1933 in New Zealand

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Other years in New Zealand

1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936

Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 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: 1,547,100 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1932: 12,400 (0.81%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.4

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Viscount Bledisloe

[edit] Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - George William Forbes
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart until 28th January, then Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes
• Attorney-General - William Downie Stewart until 28th January, then George William Forbes

[edit] Opposition Leaders

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - Frances Dewsbury Pinford then John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Daniel G. Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Sheriff Black then Edwin Thomas Cox

[edit] Events

• 26 January: Second session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[2]
• 10 March: Parliament goes into recess.
• 21 September: Parliament recommences.
• 22 December: Second session of the 24th Parliament concludes.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1933 in art, 1933 in literature, Category:1933 books

[edit] Music

See: 1933 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: Category:1933 film awards , 1933 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1933 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: 1933 in sports , Category:1933 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

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

• The Ranfurly Shield was held by Canterbury all season, with defences against Asburton County 31-7, Southland 21-3, Otago 8-5, West Coast 23-14, Buller 13-3, Taranaki 15-15, Sth Canterbury 6-3, King Country 36-0

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby

[edit] Births

• 21 February: Warren Cooper, politician.
• 8 March (in Hobart): Ronnie Moore, speedway rider.
• 10 March: Patricia Bergquist, zoologist.
• 7 July: Murray Halberg, athlete and philanthropist.
• 10 November: Don Clarke, rugby player.
• 10 December: Gren Alabaster, cricketer.
• 17 December: Bruce Morrison, cricketer.

• Tim Beaglehole, historian.
• Trevor de Cleene, politician.
• Joseph Gilbert (Bill) Dillon, politician.

Category:1933 births

[edit] Deaths

• 1 October: Te Rata Mahuta, 4th Māori King.
• 8 October: Harry Holland, politician.

• Joseph Kemp, christian fundamentalist.

Category:1933 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 1933 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1933