1948 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1948 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,853,900[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1947: 36,400 (2.00%)
  • Males per 100 females: 100.5

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, with the Labour Party in government.

Parliamentary opposition[]

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

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

New Zealand ration book
  • 31 May – Tea rationing is abolished.[4]
  • 27 August – Sugar rationing is abolished.[4]
  • 27 September – Meat rationing is abolished.[5][6]
  • The Marlborough Press, which was founded in 1860, is taken over by The Marlborough Express.[7]
  • Italy establishes a consulate in Wellington.[8]

Arts and literature[]

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

Music[]

See: 1948 in music

Radio[]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

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

Sport[]

Archery[]

The national championships are held at a single venue for the first time replacing the previous postal shoot.[9][10]

National Champions

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

Athletics[]

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

Basketball[]

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

Chess[]

  • The 55th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by R.G. Wade of Wellington (his 3rd win).[11]

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

Lawn bowls[]

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[14]

  • Men's singles champion – S. Marriott (Opawa Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – M.A. Marinovich, S. Garelja (skip) (Oratia Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J.W.T. Macklow, Frank Livingstone, Alec Robertson, J.H. Mingins (skip) (Onehunga Bowling Club)

Olympic Games[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1948 Summer Olympics
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
  • New Zealand is represented by seven competitors in athletics, boxing, cycling, swimming and weightlifting. There are no medal successes.

Rugby union[]

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 Technical Old Boys of Christchurch who beat Waterside of Wellington 2–0 in the final.[15]
  • An Australian side toured New Zealand, playing four internationals:[16]
    • 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:[17]
    • Auckland: Eastern Suburbs
    • Canterbury: Western
    • Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
    • Nelson: Nelson United
    • Otago: Mosgiel
    • South Canterbury: Fisherman
    • Southland: Invercargill United
    • Taranaki: Stratford
    • Waikato: Rotowaro
    • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
    • Wellington: Waterside

Births[]

  • 6 January: Dayle Hadlee, cricketer.[18]
  • 16 January: Dalvanius Prime, entertainer.[19]
  • 17 January: Billy T. James, comedian.
  • 7 February: Richard Prebble, politician.[20]
  • 27 February: Michael Baigent, author and conspiracy theorist.[21]
  • 2 April (in Scotland): Sam Malcolmson, soccer player.[22]
  • 25 May: Mac Price, diplomat.[23]
  • 3 July: Richard Worth, politician.
  • 22 July: Kevin Ryan, long-distance runner.
  • 29 July: John Clarke, actor, best known in New Zealand for Fred Dagg.
  • 6 September: Kevin Towns, field hockey player and coach.
  • 1 October: Peter Blake, yachtsman.
  • 2 October: Robert Anderson, cricketer.
  • 24 October: Ray Ahipene-Mercer, musician, politician.
  • 4 November: Alexis Hunter, painter.
  • 13 November: Lockwood Smith, politician.
  • Sue Kedgley, politician.
  • Bruce Lynch, musician.
  • Grahame Sydney, painter.
  • Sue Wood, politician.

Category:1948 births

Deaths[]

Category:1948 deaths

See also[]

For world events and topics in 1948 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1948

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tea and Sugar – War Economy – NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz.
  5. ^ "Rationing of New Zealand-Grown Foods – NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz.
  6. ^ Meat Rationing Revocation Order 1948
  7. ^ "Marlborough Express". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  8. ^ "New Zealand and Italy". NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  9. ^ In a postal shoot clubs compete on specified dates and the results are posted to the Association.
  10. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
  11. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  15. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches Archived 29 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  18. ^ ESPN Cricinfo – Dayle Hadlee Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Dalvanius Prime – Discogs Archived 11 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Richard Prebble
  21. ^ The Guardian interview with Michael Baigent Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ FIFA record for Sam Malcolmson Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ Macalister Price obituary Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ NZ Olympic Committee[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ DNZB Archived 26 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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