1927 in New Zealand

Decades:	1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s;
See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1927 in New Zealand.

Population

Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,450,400^[1]
Increase since previous 31 December 1926: 20,700 (1.45%)^[2]
Males per 100 females: 104.3^[3]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of state – George V
Governor-General – Sir Charles Fergusson^[4]

Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by the Reform Party with a strong majority, and with the Labour and Liberal parties in opposition.

Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
Prime Minister – Gordon Coates (Reform)
Minister of Finance – William Downie Stewart (Reform)
Minister of Foreign Affairs – William Nosworthy (Reform)
Attorney-General – Frank Rolleston (Reform)
Chief Justice – Sir Charles Skerrett

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – Harry Holland (Labour).^[5]

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
Mayor of Wellington – Charles Norwood, succeeded by George Troup
Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley, succeeded by William Taverner

Events

22 February – 22 March: Royal tour by the Duke and Duchess of York^[6]

Arts and literature

See 1927 in art, 1927 in literature, Category:1927 books

Sport

Badminton

The New Zealand Badminton Federation, now Badminton New Zealand, is founded and the first National Championships are held, at Wanganui.^[7]
- Men's singles: R. Creed-Meredith
- Women's singles: E. Hetley
- Men's doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and M. Fell
- Women's doubles: E. Hetley and N. Wanklyn
- Mixed doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and E. Hetley

Chess

The 36th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by A.W.O. Davies of Auckland, his third title.^[8]

Golf

The 17th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss.^[9]
The 31st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton^[10]
- Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 2nd title
- Women: Mrs ? Collinson

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Kohara^[11]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Ahuriri^[12]

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Rapier^[13]
Avondale Gold Cup – Te Kara^[13]
Auckland Cup – Rapier^[13]
Wellington Cup – Rapier^[13]
New Zealand Derby – Agrion^[13]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.^[14]

Men's singles champion – H.C. Clarke (Rocky Nook Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – A. Brakebush, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – J. McMillan, H. Rowling, J.F. Wright, A.H. Benefield (skip) (St John's Bowling Club, Wanganui)

Rugby

1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

1927 Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby
Canada toured New Zealand, playing a series of four internationals which they won 2–1.^[15]
- 25 June, Dunedin: Draw 2–2
- 2 July, Christchurch: NZ 1–2 Canada
- 9 July, Wellington: NZ 1–0 Canada
- 23 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Canada
Provincial league champions:^[16]
- Auckland: Thistle
- Canterbury: Nomads
- Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers
- Nelson: Athletic
- Otago: Northern
- South Canterbury: Rangers
- Southland: Corinthians
- Taranaki: Caledonian
- Waikato: Waihou
- Wanganui: Eastbrooke
- Wellington: YMCA

Births

January

4 January – Patrick Hanan, historian of Chinese literature
7 January – Mary Batchelor, politician
8 January – Sidney Moko Mead, anthropologist, historian, Māori leader
9 January – Ken English, rugby league player
11 January
- Johnny Hayes, cricketer
- John Tanner, rugby union player
12 January
- Maurice Marshall, athlete
- Emily Schuster, master weaver
14 January – Vera Burt, cricketer
20 January – Cyril Paskell, rugby league player
22 January – Jack Doms, swimmer

February

2 February – Whatumoana Paki, Kīngitanga elder
3 February – Graham Mexted, rugby union player
6 February – Thomas Wells, cricketer, schoolteacher
9 February – Walter Brown, actor
12 February – John Todd, businessman, philanthropist
16 February – Des White, rugby league player
18 February – Hugh Kawharu, academic, Ngāti Whātua leader
20 February – Allan Wild, architect, academic
24 February – Jim Edwards, politician
27 February – Peter Whittle, mathematician, statistician

March

2 March – Ray Farman, cricketer
3 March – Bruce Tabb, accountancy academic
9 March – Dave Leech, hammer thrower
13 March
- Thea Muldoon, wife of Robert Muldoon
- Albert Putt, cricketer
14 March – Tim Besley, civil engineer, businessman, public servant
17 March – Christopher Small, sociomusicologist
24 March – John Head, schoolteacher, anti-landmine campaigner
31 March – Pat Hond, police officer, teacher, soldier, community worker

April

5 April
- Neil Anderson, naval officer
- Eddie Robinson, rugby union player
6 April – Barney Clarke, boxer
9 April – Tiny Hill, rugby union player and selector
13 April – George Chapman, accountant, businessman, politician
14 April – Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist
15 April – Joan Talbot, fashion designer and retailer
18 April – Stanley Callagher, rowing coxswain
20 April – Douglas J. Martin, Mormon leader
21 April – Tom Logan, water polo player, swimmer, surf lifesaver, dentist, naval officer

May

1 May
- Pat Downey, lawyer and public servant
- Duncan McMullin, jurist
8 May – Gray Nelson, public servant, diplomat
9 May – Gerry Clark, sailor, writer and ornithologist
17 May – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer
20 May – Donald Coleman, cricketer
22 May – Eric Petrie, cricketer
23 May – Jack Cropp, sailor
25 May – Helen Smith, politician
26 May – John Worrall, cricketer

June

1 June – John O'Brien, rower
4 June – William Fyfe, geochemist
5 June – Bill McLennan, rugby league player
8 June – Bob Walls, painter
15 June – Roland Avery, rugby league referee
16 June
- Kate Harcourt, actor
- Trevor Redmond, speedway rider
20 June – Bill Bradfield, amateur astronomer
27 June – Brian Brake, photographer

