1946 in New Zealand

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See also:	Other events of 1946 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,781,200 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1945: 53,400 (3.09%)
• Males per 100 females: 100.2

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM, succeeded same year by Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO ^[2]

Government

The 27th New Zealand Parliament concluded, with the Labour Party in government. Labour was re-elected for a fourth term in the election in November, but with a smaller majority.

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

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

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

Events

• Family benefit of £1 per week becomes universal.
• Bank of New Zealand nationalised.

Arts and literature

See 1946 in art, 1946 in literature, Category:1946 books

Music

See: 1946 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1946 film awards, 1946 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1946 films

Sport

Archery

National Champions (Postal Shoot) ^[4]

• Open: W. Burton (Gisborne)
• Women: P. Bryan (Auckland)

Athletics

• Lionel Fox wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:40:00 in Wanganui.

Basketball

National Associations are formed for both men and women (now combined as Basketball New Zealand) and the first championship for men under the control of their association is held.^[5] (see 1938 and 1939)

• Interprovincial champions: Men - (tie) Auckland, Wellington, Otago

Chess

• The 53rd National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by T. Lepviikman of Wellington.^[6]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Integrity ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Loyal Nurse ^[8]

Rugby union

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

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• 14 September: A New Zealand team played a single game against Wellington, which they won 5-2^[9]
• The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Technical Old Boys of Christchurch 2—1 in the final.^[10]
• Provincial league champions: ^[11]
  • Auckland: Metro College
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
  • Nelson:
  • Otago: Mosgiel
  • South Canterbury: Fisherman
  • Southland: Invercargill Thistle
  • Taranaki: Albion
  • Waikato: Rotowaro
  • Wanganui: Technical College Old Boys
  • Wellington: Wellington Marist

Births

• 25 February: Grahame Thorne, rugby player, commentator and politician.
• 28 February: Graham Vivian, cricketer.
• 2 April: Richard Collinge, cricketer.
• 24 May: Ian Kirkpatrick, rugby player.
• 5 June (in Wales): John Bach, actor.
• 8 June: Graham Henry, rugby coach.
• 13 June: Geoff Murphy, film director.
• 27 June: Bruce Cribb, motorcycle speedway rider.
• 4 July: Sam Hunt, performance poet.
• 4 August: Paul East, politician.
• 1 September: Keith Quinn, broadcaster.
• 14 September: John Luxton, politician.
• 29 September: Neil Cherry, environmental scientist.
• 17 October: Ian Wedde, writer.
• 30 November: Ken Wadsworth, cricketer.
• 2 December:
  • John Banks, politician, radio host.
  • Doug Cowie, cricket umpire.
• 27 December: Bill Manhire, poet.
• date unknown
  • Frank Gibson, Jr., jazz drummer.
  • George Hawkins, politician.
  • Richard Killeen, artist.
  • Bruce Lynch, musician.

Category:1946 births

Deaths

• 5 August: Sir Charles Statham, politician.
• William Nosworthy, politician.
• Vincent Ward, politician.

Category:1946 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

For world events and topics in 1946 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1946

References

1. Statistics New Zealand: Historical Population Estimates
2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. In a postal shoot clubs compete on specified dates and the results are posted to the Association.
5. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
6. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
7. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
8. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
9. List of New Zealand national soccer matches
10. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
11. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

Media related to 1946 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons