1928 in New Zealand

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Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg 1928 in New Zealand: Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg

Other years in New Zealand

1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931

Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Leader of the Opposition 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Cricket 7.2 Horse racing 7.3 Olympic Games 7.4 Rugby 7.5 Rugby league 7.6 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,467,400 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1927: 17,000 (1.17%)
• Males per 100 Females: 104.2

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson

[edit] Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart (Reform) until 10th December, then Joseph Ward (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD

[edit] Leader of the Opposition

Harry Holland (Labour) until 18th October, then Joseph Ward (United) from 4th- 10th December, then Gordon Coates (Reform)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - George Troup
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Burgoyne Taverner

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1928 in art, 1928 in literature, Category:1928 books

[edit] Music

See: 1928 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Taranga / Under the Southern Cross / The Devil's Pit

See: Category:1928 film awards, 1928 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1928 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1928 in sports , Category:1928 in sports ,

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Olympic Games

• Ted Morgan won a gold medal in boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, becoming the first New Zealander to win an individual olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand.

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

• Tour of New Zealand by Great Britain, who won the test series 2-1
  • 1st Test, Dunedin, GB 6-5
  • 2nd Test, Christchurch, GB 13 - 5
  • 3rd test, Auckland, NZ 17 - 13

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Petone

[edit] Births

• 17 March: Patricia Bartlett, pro-censorship activist.
• 3 June: John R Reid, cricketer.
• 4 June: Whakahuihui Vercoe, Archbishop of New Zealand.

• (in England): Marti Friedlander, photographer

Category:1928 births

[edit] Deaths

• 27 October: James Gardiner, Australian politician.

• Westby Brook Perceval, politician.

Category:1928 deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1928 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1928