1929 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1929 in New Zealand.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,486,100.^[1]
• Increase since previous 31 December 1928: 18,700 (1.27%).
• Males per 100 females: 104.1.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of state – George V
• Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO^[2]

Government

The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister – TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister – TBD
• Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – TBD
• Chief Justice – Sir Charles Skerrett then Sir Michael Myers

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Gordon Coates (Reform)^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
• Mayor of Wellington – George Troup
• Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin – William Taverner, succeeded by Robert Black

Events

• 9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries.^[4]
• 17 June: 1929 Murchison earthquake: An earthquake of surface wave magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas^[5]
• 29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10-year Great Depression.

Arts and literature

See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature,

Music

See: 1929 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See:, 1929 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Sport

Badminton

• National Champions
  • Men's singles: J. Southon
  • Women's singles: A. Ellett
  • Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
  • Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
  • Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett

Chess

The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne.^[6]

Golf

• The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw.^[7]
• The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui^[8]
  • Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 3rd title
  • Women: Mrs P.L. Dodgshun (Dunedin).

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Peter Bingen (2nd win)^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Gold Jacket (2nd win)^[10]

Thoroughbred racing

• New Zealand Cup – Chide^[11]
• Avondale Gold Cup – Historic^[11]
• Auckland Cup – Concentrate^[11]
• Wellington Cup – Vertigern^[11]
• New Zealand Derby – Honour^[11]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.^[12]

• Men's singles champion – A.R. Coltman (Carlton Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – A.G. Kinvig, F. Laurenson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)
• Men's fours champions – C.E. Hardley, F. Needham, I. Clarke, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)

Rugby

,

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• 1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
• Provincial league champions:^[13]
  • Auckland: Tramways
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
  • Nelson: Thistle
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Stratford
  • Waikato: Claudelands Rovers
  • Wanganui: Thistle
  • Wellington: Diamond

Births

January

• 7 January – Peter Bartlett, architect and academic (died 2019)
• 10 January – Grahame Jarratt, rower (died 2011)
• 13 January – James Beal, boxer (died 1996)
• 19 January – Brian Steele, rugby union player
• 24 January – Stuart Jones, cricketer (died 2015)

February

• 6 February
  • Maurice Dixon, rugby union player (died 2004)
  • Noel Hilliard, author and novelist (died 1996)
  • Colin Murdoch, pharmacist, veterinarian, inventor (died 2008)
• 12 February – Kevin Dwyer, cricketer (died 2020)
• 14 February
  • Noel Dellow, cricketer (died 2021)
  • Jenny King, librarian (died 2021)
• 16 February – Venn Young, politician (died 1993)

March

• 6 March
  • Ian Irvine, rugby union player, disability rights advocate (died 2013)
  • Ronald Trubuhovich, medical practitioner, critical care specialist
• 7 March
  • Ian McKay, jurist (died 2014)
  • Tom Weal, politician (died 2016)
• 9 March – Les Rackley, boxing trainer (died 2021)
• 12 March – William Liley, perinatal physiologist (died 1983)
• 21 March
  • Lesley Rowe, athlete (died 2011)
  • Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, Māori language advocate
• 22 March – Dennis Copps, cricket umpire (died 2020)
• 24 March
  • Hugh Templeton, diplomat, politician
  • Ian Templeton, journalist, writer
• 25 March – Allan Wright, farmer and businessman (died 2022)
• 26 March – Joye Evans, guiding leader (died 2021)
• 27 March
  • Shona McFarlane, artist, writer, broadcaster (died 2001)
  • Hallard White, rugby union player, coach and administrator (died 2016)

April

• 1 April – Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Māori language advocate, trade unionist (died 2020)
• 2 April – Robert Ellis, artist (died 2021)
• 6 April – Pat Goodman, businessman, philanthropist (died 2017)
• 9 April
  • Aubrey Begg, politician (died 1988)
  • Fred Hollows, eye surgeon (died 1993)
  • Denford McDonald, businessman (died 2020)
• 12 April – Ponty Reid, rugby union player (died 1994)
• 21 April
  • Bevin Hough, rugby league player, field athlete (died 2019)
  • Ross Smith, rugby union player (died 2002)
• 25 April – Yvette Williams, athlete (died 2019)
• 30 April – Keith Smith, cricketer (died 2016)

May

• 2 May – Graham Gedye, cricketer (died 2014)
• 10 May – Miles Warren, architect (died 2022)
• 15 May – Angela Annabell, musicologist (died 2000)
• 19 May – Mavis Rivers, jazz singer (died 1992)
• 26 May – Fraser Bergersen, plant biologist (died 2011)
• 31 May – Thelma Turner, netball player (died 2023)

June

• 3 June – Les Lock, racing cyclist (died 2003)
• 6 June – June Sutor, crystallographer (died 1990)
• 7 June – Colin Graham, cricketer (died 2020)
• 30 June
  • Ed Dolejs, softball coach (died 2019)
  • David Perry, cricketer (died 2007)

July

• 2 July – Hugh Morris, businessman (died 2010)
• 8 July – Vern Bakalich, rugby league player (died 2015)
• 18 July – Colin Moyle, politician
• 19 July – Renée, writer (died 2023)
• 23 July – Johnny Cooper, rock and roll musician (died 2014)
• 26 July – David Tompkins, judge (died 2023)

August

• 1 August – Phyllis Guthardt, Methodist minister, university chancellor (died 2023)
• 5 August
  • Harry Atkinson, physicist and science administrator (died 2018)
  • Arthur Woods, rugby union player (died 2015)
• 10 August
  • Eric Dunn, cricketer
  • Brian Pickworth, fencer (died 2020)
  • Ross Wightman, rugby union player (died 2012)
• 19 August – David Levene, businessman, philanthropist (died 2021)
• 23 August – Bob Bell, politician (died 2011)
• 24 August – Oliver Jessel, businessman (died 2017)
• 25 August – John Hippolite, political activist (died 1993)
• 29 August – Helen Hughes, scientist

September

• 1 September – Indianapolis, Standardbred racehorse
• 3 September – Steve Rickard, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (died 2015)
• 4 September – Howard Charles Clark, chemist, university administrator
• 5 September – Margaret Loutit, microbiologist (died 2020)
• 9 September
  • Graham Avery, racing cyclist (died 2015)
  • Pat Booth, journalist (died 2018)
• 19 September – Phil Bygrave, field hockey player (died 2012)
• 26 September – Tim Raphael, Anglican clergyman (died 2016)
• 28 September – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (died 2009)
• 30 September – Yvonne du Fresne, writer (died 2011)

October

• 8 October – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (died 2009)
• 9 October – Peter Button, helicopter pilot (died 1987)
• 11 October
  • Annette Baier, philosopher (died 2012)
  • Augusta Wallace, jurist (died 2008)
• 20 October
  • Mary Earle, food technologist (died 2021)
  • William Gough, cricketer (died 1978)
• 28 October – Tom Puna, cricketer (died 1996)

November

• 8 November – Trevor McMahon, cricketer
• 13 November – Brian Sorenson, cricketer (died 2009)
• 16 November – Bill Clark, rugby union player (died 2010)
• 18 November – Bill Alington, architect (died 2024)
• 19 November – Basil Meeking, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2020)
• 20 November – Pat Kelly, trade unionist (died 2004)
• 23 November – Felix Donnelly, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, writer, broadcaster (died 2019)
• 26 November – Brian Coote, legal academic (died 2019)
• 28 November – Ray Hitchcock, cricketer, racehorse breeder (died 2019)

December

• 7 December – John Hotop, rugby union player (died 2015)
• 14 December – Ron Jarden, rugby union player, sharebroker (died 1977)
• 15 December – Noel Scott, politician (died 2018)
• 19 December – Michael Fowler, architect, politician (died 2022)
• 26 December – Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett, artist
• 27 December – Elizabeth Edgar, botanist (died 2019)
• 28 December – Alison Quentin-Baxter, lawyer (died 2023)

