NZ 1960s research

1960’s – When people immigrated to New Zealand in the 1960’s as assisted migrants, they had to work for two years for the New Zealand government. Many male immigrants worked in the prison system. (Mr Asia. ©2010 Aust NZ J Shepherd).

1960 – Vintage 1960 coloured Salvation Army calendar. (Trade me NZ. Antiques documents maps. 7 April 2016. $10).

1960s – Peter Williams practice was in some ways like a Chicago law practice during the days of prohibition. Actions against the police for malicious prosecution. Inspector with the CIB charged him with assault. So by the early 1960s Peter Williams was known as a criminal lawyer along with Kevin Ryan. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

1960s – Post card Cathedral square Christchurch. (Trade me NZ. Antiques postcards. 7 April 2016. Bay of Plenty $10).

1960 – A magazine, the NZ monthly review communist/Socialist. Freda Cook a British socialist anti-US Steve Cowan. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

1960s – Terry Clark and corrupt police in NZ. (Mr Asia. Jim Diamond Shepherd ©2010 Australia p148).

1960s – James K Baxter’s father was a contentious objector during the first World War, Archibald Baxter was drugged and tied with barbed wire in front of the German trenches then thrown into jail. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1960-63 – Since the 1940s Australian mafia Auckland. Brickie Molloy and Jack Coles Auckland. Whenuapai and ring bolt. Mid 1963 horse racing Melbourne Australian mafia. Election on 30 Nov 1963 Melbourne Ken Mitchell. Italian suits. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

Early 1960s – Australian ASIO and the Skripov case. An SIS agent and  KGB officer Skripov. KGB spies in Australia, networks exist in NZ too. Dr Sutch. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

13 April 1960 – Inquiry opens into NZ prison riot. The Guardian UK.

27 April 1960 – Elizabeth Catherine Finch died in Dunedin.

26 Dec 1960 – Birthday of Temuera Morrison NZ actor. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 26 Dec 2015).

1961 – West Auckland 1st ed. (Trade me NZ. Antiques documents maps. 7 April 2016. $18).

1961 – Child trafficking. Ministry of Justice New Zealand. Laws, section 98 of the crimes ACT 1961 prohibits the sale of any person as a slave and provides a comprehensive ban on the trafficking of slaves. Rape slaves too?  (It still exists in 2016).

1961 – Arthur Bax was a British Labour party press department worker. He got money from the Czech embassy, which was used by the KGB. Bax was part of a spy ring involving New Zealander Paddy Costello, who had given out  false New Zealand government passports in Paris France in the 1950s. (Too secret too long. Chapman Pincher ©1984 US).

1961 – The Portland spy case in the UK Jan 1961. NZ Harry Houghton and Ethel Gee KGB officer Kenon Trofimovich Molody aka Gordon Lonsdale. Morris and Lona Cohen were New Zealanders Peter and Helen Kroger who got passports from the NZ legation in Paris France. NZ diplomat Desmond Patrick Paddy Costello. The Krugers were arrested in 1961. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

1961-1996 – 1961 KGB Anatoly Golitysin defected to the US in Finland. He named Paddy Costello and a KGB Vasili Mitrokhin KGB archives 1996. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

27 June 1961 – Murder trial Roy Rau. Auckland supreme court. Trial NZ Herald. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

Late 1961 – Vladislav Sergeevich Andreev and Dr Sutch, spy, in late 1961. He and Nikolai Ivanovich Shtykov were made persona non grata. Wellington NZ. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

Sept 1961 – Customs, crew from the SS Tarawera smuggled marijuana into NZ from Fiji. Kevin Speight was a seaman. (The Bassett road machne gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

Sept 1961 – Wendy Catherine Mayes, 12 Sept 1961 and 13 Sept 1961 Advertisement in the Wellington Dominion. She was 16 years old. Mr Thompson was British, he wanted models for photos, and a calendar in Australia. UK, Australia, Wellington 18 Sept. Missing person, British man Mr Thompson’s real name was John Frederick Maltby, who was a male nurse, 20 Sept 1961. (By person or persons unknown, George Joseph (c)1989 NZ).

15 September 1961 – The disappearance of Wendy Mayes. She met with John Maltby  for photos. His body washed ashore at Island bay on 24 September. Wendy Mayes body was never found. (1966 Encyclopedia of NZ).

