1948 in New Zealand

1948 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 (1948) • 1949 • 1950 • 1951

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

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• 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.

• 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

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 - William Appleton
• Mayor of Christchurch - Ernest Andrews
• Mayor of Dunedin - Donald Cameron

Events

• The Marlborough Press, which was founded in 1860, is taken over by The Marlborough Express.^[4]
• Italy establishes a consulate in Wellington.^[5]

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

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

Sport

Archery

The national championships are held at a single venue for the first time replacing the previous postal shoot.^[6][7]

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).^[8]

Cricket

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Highland Fling - 2nd win ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Captain Sandy ^[10]

Thoroughbred racing

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.

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.^[11]
• An Australian side toured New Zealand, playing four internationals:^[12]
  • 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: ^[13]
  • 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.^[14]
• 16 January: Dalvanius Prime, entertainer.^[15]
• 7 February: Richard Prebble, politician.^[16]
• March: Michael Baigent, author and conspiracy theorist.^[17]
• 2 April (in Scotland): Sam Malcolmson, soccer player.^[18]
• 25 May: Mac Price, diplomat.^[19]
• 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.
• 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

Deaths

• 25 September: George Davidson, olympic sprinter.^[20]
• 9 October: Edmund Anscombe, architect.^[21]

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

References

External links

Media related to 1948 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons