1958 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,316,000 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1957: 53,200 (2.35%)
* Males per 100 Females: 101.3

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor-General - The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD. [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

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

*Speaker of the House - Robert Macfarlane. Lambert & Palenski: "The New Zealand Almanac", 1982. ISBN 0908570554]
*Prime Minister - Walter Nash.
*Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner.
*Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer.
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash.
* Attorney-General - Rex Mason.

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Keith Holyoake (National). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Keith Buttle
*Mayor of Hamilton - Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite
*Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
*Mayor of Christchurch - Robert Macfarlane then George Manning
*Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright

Events

* 26 June: 'Black Budget', raising taxes on tobacco, alcohol and petrol, passed by second Labour government.
* United States base for Operation Deep Freeze is established at Christchurch Airport.
* 29 September: Emergency 1-1-1 number for fire, police and ambulance introduced; initially only in Masterton and Carterton.

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 ,

Music

See: 1958 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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

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

port

:See: 1958 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games (See and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
*Athletics:Raymond Puckett wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:37:28 in Lower Hutt.
*Rugby: , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
*Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
*Gold: New Zealand Open , Check in overseas tournaments.
*Horse racing: See
*Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
*Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
*Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
*Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
*Other Sports

Births

* 1 January: Lesley Shankland (later Murdoch), cricketer.
* 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: Dennis 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.
* 3 December: Roger Sowry, politician.
* 14 December (In Scotland): Alan Boath, footballer.

* Daryl Crimp, writer, illustrator and cartoonist.
* A J Hackett, extreme sports entrepreneur.
* (in Zambia): Vicky Jones, children's author.
* Tuku Morgan, politician.
* Pio Terei, actor, singer and comedian.
* Jools and Lynda Topp (the Topp Twins, entertainers.
* Jane Wrightson, chief censor.

Deaths

* 12 March: Bill Barnard, politician - 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
* 9 October: Merton Hodge, playwright.
* 25 October: James Chapman-Taylor, architect.

* Fred Baker, soldier.
* William Hugh Montgomery, politician.
* Robert William Smith, politician.

References

ee 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 1958 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1958