15 Sept 1961 – Wendy was mudered by Malibu and two others. Maltby was murdered by a blow to the head with a rock and was dumped in the water way where he was found. (Feefee Turnbull. 8 Nov 2015).

13 Oct 1961 – NZ to abolish the death penalty. The Guardian UK.

1962 – The NZ military was sent to Thailand as part of the SEATO anti Communist war in Laos. NZ History.

1962 – George Walker horses importing run by Mafia Melbourne. Walker NZ a local contact. Racing, gambing, George Frederick Walker Auckland. Diamond Jim Shepherd. Australian hitman Percy Charles Neville 1940s Australian Mafia. Sydney since 1928. Melbourne 9 April 1951 shot dead in Melbourne. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

1962 – A seaman was released from jail in Christchurch after 3 years, he went to Auckland. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

1962-63 – The bodies of Kevin Speight and George Walker in Remuera Auckland. 10 Dec 1963. Gangsters from Australia. Ring bolt to NZ, Seamans union and other unions. Brickie Molloy and Waler Jackie Steele from Melbourne in NZ 1962 Mafia murders in Melbourne. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

Early 1962 – David Warner was involved in Ops leading to the expulsion of two KGB officers. Vladislav Sergeevich Andreev and Nikolai Ivanovich Shtykov. Soviet intel officers operating in NZ. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

5 February 1962 – The parcel bomb murder. Dunedin lawyer James Patrick Ward was killed by a bomb delivered in a parcel to his office. Unsolved murder to this day, 2016. (1966 Encyclopedia of NZ).

James Patrick Ward was  Catholic.,Catholic clergy were going from Dunedin to Australia and back. Child sex crimes in Australia. Was he a whistleblower. Did he disapprove of these paedophiles. The Catholic church refers to Australasia, they do not recognise Australia and new Zealand as seperate countries..

Possible FBI involvement in two unsolved bombings in New Zealand. Possible phone tapping and records being altered as well. James Ward in Dunedin in 1962 and the union Trades Hall bombing in Wellington. Who were the FBI trying to frame up?

8 Feb 1962 – James Patrick Ward aged 63, his funeral was held. An unsolved murder. He was a Roman Catholic and President of the St Vincent de Paul society. People suspected Socialists/Communists. Lawyers files went back to 1942 in Dunedin. (By a person or persons unknown. George Joseph ©1982 p75 NZ).

8 February 1962 – Sonya Fay McKenzie, aka Sonya Fay Ash Pryor was born in Dunedin. Aka Judith (Jude) Rose Pryor. Illegitimate, and adopted. Birth mother listed as Sandra Florence McKenzie. Born in Napier. In 2016 she appears to be a missing person in Australia. Discrepency between the date of legal adoption and the date of christening. Questions.

8 Feb 1962 – Adoption situation. What do you want to learn? Locate the evidence you seek. Gather and build a collection of evidence. Locate needed records. Identify the person whose info you are seeking. Define the question you hope to answer. Specific questions. Describe what you want to answer. (Advanced genealogy. George G Morgan ©2014 US).

12 Feb 1962 – The largest air search in NZ history. 5 people are missing on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford sound. No trace of the aircraft, a dragonfly ZK-AFB, has been found. Wikipedia.

June 1962 – Peter Williams was a young lawyer. Auckland Star. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

10 July 1962 – Walter Nash  Labour election. 30 Nov 1957. Dr Bill Sutch and E P Lutskij, Soviets in Wellingtoin July 1958. 10 July 1962 Nikolai Shtykov Wellington Russian embassy. Vladislav Andreev. ANZUS and SEATO. Defence and NZ. Devonport navy base. (Spies revolutionaries. Graeme Hunt (c)2007  .NZ).

12 July 1962 – The expulsion of two Soviet legation staff accused of spying. VS Andreyev and NI Shtykov, both KGB. Their expulsions were the first of its kind for New Zealand. (NZ and the Soviet Union. AC Wilson ©2004).

13 July 1962 – NZ agents uncover spy ring, expulsion of the Soviet diplomats. The Guardian UK.

14 July 1962 – Soviet spies bungled NZ assignment. The Guardian UK.

20 July 1962 – Ada Bee died in Dunedin.

25 July 1962 – Nell Woolley age 84 suffered a fractured skull and brain damage, She fell at her Hereford st home of 50 years. She died. Unsolved murder. (Nine unsolved murders in Canterbury. The Press. Stuff,co,nz. 30 March 2012).

