1930 in New Zealand

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1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933

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 Rugby 7.4 Rugby league 7.5 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References 11 See also

[edit] Summary

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[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,506,800 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1929: 20,700 (1.39%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.9

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson, succeeded by Viscount Bledisloe

[edit] Government

The TBDth New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD (Labour)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward (United) until 28th May, then George William Forbes (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD (Labour)

[edit] Leader of the Opposition

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 - Robert Sheriff Black

[edit] Events

• 4 November: Superhorse Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1930 in art, 1930 in literature, Category:1930 books

[edit] Music

See: 1930 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• The Romance Of Maoriland

See: Category:1930 film awards, 1930 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1930 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: 1930 in sports , Category:1930 in sports ,

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Petone

[edit] Births

• 21 January: Peter Tapsell, politician.
• 1 June: Matt Poore, cricketer.
• 11 July: Jack Alabaster, cricketer.
• 25 July: Murray Chapple, cricketer.
• 30 August: Noel Harford, cricketer.
• 3 September: Cherry Barbara Grimm, fantasy and science-fiction writer under the pseudonym Cherry Wilder.
• 19 September (in Germany): Volker Heine, physicist.
• 23 December: Jean Stewart, swimmer.

• Joan Metge, social anthropologist.

Category:1930 births

[edit] Deaths

• 14 February: Sir Thomas Mackenzie, politician and 18th Prime minister of New Zealand
• 27 June: Maui Pomare, politician
• 8 July: Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 19 July: Sir Robert Stout, 13th Premier of New Zealand

• George Hunter (III), politician.

Category:1930 deaths

[edit] References

[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 1930 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1930