title: List of number-one singles in 1973 (New Zealand)
text: # List of number-one singles in 1973 (New Zealand)
  
  This is a list of number-one hit singles in 1973 in New Zealand, starting with the first chart dated, 2 February 1973.
  
  ## Chart
  
  | Week | Artist | Title |
  | - | - | - |
  | 5 January 1973 | Summer break - no chart | Summer break - no chart |
  | 12 January 1973 | Lieutenant Pigeon | "Mouldy Old Dough" |
  | 19 January 1973 | Lieutenant Pigeon | "Mouldy Old Dough" |
  | 26 January 1973 | Lieutenant Pigeon | "Mouldy Old Dough" |
  | 2 February 1973 | Lobo | "I'd Love You to Want Me" |
  | 9 February 1973 | Lobo | "I'd Love You to Want Me" |
  | 16 February 1973 | Lobo | "I'd Love You to Want Me" |
  | 23 February 1973 | Carly Simon | "You're So Vain" |
  | 2 March 1973 | Carly Simon | "You're So Vain" |
  | 9 March 1973 | Carly Simon | "You're So Vain" |
  | 15 March 1973 | Carly Simon | "You're So Vain" |
  | 23 March 1973 | Sweet | "Block Buster!" |
  | 30 March 1973 | Sweet | "Block Buster!" |
  | 6 April 1973 | Sweet | "Block Buster!" |
  | 13 April 1973 | Elton John | "Crocodile Rock" |
  | 20 April 1973 | Elton John | "Crocodile Rock" |
  | 27 April 1973 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
  | 4 May 1973 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
  | 11 May 1973 | The Carpenters / Steve Allen | "Top of the World" |
  | 18 May 1973 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
  | 25 May 1973 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
  | 1 June 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 8 June 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 16 June 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 22 June 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 1 July 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 6 July 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 13 July 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 20 July 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 27 July 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 3 August 1973 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" |
  | 10 August 1973 | Three Dog Night | "Shambala" |
  | 17 August 1973 | Three Dog Night | "Shambala" |
  | 24 August 1973 | Clint Holmes | "Playground In My Mind" |
  | 31 August 1973 | Clint Holmes | "Playground In My Mind" |
  | 7 September 1973 | Helen Reddy | "Delta Dawn" |
  | 14 September 1973 | Helen Reddy | "Delta Dawn" |
  | 21 September 1973 | Helen Reddy | "Delta Dawn" |
  | 28 September 1973 | Helen Reddy | "Delta Dawn" |
  | 5 October 1973 | Helen Reddy | "Delta Dawn" |
  | 12 October 1973 | Helen Reddy | "Delta Dawn" |
  | 19 October 1973 | Paul Simon | "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" |
  | 26 October 1973 | Paul Simon | "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" |
  | 2 November 1973 | Paul Simon | "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" |
  | 9 November 1973 | Cher | "Half-Breed" |
  | 16 November 1973 | Les Humphries Singers | "Mexico" |
  | 23 November 1973 | Sweet | "The Ballroom Blitz" |
  | 30 November 1973 | Sweet | "The Ballroom Blitz" |
  | 7 December 1973 | Sweet | "The Ballroom Blitz" |
  | 14 December 1973 | Ringo Starr | "Photograph" |
  | 22 December 1973 | Ringo Starr | "Photograph" |
  | 29 December 1973 | Summer break - no chart | Summer break - no chart |
  