24 Aug 1962 – Terrence Clark was convicted in Auckland of theft and given probation for 18 months. (Crims in grass castles. ©2009 Keith Moor Aust).

11 Sept 1962 – Auckland Star article. About the 5 Feb 1962 Janes Patrick Ward parcel bombing, unsolved murder in Dunedin.

Oct 1962 – From October 1962, the NZ ambassador in Thailand, Maj Gen Stephen Weir, was also accredited to Laos. Vietnam war and American presence. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

1963 – 5 Jan 1963 John Gillies and Brian Wragg jail and deported to NZ from Australia. Gillies 11 Oct 1963. Ron Jorgensen. Wilby and Speights were all seamen. Wilby was a unionist. On the Katea Australia. Gerald Wilby. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

1963 – Vic Wilcox was a farm labourer living in Ponsonby Auckland. He was a Communist party member since 1934. He was Communist party gen sec from 1951 to 1977. Leader of the Communist party of NZ aligned with the Comunist Peoples Republic of China in 1963. (Spies and revolutionaries. Graeme John Hunt (c)2007 NZ).

1963 – The NZ Communist party was alligned wth Communist China in 1963. Gen sec Vic Wilcox. Ron Smith and Jack Marston. Communist Rewi Alley had been in China since the 1930s. Anti-US propaganda. He had a NZ passport and was free to visit NZ. (Spies. Revolutionaries. Grame Hunt (c)2007 NZ).

1963-64 – 9 Dec 1963 The Bassett road machine gun murders. John Gillies and Ronald Jorgenson 31 Dec 1963. Court case on 24 Feb 1964. Gillies and Jorgenson pleaded not guilty. Life in jail. Ronald Jorgenson was released from Paparoa prison in 1983. On 19 Dec 1984 his car was found wrecked on rocks south of Kaikoura down a 20 meter cliff. Ron Jorgenson was never found, alive or dead. (NZ mysteries. Nicola McCloy ©2005 NZ).

1963-64 – Seamen boats NZ and Australia. The Katea in Queensland. Wilby and murder. Arrested five hour interview Wilby Kaimiro Nov 1963. Australia seaman. Ron Jorgensen. Newspaper articles Auckland. 1930's prohibition Chicago. Peter Wiliams 7 Jan 1964 to 15 Jan 1964. Jorgensen and Gillies Auckland court Mt Eden jail. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

10 Jan 1963 – NZ anger over French tests. The Guardian UK.

3 Feb 1963 – 26 year old Bryan Schultz a Lower Hutt policeman was shot dead and constable Jim Richardson. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

25 April 1963 – NZ military were in Qui Nhon south Vietnam. The Colombo plan. NZ History.

16 May 1963 – Patrick Walsh. Patrick Tuohy was born in NZ on 13 Aug 1894. Int workers of the world. Socialist party of America 1917. Unionist. Fintau Patrick Walsh died in Wellington on 16 May 1963. (Spies revolutionaries. Graeme Hiunt (c)2007 NZ).

24 May 1963 – NZ condemns French tests. The Guardian UK.

27 May 1963 – The NZ government sent a team of military personel to south Vietnam, 15 to 20 personel, (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

11 September 1963 – Sydney Douglas Pryor died. He was cremated in Auckland.

23 Nov 1963 – Christchurch Star. The US JFK Kennedy assassination, was front page of the Christchurch Star in . New Zealand.

30 Nov 1963 – Italian suits. Craig Curtis girlfriend was Norma Fleet. Horse tranqilizer in dope. Mr Asia. Ron Jorgensen a seaman. Horse tranquilizer in dope. NZ election. Robert Muldoon. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

30 Nov 1963 – Norma Fleet girlfriend of Craig Curtis, Australian Mafia. Horse tranqulizer in dope. Mr Asia. Ron Jorgensen a seaman. NZ election. Robert Muldoon. Johnny Fleet. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

Dec 1963 – 8 Oct 1963 2 months bfore his death George Frederick Walker born in 1926 Auckland. The NZ contact to Australian Mafia. Importing horses. 2 Dec 1963 a few days befor his death. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

Dec 1963 – Two weeks after the JFK assassination. The Bassett road machine gun murders in Auckland NZ. A Reising sub machine gun. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

