1937 in New Zealand
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 1937 in New Zealand: |
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| 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 |
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[edit] Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,601,800 [1]
- Increase since 31/12/1936: 17,200 (1.09%)
- Males per 100 Females: 103.1
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[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
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - J. W. Beanland
- Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox
[edit] Events
- 16 January: The Hawke's Bay Herald publishes its final issue before merging with the Hawke's Bay Tribune to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune (now part of Hawke's Bay Today). It started as the Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate in 1857. [4]
- 18 February: A flood drowns 21 Government construction workers when it washes away their camp beside the Kopuawhara Stream in Poverty Bay
- Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) started, it was stopped in 1967.
[edit] Arts and literature
See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature, Category:1937 books
[edit] Music
See: 1937 in music
[edit] Broadcasting
- May 6 Historic radio link up to cover the arrival of Airship Hindenburg at New Jersey (and hence its destruction by fire). This is probably the first direct international radio broadcast of this nature from such a distance.
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
[edit] Film
- New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds [1]
See: Category:1937 film awards, 1937 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1937 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
[edit] Cricket
[edit] Horse racing
See Category:New Zealand horse races
[edit] Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
[edit] Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
[edit] Soccer
- Chatham Cup competition not held this year.
[edit] Births
- 4 March: Graham Dowling, cricketer.
- 11 March: John Ward, cricketer.
- 21 June: John Kent, cartoonist.
- 02 August: Ron Brierley, businessman.
- 10 August (in England): Ian Bradley, naval officer.
- 30 August: Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer.
- 21 September: Dennis Browne, Catholic bishop.
- 19 November: Sir Kenneth Keith, Judge.
- 5 December: Roger Douglas, politician.
- Murray Ball, cartoonist.
- Bev Brentnall, cricketer.
- Patricia Grace, author.
[edit] Deaths
- 20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.
- 19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.
- Thomas Field, politician.
- Sir Frederic Lang, politician - 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ Hawke's Bay Herald. National Library of New Zealand.
[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 1930 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1930
