1973 in New Zealand

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

1973 in New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:

Population

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

See 1973 in art, 1973 in literature, Category:1973 books

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 on 31 October. The licence fee for a colour television is NZ$35.
  • The Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips on 14 November is the first international live broadcast into New Zealand.
  • In December, Fred Dagg makes his first appearance.[8]
  • 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).[9]

Horse racing

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

Harness racing

Soccer

Births

Category:1973 births

Deaths

Category:1973 deaths

References

  1. "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. 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. "Trans Tasman Travel Arrangement News Releases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.
  7. "No. 45985". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 2 June 1973. pp. 6507–6510.
  8. "TVNZ timeline 1960–2005" (PDF). TVNZ. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  9. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  11. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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

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