5 Dec 1963 – John Hughes born in Hawera in 1933. He joined the police in 1959. Seaman 1960s Australian Mafia. Brickie Molloy. Raewyn Wynyard. Walker got a telegram saying he was going to be evicted from his flat for non payment of rent. 5 Dec 1963 Bassett road. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

7 Dec 1963 – Eric Lewis went to Bassett road Remuera Auckland to collect rent from tenants. Two dead men. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

7 Dec 1963 – The Bassett road machine gun murders. John Gillies and Ronald Jorgensen were convicted and given life sentences. Paroled in 1984, Jorgensen was living in Kaikoura and disappeared in mysterious circumstances. (On this day in NZ. p245 Ron Palenski ©2010).

9 Dec 1963 – NZ Herald. Bassett road machine gun murders. 9-31 Dec 1963. (NZ mysteries. Nicole McCloy ©2005 NZ).

31 Dec 1963 – Ron Jorgenson was arrested for murder. Auckland magistrates court, Ron Jorgenson and John Frederick Gillies. Bassett road Remuera. The two deceased were George Frederick Walker and Kevin James Speights. Police surveillance equipment was used  for Heather Hutchisen to give false evidence. Jorgenson pleaded not guilty. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

1964 – Appleby primary school Nelson photo. (Trade me NZ. Antiques postcards. 7 April 2016. $5).

1964 – New Zealander Paddy Costello, was a NZ diplomat in France, professor of Russian at Manchester university UK and a Soviet spy. Paddy Costello died in 1964 but some of his New Zealand friends were  still active Soviet Communist/Socialist spies. (Too secret too long. Chapman Pincher ©1984 US).

1964 – NZ spy Paddy Costello died of a heart attack in the UK in 1964. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

1964 – Police take criminals from their prison cells and give them presents, money and make them give fake evidence. The Police charged May Ross with keeping a brothel in Symonds street Auckland. The police witness gave false evidence. She sued the police and she was acquitted of the charges. Mrs Ross and the police. Motives for damaging evidence against the accused. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

1964 – Eruption occured near Green lake Kermadec islands. Teara govt nz. Video 2006 eruptions.

1964-73 – 24 Feb 1964 John Gillies Ron Jorgensen. Auckland trial. Wilby. Jealousy motive. Mt Eden jail. In 1973 Ron Jorgensen sued the Auckland Tabloid 8 Oclock and TVNZ 3 years later for defametary comments. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

27 February 1964 – Douglas John Pryor was born in Cromwell Otago, adopted. Electrician. I have since been told that his family ancestors came from Belgium. He is Sonya Fay McKenzie's adopted brother.

25 May 1964 – Announced, 20 engineers are to go to South Vietnam, sent by NZ. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

16 Dec 1964 – NZ stand on French nuclear tests. The Irish Times 1921-current. Dublin Ireland.

1965 – Fox glacier south Westland postcard. (Trade me NZ. Antiques postcards. 7 April 2016. Waikato $5).

1965 – James Farmer. Freedom when? New York. Random house.

Mid 1960s – Police officer John Hughes and the Bassett road machine gun murders. He was also involved in the Crewe murder inquiry in Auckland. (Arthur Allan Thomas. Crewe murders. Ian Wishart. (c)2010 NZ).

1965-68 – In March 1965 Dr Sutch  retired from the NZ govt aged 57. Lennadi Yevlampievich Shlyapnikov was Dr Sutch's controller until 1968, a KGB intel officer. Dr Sutch was a longstanding asset of the KGB. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

1965-71 – Between 1965 and 1971 Terrence Clark was convicted of theft and receiving stolen goods. (Crims in grass castles. ©2009 Keith Moor Aust).

1965-83 – 20 July 1965 a riot at Mt Eden jail, attempted escapes 32 hours. The place was virtually destroyed. Gutted by fire. Men at Waikerie jail. No beds, prison in cages in cells, slept on hard floors. March 1966  Paremoremo. Parole in 1974 Ron Jorgensen. 1976 arrested allegedly trying to sell drugs to an undercover cop. 3 years jail. Life sentence. Freed in 1982, Feb 1983 in jail. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge ( c)2013 NZ).

Feb 1965 – Wilder was on the phone to the NZ Herald commenting on the siege. Cavanagh was a prison officer and a POW in Germany for many years. The Horoeka avenue siege. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

Feb 1965 – John Frederick Gillies had escaped from Mount Eden prison, he had hostages. With Ronald Jorgenson, both were convicted in the Bassett road machine gun murders. Both were on life sentences in Mount Eden prison. Kevin Ryan was junior counsel for Ronald Jorgeson. There were three escapees, a shotgun and three hostages. George Wilder and Lenny Evans. The police armed offenders squad surrounded the house. (Justice. Kevin Ryan(C)1997 NZ).

March 1965 – Dr Sutch, spy, retired from the NZ government age 57. Koshelev's successor was Gennali Yerlampievich Shlyapnikov who was Dr Sutch handler until 1968 KGB. (Spy. Kit Bennetts (c)2006 NZ).

28 March 1965 – Auckland the interim ‘peace’ for Vietnam committee, PFVC was formed. At a meeting of 300 people in Auckland town hall, unions, socialists, communists. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

20 April 1965 – Socialist protests at the US special envoy Henry Cabot Lodge visit to Wellington. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

May 1965 – Sunlive The Nelson Mail. NZ Herald. stuff.co.nz. 28 Aug 2014. Disappearance of a young baker whose van was found at Mount Manganui. Graeme Leslie Timlin of Hamilton disappeared in 1965 aged 19.

15 May 1965 – Graeme Timlin, 19 years old went missing. Graeme was listed as dead on 21 December 1977. (Still missing. Scott Bainbridge ©2008 NZ).

15 May 1965 – Graeme Timlin vanished from his bakery. (NZ Herald Natalie Akooric 30 Aug 2014).

27 May 1965 – PM Keith Holyoake NZ parliament. send a NZ combat unit to help defend the republic of south Vietnam against communist aggression. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel (c)2005).

28 May 1965 – NZ to send gunners to Vietnam. The Guardian UK.

1 June 1965 – Sit in protests anti-US outside the NZ PM’s office, unions, socialists, New Zealand. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel ©2005).

July 1965 – Ron Jorgenson was in Mount Eden prison at the time of the riots, when the prison was nearly burnt to the ground. He was in jail for over 12 years. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

July 1965 – Auckland Mount Eden prison was unhygienic and cold. Riots and a fire at the jail, abysmal environment. Ron Jorgenson was at Mount Eden at the time. One warden was overpowered and his keys were taken from him. Three wardens were taken hostage. About 90% of the 400 to 500 prisoners were released from their cells. The riot lasted three days. The police and the army were called in. The building was unsafe, smoke and fire. Sodomy was rife, especially with children. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

20 July 1965 – A failed armed escape attempt from Mt Eden prison. Resulting in the gutting and destruction of the jail. All the inmates were transferred to other prisons in New Zealand. (Mr Asia. ©2010 Aust NZ J Shepherd).

20 July 1965 – Auckland prisoners rioted at Mount Eden prison. They burned and smashed all they could see. Later the prison was surrounded by more than 200 armed police. While inside the jail there were 300 prisoners. Mount Eden was cold and overcrowded. Ron Jorgenson. The worst jail riot and prisoners were transferred to other jails. John Gillies was in solitary confinement. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

Aug 1965 – A violent disturbance at Christchurch Paparoa prison. Prisoners set fire to a 75 cell wing and warders were injured in a battle. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

25 Sept 1965 – A riot at Paparua prison left 40 wardens and police injured. Chch Star. 19 Sept 2016.

1966 – An Encyclopedia of NZ 3 vols AH McLintock. Government printer Wellington.

1966 – Trevor Edward Neel was later charged with an armed hold up of Hunterville ANZ bank. An inquiry and jury acquitted him. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1966 – Police were manufacturing evidence. Use of improper tactics. Like the UK and Australia. 1950s and 1960s Trevor Edward Nash, a burglar and safecracker was convicted of an Auckland robbery. 18 Oct 1966 Detective Nash burglary of the Marriott, 17 Nov 1966 The real guilty parties were two serving police officers who were later arrested and charged with the burglary. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1966 – The pro Moscow NZ Socialist unity party. Alex Drennan. Members Bill Anderson, Ken Douglas unionist. and Rob Campbell. (Spies revolutionaries. Graeme Hunt (c)2007 NZ).

