| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | 7th New Zealand Grand Prix |
| Grand Prix: | New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Location: | Ardmore Circuit, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Date: | 10 January |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Course: | Temporary racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 2.0 |
| Course Km: | 3.2 |
| Distance Laps: | 75 |
| Distance Mi: | 150 |
| Distance Km: | 240 |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Pole Driver: | Ron Flockhart |
| Pole Country: | United Kingdom |
| Pole Team: | BRM P25 |
| Pole Time: | Determined by heats |
| Fast Driver: | Stirling Moss |
| Fast Team: | Cooper T45 |
| Fast Time: | 1:24.8 |
| Fast Country: | United Kingdom |
| First Driver: | Stirling Moss |
| First Country: | United Kingdom |
| First Team: | Cooper T45 |
| Second Driver: | Jack Brabham |
| Second Country: | Australia |
| Second Team: | Cooper T45 |
| Third Driver: | Bruce McLaren |
| Third Country: | New Zealand |
| Third Team: | Cooper T45 |
The 1959 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Ardmore Circuit on 10 January 1959. The race was held over 75 laps of the 3.2 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 240 kilometres. It was the seventh iteration of the event and was won by Stirling Moss.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=center | 7 |  Stirling Moss | Cooper T45 / Climax 2015cc 4cyl | 75 | 1hr 48min 24.4sec | 21 |
| 2 | align=center |  Jack Brabham | Cooper T45 / Climax 2202cc 4cyl | 75 | + 1:29.0 s | 2 | |
| 3 | align=center | 47 |  Bruce McLaren | Cooper T45 / Climax 1964cc 4cyl | 74 | + 1 Lap | 3 |
| 4 | align=center |  Carroll Shelby Harry Schell | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl | 73 | + 2 Laps | 6 | |
| 5 | align=center | Ross Jensen | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl | 72 | + 3 Laps | 7 | |
| 6 | align=center | Bib Stillwell | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl | 72 | + 3 Laps | 8 | |
| 7 | align=center | Syd Jensen | Cooper T45 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl | 72 | + 3 Laps | 10 | |
| 8 | align=center | Bob Gibbons | Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl | 72 | + 3 Laps | 9 | |
| 9 | align=center | Merv Neil | Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl | 71 | + 4 Laps | 14 | |
| 10 | align=center | Tom Clark | Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 3431cc 4cyl | 70 | + 5 Laps | 12 | |
| 11 | align=center | Pat Hoare | Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 2996cc 4cyl | 70 | + 5 Laps | 13 | |
| 12 | align=center | Arnold Glass | Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 2497cc 4cyl | 68 | + 7 Laps | 16 | |
| 13 | align=center | Len Gilbert | Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Bristol 1971cc 6cyl | 66 | + 9 Laps | 19 | |
| 14 | align=center | Ken Harris | Ferrari 750 Monza / Ferrari 2999cc 4cyl | 65 | + 10 Laps | 18 | |
| 15 | align=center | Gavin Quirk | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl | 63 | + 12 Laps | 17 | |
| Ret | align=center | Johnny Mansel | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl | 59 | Engine | 11 | |
| 16 | align=center | Allan Freeman | Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot 4485cc 6cyl | 58 | + 17 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | align=center | Ray Thackwell | Cooper T43 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl | 47 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | align=center | 1 |  Jo Bonnier | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl | 41 | Steering | 4 |
| Ret | align=center | 3 | Harry Schell | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl | 24 | Oil Leak | 5 |
| Ret | align=center | Ron Flockhart | BRM P25 / BRM 2497cc 4cyl | 24 | Oil Leak | 1 | |
| Ret | align=center | Tony Shelly | Cooper T41 / Climax 1496cc 4cyl | 0 | Retired | 22 | |
| DNS | align=center | Ron Duncan | Connaught A / Lea-Francis 1964cc 4cyl s/c | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | align=center | Frank Cantwell | Tojeiro 3/56 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | align=center | Ron Roycroft | Ferrari 375 / Ferrari 4493cc V12 | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | align=center | Brian Tracey | Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | align=center | Graham Pierce | Austin Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 8cyl s/c | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | align=center | Reg McCutcheon | Normac Special III / Chevrolet 3930cc 6cyl | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | align=center | Max Richards | Austin Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl | Did not qualify | |||
| DNA | align=center | Jack Malcolm | Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Holden 2258cc 6cyl | Did Not Attend | |||
| DNA | align=center |  Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati 250F / Maserati 4477cc V8 | Did Not Attend | |||
| DNA | align=center | Chan Lye Choon | Aston Martin DB3S / Aston 2996cc 6cyl | Did Not Attend | |||
| DNA | align=center | John Cullen | Cullen 500 / Norton 498cc 1cyl | Did Not Attend | |||
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