1929 in New Zealand

Decades:	1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s;
See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1929 in New Zealand.

Population

Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,486,100.^[1]
Increase since previous 31 December 1928: 18,700 (1.27%).^[1]
Males per 100 females: 104.1.^[1]

Incumbents

Events

9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries.^[4]
17 June: 1929 Murchison earthquake: An earthquake of surface wave magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas^[5]
29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10-year Great Depression.

Arts and literature

See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books

Music

See: 1929 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1929 film awards, 1929 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1929 films

Sport

Badminton

National Champions
- Men's singles: J. Southon
- Women's singles: A. Ellett
- Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
- Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
- Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett

Chess

The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne.^[6]

Golf

The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw.^[7]
The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui^[8]
- Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 3rd title
- Women: Mrs P.L. Dodgshun (Dunedin).

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Peter Bingen (2nd win)^[9]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Gold Jacket (2nd win)^[10]

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Chide^[11]
Avondale Gold Cup – Historic^[11]
Auckland Cup – Concentrate^[11]
Wellington Cup – Vertigern^[11]
New Zealand Derby – Honour^[11]

Lawn bowls

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

Men's singles champion – A.R. Coltman (Carlton Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – A.G. Kinvig, F. Laurenson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – C.E. Hardley, F. Needham, I. Clarke, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)

Rugby

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

Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
Provincial league champions:^[13]
- Auckland: Tramways
- Canterbury: Thistle
- Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
- Nelson: Thistle
- Otago: Seacliff
- South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
- Southland: Corinthians
- Taranaki: Stratford
- Waikato: Claudelands Rovers
- Wanganui: Thistle
- Wellington: Diamond

Births

January

7 January – Peter Bartlett, architect and academic (died 2019)
10 January – Grahame Jarratt, rower (died 2011)
13 January – James Beal, boxer (died 1996)
19 January – Brian Steele, rugby union player
24 January – Stuart Jones, cricketer (died 2015)

February

6 February
- Maurice Dixon, rugby union player (died 2004)
- Noel Hilliard, author and novelist (died 1996)
- Colin Murdoch, pharmacist, veterinarian, inventor (died 2008)
12 February – Kevin Dwyer, cricketer (died 2020)
14 February
- Noel Dellow, cricketer (died 2021)
- Jenny King, librarian (died 2021)
16 February – Venn Young, politician (died 1993)

March

6 March
- Ian Irvine, rugby union player, disability rights advocate (died 2013)
- Ronald Trubuhovich, medical practitioner, critical care specialist
7 March
- Ian McKay, jurist (died 2014)
- Tom Weal, politician (died 2016)
9 March – Les Rackley, boxing trainer (died 2021)
12 March – William Liley, perinatal physiologist (died 1983)
21 March
- Lesley Rowe, athlete (died 2011)
- Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, Māori language advocate
22 March – Dennis Copps, cricket umpire (died 2020)
24 March
- Hugh Templeton, diplomat, politician
- Ian Templeton, journalist, writer
25 March – Allan Wright, farmer and businessman (died 2022)
26 March – Joye Evans, guiding leader (died 2021)
27 March
- Shona McFarlane, artist, writer, broadcaster (died 2001)
- Hallard White, rugby union player, coach and administrator (died 2016)

April

1 April – Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Māori language advocate, trade unionist (died 2020)
2 April – Robert Ellis, artist (died 2021)
6 April – Pat Goodman, businessman, philanthropist (died 2017)
9 April
- Aubrey Begg, politician (died 1988)
- Fred Hollows, eye surgeon (died 1993)
- Denford McDonald, businessman (died 2020)
12 April – Ponty Reid, rugby union player (died 1994)
21 April
- Bevin Hough, rugby league player, field athlete (died 2019)
- Ross Smith, rugby union player (died 2002)
25 April – Yvette Williams, athlete (died 2019)
30 April – Keith Smith, cricketer (died 2016)

May

2 May – Graham Gedye, cricketer (died 2014)
10 May – Miles Warren, architect (died 2022)
15 May – Angela Annabell, musicologist (died 2000)
19 May – Mavis Rivers, jazz singer (died 1992)
26 May – Fraser Bergersen, plant biologist (died 2011)
31 May – Thelma Turner, netball player (died 2023)

June

3 June – Les Lock, racing cyclist (died 2003)
6 June – June Sutor, crystallographer (died 1990)
7 June – Colin Graham, cricketer (died 2020)
30 June
- Ed Dolejs, softball coach (died 2019)
- David Perry, cricketer (died 2007)

July

2 July – Hugh Morris, businessman (died 2010)
8 July – Vern Bakalich, rugby league player (died 2015)
18 July – Colin Moyle, politician
19 July – Renée, writer (died 2023)
23 July – Johnny Cooper, rock and roll musician (died 2014)
26 July – David Tompkins, judge (died 2023)

August

1 August – Phyllis Guthardt, Methodist minister, university chancellor (died 2023)
5 August
- Harry Atkinson, physicist and science administrator (died 2018)
- Arthur Woods, rugby union player (died 2015)
10 August
- Eric Dunn, cricketer
- Brian Pickworth, fencer (died 2020)
- Ross Wightman, rugby union player (died 2012)
19 August – David Levene, businessman, philanthropist (died 2021)
23 August – Bob Bell, politician (died 2011)
24 August – Oliver Jessel, businessman (died 2017)
25 August – John Hippolite, political activist (died 1993)
29 August – Helen Hughes, scientist

