Population

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

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
   - George VI
  George VI of the United Kingdom
  George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
  
  followed by Elizabeth II
• Governor-General
  Governor-General of New Zealand
  The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand . The Governor-General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in New Zealand and is often viewed as the de facto head of state....
  
   - Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg
  Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
  Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars , was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand.A veteran of the Mexican Revolution, he became an officer in the...
  
  

Government

• Speaker of the House
  Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
  In New Zealand the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives...
  
   - Mathew Oram
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of New Zealand
  The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand...
  
   - Sidney Holland
  Sidney Holland
  Sir Sidney George Holland, GCMG, CH was the 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957.-Early life:...
  
  
• Deputy Prime Minister
  Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
  The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand is second most senior officer in the Government of New Zealand, although this seniority does not necessarily translate into power....
  
   - Keith Holyoake
  Keith Holyoake
  Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, KStJ was a New Zealand politician. The only person to have been both Prime Minister and Governor-General of New Zealand, Holyoake was National Party Prime Minister from 20 September 1957 to 12 December 1957, then again from 12 December 1960 to 7...
  
  
• Minister of Finance
  Minister of Finance (New Zealand)
  The Minister of Finance is a senior figure within the government of New Zealand. The position is often considered to be the most important Cabinet role after that of the Prime Minister....
  
   - Sidney Holland
  Sidney Holland
  Sir Sidney George Holland, GCMG, CH was the 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957.-Early life:...
  
  
• Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)
  The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a major ministerial portfolio in the government of New Zealand.The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Murray McCully, who was National Party Spokeperson of Foreign Affairs and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs. There are also Associate Minister roles...
  
   - Thomas Clifton Webb
  Thomas Clifton Webb
  Sir Thomas Clifton Webb KCMG was a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He was born in Te Kopuru in the Kaipara District, studied at Auckland University College, and practised law in Dargaville. He was in the army from 1917-1919, then returned to his practice in Dargaville and was a borough...
  
  

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition
  Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)
  The Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand is the politician who, at least in theory, commands the support of the non-government bloc of members in the New Zealand Parliament. In the debating chamber the Leader of the Opposition sits directly opposite the Prime Minister...
  
   - Walter Nash
  Walter Nash
  Sir Walter Nash, GCMG, CH served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, and was also highly influential in his role as Minister of Finance...
  
  (Labour
  New Zealand Labour Party
  The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
  
  ).

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland
  Mayor of Auckland
  The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland region in New Zealand...
  
   - John Allum
  John Allum
  Sir John Andrew Charles Allum was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953.He was born in London and educated at Goldsmiths College. An electrical engineer, he founded Allum Electrical in Auckland in 1922.He was on the Auckland City Council from 1920...
  
  
• Mayor of Hamilton
  Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand
  The Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand is the head of the municipal government of Hamilton, New Zealand, and presides over the Hamilton City Council.In the 2010 Local Government elections, Julie Hardaker was elected as mayor, defeating incumbent Bob Simcock....
  
   - Harold David Caro
• Mayor of Wellington
  Mayor of Wellington
  The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of Wellington, New Zealand, and presides over the Wellington City Council. The Mayor of Wellington administers only Wellington City itself — other municipalities in adjacent areas of the Wellington Region such as Lower Hutt, Upper...
  
   - Robert Macalister
  Robert Macalister
  Robert Lachlan Macalister was the Mayor of Wellington from 1950 to 1956, and had been the Acting Mayor for five months in 1948 during the absence overseas of William Appleton....
  
  
• Mayor of Christchurch
  Mayor of Christchurch
  The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system...
  
   - Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin
  Mayor of Dunedin
  The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the municipal government of Dunedin, New Zealand, and presides over the Dunedin City Council. The Mayor is directly elected, using the Single Transferable Vote system in 2007....
  
   - Leonard Morton Wright

Film

• Broken Barrier
  Broken Barrier
  Broken Barrier is a 1952 New Zealand film. It was directed and produced by John O'Shea and Roger Mirams, and written by O'Shea. It starred Kay Ngarimu and Terence Bayler, and also featured Mira Hape, Bill Merito and George Ormond....
  
