1934 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1934 in New Zealand.

Population[]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,558,400[1]
  • Increase since previous 31 December 1933: 11,300 (0.73%)
  • Males per 100 females: 103.3

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – George V
  • Governor-General – The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC[2]

Government[]

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party; which postponed the next general election from 1934 to 1935.

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – Michael Joseph Savage (Labour Party).[3]

Main centre leaders[]

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.
  • The first official airmail flight from New Zealand to Australia by Faith in Australia; see Charles Ulm.[5][6]

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[]

British Empire Games[]

Main article: New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games
 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
1 0 2 3

Chess[]

  • The 43rd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin, his fourth title.[7]

Golf[]

  • The 24th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 6th title.[8]
  • The 38th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui[9]
    • Men: B. M. Silk (Wanganui)
    • Women: Miss B. Gaisford – her second title.

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

Lawn bowls[]

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

  • Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – J. McPherson, J. Veitch (skip) (West Harbour Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – G. Dickson, F. Redpath, H.F. Gibson, H. Wilson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)

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[]

Births[]

January[]

  • 3 January – Bob Elliott, paediatrician
  • 6 January – Harry M. Miller, entertainment promoter and publicist
  • 11 January – Barrie West, naval officer
  • 22 January – Graham Kerr, television cook
  • 26 January – Rex Percy, rugby union and rugby league player

February[]

  • 4 February – Donal Smith, athlete
  • 6 February – Barry Magee, athlete
  • 7 February – Ossie Butt, rugby league player
  • 10 February – Fleur Adcock, poet and editor

March[]

April[]

  • 3 April – Pamela Allen, children's writer and illustrator
  • 9 April – Bill Birch, politician
  • 14 April – Duncan MacRae, rugby league player
  • 21 April – Martin Horton, cricket player and coach
  • 30 April – Tom Coughlan, rugby union player

May[]

  • 1 May
    • Nev MacEwan, rugby union player
    • Apirana Mahuika, Ngāti Porou leader
  • 8 May
    • Graeme Lowans, cricketer
    • Gordon Ogilvie, historian and biographer
  • 12 May – Peter Bland, poet, actor
  • 15 May – Frank McAtamney, rugby union player
  • 16 May – Roy Kerr, mathematician
  • 21 May – Guy Henderson, oboist
  • 28 May – Bill Baillie, athlete
  • 30 May
    • Mel Cooke, rugby league player
    • Peter Dronke, medievalist

June[]

July[]

  • 12 July – Tuna Scanlan, boxer
  • 15 July – Noel Hobson, field hockey player
  • 19 July – Tessa Birnie, concert pianist
  • 22 July
  • 25 July – Peter Skelton, cricketer
  • 27 July – Robin Leamy, Roman Catholic bishop
  • 31 July – Roger Urbahn, rugby union player, cricketer, sports journalist

August[]

  • 1 August – John Beck, cricketer
  • 6 August – Dave Gillespie, rugby union player
  • 9 August – Kevin Laidlaw, rugby union player
  • 21 August – Ruth Butterworth, political scientist
  • 24 August
  • 29 August – John Guy, cricketer

September[]

  • 2 September
    • Leslie Butler, cricketer
    • Colin Knight, educationalist
  • 6 September – Alison Roxburgh, women's rights advocate, community leader
  • 8 September – Ross Brown, rugby uion player
  • 9 September
    • Eugene Paykel, psychiatrist
    • John Wallace, jurist
    • Roy Williams, decathlete
  • 10 September
  • 11 September – Evon Dickson, cricketer
  • 14 September – Paul Little, rugby union player
  • 19 September – Austin Mitchell, journalist, politician
  • 25 September – Allan Potts, athlete, athletics coach and administrator
  • 28 September – , lawyer
  • 29 September – Bob Parker, rower

October[]

  • 1 October – Teupoko'ina Utanga Morgan, teacher, politician, author
  • 4 October – Joe Williams, physician, politician
  • 8 October – Jean Coulston, cricketer
  • 12 October – Maurice Langdon, cricketer
  • 18 October – Allan Wilson, biochemist
  • 20 October – Leo Close, Paralympic sportsman and sports organiser
  • 22 October – Donald McIntyre, opera singer
  • 28 October – Brian Davis, Anglican archbishop
  • 29 October – George Cuthill, association footballer
  • 31 October – Don Aickin, obstetrician and gynaecologist

November[]

  • 1 November – Les Mills, athlete, politician
  • 11 November – Peter Snow, physician
  • 12 November – Peter Wilkinson, politician
  • 13 November – Peter Arnett, TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner

December[]

  • 1 December – Peter Williams, lawyer, penal reform advocate
  • 6 December – Johnny Hanks, boxer
  • 11 December
  • 25 December – John Shrapnell, journalist, actor, singer
  • 26 December – Don Hunn, diplomat and public servant
  • 27 December – Ron Ackland, rugby league player and coach
  • 28 December – Bob Skelton, jockey
  • 30 December
    • Barry Briggs, speedway rider
    • Eddie Tonks, rugby union administrator

Undated[]

