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Flavour of New Zealand

NZ popular culture 1960 onward

It happened then

Some key events in New Zealand since 1960.

01-Jan-1967
The Defensive Driving Scheme was introduced. 2

01-Jan-1967
General Motors opened a vehicle assembly plant at Trentham. 2

19-Jan-1967
An explosion at the Strongman mine near Greymouth killed 19 miners in New Zealand's fourth-worst mine disaster. 3

31-Mar-1967
Fred Ladd flew a Widgeon bi-plane under Auckland Harbour Bridge. 3

10-Jul-1967
This was 'DC Day' as the country changed to decimal currency after four years of planning. 3

19-Jul-1967
In spite of strong lobying from British politicians, NAC chose to buy American aircraft in preference to the BAC 111 plane. Three Boeing 737-200 planes were ordered, and the first arrived in 1968. 3

sources:
2  The Dominion
3  from the forthcoming Day by Day in New Zealand History by Jim Sullivan