  

Appointments and awards

• Archbishop of New Zealand
  Archbishop of New Zealand
  The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...
  
  
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
  Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
  The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is a church of the Anglican Communion serving New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands...
  
   , see appointments to Diocese

Athletics

• Jack Clarke wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:38:42 on 1 March in Wanganui
  Wanganui
  Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region....
  
  .

Chess

• The 59th National Chess Championship was held in Napier, and was won by Ortvin Sarapu
  Ortvin Sarapu
  Ortvin Sarapu MBE , sometimes known as "Mr Chess", was a New Zealand chess International Master who won or co-won the New Zealand Chess Championship 20 times between 1952 and 1990.-Early life:Born Ortvin Sarapuu in Estonia, he won the Estonian Junior Championship in 1940, then defected to Finland...
  
   of Christchurch (his first title).

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup
  New Zealand Trotting Cup
  The New Zealand Trotting Cup or New Zealand Cup is a Group One harness race held annually by the NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is considered the country's most prestigious harness racing event. the prize was NZ$750,000, the largest prize for a...
  
  : Mobile Globe
• Auckland Trotting Cup
  Auckland Trotting Cup
  The Auckland Trotting Cup or Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in March in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses. It is one of two major harness races, along with the New Zealand Cup, held in New Zealand each year. It is notable as it is a Group 1 championship race over...
  
  : Soangetaha - 2nd win

Olympic Games

• New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  - Gold:* Yvette Williams — Athletics, Women's Long Jump- Bronze:* John Holland — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles* Jean Stewart — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke-Athletics:Men's Competition* John Holland* George Hoskins...
  
  
• New Zealand at the 1952 Winter Olympics
  New Zealand at the 1952 Winter Olympics
  New Zealand competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Winter Olympic Games. The country was represented by its skiing team, captained by Sir Roy McKenzie...
  
  

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup
  1952 Chatham Cup
  The 1952 Chatham Cup was the 25th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...
  
   was shared by the finalists North Shore United
  North Shore United
  North Shore United is a semi-professional football club based in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2.Their home ground, Allen Hill Stadium, is located in the suburb of Devonport.-History:...
  
   and Western
  Western A.F.C.
  Western A.F.C. is a semi-professional association football club in Christchurch, New Zealand. They compete in the Robbie's Premier Football League.-1913–1920:...
  
   (Christchurch) after the extra time score (1-1) and all criteria for deciding a winner at that time were equal.
• The national mens soccer team toured to the Pacific, playing 10 matches, 5 of which were internationals:
  • 31 August, Suva: NZ 1 - 0 Suva
  • 3 September, Suva: NZ 8 - 3 Southern Districts
  • 7 September, Suva: NZ 2 - 0 Fiji
  • 9 September, Lautoka: NZ 0 - 0 Lautoka
  • 11 September, Lautoka: NZ 5 - 0 Northern Districts
  • 14 September, Lautoka: NZ 9 - 0 Fiji
  • 16 September, Suva: NZ 5 - 2 Fiji
  • 21 September, Papeete: NZ 2 - 2 Tahiti
  • 25 September, Fautaua: NZ 7 - 1 Chinese Selection
  • 28 September, Papeete NZ 5 - 3 Tahiti
• Provincial league champions:
  • Auckland: Eastern Suburbs AFC
    Eastern Suburbs AFC
    Eastern Suburbs is a semi-professional association football club in Kohimarama, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1.-Club history:...
    
    
  • Canterbury: Technical OB
    Christchurch Technical
    Christchurch Technical was a soccer club based in Christchurch, New Zealand.It was formed in 1923 as Technical Old Boys. The club changed its name to ChristchurchTechnical in 1968. It was also known temporarily as ChristchurchCity....
    
