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1958 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 (1958) • 1959 • 1960 • 1961

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 2,316,000 ^[1]
• 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. ^[2]

Government

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

• Speaker of the House - Robert Macfarlane. ^[3]
• Prime Minister - Walter Nash.
• Deputy Prime Minister - Clarence Skinner. ^[3]
• Minister of Finance - Arnold Nordmeyer. ^[3]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Walter Nash. ^[3]
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason. ^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Keith Holyoake (National). ^[4]

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 , Category:1958 books

Music

See: 1958 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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

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

Sport

Athletics

• Raymond Puckett wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:37:28 in Lower Hutt.

Commonwealth Games

• New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games: The New Zealand team of 63 athletes and 11 officials won four gold, six silver and nine bronze medals.^[5]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: False Step ^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Macklin ^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby union

• The All Blacks played three Test matches against the touring Australian side, retaining the Bledisloe Cup: ^[8]
  • 23 August, Athletic Park (Wellington), Wellington: New Zealand 25 - 3 Australia
  • 6 September, Lancaster Park, Christchurch: New Zealand 3 - 6 Australia
  • 20 September, Epsom Showgrounds, Auckland: New Zealand 17 - 8 Australia

Soccer

• The national mens team played seven matches including five internationals: ^[9]
  • 16 August, Wellington: NZ 2 - 3 Australia
  • 23 August, Auckland: NZ 2 - 2 Australia
  • 26 August, Hamilton: NZ 3 - 0 Waikato XI
  • 31 August, Nouméa: NZ 2 - 1 New Caledonia
  • 7 September, Nouméa: NZ 5 - 1 New Caledonia
  • 14 September, Nouméa: NZ 2 - 1 New Caledonia
  • 18 September, Auckland: NZ 1 - 1 Auckland
• The Chatham Cup was won by Seatoun for the second consecutive year. They beat Christchurch city 7-1 in the final. ^[10]
• Provincial league champions: ^[11]
  • Auckland: Onehunga
  • Bay of Plenty: Rangers
  • Buller: Millerton Thistle
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Athletic
  • Manawatu: Kiwi United
  • Marlborough: Spartans
  • Nelson: Settlers
  • Northland: Marlin Rovers
  • Otago: Northern
  • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
  • South Canterbury: West End
  • Southland: Brigadiers
  • Taranaki: City
  • Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB
  • Wairarapa: Masterton Athletic
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Seatoun

Births

• 1 January: Lesley Shankland (later Murdoch), cricketer. ^[12]
• 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.

Category:1958 births

Deaths

• 12 March: Bill Barnard, politician - 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 17 July: William Burgoyne Taverner, MP and Mayor of Dunedin
• 9 October: Merton Hodge, playwright.
• 25 October: James Chapman-Taylor, architect.

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

Category:1958 deaths

References

See 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