  • Gillian Cowlishaw, anthropologist
  • James Flynn, intelligence researcher, politician
  • Gil Hanly, artist
  • Olaf Keil, musician
  • Leo McKendry, politician
  • Norma Restieaux, cardiologist
  • Tepaeru Tereora, artist, Cook Islands Māori language advocate
  • Ted Thomas, jurist
  • Ann Verdcourt, potter

Deaths[]

January–February[]

  • 6 January – Hikapuhi, Ngāti Pikiao tohunga (born c. 1871)
  • 7 January – Alfred West, rugby union player (born 1893)
  • 9 January – George Smailes, politician, clergyman (born 1862)
  • 10 January – Lawrence Grace, politician (born 1854)
  • 18 January – Jessie Aitken, community worker, political activist (born 1867)
  • 20 January – Joseph Lawton, cricket player and coach (born 1857)
  • 27 January – Spencer Gollan, rower, golfer (born 1860)
  • 31 January – Duncan Sommerville, mathematician and astronomer (born 1879)
  • 8 February– Herbert Izard, Anglican clergyman (born 1869)
  • 15 February – John Fletcher, businessman, politician (born 1888)
  • 22 February

March–April[]

  • 5 March – Sir Arthur Dobson, surveyor, engineer, explorer (born 1841)
  • 12 March – Fanny Osborne, botanical illustrator (born 1852)
  • 31 March – James Mackintosh Bell, geologist, writer (born 1877)
  • 5 April – Thomas Davey, politician (born 1856)
  • 9 April – John Charles Thomson, politician (born 1866)
  • 11 April
  • 29 April – Bert Pither, cyclist, aviation experimenter (born 1871)
  • 30 April – James Testro, cricketer (born 1851)

May–June[]

  • 5 May – Ann O'Donnell, hotel proprietor (born c. 1858)
  • 6 May
    • William McGirr, cricketer (born 1859)
    • Sir Henry Wigram, businessman, politician, aviation pioneer (born 1857)
  • 14 May – George Fowler, cricketer (born 1860)
  • 26 May – John Anderson, rugby union player, engineer, politician (born 1849)
  • 2 June – David Ashby, cricketer (born 1852)
  • 7 June
    • William Vorrath, cricketer, rugby league player (born 1904)
    • George Webbe, cricketer (born 1856)
  • 9 June – John Joseph Woods, composer of "God Defend New Zealand" (born 1849)
  • 13 June – Guy Thornton, army chaplain (born 1872)
  • 14 June – Walter Empson, schoolteacher (born 1856)
  • 15 July – George Anson, cricketer, physician (born 1850)
  • 17 June – William Triggs, journalist, newspaper editor, politician (born 1855)
  • 27 June – Harry Ell, politician, conservationist (born 1862)

July–August[]

  • 1 July – Frederick William Ward, journalist and newspaper editor (born 1847)
  • 2 July – Arthur Plugge, army officer (born 1877)
  • 6 July – Thomas Pettit, businessman, politician (born 1858)
  • 8 July – Leonard Cockayne, botanist (born 1855)
  • 10 July – Andrew Walker, politician (born 1855)
  • 13 July – Kate Sheppard, suffragist (born 1848)
  • 16 July
    • Walter Bennett, politician (born 1864)
    • Carlo Bergamini, sculptor (born 1868)
  • 18 July – Herbert Fenwick, cricketer (born 1861)
  • 20 July – William Alfred Bayly, convicted murderer (born 1906)
  • 3 August – Allan Johnson, Anglican clergyman (born 1871)
  • 10 August – Sally Low, social reformer and peace campaigner (born 1876)
  • 11 August – William Collins, rugby union player, cricketer, surgeon, politician (born 1853)
  • 12 August – James Glasgow, cricketer (born 1934)
  • 17 August – Sir George Fowlds, politician (born 1860)

September–October[]

  • 2 September – James Allan, rugby union player (born 1860)
  • 4 September – Tini Taiaroa, community worker (born c. 1846)
  • 5 September – John Joseph Dougall, politician (born 1860)
  • 13 September – Sir John Roberts, businessman, politician (born 1845)
  • 14 September – Robert Loughnan, journalist, politician (born 1841)
  • 21 September – Hugh Stewart, soldier, historian (born 1884)
  • 30 September – Joseph Butler, timber merchant (born 1862)
  • 9 October – Roderick McKenzie, politician (born 1852)
  • 20 October – Arthur Blacklock, cricketer (born 1868)

November–December[]

  • 2 November – Alexander Don, Presbyterian missionary (born 1857)
  • 8 November – Arthur Eastwood, jockey, rowing coxswain (born 1905)
  • 19 November – Charles Wilson, politician (born 1862)
  • 25 November – Eliza Anscombe, painter (born 1872)
  • 2 December – Horace Packe, Anglican clergyman (born 1865)
  • 8 December – Robert Brown, cricketer (born 1850)
  • 10 December – Margaret Stoddart, botanical artist (born 1865)
  • 22 December – Robert Davenport, cricketer (born 1852)
  • 29 December – Sir Arthur Fell, politician (born 1850)

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. ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  5. ^ "Ulm and aircraft (photos)". Poverty Bay Herald in Papers Past (New Zealand). 16 April 1934.
  6. ^ "Ulm delivers message to PM Forbes (photos)". The Evening Post. 14 May 1934 – via Papers Past (New Zealand).
  7. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  11. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  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. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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