    
  • Hawke's Bay: West End
  • Manawatu: Palmerston North United
  • Nelson: Settlers
  • Northland: Otangarei United
  • Otago: Northern AFC
  • Poverty Bay: Thistle
  • South Canterbury: Thistle
  • Southland: Brigadiers
  • Taranaki: Overseas
  • Waikato: Pukemiro Junction
  • Wairarapa: Masterton B
  • Wanganui: Technical College Old Boys
  • Wellington: Petone

Births

• 12 January: John Walker
  John Walker (runner)
  Sir John George Walker, KNZM, CBE, is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand.Walker was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50, and won the Olympic Games 1500m in Montreal in 1976....
  
  , athlete.
• 4 February: Jenny Shipley
  Jenny Shipley
  Dame Jenny Shipley, DNZM , served as the 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1997 to December 1999, the first woman to hold this office and the first, and to date only, woman to serve as parliamentary leader of the National Party of New Zealand.-Early life:Shipley was born as Jennifer...
  
  future Prime Minister.
• 14 February: Les Wilson, field hockey goalkeeper.
• 19 March: Warren Lees
  Warren Lees
  Warren Kenneth Lees played 21 Tests and 31 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1976 and 1983, all as wicket-keeper....
  
  , cricket player and coach.
• 22 March: Rod Millen
  Rod Millen
  Rodney K. "Rod" Millen is a racing competitor, vehicle designer, and business owner. He has competed in numerous genres of motorsports, including rally racing, off-road racing, hillclimbing, drifting, and super touring.-Personal life:...
  
  , motor rally driver.
• 21 June: Jeremy Coney
  Jeremy Coney
  Jeremy Vernon Coney MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. He was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to...
  
  , cricket captain.
• 25 June: Tim Finn
  Tim Finn
  Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...
  
  , singer, songwriter and musician.
• 20 July: Ian Ferguson, kayaker.
• 8 August: Sandra Lee-Vercoe
  Sandra Lee-Vercoe
  Sandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe QSO is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. She served as deputy leader of the Alliance party, and was later High Commissioner to Niue.-Early life:...
  
  , politician and diplomat.
• 2 September: Chris Knox
  Chris Knox
  Chris Knox is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and DVD reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the group Tall Dwarfs with guitarist Alec Bathgate, much loved for their honest,...
  
  , singer-songwriter.
• 8 September: Graham Mourie
  Graham Mourie
  Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a former New Zealand All Black flanker and coach of the Hurricanes. He was one of the great All Black Captains in the late 70s and early 80s...
  
  , rugby player.
• 14 September: Neil McLeod
  Neil McLeod (field hockey)
  Neil Caradus McLeod is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
  
  , field hockey player.
• 3 October: Gary Troup
  Gary Troup
  Gary Bertram Troup is a New Zealand former cricketer and local politician who played 15 Tests and 22 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.-Cricket career:Troup made his Test debut for the New Zealand on 18 November 1976 against India...
  
  , cricketer.
• 20 October: Michael Houstoun
  Michael Houstoun
  Michael Houstoun is a concert pianist from New Zealand.Born and educated in Timaru, Houstoun studied piano under Sister Mary Eulalie and Maurice Till in Dunedin and Christchurch...
  
  , concert pianist.

• John Badcock, painter.
• Sue Bradford
  Sue Bradford
  Sue Bradford is a New Zealand politician who served as a list Member of Parliament representing the Green Party from 1999 to 2009.- Early life :...
  
  , politician.
• Stevan Eldred-Grigg
  Stevan Eldred-Grigg
  Stevan Treleaven Eldred-Grigg is the New Zealand author of nine novels, eight history books and various essays and short stories.Born in the Grey Valley, New Zealand, he was one of nine children of Valerie 'Darkie' Forbes, a former factory worker, and her mining official husband Gilbert...
  
  , writer and historian.
• (in England): David Fletcher
  David Fletcher (cartoonist)
  David Fletcher is a New Zealand cartoonist.Fletcher was born in the UK but emigrated to New Zealand. He produces "The Politician", a daily cartoon strip that appears in The Dominion Post as well as various publications around the world...
  
  , cartoonist.
• Tame Iti
  Tame Iti
  Tāme Wairere Iti has become well known in New Zealand as a Tūhoe Māori activist.- Early life :Born on a train near Rotorua, Tame Iti grew up with his grandparents in the custom known as whāngai on a farm near Ruatoki in the Urewera area of New Zealand...
  
  , activist.
• Sukhi Turner
  Sukhi Turner
  Dame Sukhinder "Sukhi" Kaur Gill Turner, DNZM was the Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1995 until her retirement from the position in 2004. She was notable as the first Green Party mayor in New Zealand...
  
  , Mayor of Dunedin.
• Marilyn Waring
  Marilyn Waring
  Marilyn Waring, CNZM, D.Phil., D.Litt. is a New Zealand feminist, a politician, an activist for female human rights and environmental issues, an author and an academic, known for her contributions to feminist economics....
  
  , feminist academic and politician.

Deaths

• 29 April: Adam Hamilton
  Adam Hamilton
  Adam Hamilton was a New Zealand politician. He was the first leader of the National Party during its early years in Opposition.-Early life:...
  
  , politician.
• 6 May: Sir Oswald Birley
  Oswald Birley
  Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, MC, RA was an English portrait painter in the early part of the 20th century.-Biography:...
  
  , painter.
• 12 October: Te Puea Herangi
  Te Puea Herangi
  Te Puea Herangi, CBE was a respected Māori leader from New Zealand's Waikato region known by the name Princess Te Puea.-Early life:...
  
  , Māori leader.
• 22 November: Ted Morgan
  Ted Morgan (boxer)
  Edward "Ted" Morgan was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
  
  , New Zealand boxer.
• Hon. Thomas Otto Bishop
  Thomas Otto Bishop
  Hon. Thomas Otto Bishop MLC was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1943, and was Speaker from 1950 until it was abolished in 1951 by the First National Government....
  
  MLC, politician.
• Frederick de Jersey Clere
  Frederick de Jersey Clere
  Frederick de Jersey Clere was an architect in Wellington, New Zealand.He was born in Lancashire and trained as an architect before emigrating to New Zealand with his family in 1877....
  
  , architect.
• Bill Parry
  William Parry (politician)
  William Edward Parry was a New Zealand Minister and trade unionist.-Early years:Bill Parry was born at Orange, in New South Wales, Australia and arrived in New Zealand in 1906 ....
  
  , politician.
• John Robertson, politician.
• Lionel Terry
  Lionel Terry
  Edward Lionel Terry was a New Zealand white supremacist and murderer, incarcerated in psychiatric institutions after murdering a Chinese immigrant, Mr. Joe Kum Yung, in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905.-Early life:...
  
  , convicted murderer, white supremacist.

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
  Timeline of New Zealand history
  This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand and only includes events deemed to be of principal importance - for more detailed information click the year heading or refer to List of years in New Zealand.- Prehistory :...
  
  
• History of New Zealand
  History of New Zealand
  The history of New Zealand dates back at least 700 years to when it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture centred on kinship links and land. The first European explorer to discover New Zealand was Abel Janszoon Tasman on 13 December 1642...
  
  
• Military history of New Zealand
  Military history of New Zealand
  The military history of New Zealand is an aspect of the history of New Zealand that spans several hundred years. When first settled by Māori almost a millennium ago, there was much land and resources, but war began to break out as the country's carrying capacity was approached...
  
  
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
  Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
  This is a timeline of environmental history of New Zealand. These events relate to the more notable events affecting the natural environment of New Zealand as a result of human activity.-Pre 1800s:...
  
  
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
  Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
  This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand's involvement with Antarctica.-Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:1773*17 January Captain James Cook and the crews of his expedition's ships, Resolution and Adventure, become the first explorers to cross the Antarctic Circle1770s – 1830s*Sealers and...
  
  

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