1934 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,558,400 [1]
- Increase since previous 31/12/1933: 11,300 (0.73%)
- Males per 100 females: 103.3
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party.
- Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
- Prime Minister - George Forbes
- Minister of Finance - Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - George Forbes
- Attorney-General - George Forbes
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - Dan Sullivan
- Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox
Events
- 6 February: Treaty house and grounds at Waitangi dedicated as a national reserve.
- 5 March: Pahiatua is hit by an earthquake recording a magnitude of 7.6 at 11.46pm; see 1934 Pahiatua earthquake
- 28 June: Third session of the 24th Parliament commences.[4]
- 10 November: Third session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
- Banknotes issued by the new Reserve Bank replace those issued by the Trading Banks, see New Zealand pound.
Arts and literature
See 1934 in art, 1934 in literature, Category:1934 books
Music
See: 1934 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1934 film awards, 1934 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1934 films
Sport
Chess
- The 43rd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin, his fourth title.[5]
Golf
- The 24th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 6th title.[6]
- The 38th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui [7]
- Men: B. M. Silk (Wanganui)
- Women: Miss B. Gaisford - her second title.
Horse racing
- Harness racing
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
- the Bledisloe Cup was won by Australia, with one win and one draw.
- The Ranfurly Shield changed hands twice: Canterbury lost their first defence to Hawkes Bay 0-9. Hawkes Bay defended the shield against Wanganui 39-16 and Taranaki 23-8 before losing it to Auckland 14-18.
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- The Chatham Cup is won by Auckland Thistle who beat Christchurch Thistle 2—1 in the final.[10]
- Provincial league champions: [11]
- Auckland: Thistle
- Canterbury: Thistle
- Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
- Nelson: YMCA
- Otago: King Edward Technical College Old Boys
- Southland: Southern
- Taranaki: Stratford
- Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd
- Wanganui: Thistle
- Wellington: Marist
Births
- 10 February: Fleur Adcock, poet.
- 20 March Ralph Maxwell, politician.
- 26 March Matiu Rata, politician.
- April Pamela Allen, children's book illustrator.
- 9 April: Bill Birch, politician.
- 1 August: John Beck, cricketer.
- 22 October: Donald McIntyre, opera singer.
- 12 November: Peter Wilkinson, politician.
- 13 November: Peter Arnett, TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- 26 December: Don Hunn, diplomat and civil servant.
Category:1934 births
Deaths
- 5 April: Thomas Davey, politician.
- 11 April: Sir Edwin Mitchelson, politician.
- 6 May: Sir Henry Wigram, businessman and politician.
- 22 June: James Courtney, soldier.
- 13 July: Kate Sheppard, suffragette.
- 16 July: Carlo Bergamini, sculptor
- 17 August: George Fowlds, politician.
Category:1934 deaths
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links
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