1929 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,486,100 [1]
- Increase since previous 31/12/1928: 18,700 (1.27%)
- Males per 100 females: 104.1
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued.
- Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
- Prime Minister – TBD
- Deputy Prime Minister – TBD
- Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – TBD
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
- Mayor of Hamilton – John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington – George Troup
- Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
- Mayor of Dunedin – William Burgoyne Taverner, succeeded by Robert Black
Events
- 9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries.[4]
- 17 June: 1929 Murchison earthquake: An earthquake of surface wave magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas [5]
- 29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10 year Great Depression.
Arts and literature
See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books
Music
See: 1929 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1929 film awards, 1929 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1929 films
Sport
Badminton
- National Champions
- Men's singles: J. Southon
- Women's singles: A. Ellett
- Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
- Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
- Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett
Chess
The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne.[6]
Golf
- The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw.[7]
- The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui [8]
- Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 3rd title
- Women: Mrs P.L. Dodgshun (Dunedin).
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Peter Bingen – 2nd win [9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Gold Jacket – 2nd win [10]
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- 1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
- Provincial league champions: [11]
- Auckland: Tramways
- Canterbury: Thistle
- Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
- Nelson: Thistle
- Otago: Seacliff
- South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
- Southland: Corinthians
- Taranaki: Stratford
- Waikato: Claudelands Rovers
- Wanganui: Thistle
- Wellington: Diamond
Births
- 16 February: Venn Young, politician.
- 7 March: Tom Weal, Politician.
- 12 March: William Liley, pioneering surgeon.
- 9 April, Fred Hollows, eye surgeon.
- 25 April: Yvette Williams, athlete.
- 2 May: Graham Gedye, cricketer.
- 4 September: Howard Charles Clark, chemist.
- 28 October (In India): Tom Puna, cricketer.
- November: Trevor McMahon, cricketer.
- 28 November: Raymond Hitchcock, cricketer.
- 14 December: Ron Jarden, rugby union player.
- 19 December: Michael Fowler, architect, mayor of Wellington.
- Miles Warren, architect.
Category:1929 births
Deaths
- 13 February: Charles Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand.
- 3 May: Sir James Wilson, politician.
- 12 July: Alex F. Lithgow, composer.
- 23 September: Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor.
- 25 October: Charles Chilton, zoologist
- 7 December: John Findlay, politician.
Category:1929 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
- ↑ http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Methods%20and%20Services/Tables/historical-pop-estimates.ashx Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ Eileen McSaveney (21 September 2007). "Historic earthquakes". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ Murchison earthquake 1929 – Christchurch City Libraries
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
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