1927 in New Zealand

none December 2019 1927 The following lists events that happened during 1927 in New Zealand. Population Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,450,400Historical population estimates tables http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20171231000952/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx 31 December 2017 Statistics New Zealand Increase since previous 31 December 1926: 20,700 (1.45%)Historical population estimates tables http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20171231000952/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx 31 December 2017 Statistics New Zealand Males per 100 females: 104.3Historical population estimates tables http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20171231000952/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx 31 December 2017 Statistics New Zealand Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of state – George V Governor-General – Sir Charles FergussonStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52 Government The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by the Reform Party with a strong majority, and with the Labour and Liberal parties in opposition. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent) Prime Minister – Gordon Coates (Reform) Minister of Finance – William Downie Stewart (Reform) Minister of Foreign Affairs – William Nosworthy (Reform) Attorney-General – Frank Rolleston (Reform) Chief Justice – Sir Charles Skerrett Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Harry Holland (Labour).http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition 6 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html 17 October 2008 dead Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon Mayor of Wellington – Charles Norwood, succeeded by George Troup Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley, succeeded by William Taverner Events 22 February – 22 March: Royal tour by the Duke and Duchess of YorkAn Encyclopaedia of New Zealand First published in 1966 Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/royal-visits/page-5 A. H. McLintock Alexander Hare McLintock 28 February 2015 The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927 23 April 2009 Arts and literature See 1927 in art, 1927 in literature, :Category:1927 books Music See: 1927 in music Radio See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand Film Carbine's Heritage The Te Kooti Trail Under the Southern Cross See: :Category:1927 film awards, 1927 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1927 films Sport Badminton The New Zealand Badminton Federation, now Badminton New Zealand, is founded and the first National Championships are held, at Wanganui.Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. 0-908570-00-7 Men's singles: R. Creed-Meredith Women's singles: E. Hetley Men's doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and M. Fell Women's doubles: E. Hetley and N. Wanklyn Mixed doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and E. Hetley Chess The 36th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by A.W.O. Davies of Auckland, his third title.List of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 Golf The 17th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss.http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open The Sports Network 2005 25 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525235454/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e%2Fscores%2Farchive_05%2Fholden-preview.htm 25 May 2011 dead The 31st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamiltonhttp://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en Men's Golf – National Champions An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand McLintock A. H. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 13 February 2009 20 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520031909/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en dead Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 2nd title Women: Mrs ? Collinson Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Koharahttp://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm List of NZ Trotting cup winners 5 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 22 February 2012 dead Auckland Trotting Cup – AhuririAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm 17 June 2009 Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – RapierLambert Max Palenski Ron The New Zealand Almanac 1982 Moa Almanac Press 0-908570-55-4 448–454 Avondale Gold Cup – Te Kara Auckland Cup – Rapier Wellington Cup – Rapier New Zealand Derby – Agrion Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.McLintock A.H. Alexander Hare McLintock Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/bowls-mens-outdoor/page-5 6 June 2018 1966 Ministry for Culture and Heritage Men's singles champion – H.C. Clarke (Rocky Nook Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – A. Brakebush, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – J. McMillan, H. Rowling, J.F. Wright, A.H. Benefield (skip) (St John's Bowling Club, Wanganui) Rugby 1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Shooting Ballinger Belt – Douglas Roots (Patea)https://www.nranz.com/nationals/ballinger-belt/ Ballinger Belt National Rifle Association of New Zealand 16 January 2025 Soccer 1927 Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby Canada toured New Zealand, playing a series of four internationals which they won 2–1.List of New Zealand national soccer matches 25 June, Dunedin: Draw 2–2 2 July, Christchurch: NZ 1–2 Canada 9 July, Wellington: NZ 1–0 Canada 23 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Canada Provincial league champions:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 Auckland: Thistle Canterbury: Nomads Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers Nelson: Athletic Otago: Northern South Canterbury: Rangers Southland: Corinthians Taranaki: Caledonian Waikato: Waihou Wanganui: Eastbrooke Wellington: YMCA Births 30em January 4 January – Patrick Hanan, historian of Chinese literature 7 January – Mary Batchelor, politician 8 January – Sidney Moko Mead, anthropologist, historian, Māori leader 9 January – Ken English, rugby league player 11 January Johnny Hayes, cricketer John Tanner, rugby union player 12 January Maurice Marshall, athlete Emily Schuster, master weaver 14 January – Vera Burt, cricketer 20 January – Cyril Paskell, rugby league player 22 January – Jack Doms, swimmer February 2 February – Whatumoana Paki, Kīngitanga elder 3 February – Graham Mexted, rugby union player 6 February – Thomas Wells, cricketer, schoolteacher 9 February – Walter Brown, actor 12 February – John Todd, businessman, philanthropist 16 February – Des White, rugby league player 18 February – Hugh Kawharu, academic, Ngāti Whātua leader 20 February – Allan Wild, architect, academic 24 February – Jim Edwards, politician 27 February – Peter Whittle, mathematician, statistician March 2 March – Ray Farman, cricketer 3 March – Bruce Tabb, accountancy academic 9 March – Dave Leech, hammer thrower 13 March Thea Muldoon, wife of Robert Muldoon Albert Putt, cricketer 14 March – Tim Besley, civil engineer, businessman, public servant 17 March – Christopher Small, sociomusicologist 24 March – John Head, schoolteacher, anti-landmine campaigner 31 March – Pat Hond, police officer, teacher, soldier, community worker April 5 April Neil Anderson, naval officer Eddie Robinson, rugby union player 6 April – Barney Clarke, boxer 9 April – Tiny Hill, rugby union player and selector 13 April – George Chapman, accountant, businessman, politician 14 April – Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist 15 April – Joan Talbot, fashion designer and retailer 18 April – Stanley Callagher, rowing coxswain 20 April – Douglas J. Martin, Mormon leader 21 April – Tom Logan, water polo player, swimmer, surf lifesaver, dentist, naval officer May 1 May Pat Downey, lawyer and public servant Duncan McMullin, jurist 8 May – Gray Nelson, public servant, diplomat 9 May – Gerry Clark, sailor, writer and ornithologist 17 May – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer 20 May – Donald Coleman, cricketer 22 May – Eric Petrie, cricketer 23 May – Jack Cropp, sailor 25 May – Helen Smith, politician 26 May – John Worrall, cricketer June 1 June – John O'Brien, rower 4 June – William Fyfe, geochemist 5 June – Bill McLennan, rugby league player 8 June – Bob Walls, painter 15 June – Roland Avery, rugby league referee 16 June Kate Harcourt, actor Trevor Redmond, speedway rider 20 June – Bill Bradfield, amateur astronomer 27 June – Brian Brake, photographer July 9 July – Joyce Fenton, fencer 10 July Ken Deas, cricketer Peter Eastgate, rugby union player 18 July Zin Harris, cricketer Jack Sutherland, athlete 19 July – Ray Harper, rugby union player and administrator 20 July – Tom Lynch, rugby union and rugby league player 25 July James Belich, politician, mayor of Wellington Dorothy Fletcher, historian August 19 August – John Caselberg, writer 25 August – Keith Cumberpatch, field hockey player 26 August Jill Amos, local-body politician, community leader Bill McCaw, rugby union player 30 August – Humphrey Gould, rower, businessman 31 August – Reg King, association footballer September 1 September – Myra Larcombe, police officer, historian, and swimming coach 9 September – John Hickman, meteorologist 14 September – John Hall-Jones, historian, otolaryngologist 22 September – Peter Burke, rugby union player, coach and administrator 27 September – Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, Māori cultural leader October 9 October Bob Goslin, boxer Ron Trotter, businessman 11 October – Leonard Watson, cricketer 22 October – Wally Clark, zoologist 24 October – Ian Monro, naval officer 30 October – Jill McDonald, children's writer and illustrator November 7 November – Brian Finlay, rugby union player 15 November – Wallace (Bill) Rowling, politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand 18 November Giovanni Cataldo, fisherman, search and rescue organiser Pat Creedy, rugby union and rugby league player 19 November – Thomas Engel, rower 21 November – Peter Mulgrew, mountaineer, sailor, businessman 24 November Geoff Mardon, speedway rider Kevin Skinner, rugby union player 25 November – Alison Preston-Thomas, netball player December 1 December – John Branthwaite, Anglican priest 2 December – Les Hunter, politician 4 December – Peter Hall, cricketer 6 December – Alan Gilbertson, cricketer 8 December David Hay, cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner Hamish Hay, politician, mayor of Christchurch 10 December – Graham Gordon, general practitioner and surgeon 18 December – Rom Harré, philosopher, psychologist 19 December – Robert Couper, cricketer 23 December – Pat Sheahan, rugby union player, publican, publisher 30 December – John Pring, rugby union referee Exact date unknown Colin Franklin, electrical engineer Rusty Robertson, rowing coach Deaths 30em January–March 4 January Herbert Drewitt, World War I flying ace (born 1895) Joseph Ward, astronomer (born 1862) 13 January Frank S. Anthony, author (born 1891) John Fisher, politician (born 1837) 21 January – Kiti Karaka Rīwai, Māori tribal leader (born 1870) 26 January – Robert Wellwood, farmer, auctioneer, commission agent, politician (born 1836) 29 January – Sir Henry Brett, journalist, newspaper proprietor, writer, politician, mayor of Auckland (1877–78) (born 1843) 21 February – Thomas Ryan, rugby union player, artist, steamer captain (born 1864) 17 March – Bella MacCallum, botanist, mycologist (born 1886) 26 March – Edward Withy, shipbuilder, politician (born 1844) 31 March – David Guthrie, politician (born 1856) April–June April – T. T. Rawhiti, Kīngitanga secretary and administrator 4 April – Cuthbert Cowan, politician (born 1835) 6 April – Elsie Reeve, jeweller (born 1885) 8 April – John O'Donovan, police commissioner (born 1858) 14 April – James Wilson, politician (born 1865) 26 April – William Jolliffe, film censor (born 1851) 28 April – Sarah Featon, botanical artist (born 1848) 2 May – Eden George, photographer, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1892–93) (born 1863) 1 June Thomas Andrew, cricketer (born 1927) Sir Worley Edwards, jurist (born 1850) 11 June John Ormsby, land negotiator and commissioner, politician (born 1854) Hōne Taare Tīkao, Ngāi Tahu leader, scholar, politician (born 1850) 17 June – Lake Ayson, acclimatisation officer, fisheries inspector (born 1855) July–September 18 July – Eustace Ferguson, pathologist, entomologist (born 1884) 24 July – Arthur Harvey, doctor (born 1866) 27 July – Newton King, auctioneer, merchant, businessman (born 1855) 5 August – Thomas Groube, cricketer (born 1857) 7 August – Frank Mace, soldier (born 1837) 11 August – Edmond Slattery, swagger, rural labourer (born 1839) 25 August – Richard Bollard, politician (born 1863) 3 September – Bill Cunningham, rugby union player (born 1874) 30 September – Edmund Taylor, temperance advocate, politician (born 1855) October–December 9 October – Charles Mules, Anglican bishop (born 1837) 12 October – Louis Fowler, cricketer (born 1865) 12 November – John Aris, cricketer (born 1843) 17 November – Charlie Smyth, police officer, trade unionist, baker (born 1883) 21 November – Oscar Alpers, journalist, poet, lawyer, jurist (born 1867) 26 November – Percy Gates Morgan, geologist, science administrator (born 1867) 28 November – Charles Lewis, politician (born 1857) 8 December – Robert Allan, businessman, manufacturer (born 1847) 18 December – Hugh Finn, politician (born 1847) See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References January 2008 External links 1927 in yes Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand