The following lists events that happened during 1945 in New Zealand.

1945
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

Population

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A census was held on 25 September 1945. This was a year earlier than the established pattern, to make up for the lack of a census in 1941 due to World War II, and so that an electoral redistribution (the first for ten years) could be done before the 1946 election.

Male Female Total
Usually resident population 830,385
(48.9%)
868,614
(51.1%)
1,698,996
Overseas Visitors 2,451 768 3,222
Total 832,908 869,421 1,702,329
  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,727,800[1]
  • Increase since previous 31 December 1944: 51,500 (3.07%)
  • Males per 100 females: 98.1
  • Large increase is due to demobilisation of New Zealanders from military service overseas.

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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The 27th New Zealand Parliament continued, with the Labour Party in government.

Parliamentary opposition

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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1945; Air Vice Marshal Leonard M. Isitt, representing New Zealand, accepts the Japanese surrender
  • 2 May: New Zealand 2nd Division accepts surrender of the German Army in Trieste.
  • 15 December: Main North Line railway linking Christchurch and Picton is completed and officially opened over seventy years after construction began.
  • Saturday and Sunday trading by most retail outlets, apart from dairies and takeaway food outlets, is banned.[4]

Arts and literature

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See 1945 in art, 1945 in literature

Music

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See: 1945 in music

Radio

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See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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See: Category:1945 film awards, 1945 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1945 films

Sport

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Archery

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National Champions (Postal Shoot)[5]

Athletics

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  • Lionel Fox wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:54:09.2 in Wellington.

Chess

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  • The 52nd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.G. Wade of Wellington (his 2nd win).[6]

Cricket

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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 Auckland.[9]

  • Men's singles champion – J.S. Martin (Carlton Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – J.W. Darroch, L. Russell (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J. Franklin, H. Berry, J.A. Maher, Arthur Engebretsen (skip) (Heretaunga Bowling Club)

Rugby union

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Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

Rugby league

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New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

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  • The Chatham Cup is won by Western of Christchurch who beat Wellington Marist 4–3 in the final.[10]
  • Provincial league champions:[11]
    • Auckland: Philomel
    • Canterbury: Western
    • Hawke's Bay: Napier HSOB
    • Nelson: RNZAF
    • Otago: Mosgiel
    • South Canterbury: No competition
    • Southland: No competition
    • Taranaki: Old Boys
    • Waikato: Rotowaro
    • Wanganui: No competition
    • Wellington: Wellington Marist

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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For world events and topics in 1945 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1945

References

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  1. ^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  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. ^ Story: Food shops Page 7 – Shopping hours, Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  5. ^ In a postal shoot clubs compete on specified dates and the results are posted to the Association.
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  8. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
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