1951 in New Zealand

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See also: 1950 in New Zealand, other events of 1951, 1952 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 June 4.6 July 4.7 August 4.8 September 4.9 October 4.10 November 4.11 December 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio and Television 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Summary

The year was dominated by the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute

[edit] Population

A census was held in 1951.

	Male	Female	Total
Usually resident population	967,647 (50.1%)	962,835 (49.9%)	1,930,482
Overseas Visitors	6,297	2,661	8,958
Total	973,968	965,505	1,939,473

[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 National government under Sidney Holland. The general election saw the governing National Party re-elected with a twenty-seat margin, a substantial improvement on the twelve-seat margin it previously held.

• Speaker of the House - Mathew Oram
• Prime Minister - Sidney Holland
• Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Minister of Finance - Sidney Holland
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Frederick Doidge then Thomas Webb

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

• Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Macalister
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright

[edit] Events

• The Official Secrets Act is passed.

See 1951, 1951 in politics, 1951 in science, Category:1951 in Australia, 1951 in Australia, 1951 in music, 1951 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

• 15 February The start of the "1951 Waterfront dispute" a massive labor strike lasting for 151 days.

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1951 in art, 1951 in literature, Category:1951 books

[edit] Music

See: 1951 in music

[edit] Radio and Television

• Experimental television broadcasts had been allowed from 1951 (as long as they included nothing that could be classed as 'entertainment'). [1]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1951 film awards , 1951 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1951 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: 1951 in sports , Category:1951 in sports ,
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , , National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup, Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Golf: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league , New Zealand national rugby league team ,
• Netball: Silver Ferns ,
• Soccer: New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,

[edit] Births

• 8 January: Garry Moore, mayor of Christchurch
• 3 July: Richard Hadlee, cricketer
• 21 July: (in Fiji) Bernie Fraser, rugby player
• 20 September: Stephen Boock, cricketer
• 27 October: Rick Barker, politician
• 16 November: Andy Dalton, rugby player
• 9 December: Tuariki Delamere, politician

• Paul Swain, politician
• Stephen Tindall, business leader
• Maurice Williamson, politician

[edit] Deaths

• 9 January: William "Massa" Johnston, rugby and rugby league player
• 1 December: Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck), Māori leader (b. 1877)

[edit] See also

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