1925 in New Zealand

none December 2019 1925 The following lists events that happened during 1925 in 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 21st New Zealand Parliament concludes, with its final year marked by the death of premier William Massey. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents. Following the general election in November, the Reform Party holds a much stronger position with 55 of the 80 seats. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham Prime Minister – William Massey until 10 May, then Francis Bell from 14 to 30 May, then Gordon Coates Minister of Finance – William Massey until 10 May, then William Nosworthy from 14 May Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party) until 13 August, then George Forbes (Liberal) until 4 November, then vacant (until June 1926)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 Judiciary Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson, succeeded by George Baildon Mayor of Wellington – Robert Wright, succeeded by Charles Norwood Mayor of Christchurch – James Flesher, succeeded by John Archer Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley Events thumb|right|The New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin 1 January National scheme for vehicle registration plates comes into forcehttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19250102.2.19.2 New motor regulations 2 January 1925 The Press 4 16 November 2020 Ernest Rutherford is appointed to the Order of Merit33007 1 January 1925 3 y 1 April – The Foodstuffs cooperative is registeredHistory https://www.foursquare.co.nz/about/history 2023-11-18 www.foursquare.co.nz en 21 April – Alfred Averill succeeds Churchill Julius as Archbishop of New Zealandhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19250420.2.107 The new archbishop 20 April 1925 The New Zealand Herald 9 16 November 2020 10 May – Prime Minister William Massey dies in officeMassey, William Ferguson Barry Gustafson 2m39 16 November 2020 Barry Gustafson 31 May – Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana announces his intention to form the Rātana Churchhttps://teara.govt.nz/en/ratana-church-te-haahi-ratana/page-1 Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana - founding the Rātana Church 4 April 2018 Keith New Zealand Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand 16 November 2020 17 June – The Franklin by-election, caused by the death of William Massey, is won by Ewen McLennan (Reform)https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250618.2.127.1 Reform defeats Labour The Evening Post 9 18 June 1925 16 November 2020 August – The U.S. Navy's Pacific battlefleet of 57 vessels including 12 battleships visits New Zealand during a goodwill tour of the South Pacific after manoeuvres off Hawaii.McGibbon Ian C. Blue-water Rationale: The naval defence of New Zealand, 1914–1942 1981 Government Printer Wellington 0-477-01072-5 160–162 September – A leopard escapes Auckland Zoo and remains loose for several weeks.Johnston Martin 28 January 2018 The H Files: The leopard on the loose in Auckland - city on edge for almost a month https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-h-files-the-leopard-on-the-loose-in-auckland-city-on-edge-for-almost-a-month/PODYGUXHGEME236TXZA5HA2JX4/ 11 June 2024 The New Zealand Herald 3–4 November – The 1925 general election is held, with the Reform Party winning 55 of the 80 seats in the House of Representatives 4 November – An Order in Council provides for the transfer of Tokelau from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony to New Zealand (formally gazetted 11 February 1926)33132 12 February 1926 1061–1062 yhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Q-RaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT463 Tokelau: A Historical Ethnography Judith Huntsman 463–464 1996 Auckland University Press 9781869406646 16 November 2020 17 November – The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition opens at Logan Park, Dunedinhttps://nzhistory.govt.nz/second-nz-and-south-seas-exhibition-opens-in-dunedin New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition opens – 17 November 1925 17 September 2020 Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand History 16 November 2020 Undated – Lloyd Mandeno develops the single-wire earth return electrical distribution system Arts and literature See: 1925 in art, 1925 in literature, 1925 books Allen Adair published by Jane Mander Music See: 1925 in music Radio