List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1956 in New Zealand.
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 2,209,200.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1955: 44,400 (2.05%).[1]
- Males per 100 females: 101.2.[1]
Regal and viceregal
[edit]The 31st New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland.
Parliamentary opposition
[edit]Main centre leaders
[edit]Arts and literature
[edit]See 1956 in art, 1956 in literature
See: 1956 in music
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
See: Category:1956 film awards, 1956 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1956 films
- The 63rd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by F.A. Foulds of Auckland.[5]
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[8]
- Men's singles champion – G.G. Littlejohn (Hutt Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – L.J. Hughes, E.H. Ravenwood (skip) (North-East Valley Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – P.C.F. Barrat, C.E. Tomlinson, L.J. Buckingham, Robbie Robson (skip) (Mangakino Bowling Club)
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total
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2 |
0 |
0 |
2
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- New Zealand did not participate in the 1956 Winter Olympics.
- The Chatham Cup is won by Stop Out (Lower Hutt) who beat Shamrock (soccer) of Christchurch 4–1 in the final.[9]
- Provincial league champions:[10]
- Auckland: Onehunga
- Bay of Plenty: Rangers
- Buller: Millerton Thistle
- Canterbury: Western
- Hawke's Bay: Napier Athletic
- Manawatu: Kiwi United
- Marlborough: Blenheim B
- Nelson: Settlers
- Northland: Kamo Swifts
- Otago: Northern AFC
- Poverty Bay: Eastern Union
- South Canterbury: West End
- Southland: Brigadiers
- Taranaki: Moturoa
- Waikato: Huntly Thistle
- Wairarapa: No competition
- Wanganui: Technical College Old Boys
- Wellington: Stop Out
- 3 January: Judith Tizard, politician
- 6 January: Stephen Cox, cyclist
- 16 January: Mark Burton, politician
- 4 February: Gerry Brownlee, politician
- 16 February: Vincent Ward, film director
- 1 March: Mark Todd, equestrian eventer
- 3 March: John F. Reid, cricketer
- 13 April: Peter 'Possum' Bourne, rally driver
- 17 April: Jaynie Parkhouse, freestyle swimmer
- 26 April: Tinks Pottinger, equestrian eventer
- 8 May: Richard Wilson, soccer player
- 10 May: Chris Kuggeleijn, cricket player and coach
- 23 May: Mark Shaw, rugby union footballer and selector[11]
- 18 August: Andrew Bennie, equestrian eventer
- 29 September: Jenny Morris, singer
- 8 November: Richard Curtis, screenwriter
- 23 November: Bruce Edgar, cricketer
- 12 December: Barry Pickering, soccer player
- 16 December: Rodney Hide, politician
- Chris Finlayson, politician
- James Belich, historian
- (in Paris, France) Christopher Marshall, composer
- Douglas Wright, dancer and choreographer
1956 in Oceania |
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Sovereign states |
- Australia
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
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