1945 in New Zealand

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See also: 1944 in New Zealand, other events of 1945, 1946 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 May 4.6 June 4.7 July 4.8 August 4.9 September 4.10 October 4.11 November 4.12 December 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Cricket 7.2 Horse racing 7.3 Rugby 7.4 Rugby league 7.5 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1945 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Population

A census was held in 1945. This was a year earlier than the established pattern, to make up for the lack of a census in 1941 due to World War II.

	Male	Female	Total
Usually resident population	830,385 (48.9%)	868,614 (51.1%)	1,698,996
Overseas Visitors	2,451	768	3,222
Total	832,908	869,421	1,702,329

This was the first time the female population exceeded the male.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Sir Cyril Newall

[edit] Government

The 27th New Zealand Parliament continued, with the Labour Party in government.

• Speaker of the House - Frederick Schramm (Labour)
• Prime Minister - Peter Fraser
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Peter Fraser
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - William Appleton
• Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
• Mayor of Dunedin - Donald Charles Cameron

[edit] Events

See 1945 , 1945 in politics , 1945 in science , Category:1945 in Australia , 1945 in Australia , 1945 in music , 1945 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:2002

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

• 2 May New Zealand 2nd Division accepts surrender of the German Army in Trieste.

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

• 15 December: Main North Line railway linking Christchurch and Picton is completed and officially opened over seventy years after construction began.

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1945 in art, 1945 in literature, Category:1945 books

[edit] Music

See: 1945 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1945 film awards , 1945 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1945 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1945 in sports , Category:1945 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Western (Christchurch)

[edit] Births

• 5 February: Michael Cullen, politician
• 21 February: Jim McLay, politician
• 4 April: Bryan Andrews, cricketer
• 11 April: Winston Peters, politician
• 15 November: Roger Donaldson, film director
• 15 December: Michael King, historian

• Jeanette Fitzsimons, politician and environmentalist

[edit] Deaths

• 2 January: Somebody, description

Category:1945 deaths

[edit] See also