1959 in New Zealand

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1959 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 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 Athletics 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,359,700 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1958: 43,700 (1.89%)
• Males per 100 Females: 101.0

[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 continued. In power was the 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 then Dove-Myer Robinson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite then Dennis Rogers
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
• Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright then Thomas Sidey

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

• Ian Cross wins the first Robert Burns Fellowship.

See 1959 in art, 1959 in literature, Category:1959 books

[edit] Music

See: 1959 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1959 film awards , 1959 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1959 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 second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:27:28.2 on March 7 in Palmerston North.

• See: 1959 in sports , Category:1959 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

• 13 April: Justin Boyle , cricketer.
• 8 May: Ingrid Jagersma, cricketer.
• 9 May: Andrew Jones , cricketer.
• 16 May: Greg Johnston, rower.
• 26 May: Brett Austin , breaststroke swimmer.
• 28 May: Eric Verdonk, rower.
• 4 September: Robbie Deans , rugby player and coach.
• 14 September: Brendon Bracewell , cricketer.
• 27 September: Mark Inglis , mountaineer.
• 3 November: Vaughan Brown , cricketer.
• 12 December: George Keys, rower.

• Jules Mikus , convicted murderer.
• Bianca van Rangelrooy , artist.
• Harry Sinclair , actor, filmmaker and musician.

Category:1959 births

[edit] Deaths

• 8 April: Sir William Joseph Jordan, politician and diplomat.
• 6 December (in Scotland): Edward Hunter a.k.a. Billy Banjo, trade unionist, politician and writer.

• Archie Fisher, painter.

Category:1959 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 1959 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1959