September

1 September – Indianapolis, Standardbred racehorse
3 September – Steve Rickard, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (died 2015)
4 September – Howard Charles Clark, chemist, university administrator
5 September – Margaret Loutit, microbiologist (died 2020)
9 September
- Graham Avery, racing cyclist (died 2015)
- Pat Booth, journalist (died 2018)
19 September – Phil Bygrave, field hockey player (died 2012)
26 September – Tim Raphael, Anglican clergyman (died 2016)
28 September – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (died 2009)
30 September – Yvonne du Fresne, writer (died 2011)

October

8 October – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (died 2009)
9 October – Peter Button, helicopter pilot (died 1987)
11 October
- Annette Baier, philosopher (died 2012)
- Augusta Wallace, jurist (died 2008)
20 October
- Mary Earle, food technologist (died 2021)
- William Gough, cricketer (died 1978)
28 October – Tom Puna, cricketer (died 1996)

November

8 November – Trevor McMahon, cricketer
13 November – Brian Sorenson, cricketer (died 2009)
16 November – Bill Clark, rugby union player (died 2010)
18 November – Bill Alington, architect (died 2024)
19 November – Basil Meeking, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2020)
20 November – Pat Kelly, trade unionist (died 2004)
23 November – Felix Donnelly, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, writer, broadcaster (died 2019)
26 November – Brian Coote, legal academic (died 2019)
28 November – Ray Hitchcock, cricketer, racehorse breeder (died 2019)

December

7 December – John Hotop, rugby union player (died 2015)
14 December – Ron Jarden, rugby union player, sharebroker (died 1977)
15 December – Noel Scott, politician (died 2018)
19 December – Michael Fowler, architect, politician (died 2022)
26 December – Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett, artist
27 December – Elizabeth Edgar, botanist (died 2019)
28 December – Alison Quentin-Baxter, lawyer (died 2023)

Undated

Cuddle, Thoroughbred racehorse
Jacqueline Fahey, painter, writer
Brian McMahon, venereologist, army officer
Alistair Paterson, writer, poet

Deaths

January–March

21 January – Alexander William Bickerton, chemistry academic (born 1842)
7 February – Sir Douglas Maclean, farmer, politician (born 1852)
13 February – Sir Charles Skerrett, jurist (born 1863)
28 February – George Allen, architect, surveyor, tourist guide (born 1837)
7 March – Henare Uru, politician (born 1872)
11 March – Harry Diddams, politician (born 1864)
23 March – Niniwa Heremaia, editor, Ngāti Kahungunu leader (born 1854)
26 March – Waitaoro, Ngāti Tama leader (born c.1848)

April–June

7 April – Alfred Whitehouse, motion picture exhibitor and producer (born 1856)
19 April – Alfred Fitchett, Anglican clergyman (born 1836)
3 May
- Charles Mackay, lawyer, politician, mayor of Wanganui (1906–1920) (born 1875)
- Sir James Wilson, politician (born 1849)
5 May – Maria Williams, schoolteacher (born 1839)
11 May – John Kissling, cricketer (born 1868)
19 June – Margaret Gardner, farmer, flour mill owner (born 1844)
20 June – Ann Wimperis, watercolour artist (born 1844)
24 June – Tupu Atanatiu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Ngāti Hauā and Kīngitanga leader (born c.1844)
27 June – Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu, Ngāti Awa and Tuhourangi leader (born c.1848)

July–September

10 July – James Arnold, trade unionist, politician (born 1859)
12 July – Alex Lithgow, composer and bandleader (born 1870)
24 July – Albert Bates, architect (born 1862)
15 August – Carl Dahl, businessman, importer, community leader (born 1856)
20 August – Arnold Williams, cricketer (born 1870)
29 August – Arthur Riley, artist, educationalist, businessman (born 1860)
30 August – Sarah Cryer, farmer, community leader (born 1848)
31 August – Henry Baigent, timber miller, politician (born 1844)
1 September – Mary Gibson, schoolteacher (born 1864)
5 September – Mariano Vella, seaman, fisherman, farmer (born 1855)
8 September – Robert Wynn Williams, politician (born 1864)
18 September – John Bollons, mariner, naturalist, ethnographer (born 1862)
23 September – Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1847)
27 September – Nisbet McRobie, rugby union player, newspaper proprietor, politician (born 1872)

October–December

25 October – Charles Chilton, zoologist (born 1860)
13 November – Richard Henry, conservationist (born 1845)
29 November – Albert Turnbull, cricketer (born 1866)
7 December – Sir John Findlay, politician (born 1862)
9 December – Henry Cleary, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1859)
19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850)
28 December – Mads Christensen, Lutheran pastor (born 1856)
30 December – Charles Tuke, cricketer (born 1858)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ Eileen McSaveney (21 September 2007). "Historic earthquakes". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
^ Murchison earthquake 1929 – Christchurch City Libraries
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
^ 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.
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
^ 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.
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

External links

Media related to 1929 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.

[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] Eileen McSaveney (21 September 2007). "Historic earthquakes". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

[5] Murchison earthquake 1929 – Christchurch City Libraries

[6] List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

[8] 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.

[9] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[10] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[NZ_Almanac_Group_1_Races-11] Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.

[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] "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

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