1922 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State - George V
- Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO [1]
Government
The 20th New Zealand Parliament continued.
- Speaker of the House - TBD
- Prime Minister - TBD
- Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
- Minister of Finance - TBD
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD
Opposition Leaders
See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand, New Zealand elections
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
- Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Thacker
- Mayor of Dunedin - James Sandilands Douglas
Events
- 25 January: Southern Maori by-election, 1922
Arts and literature
See 1922 in art, 1922 in literature, Category:1922 books
Music
See: 1922 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1922 film awards, 1922 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1922 films
Sport
Chess
- The 30th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by J.B. Dunlop of Oamaru, his second title.[2]
Cricket
- Plunket Shield
Golf
- The ninth New Zealand Open championship was won by A. Brooks.[3]
- The 26th National Amateur Championships were held in the Manawatu [4]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 9th title
- Women: Mrs G. Williams - 5th title
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Agathos [5]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Minton Derby [6]
Rugby union
- 1922 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
- Wellington lost the Ranfurly Shield on the first challenge, losing to Hawkes Bay 9-19. Hawkes Bay then defended the shield against Bay of Plenty (17-16) and King Country (42-8).[7]
Rugby league
Soccer
- A tour by Australia led to the first full internationals by a New Zealand representative team:[8]
- 17 June, Dunedin: Won 3-1 vs Australia
- 24 June, Wellington: Drew 1-1 vs Australia
- 8 July, Auckland: Won 3-1 vs Australia
Provincial league champions:[9]
- Auckland: North Shore, Philomel (shared)
- Canterbury: Rangers
- Hawke's Bay: Hastings Utd
- Nelson: Athletic
- Otago: Seacliff
- South Canterbury: Rangers
- Southland: Corinthians
- Taranaki: Hawera
- Wanganui: Eastown Workshops
- Wellington: Waterside
Births
- 29 January: Ronald Hugh Morrieson, writer.
- 13 March: Frank 'Brun' Smith, cricketer.
- 10 August: John Feeney, documentary film director.
- 20 August: Rona McKenzie, cricketer.
- 10 October: Harry Cave, cricketer.
- 21 October: Hone Tuwhare, poet.
- 7 November: Roy McKenzie, horse breeder and philanthropist.
- 25 November: Maurice Duggan, writer.
- 5 December: Keith Sinclair, historian.
- Anthony Treadwell, architect.
- Derek Wilson, architect.
Category:1922 births
Deaths
- 2 January: Somebody, description
Category:1922 deaths
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Mens' Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ↑ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links
Media related to 1922 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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