1930 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1930 in New Zealand.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,506,800.^[1]
• Increase since previous 31 December 1929: 20,700 (1.39%).
• Males per 100 females: 103.9.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of state – George V
• Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO succeeded the same year by The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC ^[2]

Government

The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued with the United Party in power.

• Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister – Sir Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United) ^[3]
• Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United).
• Attorney-General – Thomas Sidey (United) until 22 September, then William Downie Stewart
• Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Gordon Coates (Reform).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon ^[5]
• Mayor of Wellington – George Troup ^[6]
• Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer ^[7]
• Mayor of Dunedin – Robert Black ^[8]

Events

• August: The Atmore Report on the education system is presented.
• 4 November: Superhorse Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.^[9]

Arts and literature

See 1930 in art, 1930 in literature,

• Kowhai Gold, an anthology of New Zealand poetry edited by Quentin Pope published in London and New York

Music

See: 1930 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• 3 January: The Coubray-tone News- the first New-Zealand made "talkies" (film with sound) – premiered.^[10]
• The Romance of Maoriland

See:, 1930 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Sport

British Empire Games

See main article: New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games.

Chess

The 39th National Chess Championship was held in Wanganui, and was won by G. Gunderson of Melbourne.^[11]

Cricket

• New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England. Series won 1–0 by England
  • 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch. New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).^[12]
  • 24,25,27 January Basin Reserve, Wellington. New Zealand (440 and 164/4dec.) drew with England (320 and 107/4).^[13]
  • 14,15,17 February Eden Park, Auckland. England (330/4dec.) drew with New Zealand (96/1) (First two days were abandoned due to rain).^[14]
  • 21,22,24 February at Eden Park: England (540 and 22/3) drew with New Zealand (387) – this fourth Test was arranged due to the rain washout of the third test.^[15]

Golf

• The 20th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his third title.^[16]
• The 34th National Amateur Championships were held in the Manawatu district ^[17]
  • Men: H.A. Black (Mirimar)
  • Women: Miss O. Kay

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Wrackler^[18]
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Carmel^[19]

Thoroughbred racing

• New Zealand Cup – Nightmarch^[20]
• Avondale Gold Cup – Prodice^[20]
• Auckland Cup – Motere^[20]
• Wellington Cup – Concentrate^[20]
• New Zealand Derby – Cylinder^[20]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.^[21]

• Men's singles champion – F. Lambeth (Balmacewen Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – G.L. Gladding, H. Jenkins (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)
• Men's fours champions – E.S. Wilson, L.C. Buist, J. Dowland, D.M. Stuart (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)

Rugby union

,

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• 1930 Chatham Cup won by Petone
• Provincial league champions: ^[22]
  • Auckland: YMCA
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
  • Nelson: Thistle
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Caledonian
  • Waikato: Pukemiro
  • Wanganui: KP's
  • Wellington: Hospital

Births

January

• 3 January – Ruth Dowman, athlete
• 8 January – Dave Spence, cricketer
• 21 January – Peter Tapsell, politician
• 24 January – Terence Bayler, actor
• 27 January – Bob O'Dea, rugby union player

February

• 10 February
  • Russell Kerr, ballet dancer, choreographer and producer
  • Malcolm McCaw, cricketer, accountant
• 11 February – Bruce Cathie, pilot, author
• 17 February – Jonathan Bennett, philosopher
• 20 February
  • Kevin Meates, rugby union player
  • Vida Stout, limnographer
• 21 February – Joan Metge, social anthropologist
• 22 February – Ivan Mercep, architect

March

• 5 March – Brian Bell, ornithologist
• 9 March – Mina Foley, opera singer
• 20 March – Thomas Williams, Roman Catholic cardinal
• 25 March – Margery Blackman, weaver
• 27 March – Paul Cotton, diplomat
• 28 March – Helmer Pedersen, sailor
• 30 March – Charlie Steele Jr., association football player, rugby union player
• 31 March – Barry Mitcalfe, poet, anti-nuclear activist

