1936 in New Zealand

1936 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 (1936) • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

The shape of New Zealand politics for the next five decades was defined when, in the aftermath of their heavy defeat by Labour, the United and Reform parties merged to form the New Zealand National Party. In the meantime, the Labour government began implementing significant social changes.

Population

A census was held in March 1936.

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V, succeeded same year by Edward VIII (abdicated), succeeded same year by George VI
• Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC ^[1]

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 - George William Forbes (United/Reform Party until May, then National Party), succeeded in November by Adam Hamilton (National).^[2]

Main centre leaders

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

Events

• 25 March: First session of the 25th Parliament commences.^[3]
• 11 June: Parliament goes into recess.
• 21 June: Parliament resumes.
• 31 October: First session of the 25th Parliament concludes.

Arts and literature

See 1936 in art, 1936 in literature, Category:1936 books

Music

See: 1936 in music

Radio

• Radio broadcasting of sessions of Parliament commences.^[4]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Phar Lap's Son
• The Wagon and the Star
• On the Friendly Road

See: Category:1936 film awards, 1936 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1936 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 45th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by A.W. Gyles of Wellington.^[5]

Golf

• The 26th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 7th title.^[6]
• The 40th National Amateur Championships were held in New Plymouth ^[7]
  • Men: J.P. Hornabrook (Manawatu)
  • Women: Miss E. White-Parsons

Olympic Games

See New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Racing

Harness racing

• Indianapolis wins his third New Zealand Trotting Cup.^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: King's Warrior ^[9]

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• An Australian national side tours New Zealand, beating the home team heavily in all three internationals:^[10]
  • 4 July, Dunedin: NZ 1-7 Australia
  • 11 July, Wellington: NZ 0-10 Australia
  • 18 July, Auckland: NZ 1-4 Australia
• The Chatham Cup is won by Western of Christchurch who beat Auckland Thistle 3—2 in the final.^[11]
• Provincial league champions: ^[12]
  • Auckland: Thistle
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Watersiders
  • Nelson: YMCA
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Wanganui: Thistle
  • Wellington: Hospital

Births

• 14 March: Bob Charles, golfer.
• 21 March: Margaret Mahy, writer.
• 23 April: John D'Arcy, cricketer.
• 28 April: Ans Westra, photographer.
• 3 June: Colin Meads, rugby union player.
• 18 June: Denny Hulme, racing driver.
• 7 August: Joy Cowley, author.
• 15 August: Hamish Keith, writer, art curator.
• 10 October: Artie Dick, cricketer.
• 23 October: Barry Sinclair, cricketer.
• Bruce Beetham, politician.
• Terence O'Brien, diplomat.

Category:1936 births

Deaths

• 10 March: David Kennedy, priest, astronomer.
• 13 March: Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister), politician and 20th Prime minister of New Zealand.
• 24 June: Frederick Revans Chapman, Judge.
• 17 September (in the Cook Islands): Ettie Rout, campaigner for safe sex.
• 31 December: John Dumbell, rugby union footballer.^[13]

• William Hall-Jones, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• Sir James Mills, founder of the Union Steamship Company.

Category:1936 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

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
3. ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
4. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
5. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
6. ^ "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. 
7. ^ 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. 
8. ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
9. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
10. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
11. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
12. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html. 
13. ^ John Dumbell at AllBlacks.com

External links

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