1952 in New Zealand

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[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1952 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 Webb

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition)

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

See 1952 , 1952 in politics , 1952 in science , Category:1952 in Australia , 1952 in Australia , 1952 in music , 1952 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

Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

[edit] January

2 January: description

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[edit] Arts and literature

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

[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: 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:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team
Netball: Silver Ferns ,
Soccer: Chatham Cup ,

[edit] Births

12 January: John Walker, athlete
4 February: Jenny Shipley future Prime Minister
19 March: Warren Lees, cricket player and coach
21 June: Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricket captain
25 June: Tim Finn, singer, songwriter, 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
3 October: Gary Troup, cricketer
20 October: Michael Houstoun, concert pianist

John Badcock, painter
Sue Bradford, politician
Stevan Eldred-Grigg, writer and historian
Tame Iti, activist
Sukhi Turner, Mayor of Dunedin
Marilyn Waring, feminist academic and politician

[edit] 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 (b. 1906)

Lionel Terry, convicted murderer, white supremacist

Category:1952 deaths

[edit] See also

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