The Last Quarter Century
Compilation of news highlights from 1956-1981.
COMP 5 - Disc 1 (T4162)
1956
Tk 1) Roxburgh Dam closed off - announcer describes scene. 1'30"
Tk 2) Russian troops invade Hungary - gunfire in Budapest. 55"
1957
Tk 3) Artificial satellite, Sputnik sends message back to Earth, 1'15"
Professor Lawdon Canterbury University previews space race.
Tk 4) 2nd Labour Government with leader, Walter Nash. 1'22"
1958
Tk 5) Hermitage opening at Mt Cook - builder James Fletcher. 1'30"
Tk 6) Sir Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole. 1'16"
1959
Tk 7) Evangelist, Billy Graham preaches in Christchurch. 1'20"
Tk 8) Auckland Harbour Bridge is opened by GG Cobham. 1'17"
1960
Tk 9) President Kennedy takes office. 1'17"
Tk 10) Rome Olympics - Gold for Snell & Halberg. 1'12"
1961
Tk 11) One-time PM, Syd Holland dies, speech from his campaign
trial & Keith Holyoake's tribute to Syd Holland. 1'17"
Tk 12) AH Reed walks from North Cape to Bluff. 1'01"
1962
Tk 13) King & Queen of Thailand visit NZ. 1'16"
Tk 14) Cook Strait ferry begins, Railways Minister McAlpine
opens Picton terminal. 48"
1963
Tk 15) President Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas. 1'21"
Tk 16) Aunt Daisy Dies. 1'31"
1964
Tk 17) The Beatles visit NZ. 1'02"
Tk 18) Minister Rae opens new Government Life Building in Chch. 1'15"
1965
Tk 19) Haast Road is opened. 1'01"
Tk 20) Birth of the Lawson Quintuplets in Auckland. 1'14"
1966 (T4163)
Tk 21) PM Holyoake leads National to election victory. 1'17"
Tk 22) President Lyndon Johnson visits NZ. 1'04"
1967
Tk 23) Decimal currency arrives. 1'06"
Tk 24) Donald Campbell is killed in Britain while attempting to break 1'04"
world water speed record.
1968
Tk 25) The "Wahine" is wrecked in Wellington Harbour. 1'53"
Tk 26) Russia moves into Czechoslovakia. 1'18"
1969
Tk 27) Cliff Tait sets off around the world in his Airtourer. 1'05"
Tk 28) Man steps onto the moon. 2'13"
1970
Tk 29) Apollo 13 moon trip. * 1'30"
Tk 30) Princess Anne launches HMNZS "Canterbury". * 1'20"
1971
Tk 31) William Caley is convicted of My Lai (me lie) killings - his 1'20"
commander denies giving the order to kill civilians. *
Tk 32) Evonne Goolagong wins Wimbledon. * 1'18"
1972
Tk 33) Court cases over the compensation for thalidomide victims. * 30"
Tk 34) Israeli athletes are killed at Munich Olympics. * 1'04"
1973
Tk 35) Iran puts up oil prices and Henry Kissinger responds. * 1'37"
Tk 36) Princess Anne marries Capt Mark Phillips. * 1'56"
1974
Tk 37) President Nixon resigns after Watergate. * 1'30"
Tk 38) Norman Kirk dies. * 1'30"
1975
Tk 39) Vietnam war ends as Saigon falls. * 1'47"
Tk 40) Australian PM Whitlam is sacked by Sir John Kerr. * 2'07"
COMP 5 - Disc 2 (T4164)
1976
Tk 41) Israeli commandos rescue Entebbe hostages. * 1'55"
Tk 42) South African police fire on blacks in Soweto. * 1'00"
1977
Tk 43) Jimmy Carter becomes American President. * 1'30"
Tk 44) Elvis Presley dies. * 1'47"
1978
Tk 45) Police move protestors from Bastion Point. 1'05"
Tk 46) Floods in Otago and Southland. * 1'37"
1979
Tk 47) Shah is overthrown and Ayatollah Khomeini returns. * 1'01"
Tk 48) 1979 The Abbotsford landslip. 1'37"
Tk 49) 1980 President Carter boycotts the Moscow Olympics. 1'40"
Tk 50) 1980 A fatal train crash in Wellington. * 1'54"
Tk 51) 1981 Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer. 2'25"
Tk 52) 1981 The assassination attempt on President Reagan. 1'10"
T4165 -NZ Cuts
Tk 53) 1959 Search for sunken vessel "Holmglen" off Timaru. 1'07"
(Bryan Allpress is announcer)
Tk 54) 1962 Peter Snell wins the mile at Wanganui. 1'41"
Tk 55) 1962 Peter Snell wins 880 yards at Christchurch. 1'21"
Tk 56) 1962 Barry Devenport swims Cook Strait. 1'15"
Tk 57) 1964 Lyttelton Road Tunnel opens. 55"
Tk 58) 1965 Riots in Mt Eden prison. 1'27"
Tk 59) 1967 Explosion in the Strongman mine kills 19 men. 1'10"
Tk 60) 1968 Cardigan Bay wins over $1m in stake money. 2'18"
Tk 61) 1968 Earthquake at Inangahua Junction. 1'39"
Tk 62) 1970 Visit to NZ by Pierre Trudeau of Canada. * 1'29"
Tk 63) 1972 Norman Kirk elected PM of NZ. * 1'09"
Tk 64) 1973 "Otago" Frigate - Nuclear protest at Mururoa Atoll. 1'05"
Tk 65) 1975 Muldoon on winning election. 1'32"
Tk 66) 1978 NAC / Air New Zealand merger - Min of Transport-Mclaughlin. 1'19"
Tk 67) 1979 PSIS near collapse - Bob Standard, PSIS 1'34"
Statutory Manager comments.
Tk 68) 1979 Air NZ, DC10 crashes on Mt Erebus. 1'10"
Tk 69) 1980 Expulsion of Soviet ambassador to NZ. 1'50"
* Also on CDR: COMP 1 - 1970's compilation