April

• 1 April – Dennis Young, rugby union player
• 3 April – Marama Martin, television and radio broadcaster
• 5 April – Bill Tinnock, rower
• 7 April – Koro Dewes, Ngāti Porou kaumātua and Māori language advocate
• 8 April
  • David Benney, applied mathematician
  • Ivan Vodanovich, rugby union player, coach and administrator
  • Neil Wilson, athlete
• 18 April – Clive Revill, singer, actor
• 19 April
  • Reg Douglas, rower
  • Ewan Jamieson, military leader
• 20 April – Helen Mackenzie, swimmer

May

• 13 May – Richard Kearney, jurist
• 20 May – Alexia Pickering, disabilities rights campaigner
• 21 May – Keith Davis, rugby union player
• 24 May – Ivor Richardson, jurist
• 30 May – Colleen Dewe, politician

June

• 1 June – Matt Poore, cricketer
• 7 June – Ian Leggat, cricketer
• 15 June – Bev Brewis, high jumper
• 25 June – Peter Wight, cricketer

July

• 3 July – Kihi Ngatai, Ngāi Te Rangi leader, horticulturalist
• 11 July
  • Jack Alabaster, cricketer
  • Guy McGregor, field hockey player
• 25 July – Murray Chapple, cricketer
• 30 July – David Weston, cricketer

August

• 2 August – Mick Bremner, rugby union player and administrator
• 5 August – Bruce Turner, field hockey player, cricketer
• 12 August – Brian Molloy, rugby union player, plant ecologist, conservationist
• 15 August
  • Leo T. McCarthy, politician
  • Azalea Sinclair, netball player
• 18 August
  • Graeme Dallow, police officer
  • Denis McLean, diplomat, author
• 21 August – Cyril Eastlake, rugby league player
• 28 August – Tony Small, diplomat
• 30 August – Noel Harford, cricketer

September

• 3 September – Cherry Wilder, fantasy and science-fiction writer
• 6 September – David Simmons, ethnologist
• 10 September – Pauline Engel, educator
• 11 September – Kenneth Minogue, political theorist
• 19 September
  • Robin Archer, rugby union player
  • Volker Heine, physicist
• 22 September – John Hill, cricketer
• 28 September – Sel Belsham, rugby league player
• 29 September – Jocelyn Fish, politician, women's rights campaigner
• 30 September – George Menzies, rugby league player

October

• 1 October – Bob Jolly, veterinary academic
• 17 October – Joan Williamson-Orr, local-body politician
• 21 October – Lawrence Reade, cricketer
• 22 October – Lois McIvor, artist
• 29 October – Hugh Burry, rugby union player, medical academic

November

• 11 November – Ian Burrows, army officer
• 16 November – Merv Richards, pole vaulter, gymnastics and pole vault coach
• 17 November – Chic Littlewood, television entertainer, actor
• 20 November – James Hill, rower
• 22 November – Bill Lambert, politician
• 30 November – Leonard Boyle, Roman Catholic bishop

December

• 6 December – Natalie Wicken, netball player
• 16 December
  • Leslie Clark, cricketer
  • Harry Turbott, architect, landscape architect
• 23 December – Jean Stewart, swimmer
• 27 December – John Drawbridge, artist
• 31 December – Ron Johnston, motorcycle speedway rider

Undated

• Daphne Walker, singer

Deaths

January–February

• 6 January – Walter Harper, Anglican clergyman (born 1848)
• 9 January – Joseph Harkness, politician (born 1850)
• 11 January – Eru Tumutara, Ringatū bishop (born 1859)
• 24 January
  • Ellen Crowe, community leader (born 1847)
  • Sophia Taylor, suffragist (born 1847)
  • Herman van Staveren, rabbi, philanthropist (born 1849)
• 25 January – Pat Hickey, trade union leader (born 1882)
• 5 February – John Holland Baker, surveyor, public servant (born 1841)
• 11 February – Anne Wilson, poet, novelist (born 1848)
• 12 February – Elizabeth Fergusson, nurse, midwife (born 1867)
• 14 February – Sir Thomas Mackenzie, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912) (born 1853)
• 21 February – Charles Garrard, cricketer, school inspector (born 1868)

