

Events

Arts and literature

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

Performing arts

Radio and television

  • 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.[17]
  • 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

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

Sport

Athletics

  • 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

  • The 80th National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 12th title).[18]

Horse racing

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

Harness racing

Soccer

Births

Deaths

Full date unknown

References

  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. ^ "Roading leaders challenge potential new 80km/h state highway speed limit". RNZ. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  17. ^ "TVNZ timeline 1960–2005" (PDF). TVNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  18. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  20. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ Morgan, Karen J. "Edith Louisa Niederer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

See also

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