1967 in New Zealand

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,745,000
• Increase since 31 December 1966: 33,700
• Males per 100 females: 100.2

  Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE, followed by Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE.

  Government

• Speaker of the House – Roy Jack.
• Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake
• Deputy Prime Minister – Jack Marshall.
• Minister of Finance – Harry Lake then Robert Muldoon.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Keith Holyoake.
• Attorney-General – Ralph Hanan.
• Chief Justice — Sir Richard Wild

  Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Norman Kirk.
• Leader of the Social Credit Party – Vernon Cracknell

  Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Roy McElroy
• Mayor of Hamilton – Denis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin – Russell John Calvert

  Events

• 19 January: A gas explosion in the Strongman coal mine near Greymouth kills 19 miners.
• February: Free milk in schools was stopped, it had been distributed since 1937. Some schools continued it with parents paying.
• 10 July: The nation's currency is decimalised, with the New Zealand dollar replacing the New Zealand pound at a rate of two dollars to a pound.
• 23 September: Referendums were held on whether to extend hotel closing hours, and whether to extend the term of Parliament.
• 9 October: Three weeks after the referendum, bar closing times were extended to 10pm; ending the six o'clock swill.

  Arts and literature

• James K. Baxter wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.

Music

[New Zealand Music Awards]

Radio and television

Film

Sport

Athletics

• David McKenzie wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:21:50 in Lower Hutt.

  Chess

• The 74th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland.

  Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Great Adios
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Allakasam

  Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by North Shore United who beat Christchurch City 2–1 in the final.
• Northern League champions: Ponsonby AFC
• Disagreement over the inclusion of a Gisborne team in the Western League caused its dissolution and the establishment of a Central Districts League, with Wanganui omitted but Poverty Bay and Wairarapa included. The premier division was won by Eastern Union
• Provincial league champions:
• * Canterbury: Christchurch City
• * Marlborough: Grosvenor Rovers
• * Nelson: Thistle
• * Otago: Northern AFC
• * South Canterbury: West End
• * Southland: Invercargill United
• * Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
• * Wellington: Hungaria
• * West Coast: no competition

  Births

• 6 January: Craig Perks, golfer.
• 17 March: Andrew Bird, rowing cox.
• 27 March: Anthony Thornton, field hockey player.
• 7 April: Scott Hobson, field hockey player.
• 17 April: Ian Jones, rugby player.
• 5 May: Paul Martin SM appointed in December 2017 as the 10th Bishop of Christchurch.''
• 10 May: Eion Crossan, rugby player
• 23 May: Craig Monk, yachtsman.
• 31 May: Phil Keoghan, television presenter.
• 11 June: Graeme Bachop, rugby player
• 15 June: Paul Kingsman, swimmer.
• 12 July: Anthony Beks, swimmer.
• 1 August: Cameron Rhodes, actor.
• 20 August Robert Ironside soccer
• 30 August : Justin Vaughan, cricketer.
• 4 September: Darrin Murray, cricketer.
• 18 September : Gary Anderson, cyclist.
• 21 October: Gavin Lovegrove, javelin thrower.
• 26 October: Keith Urban, country singer.
• Bernard Beckett, writer.
• Niki Caro, filmmaker.
• Megan Gay, actress.
• Katherine Rich, politician.

Deaths

• 11 January: Sir Eruera Tirikatene, politician
• 17 January: George Yerex, wildlife conservator
• 4 February : James Roberts trade unionist, former president of Labour Party
• 21 February : Harry Lake, politician, minister of finance
• 23 May: Robert Macalister, Mayor of Wellington.
• 25 September: P. H. Matthews, politician
• 22 October: Leonard Morton Wright, Mayor of Dunedin
• 3 November: Alexander Aitken, mathematician
• December: Edwin Thoms Cox, Mayor of Dunedin