1931 in New Zealand

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See also: 1930 in New Zealand, other events of 1931, 1932 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 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

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

See: 1931 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Viscount Bledisloe

[edit] Government

The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Labour Party with the Reform Party in opposition. During the year the the agreement between United and Labour collapsed due to differing opinions on how to counter the Great Depression. The Reform Party, fearing that the Depression would give Labour a substantial boost, reluctantly agreed to form a coalition with United to avert elections. By forming a coalition, United and Reform were able to blunt Labour's advantage, ending the possibility of the anti-Labour vote being split and the general election in December saw the United/Reform coalition winning a majority.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - George William Forbes
• Minister of Finance - George William Forbes (United) until 22nd September, then William Downie Stewart (Reform)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes
• Attorney-General - Thomas Sidey until 22nd September, then William Downie Stewart

[edit] Leader of the Opposition

Gordon Coates (Reform) until September 22nd, then Harry Holland (Labour)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon, succeeded by George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow, succeeded by Frances Dewsbury Pinford
• Mayor of Wellington - George Troup, succeeded by Thomas William Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer, succeeded by Daniel G. Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Sheriff Black

[edit] Events

See 1931 , 1931 in politics , 1931 in science , Category:1931 in Australia , 1931 in Australia , 1931 in music , 1931 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

• 3 The Hawkes Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst, kills 256 people, mainly in Napier and Hastings

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[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 1931 in art, 1931 in literature, Category:1931 books

[edit] Music

See: 1931 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1931 film awards , 1931 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1931 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: 1931 in sports , Category:1931 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Tramurewa (Auckland)

[edit] Births

• 2 July, Robin Gray, politician and Speaker of the House of Representitives
• 22 August: Maurice Gee, novellist and screenwriter
• 5September: William Bell, cricketer

• Ralph Hotere, artist

Category:1931 births

[edit] Deaths

• 9 September: Elsdon Best, ethnographer

Category:1931 deaths

[edit] See also