1927 in New Zealand

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1927 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930

Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Horse racing 6.2 Rugby 6.3 Rugby league 6.4 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,450,400^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1926: 20,700 (1.45%)
• Males per 100 Females: 104.3

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] 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.

• Speaker of the House — Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister — Gordon Coates (Reform)
• Minister of Finance — William Downie Stewart (Reform)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs — William Nosworthy (Reform)
• Attorney-General — Francis Rolleston (Reform)

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

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

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Charles Norwood, succeeded by George Troup
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley, succeeded by William Burgoyne Taverner

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

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

[edit] Music

See: 1927 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Carbine's Heritage
• The Te Kooti Trail
• Under the Southern Cross

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

[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 Ponsonby

[edit] Births

• 11 January: John Hayes, cricketer.
• 12 January: Maurice Marshall, athlete.
• 18 February: Hugh Kawharu, academic and Māori leader.
• 14 April: Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist.
• 22 May: Eric Petrie, cricketer.
• 18 July: Zin Harris, cricketer.
• 25 July: James Belich, mayor of Wellington.
• 15 November: Wallace Edward (Bill) Rowling, politician and 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

• Mary Batchelor, politician.
• Brian Brake, photographer.
• Jacqueline Sturm, writer.

Category:1927 births

[edit] Deaths

• 26 April: William Jolliffe, First NZ film censor

Category:1927 deaths

[edit] References

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[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1927 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1927