1958 in New Zealand

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1958 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Athletics 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,316,000 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1957: 53,200 (2.35%)
• Males per 100 Females: 101.3

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD. ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 32nd New Zealand Parliament commenced. In power was the newly elected Labour government lead by Walter Nash.

• Speaker of the House - Robert Macfarlane. ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Walter Nash.
• Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason. ^[3]

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Keith Holyoake (National). ^[4]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Keith Buttle
• Mayor of Hamilton - Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert Macfarlane then George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright

[edit] Events

• 26 June: 'Black Budget', raising taxes on tobacco, alcohol and petrol, passed by second Labour government.
• United States base for Operation Deep Freeze is established at Christchurch Airport.
• 29 September: Emergency 1-1-1 number for fire, police and ambulance introduced; initially only in Masterton and Carterton.

[edit] Arts and literature

• The Robert Burns Fellowship is established to honour the bicentennary of the poet's birth.

See 1958 in art, 1958 in literature, Robert Burns Fellowship , Category:1958 books

[edit] Music

See: 1958 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1958 film awards , 1958 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1958 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

[edit] Athletics

• Raymond Puckett wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:37:28 in Lower Hutt.

• See: 1958 in sports , Category:1958 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
• Gold: 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 Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
• Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
• Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
• Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
• Other Sports

[edit] Births

• 1 January: Lesley Shankland (later Murdoch), cricketer.
• 7 February: Simon Upton, politician.
• 30 March: Peter Ellis, convicted for child abuse.
• 15 April: John Bracewell, cricket player and coach.
• 16 May (in the U.S.A.): Thomas "Tab" Baldwin, basketball coach.
• 27 May: Neil Finn, singer, songwriter.
• 28 May: Dennis May, karate master.
• 14 September: Jeff Crowe, cricketer.
• 27 September: Mitch Shirra, motorcycle speedway rider.
• 17 November: Frank van Hattum, soccer player.
• 23 November: Martin Snedden, cricketer and sports administrator.
• 30 November: Barry Cooper, cricketer.
• 3 December: Roger Sowry, politician.
• 14 December (In Scotland): Alan Boath, footballer.

• Daryl Crimp, writer, illustrator and cartoonist.
• A J Hackett, extreme sports entrepreneur.
• (in Zambia): Vicky Jones, children's author.
• Tuku Morgan, politician.
• Pio Terei, actor, singer and comedian.
• Jools and Lynda Topp (the Topp Twins, entertainers.
• Jane Wrightson, chief censor.

Category:1958 births

[edit] Deaths

• 12 March: Bill Barnard, politician - 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 9 October: Merton Hodge, playwright.
• 25 October: James Chapman-Taylor, architect.

• Fred Baker, soldier.
• William Hugh Montgomery, politician.
• Robert William Smith, politician.

Category:1958 deaths

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1958 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1958