March–April

• 4 March – Henry Michel, politician (born 1855)
• 11 March – George Edgecumbe, newspaper proprietor, businessman (born 1845)
• 5 April – Wereta Tainui Pitama, Ngāi Tahu leader, politician (born 1881)
• 10 April – John McCaw, farmer (born 1849)
• 16 April – Makereti Papakura, tour guide, entertainer, ethnographer (born 1873)

May–June

• 20 May – Adelaide Hicks, midwife (born 1845)
• 29 May – William Charles Nation, spiritualist, Arbor Day advocate (born 1840)
• 30 May – William Chatfield, architect (born 1851)
• 26 June – Frederick Cooke, trade unionist, politician (born 1867)
• 27 June – Sir Māui Pōmare, doctor, politician (born 1875)

July–August

• 3 July – Tom Cross, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1876)
• 8 July – Sir Joseph Ward, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906–12, 1928–30) (born 1856)
• 19 July – Sir Robert Stout, politician, Premier of New Zealand (1884, 1884–87) (born 1844)
• 24 July – Alfred Philpott, museum curator, entomologist (born 1870)
• 30 July – George Hutchison, politician (born 1846)
• 10 August – Bill Hawkins, cricketer, politician (born 1861)
• 15 August – Wesley Spragg, butter manufacturer, temperance campaigner, benefactor (born 1848)
• 18 August – James Flesher, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1923–25) (born 1865)
• 20 August – George Hunter, politician, racehorse breeder (born 1859)
• 27 August
  • Emily Hill, schoolteacher, suffragist, temperance worker (born 1847)
  • Robert Neill, cricketer (born 1864)

September–October

• 4 September
  • George Duncan, mining and tramway engineer (born 1852)
  • Thomas Hickman, police officer (born 1848)
• 9 September – Alexander Bathgate, lawyer, businessman, writer, conservationist (born 1845)
• 11 September – William Parker, cricketer (born 1862)
• 24 September – Harry McNish, carpenter, Antarctic explorer (born 1874)
• 1 October
  • Marjory Nicholls, poet, drama producer (born 1890)
  • Hoeroa Tiopira, rugby union player (born 1871)
• 5 October – Frederick Fitchett, politician (born 1851)
• 13 October – Alfred George, newspaper proprietor (born 1854)
• 14 October – Thomas Fleming, miller (born 1848)
• 17 October – Amelia Randall, community leader, businesswoman, benefactor (born 1844)
• 21 October – Frank McNeill, cricketer (born 1877)
• 27 October – Francis Watson, cricketer (born 1860)
• 29 October – George Ewing, cricketer (born 1851)

November–December

• 1 November – Heni Materoa Carroll, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader (born 1854)
• 3 November – Nellie Ferner, artist photographer, community leader (born 1869)
• 8 November – Robert Scott, railway engineer, academic (born 1861)
• 12 November – Crawford Anderson, politician (born 1848)
• 7 December – John Barr, politician (born 1867)
• 15 December – Cecil de Lautour, politician (born 1845)
• 17 December – Arthur O'Callaghan, politician (born 1837)
• 29 December – Otene Paora, Ngāti Whātua leader, Anglican lay reader, land negotiator (born 1870)

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

Notes and References

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2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982.
4. 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. dmy-all.
5. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/mayors.asp History of Auckland City
6. No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council)
7. http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Handbook/ChairmenAndMayorsOfTheCityOfChristchurch.asp Christchurch City Council Handbook: Chairmen and Mayors of the City of Christchurch
8. http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=council_1929 Council 1929 – 1938
9. http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/melbournecup/ Melbourne Cup – Australia's Culture Portal
10. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/3/1 Today in History | NZHistory
11. http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm List of New Zealand Chess Champions
12. http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62572.html Cricinfo Test#186
13. http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62573.html Cricinfo test#188
14. http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62574.html Cricinfo Test#190
15. http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/62575.html Cricinfo test#191
16. 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. dmy-all.
17. 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.
18. 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 . dmy-all .
19. http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
20. Book: Lambert . Max . Palenski . Ron . The New Zealand Almanac . 1982 . Moa Almanac Press . 0-908570-55-4 . 448–454.
21. 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.
22. Web site: New Zealand: List of champions. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.