1937 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in New Zealand.
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,601,800[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1936: 17,200 (1.09%)
- Males per 100 females: 103.1
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.
Parliamentary opposition
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]
- 1 February – The 1937 New Year Honours are announced.[5]
- 11 May – The King George VI Coronation Honours are announced.[6]
- Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) starts, and continues until 1967.
Arts and literature
See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature, Category:1937 books
Music
See: 1937 in music
Broadcasting
- 6 May – 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.
Film
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.[7]
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.[8]
- The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton[9]
- Men: B.M. Silk (Wanganui) – his second title
- Women: Mrs G.W. Hollis
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup – Lucky Jack[10]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – Willow Wave[11]
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.[12]
- Men's singles champion – C. Spearman (Sydenham Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – D. Hunter, J.W. Lowry (skip) (Petone Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – C.H. Elsom, P. Munn, C.J. Shaw, R. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
Rugby league
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.[13]
- 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:[14]
- 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
- 26 January: Murray Ball, cartoonist.
- 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.
- 29 December: Ian Lawrence, mayor of Wellington.
- Unknown date
- Patricia Grace, author.
Category:1937 births
Deaths
- 20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.[15]
- 5 March: Sir Frederic Lang, politician – 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 29 May: Charles Hall, politician.
- 19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.[16]
- 27 October: Thomas Field, politician.
- 16 November: John Lillicrap, 29th Mayor of Invercargill.
- 29 November: John Jenkinson, politician.
Category:1937 deaths
See also
References
- "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
- Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- "Hawke's Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand.
- "No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1937. pp. 687–705.
- "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. pp. 3073–3105.
- List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- McLintock, A. H., ed. (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". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- DNZB biography of Rua Kenana
- Biography of Rutherford
External links
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