1936 in New Zealand

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1936 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

The shape of New Zealand politics for the next five decades was defined when, in the aftermath of their heavy defeat by Labour, the United and Reform parties merged to form the New Zealand National Party. In the meantime, the Labour government began implementing significant social changes.

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 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

[edit] Population

A census was held in March 1936.

	Male	Female	Total
Usually resident population	796,152 (50.7%)	773,067 (49.3%)	1,569,216
Overseas Visitors	2,931	1,650	4,581
Total	799,092	774,720	1,573,812

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V, succeeded same year by Edward VIII (abdicated), succeeded same year by George VI
• Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC ^[1]

[edit] Government

The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.

• Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
• Prime Minister - Michael Joseph Savage
• Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michael Joseph Savage
• Attorney-General - Rex Mason

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - George William Forbes (United/Reform Party until May, then National Party), succeeded in November by Adam Hamilton (National). ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Daniel Giles Sullivan then J. W. Beanland
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

[edit] Events

• 25 March: First session of the 25th Parliament commences.^[3]
• 11 June: Parliament goes into recess.
• 21 June: Parliament resumes.
• 31 October: First session of the 25th Parliament concludes.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1936 in art, 1936 in literature, Category:1936 books

[edit] Music

See: 1936 in music

[edit] Radio

• Radio broadcasting of sessions of Parliament commences. ^[4]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Phar Lap's Son
• The Wagon and the Star
• On the Friendly Road

See: Category:1936 film awards, 1936 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1936 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: 1936 in sports , Category:1936 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 Western (Christchurch)

[edit] Births

• 14 March: Bob Charles, golfer.
• 21 March: Margaret Mahy, writer.
• 23 April: John D'Arcy, cricketer.
• 28 April: Ans Westra, photographer.
• 3 June: Colin Meads, rugby union player.
• 18 June: Denny Hulme, racing driver.
• 7 August: Joy Cowley, author.
• 15 August: Hamish Keith, writer, art curator.
• 10 October: Artie Dick, cricketer.
• 23 October: Barry Sinclair, cricketer.
• Bruce Beetham, politician.
• Terence O'Brien, diplomat.

Category:1936 births

[edit] Deaths

• 10 March: David Kennedy, priest, astronomer.
• 13 March: Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister), politician and 20th Prime minister of New Zealand.
• 24 June: Frederick Revans Chapman, Judge.
• 17 September (in the Cook Islands): Ettie Rout, campaigner for safe sex.
• 31 December: John Dumbell, rugby union footballer. ^[5]

• William Hall-Jones, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• Sir James Mills, founder of the Union Steamship Company.

Category:1936 deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^ Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
3. ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0908570554
4. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
5. ^ allblacks.com John Dumbell

[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 1936 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1936