The following lists events that happened during 1921 in New Zealand.
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Incumbents edit
Regal and viceregal edit
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Government edit
The 20th New Zealand Parliament continues, with the Reform Party in Government
- Speaker of the House – Frederick Lang
- Prime Minister – William Massey
- Minister of Finance – William Massey
- Minister of External Affairs – Ernest Lee
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Parliamentary opposition edit
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Thomas Wilford
Judiciary edit
- Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
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Robert Stout
Main centre leaders edit
- Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson
- Mayor of Wellington – John Luke then Robert Wright
- Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Thacker
- Mayor of Dunedin – William Begg then James Douglas
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Events edit
- 31 January – The first scheduled air mail service in New Zealand commences, linking Christchurch with Ashburton and Timaru.[3]
- 17 November – The first radio broadcast in New Zealand is made by Professor Robert Jack from the physics department of the University of Otago.[4]
Arts and literature edit
See 1921 in art, 1921 in literature, Category:1921 books
Music edit
See: 1921 in music
Radio edit
- 17 November – Professor Robert Jack assembles a small transmitter at the University of Otago in Dunedin and broadcasts the first ever radio programme heard on New Zealand airwaves. The only known fact about the programme's content is that it included the then popular song "Hello My Dearie".[1]
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film edit
See: Category:1921 film awards, 1921 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1921 films
Sport edit
Chess edit
- National champion – John Boyd Dunlop, of Dunedin (his first title)[5]
Cricket edit
Football edit
- Provincial league champions:[6]
- Auckland – Northcote
- Canterbury – Corinthians
- Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
- Nelson – Athletic
- Otago – HSOB
- Southland – Corinthians
- Wanganui – Eastown Workshops
- Wellington – Hospital
Golf edit
- The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his fourth title)[7]
- The 25th National Amateur Championships are held in Christchurch:[8]
- Men – A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
- Women – G. Williams (her fourth title)
Horse racing edit
Harness racing edit
- New Zealand Trotting Cup – Reta Peter (2nd win)[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – Man O' War (2nd win)[10]
Thoroughbred racing edit
- New Zealand Cup – Royal Star[11]
- Auckland Cup – Malaga[11]
- Wellington Cup – Maioha[11]
- New Zealand Derby – Winning Hit[11]
Lawn bowls edit
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.[12]
- Men's singles champion – J.M. Brackenridge (Newtown Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – W.A. Grenfell, S. Potter (skip) (Wellington Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – B. Hilton, A. Bell, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)
Rugby union edit
- 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
- Southland defend the Ranfurly Shield once against Otago (10–8) before losing it to Wellington (13–28). Wellington then defend it against Auckland (27–19) and Otago (13–8).[13]
Births edit
January edit
- 9 January – Fraser Barron, World War II bomber pilot
- 17 January – Jack Bergin, neurologist, anti-abortion campaigner
- 30 January – Joan Faulkner-Blake, broadcaster
February edit
- 5 February – Juan Schwanner, association football player and coach
- 6 February – Bob Scott, rugby league and rugby union player
- 7 February – Guy Natusch, architect
- 13 February – Howard Hutchinson, association footballer
- 14 February – Harry Whale, physicist
- 20 February – Tom McGuigan, politician
- 25 February – Keith Thiele, World War II and commercial pilot
March edit
- 4 March – Charlie Dempsey, association football administrator
- 12 March – Les Harmer, cricket umpire
- 13 March – Raymond Hesselyn, World War II fighter pilot
- 16 March – Chip Bailey, trade unionist
April edit
- 6 April – Jack Hunt, speedway rider
- 10 April – Robert Wade, chess player
- 12 April – Peter Brown, artist
- 27 April – Helen Wily, mathematician
- 30 April – Wally Williams, water polo player
May edit
- 2 May – Ron Smith, public servant, peace activist
- 6 May – Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician
- 12 May – Peter Munz, philosopher, historian
- 15 May – Anne Delamere, public servant
- 18 May – Rosalie Carey, playwright, director, poet, actor, author
- 23 May – Richard Harrison, politician
- 26 May
- Frank Mooney, cricketer
- Agnes Wood, artist, writer
- 29 May – Wally Argus, rugby union player
- 31 May – Aston Greathead, artist
June edit
- 6 June – Shirley Tonkin, sudden infant death syndrome researcher
- 7 June – Brian Talboys, politician
- 13 June – Roy Blair, cricketer
- 17 June – Monita Delamere, rugby union player, Ringatū leader, community leader