Undated

• Cuddle, Thoroughbred racehorse
• Jacqueline Fahey, painter, writer
• Brian McMahon, venereologist, army officer
• Alistair Paterson, writer, poet

Deaths

January–March

• 21 January – Alexander William Bickerton, chemistry academic (born 1842)
• 7 February – Sir Douglas Maclean, farmer, politician (born 1852)
• 13 February – Sir Charles Skerrett, jurist (born 1863)
• 28 February – George Allen, architect, surveyor, tourist guide (born 1837)
• 7 March – Henare Uru, politician (born 1872)
• 11 March – Harry Diddams, politician (born 1864)
• 23 March – Niniwa Heremaia, editor, Ngāti Kahungunu leader (born 1854)
• 26 March – Waitaoro, Ngāti Tama leader (born 1848)

April–June

• 7 April – Alfred Whitehouse, motion picture exhibitor and producer (born 1856)
• 19 April – Alfred Fitchett, Anglican clergyman (born 1836)
• 3 May
  • Charles Mackay, lawyer, politician, mayor of Wanganui (1906–1920) (born 1875)
  • Sir James Wilson, politician (born 1849)
• 5 May – Maria Williams, schoolteacher (born 1839)
• 11 May – John Kissling, cricketer (born 1868)
• 19 June – Margaret Gardner, farmer, flour mill owner (born 1844)
• 20 June – Ann Wimperis, watercolour artist (born 1844)
• 24 June – Tupu Atanatiu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Ngāti Hauā and Kīngitanga leader (born 1844)
• 27 June – Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu, Ngāti Awa and Tuhourangi leader (born 1848)

July–September

• 10 July – James Arnold, trade unionist, politician (born 1859)
• 12 July – Alex Lithgow, composer and bandleader (born 1870)
• 24 July – Albert Bates, architect (born 1862)
• 15 August – Carl Dahl, businessman, importer, community leader (born 1856)
• 20 August – Arnold Williams, cricketer (born 1870)
• 29 August – Arthur Riley, artist, educationalist, businessman (born 1860)
• 30 August – Sarah Cryer, farmer, community leader (born 1848)
• 31 August – Henry Baigent, timber miller, politician (born 1844)
• 1 September – Mary Gibson, schoolteacher (born 1864)
• 5 September – Mariano Vella, seaman, fisherman, farmer (born 1855)
• 8 September – Robert Wynn Williams, politician (born 1864)
• 18 September – John Bollons, mariner, naturalist, ethnographer (born 1862)
• 23 September – Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1847)
• 27 September – Nisbet McRobie, rugby union player, newspaper proprietor, politician (born 1872)

October–December

• 25 October – Charles Chilton, zoologist (born 1860)
• 13 November – Richard Henry, conservationist (born 1845)
• 29 November – Albert Turnbull, cricketer (born 1866)
• 7 December – Sir John Findlay, politician (born 1862)
• 9 December – Henry Cleary, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1859)
• 19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850)
• 28 December – Mads Christensen, Lutheran pastor (born 1856)
• 30 December – Charles Tuke, cricketer (born 1858)

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

Notes and References

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2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. Web site: 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.
4. Web site: Eileen McSaveney. Historic earthquakes. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 21 September 2007. 23 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090102063602/http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/NaturalHazardsAndDisasters/HistoricEarthquakes/en. 2 January 2009. dead.
5. http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/NZDisasters/EQMurchison1929.asp Murchison earthquake 1929 – Christchurch City Libraries
6. http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm List of New Zealand Chess Champions
7. Web site: 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.
8. Web site: Men's Golf – National Champions. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. McLintock. A. H.. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 1966. 13 February 2009.
9. Web site: 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 .
10. http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
11. Book: Lambert . Max . Palenski . Ron . The New Zealand Almanac . 1982 . Moa Almanac Press . 0-908570-55-4 . 448–454.
12. Book: McLintock . A.H. . Alexander Hare McLintock . Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . 6 June 2018 . 1966 . Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
13. Web site: New Zealand: List of champions. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. 13 May 2009 .