See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand The Radio Broadcasting Company (RBC) began broadcasts throughout New Zealand Film See: 1925 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1925 films Rewi's Last Stand by Rudall Hayward The Adventures of Algy The Romance of Hinemoa Sport Chess The 34th National Chess Championship is held in Nelson, and is won by C. J. S. Purdy of SydneyList of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 Football The Chatham Cup is won by YMCA (Wellington) Provincial league champions:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 Auckland – Thistle Canterbury – Sunnyside Hawke's Bay – Whakatu Nelson – Thistle Otago – Northern South Canterbury – Rangers Southland – Central Taranaki – Manaia Wanganui – Eastown Workshops Wellington – YMCA Golf The 15th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ewen MacFarlane, an amateur, with an aggregate of 308http://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 29th National Amateur Championships are held at Christchurch (men) and Miramar (women)https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/golf-mens/page-11 Golf, men's – New Zealand amateur champions An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand McLintock A. 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Alexander Hare McLintock Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 15 November 2020https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19251023.2.95 Women's notes 23 October 1925 Manawatu Standard 11 16 November 2020 Men – Tom Horton (Masterton) Women – Phyllis Dodgshun (Dunedin) Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuririhttp://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 – Nelson DerbyAuckland 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 – The BankerLambert Max Palenski Ron The New Zealand Almanac 1982 Moa Almanac Press 0-908570-55-4 448–454 Avondale Gold Cup – Star Ranger Auckland Cup – Rapine Wellington Cup – Surveyor New Zealand Derby – Runnymede Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.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 – J. D. Best (Dunedin Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – C. W. Davis, J. W. Sexton (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – H. J. Wernham, F. T. Wilson, A. C. McIntyre, R. N. Pilkington (skip) (Hamilton Bowling Club) Rugby union The All Blacks tour New South Wales The Auckland Rugby Union makes Eden Park its headquarters Hawke's Bay defends he Ranfurly Shield for the third consecutive full season, defeating Wairarapa (22–3), Canterbury (24–18), Southland (31–12), Taranaki (28–3), Wellington (20–11) and Otago (34–14)Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. 0-908570-55-4 Births 30em January 4 January – Roger Drayton, politician 12 January – Allan Burnett, anarchist activist 13 January – Elwyn Welch, ornithologist 22 January – Harata Solomon, Māori leader, entertainer 25 January – Eric Dempster, cricketer 26 January – Barbara Heslop, immunologist February 1 February – Assid Corban, politician 2 February – Mirek Smíšek, potter 3 February – Tay Wilson, sports administrator 7 February Ron Broom, cricketer John Oakley, cricketer 19 February – Trevor Martin, cricket umpire 22 February – Alexander Grant, ballet dancer and teacher, dance company director 23 February Fraser Colman, politician Ted McCoy, architect 25 February – Campbell Smith, playwright, poet, engraver 27 February – Joan Hastings, swimmer March 8 March – Leonard Mitchell, artist 9 March Johnny Borland, high jumper, athletics administrator Aubrey Ritchie, cricketer 13 March John McCraw, pedologist, local historian Rahera Windsor, Māori leader in the United Kingdom 21 March – John Heslop, surgeon, cricket administrator 25 March – O. E. Middleton, writer April 4 April – Harvey Kreyl, rugby league player 5 April – Milan Mrkusich, artist 17 April – Vern Clare, musician, cabaret owner 19 April Eva Rickard, Māori leader and activist Maurie Robertson, rugby league player and coach 23 April – Al Hobman, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter 24 April – Dorothy Butler, children's author and bookseller, memoirist, reading advocate 25 April – Neville Black, rugby union and rugby league player 28 April – David Brokenshire, architect, potter May 2 May – Frances Porter, writer, historian 14 May Gordon Gostelow, actor W. H. Oliver, poet, historian 16 May – John Ziman, physicist, humanist 20 May Maurice Crow, weightlifter, rowing coxswain Bert Potter, commune leader 27 May – Arthur