July

9 July – Joyce Fenton, fencer
10 July
- Ken Deas, cricketer
- Peter Eastgate, rugby union player
18 July
- Zin Harris, cricketer
- Jack Sutherland, athlete
19 July – Ray Harper, rugby union player and administrator
20 July – Tom Lynch, rugby union and rugby league player
25 July
- James Belich, politician, mayor of Wellington
- Dorothy Fletcher, historian

August

19 August – John Caselberg, writer
25 August – Keith Cumberpatch, field hockey player
26 August
- Jill Amos, local-body politician, community leader
- Bill McCaw, rugby union player
30 August – Humphrey Gould, rower, businessman
31 August – Reg King, association footballer

September

1 September – Myra Larcombe, police officer, historian, and swimming coach
9 September – John Hickman, meteorologist
14 September – John Hall-Jones, historian, otolaryngologist
22 September – Peter Burke, rugby union player, coach and administrator
27 September – Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, Māori cultural leader

October

9 October
- Bob Goslin, boxer
- Ron Trotter, businessman
11 October – Leonard Watson, cricketer
22 October – Wally Clark, zoologist
24 October – Ian Monro, naval officer
30 October – Jill McDonald, children's writer and illustrator

November

7 November – Brian Finlay, rugby union player
15 November – Wallace (Bill) Rowling, politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand
18 November
- Giovanni Cataldo, fisherman, search and rescue organiser
- Pat Creedy, rugby union and rugby league player
19 November – Thomas Engel, rower
21 November – Peter Mulgrew, mountaineer, sailor, businessman
24 November
- Geoff Mardon, speedway rider
- Kevin Skinner, rugby union player
25 November – Alison Preston-Thomas, netball player

December

1 December – John Branthwaite, Anglican priest
2 December – Les Hunter, politician
4 December – Peter Hall, cricketer
6 December – Alan Gilbertson, cricketer
8 December
- David Hay, cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner
- Hamish Hay, politician, mayor of Christchurch
10 December – Graham Gordon, general practitioner and surgeon
18 December – Rom Harré, philosopher, psychologist
19 December – Robert Couper, cricketer
23 December – Pat Sheahan, rugby union player, publican, publisher
30 December – John Pring, rugby union referee

Exact date unknown

Colin Franklin, electrical engineer
Rusty Robertson, rowing coach

Deaths

January–March

4 January
- Herbert Drewitt, World War I flying ace (born 1895)
- Joseph Ward, astronomer (born 1862)
13 January
- Frank S. Anthony, author (born 1891)
- John Fisher, politician (born 1837)
21 January – Kiti Karaka Rīwai, Māori tribal leader (born 1870)
26 January – Robert Wellwood, farmer, auctioneer, commission agent, politician (born 1836)
29 January – Sir Henry Brett, journalist, newspaper proprietor, writer, politician, mayor of Auckland (1877–78) (born 1843)
21 February – Thomas Ryan, rugby union player, artist, steamer captain (born 1864)
17 March – Bella MacCallum, botanist, mycologist (born 1886)
26 March – Edward Withy, shipbuilder, politician (born c.1844)
31 March – David Guthrie, politician (born 1856)

April–June

April – T. T. Rawhiti, Kīngitanga secretary and administrator
4 April – Cuthbert Cowan, politician (born 1835)
6 April – Elsie Reeve, jeweller (born 1885)
8 April – John O'Donovan, police commissioner (born 1858)
14 April – James Wilson, politician (born 1865)
26 April – William Jolliffe, film censor (born 1851)
28 April – Sarah Featon, botanical artist (born 1848)
2 May – Eden George, photographer, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1892–93) (born 1863)
1 June
- Thomas Andrew, cricketer (born 1927)
- Sir Worley Edwards, jurist (born 1850)
11 June
- John Ormsby, land negotiator and commissioner, politician (born 1854)
- Hōne Taare Tīkao, Ngāi Tahu leader, scholar, politician (born 1850)
17 June – Lake Ayson, acclimatisation officer, fisheries inspector (born 1855)

July–September

18 July – Eustace Ferguson, pathologist, entomologist (born 1884)
24 July – Arthur Harvey, doctor (born 1866)
27 July – Newton King, auctioneer, merchant, businessman (born 1855)
5 August – Thomas Groube, cricketer (born 1857)
7 August – Frank Mace, soldier (born 1837)
11 August – Edmond Slattery, swagger, rural labourer (born c.1839)
25 August – Richard Bollard, politician (born 1863)
3 September – Bill Cunningham, rugby union player (born 1874)
30 September – Edmund Taylor, temperance advocate, politician (born 1855)

October–December

9 October – Charles Mules, Anglican bishop (born 1837)
12 October – Louis Fowler, cricketer (born 1865)
12 November – John Aris, cricketer (born 1843)
17 November – Charlie Smyth, police officer, trade unionist, baker (born 1883)
21 November – Oscar Alpers, journalist, poet, lawyer, jurist (born 1867)
26 November – Percy Gates Morgan, geologist, science administrator (born 1867)
28 November – Charles Lewis, politician (born 1857)
8 December – Robert Allan, businessman, manufacturer (born 1847)
18 December – Hugh Finn, politician (born 1847)

References

^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ 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.
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (23 April 2009) [First published in 1966]. "The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
^ 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
^ ^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.
^ 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
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

Media related to 1927 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[:02-2] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[:03-3] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[4] Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52

[5] "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[Te_Ara-6] McLintock, A. H., ed. (23 April 2009) [First published in 1966]. "The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[Moa-7] Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7

[8] List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

[10] 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.

[11] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[12] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[NZ_Almanac_Group_1_Races-13] Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.

[14] 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.

[15] List of New Zealand national soccer matches

[16] "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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