1934 in New Zealand:

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1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937

Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,558,400 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1933: 11,300 (0.73%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.3

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• 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 William Forbes
• Minister of Finance - Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes
• Attorney-General - George William Forbes

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Michael Joseph Savage (Labour Party). ^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Daniel Giles Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

• 6 February: Treaty house and grounds at Waitangi dedicated as a national reserve.
• 28 June: Third session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[4]
• 10 November: Third session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• Banknotes issued by the new Reserve Bank replace those issued by the Trading Banks, see New Zealand pound.

Arts and literature

See 1934 in art , 1934 in literature, Category:1934 books

Music

See: 1934 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1934 film awards , 1934 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1934 films

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

Sport

• See: 1934 in sports , Category:1934 in sports

Cricket

Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

Rugby

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

• the Bledisloe Cup was won by Australia, with one win and one draw.
• The Ranfurly Shield changed hands twice: Canterbury lost their first defence to Hawkes Bay 0-9. Hawkes Bay defended the shield against Wanganui 39-16 and Taranaki 23-8 before losing it to Auckland 14-18.

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Thistle (Auckland)

Births

• 10 February: Fleur Adcock, poet.
• 9 April: Bill Birch, politician.
• 1 August: John Beck, cricketer.
• 22 October: Donald McIntyre, opera singer.
• 13 November: Peter Arnett, TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• 26 December: Don Hunn, diplomat and civil servant.

• Pamela Allen, children's book illustrator.
• Matiu Rata, politician.
• Peter Wilkinson, politician.

Category:1934 births

Deaths

• 6 May: Sir Henry Wigram, businessman and politician.
• 22 June: James Courtney, soldier.
• 13 July: Kate Sheppard, suffragette.

• Carlo Bergamini, sculptor
• Thomas Davey, politician.
• George Fowlds, politician.
• Sir Edwin Mitchelson, politician.

Category:1934 deaths

References

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 1934 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1934