1951 in New Zealand

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1951 in New Zealand:
Other years in New Zealand
1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954

The year was dominated by the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute.

New Zealand entered a mutual defence pact with the United States and Australia - ANZUS.

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[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
  • Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,970,500 [1]
  • Increase since 31/12/1950: 42,800 (2.22%)
  • Males per 100 Females: 100.9

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

[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.

The New Zealand Legislative Council voted itself out of existence, making New Zealand a unicameral democracy. [3]


[edit] Parliamentary opposition

[edit] Main centre leaders

[edit] Events

[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


[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

  • George Bromley wins his fourth national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:48:16 on March 3 in Wellington.


[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
  4. ^ Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.

[edit] See also

For world events and topics in 1951 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1951