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- Population
- Incumbents Regal and viceregal Government Parliamentary opposition Main centre leaders
- Events
- Arts and literature Music New Zealand Music Awards Performing arts Radio and Television Film
- Sport Athletics British Commonwealth Games Chess Horse racing Harness racing Soccer
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}{{Year_in_NZ|1970}}The following lists events that happened during 1970 in New Zealand. Population- Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,852,100[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1969: 48,100 (1.72%)
- Males per 100 females: 99.9
IncumbentsRegal and viceregal- Head of State - Elizabeth II
- Governor-General - Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE.[2]
GovernmentThe 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]
- Chief Justice — Sir Richard Wild
Parliamentary opposition- Leader of the Opposition - Norman Kirk (Labour).[4]
Main centre leaders- Mayor of Auckland - Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton - Mike Minogue
- Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
- Mayor of Christchurch - Ron Guthrey
- Mayor of Dunedin - Jim Barnes
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]
- The North Island natural gas network is commissioned following the completion of the Kapuni gas treatment plant. Natural gas is initially available in Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Levin and Wellington.[7]
Arts and literature- Edward Middleton wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1970 in art, 1970 in literature, Category:1970 books MusicNew Zealand Music AwardsThe winners in the New Zealand Music Awards were - 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 Performing arts- Benny Award presented by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand to Howard Morrison and Oswald Astley Cheesman.
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:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand FilmSee: Category:1970 film awards, 1970 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1970 films SportSee: 1970 in sports, Category:1970 in sports , Athletics- Jeff Julian wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:24:32 on 7 March in Napier.
British Commonwealth Games{{main|New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games}}| {{gold medal | {{silver medal | {{bronze medal | Total |
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| 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
Chess- The 77th National Chess Championship is held in Auckland, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his 11th title).[8]
Horse racingHarness racing- New Zealand Trotting Cup: James[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Stella Frost[10]
Soccer- Establishment of the New Zealand National Soccer League
- Blockhouse Bay are the first National Soccer Champions.[11]
- The Chatham Cup is won by Blockhouse Bay, who beat Western Suburbs FC (Wellington) 3-2 in a replay after the final ended at 2-2 after extra time.[12]
- Northern League premier division (Thompson Shield) - Mount Albert
- Central League first division - Waterside
- Southern League first division - Christchurch Technical
- Promoted to NSL for 1971: Mount Albert-Ponsonby (following a merger) and Caversham (runners up in Southern League, as Christchurch Technical were connected to Christchurch United).[11]
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
- 7 September: Guy Callaghan, butterfly swimmer
- 22 September: Hitro Okesene, rugby league player
- 19 October: Whetu Taewa, rugby league player
- 27 October (in Samoa): Alama Ieremia, rugby player
- 5 November: Andrew Hastie, field hockey player
- 3 December: Karen Smith, field hockey player
- 5 December: Matthew Horne, cricketer
- Catherine Chidgey, novelist
- Danielle Cormack, actor
- Katherine Dienes, organist and composer[13]
- Nicola Kawana, actor
- Nanaia Mahuta, politician
- Simon Power, politician
- Katrina Shanks, politician
- Metiria Turei, politician
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 deathsSee also- 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
For world events and topics in 1970 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1970 References1. ^Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. ^1 2 3 4 Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. {{ISBN|0-908570-55-4}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=6 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|archive-date=17 October 2008|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
5. ^Today in History | NZHistory
6. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20081020223451/http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3515/columnists/9667/bin_there_done_that.html Life: Bin there, done that by Bill Ralston | New Zealand Listener]
7. ^{{cite web |url= http://gasindustry.co.nz/dmsdocument/5344 |title= The New Zealand Gas Story |publisher= Gas Industry Company |date= December 2016 |accessdate= 13 February 2017}}
8. ^List of New Zealand Chess Champions {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm |date=14 October 2008 }}
9. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm |title=List of NZ Trotting cup winners |access-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm |archive-date=22 February 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
10. ^Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm |date=17 June 2009 }}
11. ^1 New Zealand soccer league tables 1970
12. ^List of Chatham Cup winners {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314234154/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/chatham_cup_records.html |date=14 March 2009 }}
13. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.trebleclefpress.com/bios.html |title=Biographies of selected composers |access-date=11 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613102921/http://www.trebleclefpress.com/bios.html |archive-date=13 June 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
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