1957 in New Zealand

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See also: 1956 in New Zealand, other events of 1957, 1958 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Summary

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

See: 1957 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
• Governor-General - Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC followed by The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD

Government

The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland and later Keith Holyoake. The general election saw the saw the Labour Party win by a narrow two-seat margin.

• Speaker of the House - Mathew Oram
• Prime Minister - Sidney Holland then Keith Holyoake then Walter Nash
• Deputy Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake then Clarence Skinner
• Minister of Finance - Jack Watts then Arnold Nordmeyer
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Thomas MacDonald then Walter Nash

Opposition Leaders

• Labour - Walter Nash (Leader of the Opposition) (before 12 December).

• National - Keith Holyoake (Leader of the Opposition) (after 12 December).

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Thomas Ashby then Keith Buttle
• Mayor of Hamilton - Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite
• Mayor of Wellington - Frank Kitts
• Mayor of Christchurch - Robert M. Macfarlane
• Mayor of Dunedin - Leonard Morton Wright

Events

• May 24 - the last Empire Day is commemmorated.
• September - Former Member of Parliament and New Zealand ambassador to the United States Leslie Munro is appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly for its twlefth session, lasting until September, 1958

See also 1957 , 1957 in politics , 1957 in science, 1957 in music , 1957 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

Arts and literature

See 1957 in art, 1957 in literature, Category:1957 books

Music

See: 1957 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1957 film awards , 1957 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1957 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

• See: 1957 in sports , Category:1957 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

Births

• 3 January: Dave Dobbyn, singer, songwriter
• 28 February: Ian Smith, cricketer
• 2 March: Stuart Gillespie, cricketer
• 19 April: Wayne Smith, rugby player and coach
• 11 August: Ruth Dyson, politician
• 31 August (in Kenya): Luke Hurley, singer - songwriter
• 20 September: Michael Hurst, actor
• 10 October: Rod Donald, environmentalist and politician
• 13 December: Wayne Shelford, rugby player

• George Bertrand, who became Georgina Beyer, trans-gender politician
• Michael Laws, politician and broadcaster

Category:1957 births

Deaths

• 18 February: Walter James Bolton, last person executed in New Zealand

Category:1957 deaths

See also

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