Events
- The Southland Daily News, which had been acquired by its rival The Southland Times in 1967, ceases publication and is replaced by an evening edition of the Times. The paper was first published as Southern News and Foveaux Strait's Herald in 1861.
- 10 April Inter-Island ferry Wahine founders off Wellington with a loss of 51 lives.
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