1959 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,359,700[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1958: 43,700 (1.89%)
- Males per 100 females: 101.0
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 32nd New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the Labour government led 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]
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Keith Buttle then Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton – Roderick Braithwaite then Denis Rogers
- Mayor of Wellington – Frank Kitts
- Mayor of Christchurch – George Manning
- Mayor of Dunedin – Leonard Morton Wright then Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey
Events
- 30 May: The Auckland Harbour Bridge, 1020 meters (3,348 feet) in length, was opened.[5]
- 24 November: The coastal trader MV Holmglen sinks near Timaru with the loss of 15 lives.[6]
Arts and literature
- Ian Cross wins the first Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1959 in art, 1959 in literature, Category:1959 books
Music
See: 1959 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1959 film awards, 1959 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1959 films
Sport
Athletics
- Raymond Puckett wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:27:28.2 on 7 March in Palmerston North.
Chess
- The 66th National Chess Championship was held in Hamilton. The title was shared between F.A. Foulds and B.C. Menzies, both of Auckland.[7]
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: False Step – 2nd win[8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Scottish Command[9]
Rugby union
- The British Lions team toured New Zealand, losing the Test series 3-1. They also lost two of their 21 provincial games, to Canterbury and Otago.[10]
- 18 July, Carisbrook, Dunedin: New Zealand 18 – 17 British Isles
- 15 August, Athletic Park, Wellington: New Zealand 11 – 8 British Isles
- 29 August, Lancaster Park, Christchurch: New Zealand 22 – 8 British Isles
- 19 September, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand 6 – 9 British Isles
Soccer
- The national men's team played one match against a visiting Costa Rican club side:[11]
- 6 June, Auckland: NZ 3 – 2 Deportivo Saprissa
- The Chatham Cup was won by Dunedin team Northern who beat North Shore United 3-2 in the final.[12]
- Provincial league champions:[13]
- Auckland: North Shore United
- Bay of Plenty: Kahukura
- Buller: Denniston Hotspurs
- Canterbury: Western
- Hawke's Bay: Napier Athletic
- Manawatu: Kiwi United
- Marlborough: Woodbourne
- Nelson: Rangers
- Northland: Otangarei United
- Otago: Northern AFC
- Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
- South Canterbury: West End
- Southland: Rovers
- Taranaki: Moturoa
- Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB
- Wairarapa: Douglas Villa
- Wanganui: New Settlers
- Wellington: Northern
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.
- Bianca van Rangelrooy , artist.
- Harry Sinclair , actor, filmmaker and musician.
Category:1959 births
Deaths
- 23 February: Gordon Wilson, Government architect.
- 8 April: Sir William Joseph Jordan, politician and diplomat.
- 7 November: Archie Fisher, painter.[14]
- 8 November: Walter William Massey, MP and politician
- 6 December (in Scotland): Edward Hunter a.k.a. Billy Banjo, trade unionist, politician and writer.
Category:1959 deaths
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
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ↑ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ Peter Hinze, New Zealand (Hunter Publishing, Inc, 1998), p34
- ↑ "Diver lost off South Canterbury coast". The Timaru Herald. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ Pick and Go rugby results database
- ↑ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ↑ Chatham Cup: nzsoccer.com
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- ↑ Blackley, Roger. "Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles 1896–1959". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
External links
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