1929 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,486,100 [1]
- Increase since previous 31/12/1928: 18,700 (1.27%)
- Males per 100 Females: 104.1
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
The TBDth New Zealand Parliament continued.
- Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
- Prime Minister - TBD
- Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
- Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward (United)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - George Troup
- Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
- Mayor of Dunedin - William Burgoyne Taverner, succeeded by Robert Sheriff Black
Events
- 9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries. [4]
- 17 June: An earthquake of Richter Magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas [5]
- 29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10 year Great Depression.
Arts and literature
See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books
Music
See: 1929 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1929 film awards , 1929 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1929 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
Badminton
- National Champions
- Men's singles: J. Southon
- Women's singles: A. Ellett
- Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
- Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
- Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett
Chess
The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne. [6]
Golf
- The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew J. Shaw. [7]
- The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui [8]
- Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) - 3rd title
- Women: Mrs ? Dodgshun
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Peter Bingen - 2nd win [9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Gold Jacket - 2nd win [10]
Thoroughbred racing
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
- Provincial league champions: [11]
- Auckland: Tramways
- Canterbury: Thistle
- Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
- Nelson: Thistle
- Otago: Seacliff
- South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
- Southland: Corinthians
- Taranaki: Stratford
- Waikato: Claudelands Rovers
- Wanganui: Thistle
- Wellington: Diamond
Births
- 16 February: Venn Young, politician.
- 12 March: William Liley, pioneering surgeon.
- 9 April, Fred Hollows, eye surgeon.
- 25 April: Yvette Williams, athlete.
- 2 May: Graham Gedye, cricketer.
- 4 September: Howard Charles Clark, chemist.
- 28 October (In India): Tom Puna, cricketer.
- November: Trevor McMahon, cricketer.
- 28 November: Raymond Hitchcock, cricketer.
- 14 December: Ron Jarden, rugby union player.
- 19 December: Michael Fowler, architect, mayor of Wellington.
- Miles Warren, architect.
Deaths
- 13 February: Charles Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand.
- 23 September: Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor.
- 25 October: Charles Chilton, zoologist
- John Findlay, politician.
- Alex F. Lithgow, composer.
- Albert Pitt, politician.
- Sir James Glenny Wilson, politician.
References
- ^ http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ Eileen McSaveney (21-Sep-2007). "Historic earthquakes". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/NaturalHazardsAndDisasters/HistoricEarthquakes/en. Retrieved on 23-Feb-2009.
- ^ Murchison earthquake 1929 - Christchurch City Libraries
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm. Retrieved on 2009-03-25.
- ^ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Mens' Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en. Retrieved on 2009-02-13.
- ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html.
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1929 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1929
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