1937 in New Zealand

← 1936 1935 1934 1937 in New Zealand → 1938 1939 1940
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1937 Timeline of New Zealand history

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George VI
• Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC ^[2]

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

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Adam Hamilton (National Party).^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - John Beanland
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

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]
• Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) started, it was stopped in 1967.

Arts and literature

See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature, Category:1937 books

Music

See: 1937 in music

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

Film

• New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds

See: Category:1937 film awards, 1937 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1937 films

Sport

Chess

• The 46th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by H.R. Abbott of Christchurch.^[5]

Golf

• The 27th New Zealand Open championship was won by J.P. Hornabrook, an amateur, in a three-way playoff with A.J. Shaw and Ernie Moss.^[6]
• The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton ^[7]
  • Men: B.M. Silk (Wanganui) - his second title
  • Women: Mrs G.W. Hollis

Horse Racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Lucky Jack ^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Willow Wave ^[9]

Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• Chatham Cup competition not held this year.
• An England Amateurs team toured, beating the New Zealand side by a resounding 30-1 aggregate in a three-match series.^[10]
  • 5 May, Dunedin: NZ 0-12 England Amateurs
  • 19 May, Auckland: NZ 0-6 England Amateurs
  • 26 May, Wellington: NZ 1-12 England Amateur
• Provincial league champions: ^[11]
  • Auckland: Thistle
  • Canterbury: Technical OB, Western (shared])
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Utd
  • Nelson: YMCA
  • Otago: Mosgiel
  • Southland: Boy's Brigade OB
  • Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Waterside

Births

• 4 March: Graham Dowling, cricketer.
• 11 March: John Ward, cricketer.
• 21 June: John Kent, cartoonist.
• 2 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.

Category:1937 births

Deaths

• 20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.^[12]
• 19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.^[13]

• Thomas Field, politician.
• Sir Frederic Lang, politician - 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Category:1937 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

External links

Media related to 1937 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

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