1927 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1927 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,450,400[1]
  • Increase since previous 31 December 1926: 20,700 (1.45%)
  • Males per 100 females: 104.3

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of state – George V
  • Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO[2]

Government[]

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by the Reform Party with a strong majority, and with the Labour and Liberal parties in opposition.

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Harry Holland (Labour).[3]

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • 22 February – 22 March: Royal tour by the Duke and Duchess of York[4]

Arts and literature[]

See 1927 in art, 1927 in literature, Category:1927 books

Music[]

See: 1927 in music

Radio[]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: , 1927 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1927 films

Sport[]

Badminton[]

  • The New Zealand Badminton Federation, now Badminton New Zealand, is founded and the first National Championships are held, at Wanganui.[5]
    • Men's singles: R. Creed-Meredith
    • Women's singles: E. Hetley
    • Men's doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and M. Fell
    • Women's doubles: E. Hetley and N. Wanklyn
    • Mixed doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and E. Hetley

Chess[]

The 36th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by A.W.O. Davies of Auckland, his third title.[6]

Golf[]

  • The 17th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss.[7]
  • The 31st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton[8]
    • Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 2nd title
    • Women: Mrs ? Collinson

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup – Kohara[9]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup – Ahuriri[10]

Thoroughbred racing[]

Lawn bowls[]

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.[12]

  • Men's singles champion – H.C. Clarke (Rocky Nook Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – A. Brakebush, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J. McMillan, H. Rowling, J.F. Wright, A.H. Benefield (skip) (St John's Bowling Club, Wanganui)

Rugby[]

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league[]

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer[]

  • 1927 Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby
  • Canada toured New Zealand, playing a series of four internationals which they won 2–1.[13]
    • 25 June, Dunedin: Draw 2–2
    • 2 July, Christchurch: NZ 1–2 Canada
    • 9 July, Wellington: NZ 1–0 Canada
    • 23 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Canada
  • Provincial league champions:[14]
    • Auckland: Thistle
    • Canterbury: Nomads
    • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers
    • Nelson: Athletic
    • Otago: Northern
    • South Canterbury: Rangers
    • Southland: Corinthians
    • Taranaki: Caledonian
    • Waikato: Waihou
    • Wanganui: Eastbrooke
    • Wellington: YMCA

Births[]

January[]

  • 4 January – Patrick Hanan, historian of Chinese literature
  • 7 January – Mary Batchelor, politician
  • 8 January – Sidney Moko Mead, anthropologist, historian, Māori leader
  • 9 January – Ken English, rugby league player
  • 11 January
  • 12 January
  • 14 January – Vera Burt, cricketer
  • 20 January – Cyril Paskell, rugby league player
  • 22 January – Jack Doms, swimmer

February[]

  • 2 February – Whatumoana Paki, Kīngitanga elder
  • 3 February – Graham Mexted, rugby union player
  • 6 February – Thomas Wells, cricketer, schoolteacher
  • 9 February – Walter Brown, actor
  • 12 February – John Todd, businessman, philanthropist
  • 18 February – Hugh Kawharu, academic, Ngāti Whātua leader
  • 20 February – Allan Wild, architect, academic
  • 27 February – Peter Whittle, mathematician, statistician

March[]

  • 2 March – Ray Farman, cricketer
  • 13 March
  • 14 March – Tim Besley, civil engineer, businessman, public servant
  • 17 March – Christopher Small, sociomusicologist
  • 24 March – John Head, schoolteacher, anti-landmine campaigner
  • 31 March – Pat Hond, police officer, teacher, soldier, community worker

April[]

  • 5 April – Neil Anderson, naval officer
  • 6 April – Barney Clarke, boxer
  • 9 April – Tiny Hill, rugby union player and selector
  • 13 April – George Chapman, accountant, businessman, politician
  • 14 April – Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist
  • 18 April – Stanley Callagher, rowing coxswain
  • 20 April – Douglas J. Martin, Mormon leader
  • 21 April – Tom Logan, water polo player, swimmer, surf lifesaver, dentist, naval officer

May[]

  • 1 May
    • Pat Downey, lawyer and public servant
    • Duncan McMullin, jurist
  • 8 May – Gray Nelson, public servant, diplomat
  • 9 May – Gerry Clark, sailor, writer and ornithologist
  • 17 May – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer
  • 20 May – Donald Coleman, cricketer
  • 22 May – Eric Petrie, cricketer
  • 23 May – Jack Cropp, sailor
  • 25 May – Helen Smith, politician
  • 26 May – John Worrall, cricketer

June[]

  • 1 June – John O'Brien, rower
  • 4 June – William Fyfe, geochemist
  • 5 June – Bill McLennan, rugby league player
  • 8 June – Bob Walls, painter
  • 15 June – Roland Avery, rugby league referee
  • 16 June
  • 20 June – Bill Bradfield, amateur astronomer
  • 27 June – Brian Brake, photographer

July[]

August[]

  • 19 August – John Caselberg, writer
  • 25 August – Keith Cumberpatch, field hockey player
  • 26 August
  • 30 August – Humphrey Gould, rower, businessman
  • 31 August – Reg King, association footballer

September[]

  • 9 September – John Hickman, meteorologist
  • 14 September – John Hall-Jones, historian, otolaryngologist
  • 22 September – Peter Burke, rugby union player, coach and administrator
  • 27 September – Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, Māori cultural leader

October[]

  • 9 October
  • 11 October – Leonard Watson, cricketer
  • 22 October – Wally Clark, zoologist
  • 24 October – Ian Monro, naval officer
  • 30 October – Jill McDonald, children's writer and illustrator

November[]

  • 7 November – Brian Finlay, rugby union player
  • 15 November – Wallace (Bill) Rowling, politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • 18 November
    • Giovanni Cataldo, fisherman, search and rescue organiser
    • Pat Creedy, rugby union and rugby league player
  • 19 November – Thomas Engel, rower
  • 21 November – Peter Mulgrew, mountaineer, sailor, businessman
  • 24 November
  • 25 November – Alison Preston-Thomas, netball player

December[]

  • 1 December – John Branthwaite, Anglican priest
  • 2 December – Les Hunter, politician
  • 4 December – Peter Hall, cricketer
  • 6 December – Alan Gilbertson, cricketer
  • 8 December
    • David Hay, cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner
    • Hamish Hay, politician, mayor of Christchurch
  • 10 December – Graham Gordon, general practitioner and surgeon
  • 18 December – Rom Harré, philosopher, psychologist
  • 19 December – Robert Couper, cricketer
  • 23 December – Pat Sheahan, rugby union player, publican, publisher
  • 30 December – John Pring, rugby union referee

Exact date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January–March[]

  • 4 January
  • 13 January
  • 21 January – Kiti Karaka Riwai, Māori tribal leader (born 1870)
  • 26 January – Robert Wellwood, farmer, auctioneer, commission agent, politician (born 1836)
  • 29 January – Sir Henry Brett, journalist, newspaper proprietor, writer, politician, mayor of Auckland (1877–78) (born 1843)
  • 21 February – Thomas Ryan, rugby union player, artist, steamer captain (born 1864)
  • 17 March – Bella MacCallum, botanist, mycologist (born 1886)
  • 26 March – Edward Withy, shipbuilder, politician (born c.1844)
  • 31 March – David Guthrie, politician (born 1856)

April–June[]

  • April – T. T. Rawhiti, Kīngitanga secretary and administrator
  • 4 April – Cuthbert Cowan, politician (born 1835)
  • 6 April – Elsie Reeve, jeweller (born 1885)
  • 8 April – John O'Donovan, police commissioner (born 1858)
  • 14 April – James Wilson, politician (born 1865)
  • 26 April – William Jolliffe, film censor (born 1851)
  • 28 April – Sarah Featon, botanical artist (born 1848)
  • 2 May – Eden George, photographer, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1892–93) (born 1863)
  • 1 June
    • Thomas Andrew, cricketer (born 1927)
    • Sir Worley Edwards, jurist (born 1850)
  • 11 June
    • John Ormsby, land negotiator and commissioner, politician (born 1854)
    • Hone Taare Tikao, Ngāi Tahu leader, scholar, politician (born 1850)
  • 17 June – Lake Ayson, acclimatisation officer, fisheries inspector (born 1855)

July–September[]

  • 18 July – Eustace Ferguson, pathologist, entomologist (born 1884)
  • 24 July – Arthur Harvey, doctor (born 1866)
  • 27 July – Newton King, auctioneer, merchant, businessman (born 1855)
  • 5 August – Thomas Groube, cricketer (born 1857)
  • 7 August – Frank Mace, soldier (born 1837)
  • 11 August – Edmond Slattery, swagger, rural labourer (born c.1839)
  • 25 August – Richard Bollard, politician (born 1863)
  • 3 September – Bill Cunningham, rugby union player (born 1874)
  • 30 September – Edmund Taylor, temperance advocate, politician (born 1855)

October–December[]

  • 9 October – Charles Mules, Anglican bishop (born 1837)
  • 12 October – Louis Fowler, cricketer (born 1865)
  • 12 November – John Aris, cricketer (born 1843)
  • 17 November – Charlie Smyth, police officer, trade unionist, baker (born 1883)
  • 21 November – Oscar Alpers, journalist, poet, lawyer, jurist (born 1867)
  • 26 November – Percy Gates Morgan, geologist, science administrator (born 1867)
  • 28 November – Charles Lewis, politician (born 1857)
  • 8 December – Robert Allan, businessman, manufacturer (born 1847)
  • 18 December – Hugh Finn, politician (born 1847)

See also[]

References[]

  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. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (23 April 2009) [First published in 1966]. "The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  8. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  14. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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