1934 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1934 in New Zealand.

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 1934 in New Zealand

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Decades:
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
See also:

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party; which postponed the next general election from 1934 to 1935.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events
  • 6 February: Treaty house and grounds at Waitangi dedicated as a national reserve.
  • 5 March: Pahiatua is hit by an earthquake recording a magnitude of 7.6 at 11.46pm; see 1934 Pahiatua earthquake
  • 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.
  • The first official airmail flight from New Zealand to Australia by Faith in Australia; see Charles Ulm.[5][6]

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

Sport

British Empire Games
Main article: New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games
 Gold Silver BronzeTotal
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Chess
  • The 43rd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin, his fourth title.[7]

Golf
  • The 24th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 6th title.[8]
  • The 38th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui[9]
    • Men: B. M. Silk (Wanganui)
    • Women: Miss B. Gaisford – her second title.

Horse racing

Harness racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[12]

  • Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – J. McPherson, J. Veitch (skip) (West Harbour Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – G. Dickson, F. Redpath, H.F. Gibson, H. Wilson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)

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

Births

Category:1934 births

Deaths
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See also

References
  1. "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand.
  2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  5. "Ulm and aircraft (photos)". Poverty Bay Herald in Papers Past (New Zealand). 16 April 1934.
  6. "Ulm delivers message to PM Forbes (photos)". The Evening Post. 14 May 1934 – via Papers Past (New Zealand).
  7. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  10. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  11. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  12. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  15. Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Low, Caroline Sarah". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

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