1960 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1960 in New Zealand.
Population[edit]
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,403,600.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1959: 43,900 (1.86%).[1]
- Males per 100 females: 101.0.[1]
Incumbents[edit]
Regal and viceregal[edit]
Government[edit]
The 32nd New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the Second Labour government under Walter Nash. The general election saw the governing Labour Party defeated by a twelve-seat margin, and replaced by the Second National government.
- Speaker of the House – Robert Macfarlane.[3]
- Prime Minister – Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake
- Deputy Prime Minister – Jerry Skinner then Jack Marshall.[3]
- Minister of Finance – Arnold Nordmeyer then Harry Lake.[3]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Walter Nash then Keith Holyoake.[3]
- Attorney-General – Rex Mason, then Ralph Hanan.[3]
- Chief Justice — Sir Harold Barrowclough
Parliamentary opposition[edit]
- Leader of the Opposition – Keith Holyoake (National) until 12 December, then Walter Nash (Labour)[4]
Main centre leaders[edit]
- Mayor of Auckland – Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton – Denis Rogers
- Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
- Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
- Mayor of Dunedin – Stuart Sidey
Events[edit]
- Passing of the Waitangi Day Act 1960, first step towards a national day.
- 26 November: 1960 New Zealand general election
Arts and literature[edit]
- Maurice Duggan wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1960 in art, 1960 in literature
Music[edit]
See: 1960 in music
Radio and television[edit]
- 1 June: At 7.30 pm New Zealand's first official television transmission begins.[5] For the first six weeks programs are limited to two hours a night and two nights a week.[6] In mid-July this is extended to four nights a week. A television licence fee of £4 per year is introduced in August.
Film[edit]
See: Category:1960 film awards, 1960 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1960 films
Sport[edit]
Athletics[edit]
- Ray Puckett wins his third national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:23:12.6 on 8 March in Invercargill.
Chess[edit]
- The 67th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland.[7]
Cricket[edit]
- The Australian team toured but games against the national side did not have Test status.
- Plunket Shield was won by Canterbury (1959-1960 season)
Horse racing[edit]
Harness racing[edit]
- New Zealand Trotting Cup – False Step (3rd win)[8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – Damian[9]
Lawn bowls[edit]
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[10]
- Men's singles champion – Stanley Snedden (Linwood Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – E.H. Taylor, Pete Skoglund (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – H. Roy, J. Scott, B. Moore, Bill O'Neill (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)
Olympic Games[edit]
Summer Olympics[edit]
 Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
- New Zealand enters 38 competitors in nine sports, winning two gold (Peter Snell – Athletics, Men's 800m, Murray Halberg – Athletics, Men's 5,000m) and one bronze (Barry Magee – Athletics, Men's Marathon) medals.
Winter Olympics[edit]
| Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- New Zealand enters the Winter Olympics for the second time, with a team of four competitors.
Rugby league[edit]
Rugby union[edit]
- The All Blacks toured South Africa, losing the four-test series 2–1 with one game drawn.[11]
- 25 June, Ellis Park, Johannesburg: New Zealand 0 – 13 South Africa
- 23 July, Newlands, Cape Town: New Zealand 11 – 3 South Africa
- 13 Aug, Free State Stadium, Blomfontein: New Zealand 11 – 11 South Africa
- 27 August, Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth: New Zealand 3 – 8 South
- Ranfurly Shield: Auckland managed successful defences against Thames Valley (22-6) and Counties (14-3) before losing to North Auckland, 17–11. North Auckland managed to defend the shield against Poverty Bay, (24-3) before losing 3–6 to Auckland. Auckland held the shield for the remainder of the season, beating Manawatu (31-8), Bay of Plenty (9-6), Wellington (22-9), Taranaki (25-6) and Canterbury (19-18).
Soccer[edit]
- The national men's team made a short tour to Tahiti.[12]
- 5 September, Papeete: NZ 5 – 1 Tahiti
- 8 September, Papeete: NZ 8 – 0 Tahiti Juniors
- 12 September, Papeete: NZ 2 – 1 Tahiti
- Chatham Cup won by North Shore United, who beat Technical Old Boys (of Christchurch) 5–3 in the final.[13]
- Provincial league champions:[14]
- Auckland: North Shore United
- Bay of Plenty: Kahukura
- Buller: Waimangaroa United
- Canterbury: Western
- Franklin: Papatoetoe
- Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
- Manawatu: Kiwi United
- Marlborough: Woodbourne
- Nelson: Athletic
- Northland: Otangarei United
- Otago: Northern AFC
- Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
- South Canterbury: Thistle
- Southland: Invercargill Thistle
- Taranaki: Moturoa
- Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB
- Wairarapa: YMCA
- Wanganui: Blue Rovers
- Wellington: Railways
- West Coast: Cobden-Kohinoor
Births[edit]
- 21 January: Phil Horne, cricketer
- 15 February: Michael James "Jock" Hobbs, rugby player and administrator
- 6 April: Richard Loe, rugby player
- 10 April – Rex Wilson, long-distance runner
- 2 May – Rhys Jones, New Zealand Army officer
- 14 May: Frank Nobilo, golfer
- 7 June: Lianne Dalziel, politician
- 15 July: Gary Robertson, cricketer
- 9 September: Chris White, rower
- 29 September: Tau Henare, politician
- 1 November: Jenny Bornholdt, poet
- 17 December: Steve Walsh, long jumper
- 26 December: Temuera Morrison, actor
Deaths[edit]
- 17 January Andrew Kennaway Henderson, illustrator, cartoonist and pacifist. (b. 1879)
- 1 June Alfred Murdoch, politician. (b. 1877)
- 25 July Edgar Neale, politician. (b. 1889)
- 10 September: Sir Harold Gillies, plastic surgery pioneer (b. 1882)
- 8 October Sir William Polson, politician. (b. 1875)
- 29 November Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, soldier. (b. 1868)
See also[edit]
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "History of Television in New Zealand - The Early Years". corporate.tvnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "where we've come from - 1960" (PDF). TVNZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Pick and Go rugby results database
- ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ^ Chatham Cup: nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links[edit]
Media related to 1960 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons