1924 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State - George V
- Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO succeeded by General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO [1]
Government
The 21st New Zealand Parliament continued. The Reform Party governed as a minority with the support of independents.
- Speaker of the House - Charles Statham
- Prime Minister - William Massey
- Minister of Finance - William Massey
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
- Mayor of Christchurch - James Arthur Flesher
- Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley
Events
- Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', which was to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit was first grown in 1924.
Arts and literature
See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature Category:1924 books
Music
See: 1924 in music
Broadcasting
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: 1924 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1924 films
Sport
- See: 1924 in sports, Category:1924 in sports, New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Athletics
- Arthur Porritt won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. He also came 5th in the 200m.
Chess
- The 33rd National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.[3]
Golf
- The 11th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301.[4]
- The 28th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland [5]
- Men: L. Quin (Eltham)
- Women: Mrs ? Peake
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Sheik [6]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Locanda Mac [7]
Thoroughbred racing
- ARC Great Northern Derby: won by Ballymena (NZ)
Rugby union
- An All Black team toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September and February 1925. They won all 32 games on tour, and were nicknamed The Invincibles
- The Ranfurly Shield was held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season.
Rugby League
- Great Britain toured New Zealand, losing the test series 2-1
- 1st test, GB 31 - NZ 18, Dunedin
- 2nd test, NZ 13 - GB 11, Wellington
- 3rd test, NZ 16 - GB 8, Auckland
Soccer
- 2nd Chatham Cup won by Harbour Board (Auckland)
- A Chinese Universities football team toured New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:[8]
- 16 August, Auckland: NZ won 2-1
- 23 August, Wellington: draw 2-2
- 6 September, Dunedin: NZ won 5-3
- 13 September, Christchurch: NZ won 4-2
- Provincial league champions:[9]
- Auckland: Harbour Board
- Canterbury: Sunnyside
- Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
- Nelson: Athletic
- Otago: Seacliff
- South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
- Southland: Corinthians
- Taranaki: Kaponga
- Wanganui: YMCA
- Wellington: YMCA
Wrestling
Births
January
- 5 January – Ivan Wyatt, cricketer
- 11 January – Rex Cunningham, rugby league player
- 13 January – Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon
- 15 January – George Lowe, mountaineer and explorer
- 21 January
- Bill Andersen, trade unionist
- Ronald Sinclair, actor, film editor
- 22 January – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player
- 27 January
- Lyn Philp, boxer
- Hector Wilson, rugby union player
- 28 January – Wharetutu Stirling, Ngāi Tahu leader, conservationist
February
- 14 February
- Bos Murphy, boxer
- Reg Singer, association footballer
- 24 February – Jack Forrest, rugby league player
- 29 February – David Beattie, jurist, sports administrator, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand
March
- 5 March – Nau Cherrington, rugby union player
- 6 March – Percy Murphy, politician, first Māori mayor
- 7 March
- J.G.A. Pocock, historian
- Brownie Puriri, public servant
- 9 March – Warren Sinclair, radiation science and medicine expert
- 10 March – Peter Stichbury, potter
- 22 March – Grace Gooder, cricketer
- 24 March – Norm Holland, jockey
- 29 March – Haydn Sherley, broadcaster
- 31 March – Joan de Hamel, children's writer
April
- 1 April – John Morton, marine zoologist, theolgian, conservationist
- 2 April – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer
- 3 April – Errol Brathwaite, writer
- 30 April
- Richard Giese, flautist
- Mervyn Probine, physicist, public servant
May
- 1 May – Ted Johnson, rower
- 5 May – Frank Creagh, boxer
- 22 May – Stella Casey, social campaigner
June
- 2 June – Pat Evison, actor
- 3 June – Ken Armstrong, association footballer
- 7 June – Bob Tizard, politician
- 8 June – Ian Colquhoun, cricketer
- 9 June – John Scott, architect
- 14 June
- David Ballantyne, journalist, writer
- Miriam Dell, women's advocate
July
- 7 July – D.P. O'Connell, barister, legal academic
- 15 July
