1952 in New Zealand

1952 in New Zealand:

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1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955

Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Parliamentary opposition 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 June 4.6 July 4.7 August 4.8 September 4.9 October 4.10 November 4.11 December 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Athletics 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

Summary

The population of New Zealand reaches 2 million.

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,024,600 ^[1]
• Increase since 31/12/1951: 54,100 (2.75%)
• Males per 100 Females: 101.1

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George VI followed by Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General - Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO followed by Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC ^[2]

Government

The 30th New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland.

• Speaker of the House - Mathew Oram
• Prime Minister - Sidney Holland
• Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake
• Minister of Finance - Sidney Holland
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Thomas Clifton Webb

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Walter Nash (Labour). ^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - John Allum
• Mayor of Hamilton - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Macalister
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright

Events

January

• 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

See 1952 in art, 1952 in literature, Category:1952 books

Music

See: 1952 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Broken Barrier

See: Category:1952 film awards, 1952 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1952 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

Athletics

• Jack Clarke wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:38:42 on March 1 in Wanganui.

• See: 1952 in sports , Category:1952 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Bledisloe Cup , Ranfurly Shield
• Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team
• Horse racing: See Category:Horse racing in New Zealand, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team
• Netball: Silver Ferns ,
• Soccer: Chatham Cup ,

Births

• 12 January: John Walker, athlete.
• 4 February: Jenny Shipley future Prime Minister.
• February 14: Les Wilson, field hockey goalkeeper.
• 19 March: Warren Lees, cricket player and coach.
• 22 March: Rod Millen, motor rally driver.
• 21 June: Jeremy Coney, cricket captain.
• 25 June: Tim Finn, singer, songwriter and musician.
• 20 July: Ian Ferguson, kayaker.
• 8 August: Sandra Lee-Vercoe, politician and diplomat.
• 2 September: Chris Knox, singer-songwriter.
• 8 September: Graham Mourie, rugby player.
• 14 September: Neil McLeod, field hockey player.
• 3 October: Gary Troup, cricketer.
• 20 October: Michael Houstoun, concert pianist.

• John Badcock, painter.
• Sue Bradford, politician.
• Stevan Eldred-Grigg, writer and historian.
• (in England): David Fletcher, cartoonist.
• Tame Iti, activist.
• Sukhi Turner, Mayor of Dunedin.
• Marilyn Waring, feminist academic and politician.

Deaths

• 29 April: Adam Hamilton, politician.
• 6 May: Sir Oswald Birley, painter.
• 12 October: Te Puea Herangi, Māori leader.
• November 22: Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer.

• Hon. Thomas Otto Bishop MLC, politician.
• Frederick de Jersey Clere, architect.
• Bill Parry, politician.
• John Robertson, politician.
• Lionel Terry, convicted murderer, white supremacist.

Category:1952 deaths

References

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 1952 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1952

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