1966 – Mr D Godfrey was a spy scandal in 1966. Investigation and a Royal Commission of Inquiry. Godfrey was born in the UK. He joined the Colonial police. Godfrey arrived in NZ and joined the SIS and went to Auckland university. Police arrived to quell a riot. Godfrey said he was a spy and the SIS vetted students. Godfrey reported on students. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1966 – Graham Speight judge NZ high court 1966. Chief justice of Cook islands. Pres of court of appeal Fiji 1982-86. Knighted and died in 2008. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

1966-69 – Broken into the office of the SIS in St George rd in Auckland. Stolen files, some files were posted to Kevin Ryan. Eddie Isbey, a trade union delegate, his mother was a leading member of the UK Communist party. Isbey belonged to the youth communist league. Files on other trade union leaders. Fintan  .Patrick Walsh. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

Jan 1966 – A 17 year old Waimate girl, Gillian Thompson, went missing on New Years eve 1966, she was later found in Waimate Otago.  Murder unsolved. (By a person or persons unknown. George Joseph ©1989  NZ).

Feb 1966 – PM Holyoake welcomed US vice president Hubert Humphrey at parliament on his visit to NZ. (NZ and the Vietnam war. Roberto Rabel (c)2005).

June 1966 – Archives NZ. Archway records. Inquest files. (R10451515) James Cotton. Restricted access.

19 Oct 1966 – US President Lyndon Johnson arrived in NZ, at Ohakea Air Force base for a two day visit. Vietnam war. NZ sent combat troops in May 1965. (On this day in NZ. Ron Palenski ©2010).

1967 – Papers in the Alexander Turnbull library ATL, relating to Stalin’s daughter’s attempt in 1967 to gain residence in NZ. (NZ and the Soviet Union. AC Wilson ©2004).

1967 – Since it was founded in 1976 the NZ society of genealogists inc, building records collections, a library, research services and family history research. www.genealogy.org.nz  (NZ genealogist March April. 2012).

Early 1967 – US pres Lyndon B Johnson visited NZ. (NZ police coverups and copouts. (c)1998 Tom Lewis).

29 Aug 1967 – The eccentric Parisian murderer. Wanganui Times.

Nov 1967 – Conference of counter intel officers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. To. be held every 18 months, was called CAZAB. The first conference was held in Melbourne Australia in Nov. 1967. (Spycatcher. Peter Wright ©1987 UK).

30 Nov 1967 – Michiko Watson from Japan. NZ citizenship. (R24610415) 1962-68. Restricted access until.. 2027.

1968 – Crime in NZ. Justice dept, corporal punishment.

1968 – Rex Ash Canterbury amateur boxing prospect. Wally Wilson. Rex Ash age 16, his trainer, Mr Jock Ash his father, a former professional fighter. Brian Kendall. Ronnie Carstairs. New Brighton RSA hall. Rex Ash at Bell's gym.

1968 – Weft twining weaving of Taniko, developed by the Maori people of NZ. Taniko weaving. (The techniques of rug weaving. Peter Colingwood (c)1968 Faber and Faber UK p471-472).

1968-71 – Arthur Allan Thomas's first trial was on 15 Feb 1972 in Auckland. He was framed by police. Bruce Hutton and Len Johnston. They planted false evidence to frame him. He was also put in a mental prison, normal. The Crewe bodies were found in the Waikato river. There were at least two break ins at the Crewe farm before the murders. In 1967 and an arson in Dec 1968. 17 June 1969 the haytbarn was torched. (Arthur Allan Thomas. Crewe murders. Ian Wishart (c)2010 NZ).

1968-73 – Milan Brych arrived in NZ in 1968, stateless with a UN passport from Czech. Another Czech in 1969. Mirek Cvigr. Auckland hospital. 18 July 1973 inquiry into outrageous stories and false qualifications.. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

9 April 1968 – Cyclone Giselle hit Cape Reinga. It reached Wellington on 10 April 1968. Sinking of the Wahine. Hundreds of farm animals were drowned. A farmer was killed. Flooding. In Christchurch homes lost roofs. Avon and Heathcote rivers flooded. Christchurch library.

23 May 1968 – Inangahua 7.1 earthquake. 2 people died. USGS historic world earthquakes.

24 May 1968 – Inangahua earthquake 7.1 quake on the West coast. Three people were killed. (NZ disasters.. timeline internet).

