1928 in New Zealand

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See also: 1927 in New Zealand, other events of 1928, 1929 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Leader of the Opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Olympic Games 6.4 Rugby 6.5 Rugby league 6.6 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1928 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson

[edit] Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart (Reform) until 10th December, then Joseph Ward (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD

[edit] Leader of the Opposition

Harry Holland (Labour) until 18th October, then Joseph Ward (United) from 4th- 10th December, then Gordon Coates (Reform)

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

See 1928 , 1928 in politics , 1928 in science , Category:1928 in Australia , 1928 in Australia , 1928 in music , 1928 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:2002

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

• 17 An earthquake causes the deaths of 17 and causes great damage in Murchison

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1928 in art, 1928 in literature, Category:1928 books

[edit] Music

See: 1928 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Taranga / Under the Southern Cross / The Devil's Pit

See: Category:1928 film awards, 1928 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1928 films

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

• See: 1928 in sports , Category:1928 in sports ,

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Olympic Games

• Ted Morgan won a gold medal in boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, becoming the first New Zealander to win an individual olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand.

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

• Tour of New Zealand by Great Britain, who won the test series 2-1
  • 1st Test, Dunedin, GB 6-5
  • 2nd Test, Christchurch, GB 13 - 5
  • 3rd test, Auckland, NZ 17 - 13

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Petone

[edit] Births

• 2 January: Somebody, description

Category:1928 births

[edit] Deaths

• 2 January: Somebody, description

Category:1928 deaths

[edit] See also