Campbell, chemist June 3 June – Trevor Barber, cricketer 11 June – Tiny White, rugby union player and administrator, politician 25 June – Alistair Campbell, poet, playwright, novelist 27 June – Ben Couch, rugby union player, politician 29 June – Doody Townley, harness-racing driver July 2 July – Philip Liner, radio broadcaster 8 July – Elwyn Richardson, educationalist 9 July – Rex Bergstrom, econometrician 10 July – Dixie Cockerton, netball player and coach, cricketer, school principal 15 July – Stuart Jones, golfer 16 July – J. B. Trapp, historian 18 July – Allan Elsom, rugby union player 20 July – Eric Watson, cricketer 26 July – Alister Atkinson, rugby league player 31 July John O'Brien, politician Helen Ryburn, school principal, local-body politicianTraue J. E. Jim Traue Who's Who in New Zealand 11th 1978 Reed Wellington 0-589-01113-8 239 August 3 August – John Robertson, public servant 5 August – Bob Duff, rugby union player, local-body politician 13 August – Peter Beaven, architect 15 August – James Brown, public servant 23 August – John Armitt, amateur wrestler 28 August – Trevor Young, politician 30 August – Joan Hart, athlete September 1 September – Te Aue Davis, tohunga raranga 4 September Phil Amos, politician Bruce Stewart, television scriptwriter 19 September – Lyn Forster, arachnologist October 7 October Bryan Drake, opera singer Bill Wolfgramm, musician 9 October – Bill Schaefer, field hockey player 19 October – David Gould, rower, businessman 21 October – Ian Ballinger, sports shooter 22 October – George Grindley, geologist 23 October – Brian Nordgren, rugby league player 25 October – Donald Brian, cricketer 30 October Audrey Eagle, botanical illustrator Colin Kay, athlete, politician 31 October – Ngaire Lane, swimmer November 6 November – Ian Cross, novelist, journalist, broadcasting and arts administrator 12 November – Bill Toomath, architect 20 November – Bill Subritzky, property developer, evangelist 23 November – Tui Flower, food writer 26 November – Ross Taylor, geochemist, planetary scientist 27 November – Reginald Johansson, field hockey player 29 November – Peter Jacobson, poet December 1 December Noeline Gourley, field hockey player, athlete, woodturner Thomas Thorp, jurist 5 December – Jack Tynan, field hockey player, cricketer 10 December – Betty Maker, cricketer 23 December – Ellis Child, cricketer 31 December – Ray Bell, rugby union player Exact date unknown Nightmarch, Thoroughbred racehorse Deaths 30em January–March 3 January – John Endean, gold miner, hotel proprietor (born 1844) 11 January – Oliver Samuel, politician (born 1849) 13 February – Margaret McKenzie, pioneer (born 1839) April–June 14 April – Don Hamilton, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1883) 27 April – George Williams, rugby union player (born 1856) 10 May – William Massey, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–1925) (born 1856) 15 May – Stephen Boreham, trade unionist (born 1857) 18 May – Sir Theophilus Cooper, jurist (born 1850) 19 May Andrew Cameron, Presbyterian minister, educationalist, community leader (born 1855) Frances Wimperis, artist (born 1840) 21 May – Samuel Kirkpatrick, businessman (born 1854) 3 June – Frank Surman, rugby union player, athlete (born 1866) July–September 18 July – John Sinclair, carpenter, builder, harbourmaster (born 1843) 19 July – James Cox, diarist (born 1846) 22 July – William McCullough, politician (born 1843) 5 August – Emily Harris, painter (born 1837) 9 August – Catherine Adamson, diarist (born 1868) 19 August – Harriet Morison, trade unionist, suffragist, public servant (born 1862) 1 September – Donald Petrie, botanist (born 1846) 7 September Thomas Ronayne, NZR General Manager (retired) (born 1849) 15 September – Charles Melvill, military leader (born 1878) 18 September – Charles Hayward Izard, politician (born 1862) 19 September – Henry Reynolds, butter manufacturer and exporter (born 1849) 27 September – Thomas MacGibbon, politician (born 1839) October–December 2 October – Thomas Hislop, politician (born 1850) 20 November – Charles Mackesy, military leader (born 1861) 28 November – William Joseph Napier, politician (born 1857) 10 December – John Liddell Kelly, journalist, poet (born 1850) 13 December - Isa Outhwaite, watercolour artist, poet, social activist and philanthropist (born 1842) 29 December – John Crewes, Bible Christian minister, social worker, journalist (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 External links 1925 in yes Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand