The following lists events that happened during 1936 in New Zealand.
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The shape of New Zealand politics for the next five decades was defined when, in the aftermath of their heavy defeat by Labour, the United and Reform parties merged to form the New Zealand National Party. In the meantime, the Labour government began implementing significant social changes.
Population edit
A New Zealand census was held in March 1936.
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usually resident population | 796,152 (50.7%) |
773,067 (49.3%) |
1,569,216 |
| Overseas Visitors | 2,931 | 1,650 | 4,581 |
| Total | 799,092 | 774,720 | 1,573,812 |
Incumbents edit
Regal and viceregal edit
- Head of State – George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (20 January to 11 December), George VI
- Governor-General – The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC[1]
Government edit
The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.
- Speaker of the House – Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
- Prime Minister – Michael Joseph Savage
- Minister of Finance – Walter Nash
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Michael Joseph Savage
- Attorney-General – Rex Mason
- Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers
Parliamentary opposition edit
- Leader of the Opposition – George Forbes (United/Reform Party until May, then National Party), succeeded in November by Adam Hamilton (National).[2]
Main centre leaders edit
Events edit
- 25 March – First session of the 25th Parliament commences.[3]
- 11 June – Parliament goes into recess.[citation needed]
- 21 June – Parliament resumes.[citation needed]
- 30 August – Train derails near Paraparaumu due to a landslide in heavy rain.[4]
- 31 October – First session of the 25th Parliament concludes.[citation needed]
Arts and literature edit
See 1936 in art, 1936 in literature, Category:1936 books
Music edit
See: 1936 in music
Radio edit
- Radio broadcasting of sessions of Parliament commences.[5]
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film edit
See: Category:1936 film awards, 1936 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1936 films
Sport edit
Chess edit
- The 45th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by A.W. Gyles of Wellington.[6]
Golf edit
- The 26th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 7th title.[7]
- The 40th National Amateur Championships were held in New Plymouth[8]
- Men: J.P. Hornabrook (Manawatu)
- Women: Miss E. White-Parsons
Horse racing edit
Harness racing edit
- New Zealand Trotting Cup – Indianapolis (3rd win)[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – King's Warrior[10]
Lawn bowls edit
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[11]
- Men's singles champion – Frank Livingstone (Onehunga Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – J.W. Turpin, H. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – C.H. Elsom, J.W. Turpin, C.J. Shaw, R. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
Olympic Games edit
 Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rugby league edit
New Zealand national rugby league team
Rugby union edit
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Soccer edit
- An Australian national side tours New Zealand, beating the home team heavily in all three internationals:[12]
- 4 July, Dunedin: NZ 1–7 Australia
- 11 July, Wellington: NZ 0–10 Australia
- 18 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Australia
- The Chatham Cup is won by Western of Christchurch who beat Auckland Thistle 3–2 in the final.[13]
- Provincial league champions:[14]
Births edit
January edit
- 5 January
- Reg Hart, rugby league player
- Terry Lineen, rugby union player
- 6 January – Terence O'Brien, diplomat
- 7 January
- Denis Pain, jurist, sports administrator
- Alan Powell, historian
- 8 January – John McCullough, rugby union player
- 12 January – Graham Billing, writer
- 13 January – Michael Selby, geomorphologist, university administrator
- 18 January – Hugh Anderson, motorcycle racer
- 21 January – Helen Clark, marine zoologist
- 22 January
- Robert Anderson, politician
- Don McIver, army general
- Nyree Dawn Porter, actor
- 31 January – Georgina Kirby, Māori leader, women's rights activist
February edit
- 3 February – Graham Finlay, boxer
- 10 February – Gerald Stewart, cricketer
- 11 February – Bramwell Cook, gastroenterologist
- 12 February – Jane Ritchie, psychologist
- 13 February – Steve Nesbit, rugby union player
- 15 February – Russell Marshall, politician, diplomat
- 16 February
- Bruce Beetham, politician
- Noel Everett, sailor
- 18 February – Pavel Tichý, logician
- 21 February – Bev Brentnall, cricketer
- 28 February – Dot Coleman, fencer
March edit
- 10 March – David Harrington, local-body politician
- 14 March
- Kevin Barry, boxing coach
- Bob Charles, golfer
- 19 March – Robert Carswell, cricketer
- 21 March – Margaret Mahy, writer
- 22 March – Douglas Gray, cricketer
- 24 March
- Wally Hirsh, public servant, writer
- James Morrison, cricketer
- 25 March – Julian Jack, physiologist
April edit
- 1 April – Desmond Park, cricketer
- 3 April – Tama Poata, writer, actor, human rights activist
- 5 April – Robin Carrell, haematologist
- 9 April – Mary Webb, cricketer
- 15 April – Michael Brown, Anglican priest
- 19 April – Anthony Small, cricketer
- 22 April
- Kevin Barry, rugby union player
- Glen Evans, local-body politician
- 23 April – John D'Arcy, cricketer
- 24 April – Ngai Tupa, Cook Islands politician
- 26 April – Robert Mahuta, Māori leader, academic
- 27 April
- Peter Nicholls, sculptor
- Betty Steffensen, netball player, coach, umpire and administrator
- 28 April – Ans Westra, photographer
- 29 April – Peter Atkins, Anglican bishop
May edit
- 1 May – Glenys Arthur, neurologist
- 3 May – Raymond Hawthorne, theatre director
- 6 May
- Pat Walsh, rugby union player and selector
- Cliff Whiting, artist, heritage advocate
- 7 May – Kenneth Ferries, cricketer
- 8 May – Ruia Morrison, tennis player
- 29 May – Murray Mills, Anglican bishop
- 30 May – Roy Harford, cricketer
June edit
- 2 June – James Wright, cricketer
- 3 June – Colin Meads, rugby union player
- 4 June – Robert Kelly, cricketer
- 6 June – Precious McKenzie, weightlifter
- 16 June – Graeme Barrow, author
- 18 June – Denny Hulme, racing driver
- 21 June – Colin Nicholson, lawyer, judge
- 23 June – Richard Johnstone, cyclist, cycling coach
- 30 June – Peter Bloomfield, cricketer
July edit
- 1 July
- Jonathan Elworthy, politician
- Jim Savage, athlete
- 16 July
- Tamati Reedy, rugby union player, public servant, academic
- Rob Storey, farmers' leader, politician
- 23 July – Graham Buist, cricketer
- 24 July – Thomas O'Neil, cricketer
- 28 July – Donald Eagle, cyclist
- 31 July – Mike Watt, sport shooter
August edit
- 1 August – Elizabeth McRae, actor
- 5 August – Bruce Stewart, playwright
- 7 August – Joy Cowley, author
- 8 August – David Penman, Anglican archbishop
- 10 August – Marilyn Pryor, anti-abortion activist
- 13 August
- Bob Graham, rugby union player and coach
- George Newton, weightlifter
- 15 August
- Hamish Keith, writer, art curator
- Trevor Moffitt, artist
- J. B. Munro, politician, disability advocate
- 19 August – Norman Woods, cricketer
- 20 August – Kevin Briscoe, rugby union player
- 23 August – John Stopford, rugby league player
September edit
- 1 September – Selwyn Cushing, businessman
- 7 September – Alistair Soper, rugby union player
- 9 September – Dorothy Grover, philosopher
- 10 September
- Howard Carter, Pentecostal Christian leader
- Michael Corballis, psychologist
- Michael Hartshorn, organic chemist
- Bill Massey, softball player, coach and umpire
- 14 September – Robert Page, rowing coxswain
- 17 September – Barry Dineen, cricketer, rugby union player, businessman
- 18 September – Margaret Belcher, literary scholar
- 20 September – Murray McEwan, cricketer
- 21 September – Peter McLeavey, art dealer
October edit
- 4 October – Graham Davy, athlete, sports administrator
- 10 October
- Artie Dick, cricketer
- Carmen Rupe, drag performer, brothel keeper, LGBT rights activist
- 20 October – Jim Gerard, politician
- 23 October – Barry Sinclair, cricketer
- 31 October – Reuben Ngata, parasports competitor
November edit
- 6 November – Elva Simpson, netball player
- 9 November – Graham Hamer, rugby union coach
- 20 November – Graeme Tarr, cricketer
- 22 November – Ian Pool, demographer
- 23 November – Rex Pickering, rugby union player
- 24 November – Avinash Deobhakta, lawyer, judge
- 25 November – Jock Bilger, sailor
- 27 November – Terry O'Sullivan, rugby union player
- 29 November – Peter Cullinane, Roman Catholic bishop
December edit
- 5 December – Evelyn Stokes, geographer
- 12 December – Wilf Haskell, cricketer, sports historian
- 23 December – Paddy Donovan, boxer, rugby union player
- 25 December – Sonia Cox, badminton and tennis player
Undated edit
- Beau Vite, Thoroughbred racehorse
- David Beauchamp, civil engineer
- Michael Friedlander, businessman, philanthropist
- James Greig, potter
- High Caste, Thoroughbred racehorse
- Elric Hooper, actor, theatre director
- Judy Howat, lawn bowls player
- Sani Lakatani, Niuean politician
- Terry McGee, geographer
- Stanley Palmer, painter and printmaker
- Jenny Pattrick, novelist, jeweller
- John Riordan, jockey
- Jim Siers, author, filmmaker, record producer
- Adrienne Stewart, arts patron (born in Australia)
- Barrie Truman, association football coach
- David Vere-Jones, mathematical statistician
- Murray C. Wells, accountancy academic
Deaths edit
January–March edit
- 5 January – Arthur Singe, rugby league player
- 16 January – Sir William Hall-Jones, politician, prime minister (1906) (born 1851)
- 20 January – James Clark, politician, mayor of Dunedin (1915–1919) (born 1870)
- 5 February – Timothy O'Connor, rugby union player (born 1860)
- 6 February – Edwin Bezar, soldier, author (born 1838)
- 8 February – Robert Holmes, civil engineer (born 1856)
- 19 February
- Andrew Entrican, businessman, politician (born 1858)
- Malcolm McGregor, World War I flying ace, aviation pioneer (born 1896)
- 3 March – Lucy Lovell-Smith, temperance worker and women's rights advocate (born 1861)
- 4 March – Arthur Henry Adams, journalist, author (born 1872)
- 10 March – David Kennedy, priest, astronomer (born 1864)
- 12 March – Janet Williamson, nurse (born 1862)
- 13 March
- Sir Francis Bell, politician, mayor of Wellington (1891–1893), prime minister (1925) (born 1851)
- Elizabeth Herriott, scientist, academic (born 1882)
- 14 March – William Holdship, cricketer (born 1872)
- 17 March – Albert Duder, mariner, harbourmaster (born 1856)
- 29 March – Forrest Ross, mountaineer, journalist, writer (born 1860)
April–June edit
- 18 April – John Swan, architect (born 1874)
- 21 April – Harold Smith, politician (born 1866)
- 5 May – Sir Joseph Kinsey, businessman, bibliophile, philanthropist (born 1852)
- 10 May
- Donald Fuller, cricketer (born 1869)
- Isaac Richards, Anglican bishop (born 1859)
- 11 May – Frederick Mason, cricketer (born 1881)
- 19 May – Thomas William Kirk, biologist, scientific administrator (born 1856)
- 21 May – John Spencer, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1880)
- 26 May – James Bradney, politician, shipping proprietor (born 1853)
- 3 June – Cedric Carr, botanist (born 1892)
- 16 June – Alexander Cairns, cricketer (born 1850)
- 24 June – Sir Frederick Chapman, judge (born 1849)
July–September edit
- 8 July – Ernest Sutherland, field athlete (born 1894)
- 9 July – Frances Haselden, headmistress (born c. 1842)
- 30 July – Sir James Mills, businessman, politician (born 1847)
- 9 August – George Butler, artist (born 1872)
- 12 August – Oscar Michelsen, missionary (born 1844)
- 17 August – Francis Henry Smith, politician (born 1868)
- 12 September – Richard Moore, politician (born 1849)
- 17 September – Ettie Rout, campaigner for safe sex (born 1877)
- 18 September – Emily White, gardener, writer (born 1839)
- 27 September – Archibald Hawke, businessman, sports administrator, politician (born 1862)
October–December edit
- 7 October – Frank Hockly, politician
- 15 October – Allen Bell, politician (born 1870)
- 18 October – James Hay, cricketer (born 1885)
- 19 October – William Chapple, politician (born 1864)
- 5 November – Tahupōtiki Haddon, Methodist minister (born 1866)
- 9 November – Edward McCausland, rugby union player (born 1865)
- 13 November – Charles Miles (born 1850)
- 25 November – John MacGregor, politician (born c. 1850)
- 23 December – Alf Hadden, cricketer (born 1877)
- 27 December – William Morris, public servant (born 1853)
- 31 December – John Dumbell, rugby union player (born 1859)
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.
- ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ^ "Landslide-related fatalities in New Zealand" (PDF). Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "New Zealand Parliament – Parliament timeline". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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 5 May 2009.
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links edit
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