- Bub Bridger, poet and short story writier
- Brian Sutton-Smith, writer and play theorist
- 23 July – Betty Bourke, politician, health administrator
- 25 July – Peter Mann, Anglican bishop
- 26 July – Ces Renwick, cricketer
- 28 July
- Eric Fisher, cricketer
- William Fraser, politician
August
- 1 August – Peter Smith, rugby union player
- 2 August – Ainsley Iggo, neurophysiologist
- 7 August – Alan Wilkinson, association footballer
- 13 August – John Rymer, Anglican cleric
- 22 August – Pat O'Connor, professional wrestler
- 23 August
- Bahri Kavaja, association footballer
- Doug Mudgway, amateur wrestler
- 28 August
- Tony MacGibbon, cricketer
- Janet Frame, writer
- 31 August – Don Beaven, medical researcher
September
- 3 September – John Ingram, mechanical engineer, businessman
- 4 September – Lory Blanchard, rugby league player and coach
- 5 September – Nick Carter, cyclist
- 6 September – Hugh Poole, sailor
- 8 September – Frank Holmes, economist
- 15 September – Rex Challies, cricketer
- 17 September – Les Watt, cricketer
- 24 September – Sammy Guillen, cricketer
- 27 September – Louis Johnson, poet
- 30 September – Trevor Hatherton, geophysicist
October
- 5 October – Victor Brooker, cricketer
- 11 October – Arthur Hughes, rugby union player, businessman, horse racing administrator
- 19 October – Keith Gudsell, rugby union player
- 30 October – Roy McLennan, politician
November
- 2 December – Gerald O'Brien, politician
- 5 November – Geoff Smale, sailor
- 23 November – Doug Coombes, mineralogist and petrologist
- 28 November – Colin McLachlan, politician
December
- 2 December – Brian Poananga, sportsman, military leader, diplomat
- 5 December – Gavin Downie, politician
- 7 December – Jimmy Haig, rugby union and rugby league player
- 12 December
- [Neill Austin]], politician
- Brown Turei, Anglican archbishop
- 23 December – Len Castle, potter
- 26 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer
- 28 December – Loo-Chi Hu, marine equipment designer, t'ai chi teacher
- 29 December
- Bob Vance, cricket player and administrator
- Ivan Walsh, association footballer, cricketer
- 30 December – Joe Phillips, rugby league player
Exact date unknown
- Jim Beard, architect
- Malcolm Templeton, diplomat
Deaths
January–March
- 5 January – Mary Player, midwife, feminist, social reformer (born c.1857)
- 6 January – Henry Hill, cricketer (born 1845)
- 19 January – Frances Parker, suffragette (born 1875)
- 24 January – Acton Adams, politician (born 1843)
- 27 January – William Gardiner, cricketer (born 1864)
- 2 February
- Daniel Claffey, cricketer (born 1869)
- John Duncan, politician (born 1848)
- 11 February – Arthur Lomas, cricketer (born 1895)
- 17 February – James Tibbs, schoolteacher (born 1855)
- 22 February – Mary Dawson, farmer, environmentalist (born 1833)
- 24 February – Joseph Borton, cricketer (born 1832)
- 1 March – Elizabeth Parsons, singer (born 1846)
- 4 March – Gilbert Carson, politician (born 1842)
- 6 March – Grace Joel, artist (born 1865)
- 10 March – George Bourne, photographer (born 1875)
- 17 March – Martin Chapman, cricketer, barrister, politician (born 1846)
April–June
- 3 April – Alfred Newman, politician (born 1849)
- 19 April – Charles Louisson, politician (born 1842)
- 7 May – Alfred Luttrell, architect and building contractor (born 1865)
- 9 May – James Mason, doctor, bacteriologist, public health administrator (born 1864)
- 19 May – Joseph Pabst, cricketer (born 1870)
July–September
- 17 July – William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping (born 1846)
- 19 July – Sir Walter Buchanan. politician (born 1838)
- 25 July – Lawrence Birks, electrical engineer (born 1874)
- 10 August – Edward Wakefield, politician (born 1845)
- 19 August – Alfred Baldey, politician (born 1836)
- 17 September – Richard Vincent, cricketer (born 1846)
- 19 September – Sir John Salmond, legal academic, public servant, jurist (born 1862)
- 27 September – Thomson Leys, journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor, philanthropist (born 1850)
October–December
- 18 October – Walter Mason, cricketer (born 1847)
- 23 October – Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa, politician (born c.1842)
- 13 November – Charles Boxshall, cricketer (born 1862)
- 27 November – Joseph Grimmond, politician (born 1843)
- 15 December – Paratene Ngata, Ngāti Porou leader, politician (born c.1849)
- 19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850)
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
- ↑ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's 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 Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
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