1949 in New Zealand

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See also: 1948 in New Zealand, other events of 1949, 1950 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

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

See: 1949 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO

[edit] Government

The 28th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was the Labour until after the November General Election which saw it replaced by National Party.

• Speaker of the House - Robert McKeen
• Prime Minister - Peter Fraser then Sidney Holland
• Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake (from 13 December )
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash then Sidney Holland
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Peter Fraser then Frederick Doidge
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason then Clifton Webb

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• National - Sidney Holland (Leader of the Opposition) (until 13 December)
• Labour - Peter Fraser (from 13 December)

[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 (mayor)

[edit] Events

See 1949 , 1949 in politics , 1949 in science , Category:1949 in Australia , 1949 in Australia , 1949 in music , 1949 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] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

• 29 November: Elections to the four Māori seats
• 30 November: New Zealand general election 1949 won by National Party under Sidney Holland

[edit] December

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1949 in art, 1949 in literature, Category:1949 books

[edit] Music

See: 1949 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1949 film awards , 1949 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1949 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: 1949 in sports , Category:1949 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 Petone.

[edit] Births

• 15 February: Ashraf Choudhary, politician
• September 20: Alan McIntyre, field hockey player
• 10 October: Lance Cairns, cricketer

• Donna Awatere Huata, politician
• Nigel Brown, painter
• Ian Ewen-Street, politician
• Cilla McQueen, poet
• Mike Moore, Prime Minister and Director-General of the World Trade Organization

Category:1949 births

[edit] Deaths

• 28 December: Jack Lovelock, athlete

Category:1949 deaths

[edit] See also