The 1965 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1965.

Lex Davison and Leo Geoghegan brought across their own teams, while 1962 Formula One world champion, British racer Graham Hill race a Brabham for David McKay's Scuderia Veloce team.

Star attraction though was the appearance of Team Lotus with their lead driver, 1963 World Champion, Jim Clark.

Local honour was upheld by Bruce McLaren, who in an early iteration of the later McLaren team brought a pair of factory supported Coopers to race with American racer, the 1961 World Champion Phil Hill as his number two.

Gardner finished second to be the first 'antipodean' while first New Zealander was domestic series racer Jim Palmer in a career highlight as Brabham racing cars clean swept the podium.