1924 in New Zealand

← 1923 1922 1921 1924 in New Zealand → 1925 1926 1927
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1924 Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO succeeded by General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ^[1]

Government

The 21st New Zealand Parliament continued. The Reform Party governed as a minority with the support of independents.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Minister of Finance - William Massey

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party).^[2]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - James Arthur Flesher
• Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley

Events

• Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', which was to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit was first grown in 1924.

Arts and literature

See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature Category:1924 books

Music

See: 1924 in music

Broadcasting

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Venus of the South Seas

See: 1924 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1924 films

Sport

• See: 1924 in sports, Category:1924 in sports, New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

• Arthur Porritt won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. He also came 5th in the 200m.

Chess

• The 33rd National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.^[3]

Golf

• The 11th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301.^[4]
• The 28th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland ^[5]
  • Men: L. Quin (Eltham)
  • Women: Mrs ? Peake

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Sheik ^[6]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Locanda Mac ^[7]

Thoroughbred racing

• ARC Great Northern Derby: won by Ballymena (NZ)

Rugby union

• An All Black team toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September and February 1925. They won all 32 games on tour, and were nicknamed The Invincibles
• The Ranfurly Shield was held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season.

Rugby League

• Great Britain toured New Zealand, losing the test series 2-1
  • 1st test, GB 31 - NZ 18, Dunedin
  • 2nd test, NZ 13 - GB 11, Wellington
  • 3rd test, NZ 16 - GB 8, Auckland

Soccer

• 2nd Chatham Cup won by Harbour Board (Auckland)
• A Chinese Universities football team toured New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:^[8]
  • 16 August, Auckland: NZ won 2-1
  • 23 August, Wellington: draw 2-2
  • 6 September, Dunedin: NZ won 5-3
  • 13 September, Christchurch: NZ won 4-2
• Provincial league champions:^[9]
  • Auckland: Harbour Board
  • Canterbury: Sunnyside
  • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Kaponga
  • Wanganui: YMCA
  • Wellington: YMCA

Wrestling

• Ike Robin becomes recognised as New Zealand's first wrestling champion

Births

• 21 January: Bill Andersen, trade unionist.
• 21 January: Ronald Sinclair, child actor.
• 22 January: Ortvin Sarapu, twenty-times New Zealand chess champion.
• 27 January: Lyn Philp, boxer.
• 29 February: David Beattie, Governor-general.
• 7 March (in London): J.G.A. Pocock, historian.
• 28 August: Tony MacGibbon, cricketer.
• 28 August: Janet Frame, writer.
• Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon.
• James Beard, architect.
• Len Castle, potter.
• Miriam Dell, women's advocate/leader.
• Pat Evison, Actress.
• William Fraser, politician.
• Gerald O'Brien, politician.
• Bob Tizard, politician.

Category:1924 births

Deaths

• 17 July: William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping.
• Alfred Newman, politician.
• Edward Wakefield, politician.

Category:1924 deaths

See also

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

References

1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
3. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
4. "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
5. edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
6. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
7. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
8. List of New Zealand national soccer matches
9. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

Media related to 1924 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons