1959 in New Zealand
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See also: 1958 in New Zealand, other events of 1959, 1960 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.
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[edit] Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1959 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] Government
The 32nd New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the Labour government lead by Walter Nash.
- Speaker of the House - Robert Macfarlane
- Prime Minister - Walter Nash
- Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner
- Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash
[edit] Opposition Leaders
See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Keith Buttle then Dove-Myer Robinson
- Mayor of Hamilton - Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite then Dennis Rogers
- Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
- Mayor of Christchurch - George Manning
- Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright then Thomas Kay Stuart Sidey
[edit] Events
See 1959 , 1959 in politics , 1959 in science , Category:1959 in Australia , 1959 in Australia , 1959 in music , 1959 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history
[edit] January
- 2 January: description
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Arts and literature
- Ian Cross wins the first Robert Burns Fellowship.
See 1959 in art, 1959 in literature, Category:1959 books
[edit] Music
See: 1959 in music
[edit] Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
See: Category:1959 film awards , 1959 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1959 films
[edit] 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
[edit] Sport
- See: 1959 in sports , Category:1959 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
- Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , 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 Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
- Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
- 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
[edit] Births
- 27 September: Mark Inglis, mountaineer
- Bianca van Rangelrooy, artist
- Harry Sinclair, actor, filmmaker and musician
[edit] Deaths
- 6 December: Edward Hunter a.k.a. Billy Banjo, trade unionist, politician and writer (died in Scotland).
