1949 in New Zealand

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1949 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952

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 newly elected in the New Zealand general election, 1949.

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 Archery 6.2 Athletics 6.3 Basketball 6.4 Cricket 6.5 Horse racing 6.5.1 Harness racing 6.5.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.6 Rugby 6.7 Rugby league 6.8 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] 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

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] 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 Thomas Clifton Webb

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

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

[edit] Main centre leaders

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

[edit] Events

• 1 January: the status of New Zealand Citizen comes into existence. ^[5]
• 29 November: Elections to the four Māori seats
• 30 November: New Zealand general election 1949 won by National Party under Sidney Holland

[edit] Arts and literature

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

[edit] Music

See: 1949 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

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

National Champions

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

[edit] Athletics

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

[edit] Basketball

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

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Loyal Nurse ^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Captain Sandy - 2nd win ^[7]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Petone who beat Northern 1—0 in the final. ^[8]
• Provincial league champions: ^[9]
  • 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

[edit] Births

• 15 February: Ashraf Choudhary, politician
• February 19: Brenda Matthews, sprinter
• September 20: Alan McIntyre, field hockey player
• 10 October: Lance Cairns, cricketer
• November 2: 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

[edit] Deaths

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

Category:1949 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 1949 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1949