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1954 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in New Zealand.

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Population

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  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,118,400.[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1953: 43,700 (2.11%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 101.2.[1]

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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The 30th New Zealand Parliament expired this year. The National Party was elected to a third term in office under Sidney Holland on 13 November.

Parliamentary opposition

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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Arts and literature

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See 1954 in art, 1954 in literature

Music

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See: 1954 in music

Radio

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See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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See: Category:1954 film awards, 1954 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1954 films

Sport

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Athletics

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  • 20 February: Yvette Williams breaks the world long jump record by jumping 20 feet 7+1⁄2 inches (6.287 metres) at Gisborne.[9]
  • Edwin Rye wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:35:45 on 6 March in Hamilton, New Zealand.

British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Main article: New Zealand at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
  Gold   Silver   Bronze Total
7 7 5 19

Chess

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  • The 61st National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by Ortvin Sarapu of Auckland (his third successive title).[10]

Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Lawn bowls

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The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[13]

  • Men's singles champion – Robin Andrew (Onehunga Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – N.A. McNabb, C.L. Spearman (skip) (Christchurch RSA Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J. Rothwell, H.L. Rule, W. O'Neill, Pete Skoglund (skip) (Otahuhu Bowling Club)

Rugby union

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  • The All Blacks played four Test Matches on a tour of Europe:[14]
    • 9 January, Lansdowne Road, Dublin: New Zealand 14 – 3 Ireland
    • 30 January, Twickenham, London: New Zealand 5 – 0 England
    • 13 February, Murrayfield, Edinburgh New Zealand 3 – 0 Scotland
    • 27 February, Stade Colombes, Paris: New Zealand 0 – 3 France

Soccer

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  • The national men's team undertook a 10-match tour of Australia, which included 3 internationals. They played one warm-up match prior to the tour.[15]
    • 31 July, Wellington: NZ 6 – 0 Wellington
    • 3 August, Adelaide: NZ 3 – 2 South Australia
    • 7 August, Adelaide: NZ 3 – 1 Australian XI
    • 11 August, Melbourne: NZ 1 – 2 Victoria
    • 14 August, Melbourne: NZ 2 – 1 Australia
    • 18 August, Granville: NZ 0 – 3 Granville
    • 21 August, Sydney: NZ 4 – 1 New South Wales Benge (2), Charlton, Olley
    • 25 August, Brisbane: NZ 2 – 2 Queensland Smith, Steele
    • 28 August, Brisbane: NZ 1 – 4 Australia'
    • 29 August, Newcastle: NZ 1 – 1 Northern Districts Smith
    • 4 September, Sydney: NZ 1 – 4 Australia
    • 5 September, Bulli: NZ 4 – 4 South Coast
  • The Chatham Cup is won by Onehunga who beat Western of Christchurch 1–0 in the final.[16]
  • Provincial league champions:[17]
    • Auckland: North Shore United
    • Bay of Plenty: Mangakino Utd
    • Buller: Millerton Thistle
    • Canterbury: Western
    • Hawke's Bay: Hastings Wanderers
    • Manawatu: Palmerston North United
    • Nelson: Settlers
    • Northland: Otangarei United
    • Otago: Northern
    • Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
    • South Canterbury: Northern Hearts
    • Southland: Brigadiers
    • Taranaki: Old Boys
    • Waikato: Huntly Thistle
    • Wanganui: New Settlers
    • Wellington: Stop Out

Births

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Category:1954 births

Deaths

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See also

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For world events and topics in 1954 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1954

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
  5. ^ NZHistory.net - includes video
  6. ^ "Accident Douglas DC-3D ZK-AQT, Saturday 22 May 1954". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. ^ (Ministry of Health) Archived 23 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "1954 - key events".
  9. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
  10. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  12. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Pick and Go Rugby Tests database
  15. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  16. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
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