1950 in New Zealand

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See also: 1949 in New Zealand, other events of 1950, 1951 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

Major events in 1950.

• Newly Elected National government of Sydney Holland.
• Entry into the Korean war
• Vote to abolish New Zealand Legislative Council
• Involvement in the Malayan Emergency
• 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland

[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 29th New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the newly elected National government under Sidney Holland.

• Speaker of the House - Robert McKeen then Mathew Oram
• Prime Minister - Sidney Holland
• Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Minister of Finance - Sidney Holland
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Frederick Doidge
• Attorney-General - Clifton Webb

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

• Labour - Peter Fraser (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - William Appleton then Robert Macalister
• Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews then Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Donald Charles Cameron then Leonard Morton Wright

[edit] Events

See 1950 , 1950 in politics , 1950 in science , Category:1950 in Australia , 1950 in Australia , 1950 in music , 1950 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

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

• January 4: Start of the 4th British Empire Games in Auckland.

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1950 in art, 1950 in literature, Category:1950 books

[edit] Music

See: 1950 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1950 film awards , 1950 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1950 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: 1950 in sports , Category:1950 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 Eden (Auckland)

[edit] Births

• 5 January: Matt Robson, politician
• 26 February: Helen Clark, future Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 6 April: Muriel Newman, politician
• 29 April: Paul Holmes, radio and television broadcaster.
• 1 August: John Britten, engineer and inventor.
• 12 August: Ken Shirley, politician
• 26 September: Andy Haden, rugby player
• 9 November: Parekura Horomia, politician
• 13 December: Ruth Richardson, politician

• David Benson-Pope, politician
• Alan Duff, writer
• Stephen Franks, politician and political commentator
• Pete Hodgson, politician
• Greg McGee, screenwriter and playwright
• Lee Tamahori, film director

[edit] Deaths

• July 14: Apirana Ngata, Māori politician and lawyer (b 1874).
• December 11: Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (b. 1893)
• December 12: Peter Fraser, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b 1884).

[edit] See also