1933 in New Zealand

← 1932 1931 1930 1933 in New Zealand → 1934 1935 1936
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1933 Timeline of New Zealand history

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC ^[2]

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 Forbes
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart until 28 January, then Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George Forbes
• Attorney-General - William Downie Stewart until 28 January, then George Forbes

Elizabeth McCombs is elected to Parliament, becoming New Zealand's first female MP.^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Labour Party: Harry Holland until his death on 8 October, succeeded 12 October by Michael Joseph Savage (Labour).^[4]

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 - Dan Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Black then Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

• 26 January: Second session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[5]
• 10 March: Parliament goes into recess.
• 21 September: Parliament recommences.
• 22 December: Second session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• New Zealand's first distinctive coins issued by the New Zealand Treasury, see New Zealand pound.

Arts and literature

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

Music

See: 1933 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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

Sport

Chess

• National Champion:

Chess

The 42nd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by M.E. Goldstein, of Sydney.^[6]

Golf

• The 23rd New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss in a playoff against Ted Douglas.^[7]
• The 37th National Amateur Championships were held at Titirangi ^[8]
  • Men: B.V. Wright (Otago)
  • Women: Miss O. Kay - her second title

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Red Shadow ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Indianapolis ^[10]

Rugby

• 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

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• A New Zealand team toured Australia:^[11]
  • 20 May, Sydney: Lost 0-5 vs New South Wales
  • 24 May, Bulli: Won 1-0 vs South Coast
  • 27 May, Newcastle: Lost 1-7 vs Northern Districts
  • 1 June, Ipswich: Lost 4-5 vs Ipswich / West Moreton
  • 3 June, Brisbane: Won 5-1 vs Queensland
  • 5 June, Brisbane: Lost 2-4 vs Australia
  • 10 June, Newcastle: Drew 2-2 vs Australian XI
  • 13 June, Cessnock: Lost 0-1 vs South Maitland
  • 17 June, Sydney: Lost 4-6 vs Australia
  • 21 June, Sydney: Lost 2-3 vs Metropolis
  • 24 June, Sydney: Lost 2-4 vs Australia
  • 26 June, Granville: Won 4-2 vs Granville
  • 28 June, Gladesville: Lost 2-7 vs Gladsville-Ryde
• The Chatham Cup is won by Ponsonby who beat Millerton All Blacks 2—1 in the final.^[12]
• Provincial league champions: ^[13]
  • Auckland: Thistle
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Maori Hill
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Albion
  • Waikato: Rotowaro
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Petone

Births

• 21 February: Warren Cooper, politician.
• 8 March (in Hobart): Ronnie Moore, speedway rider.
• 10 March: Patricia Bergquist, zoologist.
• 20 June: Duncan Laing, swimming coach.
• 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

Deaths

• 4 September: Joseph Kemp, Christian fundamentalist.
• 1 October: Te Rata Mahuta, 4th Māori King.
• 8 October: Harry Holland, politician.

Category:1933 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:Historical Population Estimates
2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
4. "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
5. Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
6. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
7. "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
8. 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.
9. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
10. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
11. List of New Zealand national soccer matches
12. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
13. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

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