- 19 June – Judy Pickard, abstract painter, librarian and advocate for women's rights
- 23 June
- Cecil Holmes, film director and writer
- Leonard Willmott, soldier, security intelligence officer
- 25 June – Willow Macky, songwriter
- 28 June – Eric Holland, politician
July edit
- 8 July – John Money, psychologist, sexologist, author
- 11 July – Pat Perrin, potter
- 12 July – Doug Dye, microbiologist
- 13 July – Lester Castle, lawyer, public servant
- 18 July – Ian Payne, cricketer
- 21 July – Graham Speight, jurist
- 23 July – Peter Gordon, politician
- 26 July – June Westbury, politician
- 30 July – Eric Grinstead, sinologist, Tangutologist
August edit
- 4 August – Patricia Hook, religious sister, nurse and hospital administrator
- 5 August – Colin McLeod, civil engineer
- 6 August – Jack Monaghan, wrestler
- 7 August – Miraka Szászy, Māori leader
- 14 August
- Donald Burns, cricket umpire
- Ken Ruby, wrestler
- 21 August – Doreen Lumley, athlete
- 26 August – Bob Owens, businessman, politician, mayor of Tauranga (1968–77)
September edit
- 2 September – Diana Isaac, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist
- 3 September – Oonah Shannahan, netball player
- 4 September – Bruce Biggs, Māori studies academic
- 14 September – Colin Johnstone, rower
- 19 September – Michael Noonan, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter
- 25 September – Robert Muldoon, politician
- 28 September
- Morrie Goddard, rugby union player
- Bruce Mason, playwright
- 29 September – John Ritchie, composer, orchestral founder and conductor, music academic
- 30 September – Jim Macdonald, naval officer, civil engineer, inventor
October edit
- 3 October – Eldred Stebbing, record label founder and owner
- 7 October – Desmond O'Donnell, rugby union player
- 9 October – Tom Marshall, Christian writer
- 10 October – Harvey Sweetman, World War II pilot
- 13 October – Earle Riddiford, lawyer and mountaineer
- 18 October – Kingi Ihaka, Anglican priest, broadcaster, Māori leader
- 23 October – Colin Allan, colonial administrator, diplomat
- 29 October – Jack Warcup, mycologist
November edit
- 4 November – William Tyree, electrical engineer, businessman, philanthropist
- 6 November – Geoff Rabone, cricketer
- 8 November – Gordon Mason, local-body politician
- 11 November – Buddy Corlett, softball and basketball player
- 17 November – Bruce Irwin, botanist
- 20 November
- Arthur Faulkner, politician
- Dick Matthews, plant virologist
December edit
- 3 December – Cyril Belshaw, anthropologist
- 8 December
- Dot McNab, military administrator, political organizer
- Bob Walton, police officer
- 11 December – David Baldwin, lawn bowls player
- 24 December – Vincent Bevan, rugby union player
- 29 December – Ngoi Pēwhairangi, songwriter, Māori language teacher and advocate
Deaths edit
January–March edit
- 19 January – Frank Lawry, politician (born 1839)
- 7 February – Bella Button, horse driver and trainer, equestrian (born 1863)
- 23 February – J. T. Marryat Hornsby, politician, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1857)
- 27 February – Sir James Prendergast, lawyer, politician, jurist (born 1826)
- 9 March – Walter Powdrell, politician (born 1872)
- 10 March – Henry Brown, saw miller, politician (born 1842)
- 21 March – Samuel Moreton, artist, explorer (born c.1844)
April–June edit
- 4 April – Mary Jane Milne, milliner, businesswoman (born 1840)
- 19 April – Cathcart Wason, politician (born 1848)
- 23 April – William Maxwell, politician (born 1867)
- 1 June – Tureiti Te Heuheu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, politician (born c.1865)
- 24 June – William Dickie, politician (born 1869)
- 25 June – Haimona Patete, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia leader, religious founder (born c.1863)
July–September edit
- 19 July – Lily Atkinson, temperance campaigner, suffragist, feminist (born 1866)
- 31 July – Alice Jacob, botanical illustrator, lace designer, design teacher (born 1862)
- 13 August – Ōtene Pītau, Rongowhakaata leader (born c.1834)
- 5 August – Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson, politician (born 1837)
- 17 August – John Aitken, politician, mayor of Wellington (1900–05) (born 1849)
- 9 September – Joseph Henry Cock, shipping company manager, patron of the arts (born 1855)
- 17 September – John Verrall, photographer, politician (born 1849)
- 20 September – Thomas Kelly, politician (born 1830)
October–December edit
- 29 October – Samuel Nevill, Anglican bishop (born 1837)
- 31 October – James Little, shepherd, sheep breeder (born 1834)
- 1 November
- Jeremiah Twomey, journalist, politician (born 1847)
- 29 November – Hopere Uru, rugby union player, cricketer, politician (born 1868)
- 2 December – Patrick Nerheny, politician (born 1858)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ NZhistory.net
- ^ "Dashing heroes of a harbour crossing". Otago Daily Times. 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- ^ List of NZ chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ "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 7 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
External links edit
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