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

1929
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

Population edit

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

Incumbents edit

Regal and viceregal edit

Government edit

The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued.

Parliamentary opposition edit

Main centre leaders edit

Events edit

Arts and literature edit

See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books

Music edit

See: 1929 in music

Radio edit

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film edit

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

Sport edit

Badminton edit

  • 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 edit

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

Golf edit

  • 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 edit

Harness racing edit

Thoroughbred racing edit

Lawn bowls edit

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 edit

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

Rugby league edit

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer edit

Births edit

January edit

February edit

March edit

April edit

May edit

June edit

July edit

August edit

September edit

October edit

November edit

  • 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 edit

Undated edit

Deaths edit

January–March edit

April–June edit

July–September edit

  • 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 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ Eileen McSaveney (21 September 2007). "Historic earthquakes". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  5. ^ Murchison earthquake 1929 – Christchurch City Libraries
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b c d e Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

External links edit

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