1932 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,534,700 [1]
- Increase since previous 31/12/1931: 11,900 (0.78%)
- Males per 100 Females: 103.6
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
The 24th New Zealand Parliament commenced with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party.
- Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
- Prime Minister - George William Forbes
- Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart (Reform Party)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes
- Attorney-General - William Downie Stewart
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
- Mayor of Hamilton - Frances Dewsbury Pinford
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - Dan Sullivan
- Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Sheriff Black
Events
- 23 February: First session of the 24th Parliament commences.[4]
- 25 April: Dedication ceremony for the New Zealand National War Memorial Carillion in Wellington.
- 10 May: Parliament goes into recess.
- 28 June: The Otago Witness, first published in 1851, produces its last issue.[5]
- 22 September: Parliament recommences.
- 8 December: First session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
Arts and literature
See 1932 in art, 1932 in literature, Category:1932 books
Music
See: 1932 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1932 film awards, 1932 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1932 films
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
Sport
Chess
- The 41st National Chess Championship was held in Napier, and was won by G. Gundersen of Melbourne, his second title.[6]
Golf
- The 22nd New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his fifth title.[7]
- The 36th National Amateur Championships were held in Wellington [8]
- Men: Rana Wagg (Hutt) - 2nd title
- Women: Mrs J.C. Templar
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Harold Logan - 2nd win [9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Great Parrish [10]
Thoroughbred racing
Olympic Games
See New Zealand at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
- Inaugural Bledisloe Cup won by New Zealand 2-1
- Ranfurly Shield held by Canterbury all season, with defenses against Sth Canterbury 11-5, Auckland 14-0, West Coast 5-3, Wellington 9-8, Buller 13-0, Waikato 17-6
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Millerton All Blacks 5—0 in the final.[11]
- Provincial league champions: [12]
Births
- 9 January – Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, politician, longest-serving female member of the House of Representatives (1967–1996) (died 2011)
- 31 January – Derek Quigley, politician.
- 7 May – Robert Webster, virologist.
- 1 June – Frank Cameron, cricketer.
- 4 June – Maurice Shadbolt, writer.
- 23 June – Bob Blair, cricketer.
- 17 October – C. K. Stead, writer.
- 6 December – Paul Reeves, Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990) (died 2011)
Deaths
- 16 May: William Pember Reeves, statesman, poet, historian and social reformer.
- Edward Walter, politician.
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:Historical Population Estimates
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ^ "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 12. Archived from the original on 25 November 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf.
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ^ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Mens' Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html.
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