The
Ohakuri hydroelectric power plant starts operation.
February
March
April
23 April – Emergency number
111 is introduced in Wellington.[5]
June
1 June – Television begin transmission in Christchurch
July
1 July – Television begin transmission in Wellington.
August
September
October
12 October – Ten National MPs voted with the Opposition to remove
capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the
Second National Government had introduced, by a vote of 41 to 30.
Auckland television is extended to seven nights a week, two and a half hours a night. On 4 April, Auckland television went commercial.
[1]Archived 15 January 2016 at the
Wayback Machine
Television transmission began in Christchurch (a year later than Auckland) on 1 June. Wellington followed four weeks later, on 1 July.
[2]
The
Ohakuri hydroelectric power plant starts operation.
February
March
April
23 April – Emergency number
111 is introduced in Wellington.[5]
June
1 June – Television begin transmission in Christchurch
July
1 July – Television begin transmission in Wellington.
August
September
October
12 October – Ten National MPs voted with the Opposition to remove
capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the
Second National Government had introduced, by a vote of 41 to 30.
Auckland television is extended to seven nights a week, two and a half hours a night. On 4 April, Auckland television went commercial.
[1]Archived 15 January 2016 at the
Wayback Machine
Television transmission began in Christchurch (a year later than Auckland) on 1 June. Wellington followed four weeks later, on 1 July.
[2]