1928 in New Zealand

← 1927 1926 1925 1928 in New Zealand → 1929 1930 1931
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1928 Timeline of New Zealand history

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of state - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ^[2]

Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament concluded.

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

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Harry Holland (Labour) until 18 October, then Joseph Ward (United) from 4th- 10 December, then Gordon Coates (Reform).^[3]

Main centre leaders

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

Events

• New Zealand signs its first bilateral trade agreement, with Japan.^[4]
• 10 January: George Hood and John Moncrieff attempt the first flight from Australia to New Zealand in an aircraft named Aotearoa, but radio signals cease after 12 hours and they are never seen again.^[5]
• 14 July: The schooner Isabella de Fraine capsizes on the bar at the entrance to Hokianga harbour, with the loss of all eight crew.^[6]
• 24 October: The Weekly Press stops publishing. The magazine started in 1865.^[7]

Arts and literature

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

Music

See: 1928 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

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

Sport

Badminton

• National Champions
  • Men's singles: T. Kelly
  • Women's singles: E. Hetley
  • Men's doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and L. Wilson
  • Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
  • Mixed doubles: Mr and Mrs E. Dart

Chess

The 37th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by A.W.O. Davies of Auckland, his fourth title.^[8]

Golf

• The 18th New Zealand Open championship was won by Sloan Morpeth, an amateur.^[9]
• The 32nd National Amateur Championships were held in Otago ^[10]
  • Men: T.H. Horton (Masterton) - 2nd title
  • Women: Mrs ? Chrystal

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Peter Bingen ^[11]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Gold Jacket ^[12]

Olympic Games

• Ted Morgan wins 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. See New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield. The season started with Canterbury holding the shield, and they defended it against South Canterbury (29-9) before losing it to Wairarapa (7-8). Wairarapa held the shield for the remainder of the season, beating Bush (57-11), Marlborough (26-8), Wellington (9-3) and Manawhenua (31-10).^[13]

Rugby league

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

Soccer

• 1928 Chatham Cup won by Petone
• Provincial league champions: ^[14]
  • Auckland: Tramways
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Maori Hill
  • South Canterbury: Colmoco
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Caledonian
  • Waikato: Pukemiro Junction
  • Wanganui: KP's
  • Wellington: YMCA

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

Deaths

• 23 January Westby Perceval, politician (in Surrey, England).
• 27 October: James Gardiner, Australian politician.

Category:1928 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. http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Methods%20and%20Services/Tables/historical-pop-estimates.ashx Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. NZ Parliament
5. Today in History | NZHistory
6. Olive Harris and Chris Lancaster, ed. (2006). "Stories of the Churches - Our Centennial Jewel, based on the thoughts of W. Bro. Max Beazley". Remember the Hokianga. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-473-11859-4.
7. "Historical outline of the main Christchurch newspapers". Christchurch City Libraries. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
8. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
9. "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
10. 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.
11. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
12. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
13. Ranfurly Shield history at scrum.co.nz
14. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

External links

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