1958 in New Zealand

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See also:
  • Other events of 1958
  • Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1958 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,316,000[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1957: 53,200 (2.35%)
  • Males per 100 females: 101.3

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Elizabeth II
  • Governor-General – The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD.[2]

Government[]

The 32nd New Zealand Parliament commenced. In power was the newly elected Labour government led by Walter Nash.

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Keith Holyoake (National).[4]

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • 26 June – 'Black Budget', raising taxes on tobacco, alcohol and petrol, passed by second Labour government.
  • June – New Zealand's first supermarket, Foodtown, opens at Otahuhu.
  • 3 September – Brian Barratt-Boyes performs New Zealand's first open heart surgery at Auckland's Green Lane Hospital.
  • 29 September – The emergency number 111 for fire, police and ambulance is introduced; initially only in Masterton and Carterton.
  • United States base for Operation Deep Freeze is established at Christchurch Airport.
  • The Wairakei Power Station is commissioned. It is New Zealand's first geothermal power station, and only the second large-scale geothermal power station in the world.

Arts and literature[]

  • The Robert Burns Fellowship is established to honour the bicentennary of the poet's birth.

See 1958 in art, 1958 in literature, Robert Burns Fellowship, Category:1958 books

Music[]

See: 1958 in music

Radio[]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: Category:1958 film awards, 1958 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1958 films

Sport[]

Athletics[]

  • Ray Puckett wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:37:28 in Lower Hutt.

British Empire and Commonwealth Games[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
4 6 9 19

Chess[]

  • The 65th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by J.R. Phillips of Auckland.[5]

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

Lawn bowls[]

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[8]

  • Men's singles champion – Phil Skoglund (Northern Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – C.J. Rogers, James Pirret (skip) (Tuakau Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – W.H. Woods, L.G. Donaldson, A. Connew, Pete Skoglund (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)

Rugby union[]

  • The All Blacks played three Test matches against the touring Australian side, retaining the Bledisloe Cup:[9]
    • 23 August, Athletic Park (Wellington), Wellington: New Zealand 25 – 3 Australia
    • 6 September, Lancaster Park, Christchurch: New Zealand 3 – 6 Australia
    • 20 September, Epsom Showgrounds, Auckland: New Zealand 17 – 8 Australia

Soccer[]

  • The national men's team played seven matches including five internationals:[10]
    • 16 August, Wellington: NZ 2 – 3 Australia
    • 23 August, Auckland: NZ 2 – 2 Australia
    • 26 August, Hamilton: NZ 3 – 0 Waikato XI
    • 31 August, Nouméa: NZ 2 – 1 New Caledonia
    • 7 September, Nouméa: NZ 5 – 1 New Caledonia
    • 14 September, Nouméa: NZ 2 – 1 New Caledonia
    • 18 September, Auckland: NZ 1 – 1 Auckland
  • The Chatham Cup was won by Seatoun for the second consecutive year. They beat Christchurch city 7–1 in the final.[11]
  • Provincial league champions:[12]
    • Auckland: Onehunga
    • Bay of Plenty: Rangers
    • Buller: Millerton Thistle
    • Canterbury: Western
    • Hawke's Bay: Napier Athletic
    • Manawatu: Kiwi United
    • Marlborough: Spartans
    • Nelson: Settlers
    • Northland: Marlin Rovers
    • Otago: Northern AFC
    • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
    • South Canterbury: West End
    • Southland: Brigadiers
    • Taranaki: City
    • Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB
    • Wairarapa: Masterton Athletic
    • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
    • Wellington: Seatoun AFC

Births[]

  • 1 January: Lesley Shankland (later Murdoch), cricketer[13]
  • 7 February: Simon Upton, politician
  • 30 March: Peter Ellis, convicted for child abuse
  • 15 April: John Bracewell, cricket player and coach
  • 16 May (in the U.S.A.): Thomas "Tab" Baldwin, basketball coach
  • 27 May: Neil Finn, singer, songwriter
  • 28 May: , karate master
  • 14 September: Jeff Crowe, cricketer
  • 27 September: Mitch Shirra, motorcycle speedway rider
  • 17 November: Frank van Hattum, soccer player
  • 23 November: Martin Snedden, cricketer and sports administrator
  • 30 November: Barry Cooper, cricketer
  • 2 December: Roger Sowry, politician
  • 14 December (In Scotland): , footballer
  • , writer, illustrator and cartoonist
  • A J Hackett, extreme sports entrepreneur
  • (in Zambia): Vicky Jones, children's author
  • Pio Terei, actor, singer and comedian
  • Jools and Lynda Topp (the Topp Twins, entertainers
  • Jane Wrightson, chief censor

Category:1958 births

Deaths[]

  • 12 March – Bill Barnard, politician, 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • 1 June – Fred Baker, soldier
  • 2 June – Robert William Smith, politician
  • 17 July – William Taverner, MP and mayor of Dunedin
  • 9 October – Merton Hodge, playwright
  • 25 October – James Chapman-Taylor, architect
  • William Montgomery Jr., politician

Category:1958 deaths

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  7. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Pick and Go rugby results database
  10. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  11. ^ NZ Soccer Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  13. ^ "Lesley Murdoch". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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