24 May 1968 – Three people were killed, in the west coast town of Inangahua junction, earthquake 7.1  (O.n this day in NZ. Ron Palenski ©2010).

1969 – Emmett Mitten policeman in late 1969 at the CIB in Dunedin. Sex orgies and youth. Barbara Anne Dickson age 24 and young boys age 12. (NZ police coverups and copouts. (c)1998 Tom Lewis).

1969 – At about seven years old, I went to Oamaru and Timaru with brother Doug and parents. We went for a funeral of a family member. I Got a “broken leg” falling off uncle Mervyn Pryor’s motorbike at his home in Timaru. Hospital in Timaru. Leg in plaster at primary school in Dunedin. Doug was there he was five years old. Other relatives were there Pryor family. I was put on the bike against my will.

1969 – Wikipedia. List of people who disappeared mysteriously. JCP Williams age 47. A New Zealand cardiologist who went missing in London. Sightings in 2000.

1969 – At its peak, 68,889 troops from Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines were in Vietnam. The Vietnam war. (Timelines of history. Siam Thailand).

1969 – People were told that the cold war was just American propaganda. (Spies and revolutionaries. (c)2007 Graeme John Hunt NZ).

1969-70 – The Crewe's haybarn was torched on 17 June 1969. One year to the day before they were murderd on 17 June 1970. Frederick Hoskins said these crimes were strange. Burglary and thefts at the Crewe house were unusual. Policeman Metcalfe, break ins at the Crewe farm before the murders, were a rare event in the area. Bruce Hutton. (Arthur Allan Thomas. Crewe murders. Ian Wishart (c)2010 NZ).

1969-70 – Crown prosecutor David Morris. Anand Satyanand. The Crewe murder happened on the annivesary of an arson attack on the Crewe farm. The Crewe's bodies were found in the Waikato river. Bruce Hutton had loaned money for Demler to finance a propery in Hellensville. (Arthur Allan Thomas. Crewe murders. Ian Wishart (c)2010 NZ).

1969-75 – Norma Fleet 1969 Terry Clark Auckland. Married Normal in jail chapel late 1973. released in 1974 Papakura 1975 Norma died of an overdose of Mandrax. Over the next 10 years. Terry Clark Mr Asia. Murder of 12 members. (The Bassett road machine gu n murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

3 Aug 1969 –Arapeta Awatere was charged with murder, Auckland, 61 years old and in poor health. Maori battalion. Mount Eden prison with brain injuries. (Peter Williams QC ©1997 NZ).

26 Nov 1969 – NZ oil find confirmed. The Guardian. London UK.

Dec 1969-Jan 1970 – Jennifer Mary Beard, 3 Jan 1970, Haast river bridge, a 25 years old a hitchhiker, born in Wales UK, spent time in Tasmania Australia, moved to NZ, 8 Jan 1970 missing person, last seen alive on 31 Dec 1969, last day of her life. The killing of Olive Walker five days later. (By a person or person unknown. George Joseph ©1989 NZ).

Dec 1969-Jan 1970 – Jennifer Beard murder case. Policeman Emmitt Mitten. The mystery Ian Milner. Gordon Bray died in 2003. He was a suspect. Ron Hunter was also a suspect he was 72 years old and living in Australia. So many of the witnesses have died, so have police who worked on the cases. Jennifer Beard's death on the West coast. (Arthur Alan Thomas. Crewe murders. Ian Wishart (c)2010 NZ)

31 Dec 1969 – Jennifer Mary Beard, 25 years old, on holiday from Tasmania Australia was killed in Haast area of South Westland. Mystery unsolved. (On this day in NZ. Ron Palenski ©2010).

31 December 1969 – Jennifer Beard murder a 25 year old school teacher from Tasmania was murdered in the South Island in a sexual attack. The murder remains unsolved. She was hitchhiking down the West Coast on New Years eve. Dunedin police. (New clues give life to cold case murder. 23 December 2012 Deidre Mussen Fairfax NZ news).

31 Dec 1969 – Policeman Bruce Hutton. The Crewe's were shot in the head. Frank Cairns. A shooting. Bruce Hutton. Policeman Emmitt Mitten 31 Dec 1969. The Jennifer Beard murder case was happening at the same time as the Crewe murders. Bruce Hutton. (Arthur Allan Thomas. Crewe murders. Ian Wishart (c)2010 NZ).