1949 in New Zealand

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Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1949 Timeline of New Zealand history

Most New Zealanders became New Zealand citizens in addition to being British subjects, as the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 came into effect.

The National government of Sydney Holland was elected in the New Zealand general election, 1949.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,892,100 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1948: 38,200 (2.06%)
• Males per 100 females: 100.7

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO ^[2]

Government

The 28th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was the Labour until after the November general election, which saw it replaced by National Party.

Iriaka Ratana (Labour) is the first Māori woman elected to Parliament.^[3]

• Speaker of the House - Robert McKeen
• Prime Minister - Peter Fraser then Sidney Holland
• Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake (from 13 December)
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash then Sidney Holland
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Peter Fraser then Frederick Doidge
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason then Clifton Webb

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Sidney Holland (National Party) until 13 December, then Peter Fraser (Labour).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Will Appleton
• Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
• Mayor of Dunedin - Donald Cameron

Events

• 1 January: the status of New Zealand Citizen comes into existence.^[5]
• 9 March: Referendums on gambling (passed) and extending hotel hours (failed).
• 3 August: Referendum on military training (passed)
• 29 November: Elections to the four Māori seats
• 30 November: General election won by National Party under Sidney Holland

Arts and literature

See 1949 in art, 1949 in literature, Category:1949 books

Music

See: 1949 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1949 film awards, 1949 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1949 films

Sport

Archery

National Champions

• Open Men - W. Burton (Gisborne)
• Open Women - D. Johnstone (Dunedin)

Athletics

• George Bromley wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:40:05.6 in Christchurch.

Basketball

• Interpovincial Champions: Men - Wellington
• Interpovincial Champions: Women - Palmerston North

Chess

• The 56th National Chess Championship was held in Wanganui, and was won by A.E. Nield of Auckland.^[6]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Loyal Nurse ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Captain Sandy - 2nd win ^[8]

Thoroughbred racing

• The New Zealand horse Foxzami wins the 1949 Melbourne Cup, ridden by W Fellows

Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Petone who beat Northern 1—0 in the final.^[9]
• Provincial league champions: ^[10]
  • Auckland: Eden
  • Canterbury: Technical OB
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
  • Nelson:
  • Otago: Northern
  • South Canterbury: Northern Hearts
  • Southland: Brigadiers
  • Taranaki: City
  • Waikato: Rotowaro
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Seatoun

Births

• 15 February: Ashraf Choudhary, politician
• 19 February: Brenda Matthews, sprinter
• 20 September: Alan McIntyre, field hockey player
• 10 October: Lance Cairns, cricketer
• 2 November: Bruce Biddle, road cyclist
• 29 November (in England): Dave Bright, soccer player

• Laurence Aberhart, photographer
• Laurence Clark, cartoonist
• Steve Gilpin, musician
• John Hanlon, musician
• Donna Awatere Huata, politician
• Nigel Brown, painter
• Ian Ewen-Street, politician
• Cilla McQueen, poet
• Mike Moore, Prime Minister and Director-General of the World Trade Organization

Category:1949 births

Deaths

• 7 October: Matiu Ratana, politician and Ratana church leader.
• 28 December: Jack Lovelock, athlete

Category:1949 deaths

References

See also

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

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