1946 in New Zealand

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See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1946 in New Zealand.

Population

Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,781,200.^[1]
Increase since 31 December 1945: 53,400 (3.09%).^[1]
Males per 100 females: 100.2.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – George VI
Governor-General – Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM, succeeded same year by Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO ^[2]

Government

The 27th New Zealand Parliament concluded, with the Labour Party in government. Labour was re-elected for a fourth term in the election in November, but with a smaller majority.

Speaker of the House – Bill Schramm (Labour)
Prime Minister – Peter Fraser
Minister of Finance – Walter Nash
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Peter Fraser
Attorney-General – Rex Mason
Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers (until 7 August), Sir Humphrey O'Leary (starting 12 August)

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 – Will Appleton
Mayor of Christchurch – Ernest Andrews
Mayor of Dunedin – Donald Cameron

Events

Family benefit of £1 per week becomes universal.
Bank of New Zealand nationalised.

Arts and literature

See 1946 in art, 1946 in literature

Sport

Archery

National Champions (Postal Shoot) ^[4]

Open: W. Burton (Gisborne)
Women: P. Bryan (Auckland)

Athletics

Lionel Fox wins his second national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:40:00 in Wanganui.

Basketball

National Associations are formed for both men and women (now combined as Basketball New Zealand) and the first championship for men under the control of their association is held.^[5] (see 1938 and 1939)

Interprovincial champions: Men – (tie) Auckland, Wellington, Otago

Chess

The 53rd National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by T. Lepviikman of Wellington.^[6]

Cricket

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Integrity^[7]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Loyal Nurse^[8]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.^[9]

Men's singles champion – J.S. Martin (Edgeware Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – G.C. Batchelor, S.C.K. Smith (skip) (North End Bowling Club, Invercargill)
Men's fours champions – W. Hillhouse, J. Gourley, J. Armstrong, F. White (skip) (Runanga Bowling Club)

Rugby union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

14 September: A New Zealand team played a single game against Wellington, which they won 5–2^[10]
The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Technical Old Boys of Christchurch 2–1 in the final.^[11]
Provincial league champions: ^[12]
- Auckland: Metro College
- Canterbury: Western
- Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers
- Nelson:
- Otago: Mosgiel
- South Canterbury: Fisherman
- Southland: Invercargill Thistle
- Taranaki: Albion
- Waikato: Rotowaro
- Wanganui: Technical College Old Boys
- Wellington: Wellington Marist

Births

25 February: Grahame Thorne, rugby player, commentator and politician.
28 February: Graham Vivian, cricketer.
2 April: Richard Collinge, cricketer.
15 May: George Hawkins, politician.
24 May: Ian Kirkpatrick, rugby player.
5 June (in Wales): John Bach, actor.
8 June: Graham Henry, rugby coach.
27 June: Bruce Cribb, motorcycle speedway rider.
4 July: Sam Hunt, performance poet.
22 July: Christine McElwee, politician, historian, non-fiction author and teacher (died 2022).
4 August: Paul East, politician.
1 September: Keith Quinn, broadcaster.
14 September: John Luxton, politician.
29 September: Neil Cherry, environmental scientist (died 2003).
17 October: Ian Wedde, writer.
30 November: Ken Wadsworth, cricketer (died 1976).
2 December:
- John Banks, politician, radio host.
- Doug Cowie, cricket umpire.
11 December: Stewart Murray Wilson, sex offender (died 2021).
27 December: Bill Manhire, poet.
date unknown
- Frank Gibson, Jr., jazz drummer.
- Richard Killeen, artist.

Deaths

9 February Vincent Ward, politician.
5 March: Sir Charles Statham, politician.
26 September: William Nosworthy, politician.
10 November: Claude Weston, politician.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ In a postal shoot clubs compete on specified dates and the results are posted to the Association.
^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

Media related to 1946 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[2] Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52

[3] "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[4] In a postal shoot clubs compete on specified dates and the results are posted to the Association.

[Moa-5] Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7

[6] List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[8] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[9] McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[10] List of New Zealand national soccer matches

[11] Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[12] "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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