1948 in New Zealand

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1948 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 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 Olympic Games 6.7 Rugby union 6.8 Rugby league 6.9 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,853,900 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1947: 36,400 (2.00%)
• Males per 100 Females: 100.5

[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, with the Labour Party in government.

• Speaker of the House - Robert McKeen (Labour)
• Prime Minister - Peter Fraser
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Peter Fraser
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Sidney Holland (National Party). ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

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

[edit] Events

• The Marlborough Press, which was founded in 1860, is taken over by The Marlborough Express.^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1948 in art, 1948 in literature, Category:1948 books

[edit] Music

See: 1948 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1948 film awards , 1948 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1948 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

The national championships are held at a single venue for the first time replacing the previous postal shoot.^[5][6]

National Champions

• Open Men - H. Butel (Dunedin)
• Open Women - D. Johnstone (Dunedin)

[edit] Athletics

• Jack Clarke wins the national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:44:06 in Dunedin.

[edit] Basketball

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

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

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

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Olympic Games

• New Zealand at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand is represented by seven competitors in athletics, boxing, cycling, swimming and weightlifting. There are no medal successes.

[edit] Rugby union

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 Technical Old Boys of Christchurch who beat Waterside of Wellington 2—0 in the final. ^[9]
• An Australian side toured New Zealand, playing four internationals: ^[10]
  • 14 August, Wellington: NZ 0-6 Australia
  • 28 August, Christchurch: NZ 0-7 Australia
  • 4 September, Wellington: NZ 0-4 Australia
  • 11 September, Auckland: NZ 1-8 Australia
• Provincial league champions: ^[11]
  • Auckland: Eastern Suburbs
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
  • Nelson: United
  • Otago: Mosgiel
  • South Canterbury: Fisherman
  • Southland: Invercargill United
  • Taranaki: Stratford
  • Waikato: Rotowaro
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Waterside

[edit] Births

• 6 January: Dayle Hadlee, cricketer.
• 16 January: Dalvanius Prime, entertainer.
• 7 February: Richard Prebble, politician.
• March: Michael Baigent, author and conspiracy theorist.
• 2 April (in Scotland): Sam Malcolmson, soccer player.
• 25 May: Mac Price, diplomat.
• July 22: Kevin Ryan, long-distance runner.
• 29 July: John Clarke, actor, best known in New Zealand for Fred Dagg.
• September 6: Kevin Towns, field hockey player and coach.
• 1 October: Peter Blake, yachtsman.
• 2 October: Robert Anderson, cricketer.
• 24 October: Ray Ahipene-Mercer, musician, politician.
• 13 November: Lockwood Smith, politician.

• Alexis Hunter, painter.
• Billy T. James, comedian.
• Sue Kedgley, politician.
• Grahame Sydney, painter.
• Sue Wood, politician.
• Richard Worth, politician.

Category:1948 births

[edit] Deaths

• 25 September: George Davidson, olympic sprinter. ^[12]
• 9 October: Edmund Anscombe, architect. ^[13]

Category:1948 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 1948 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1948