# 1932 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1932 in New Zealand.

## Population

* Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,534,700.
* Increase since previous 31 December 1931: 11,900 (0.78%).
* Males per 100 females: 103.6.

## Incumbents
### Regal and viceregal

* Head of State – George V
* Governor-General – Charles Bathurst, Lord Bledisloe

### Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament commenced 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 (Reform Party)
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – George Forbes
* Attorney-General – William Downie Stewart

### Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition – Harry Holland (Labour).

### Judiciary

* Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers

### Main centre leaders

* Mayor of Auckland – George Hutchison
* Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
* Mayor of Christchurch – Dan Sullivan
* Mayor of Dunedin – Robert Black

## Events

* 23 February: First session of the 24th Parliament commences.
* 25 April: Dedication ceremony for the New Zealand National War Memorial Carillion in Wellington.
* 10 May: Parliament goes into recess.
* 28 June: The Otago Witness, first published in 1851, produces its last issue.
* 22 September: Parliament recommences.
* 8 December: First session of the 24th Parliament concludes.

## Arts and literature

See 1932 in art, 1932 in literature, Category:1932 books

### Music

See: 1932 in music

### Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

### Film

See: Category:1932 film awards, 1932 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1932 films

## Sport
### Chess

* The 41st National Chess Championship was held in Napier, and was won by G. Gundersen of Melbourne, his second title.

### Golf

* The 22nd New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his fifth title.
* The 36th National Amateur Championships were held in Wellington
** Men: Rana Wagg (Hutt) – 2nd title
** Women: Mrs J.C. Templar

### Horse racing
#### Harness racing

* New Zealand Trotting Cup – Harold Logan (2nd win)
* Auckland Trotting Cup – Great Parrish

#### Thoroughbred racing

* New Zealand Cup – Fast Passage
* Avondale Gold Cup – Bronze Tray
* Auckland Cup – Fast Passage
* Wellington Cup – Compris
* New Zealand Derby – Silver Scorn

### Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.
* Men's singles champion – J. Scott (Caledonian Bowling Club)
* Men's pair champions – Bill Bremner, C. Hardley (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)
* Men's fours champions – K.S. Mackay, Len Keys, C.H. de Launay, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club)

### Olympic Games

| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand
* Inaugural Bledisloe Cup won by New Zealand 2–1
* Ranfurly Shield held by Canterbury all season, with defenses against Sth Canterbury 11–5, Auckland 14–0, West Coast 5–3, Wellington 9–8, Buller 13–0, Waikato 17–6

### Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

### Soccer

* The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Millerton All Blacks 5–0 in the final.
* Provincial league champions:
** Auckland: YMCA
** Canterbury: Thistle
** Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
** Nelson: Athletic
** Otago: Seacliff
** Southland: Rangers
** Taranaki: Albion
** Waikato: Rotowaro
** Wanganui: Thistle
** Wellington: Marist

## Births
### January–February

* 1 January – Vinka Lucas, fashion designer and retailer, magazine founder (died 2020)
* 3 January – Stanley James, cricketer (died 2002)
* 6 January – Eunice Eichler, midwife, open adoption advocate (died 2017)
* 9 January – Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, politician (died 2011)
* 13 January – Mervyn Edmunds, cricketer (died 2015)
* 18 January – Jock Butterfield, rugby league player (died 2004)
* 20 January – Mervin Sandri, cricketer (died 2016)
* 23 January – Ann Trotter, historian (died 2022)
* 28 January – Keith Roberts, rugby league player and coach (died 2015)
* 31 January – Derek Quigley, politician
* 16 February – Daphne Robinson, cricketer (died 2008)
* 19 February – Ray La Varis, politician (died 1986)
* 20 February – Ann Ballin, psychologist, victims' rights advocate (died 2003)

### March–April

* 1 March – Ranginui Walker, academic, writer (died 2016)
* 4 March – William Norman, cricketer (died 2009)
* 8 March – Pat O'Connor, Roman Catholic priest (died 2014)
* 9 March – Les McNichol, rugby league player (died 2013)
* 10 March – Fred Gerbic, politician (died 1995)
* 15 March – Roger Green, archaeologist (died 2009)
* 16 March – Frank Albrechtsen, association footballer
* 19 March – Ernest Wainscott, cricket umpire
* 24 March – Peter Jones, rugby union player (died 1994)
* 2 April – Joan Fear, painter (died 2022)
* 3 April – John Hooker, novelist (died 2008)
* 13 April – Robert Long, cricketer (died 2010)
* 20 April – Farquhar Wilkinson, cellist (died 2022)

### May–June

* 1 May – Keith Mann, fencer, sports administrator (died 2021)
* 5 May – John Cunneen, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2010)
* 7 May – Krystyna Tomaszyk, writer, social activist (died 2020)
* 12 May – Tom Kneebone, cabaret performer, actor (died 2003)
* 13 May
** Jan Anderson, plant scientist (died 2015)
** Thomas Flaws, cricketer (died 2021)
* 21 May – Binney Lock, journalist, newspaper editor (died 2014)
* 23 May
** Jack Foster, athlete (died 2004)
** David Stenhouse, biologist, philosopher (died 2013)
* 29 May – Paddy McFarlane, association footballer (died 2013)
* 1 June – Frank Cameron, cricketer (died 2023)
* 4 June – Maurice Shadbolt, writer (died 2004)
* 7 June – Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank, poet, teacher (died 2002)
* 12 June – June Kerr, ballerina (died 2018)
* 23 June – Bob Blair, cricketer

### July–August

* 3 July – Gordon Challis, poet (died 2018)
* 4 July – Ron Horsley, rugby union player (died 2007)
* 5 July – Robert Webster, virologist
* 1 August – Hector Busby, traditional navigator and waka builder (died 2019)
* 2 August
** Pat Hanly, painter (died 2004)
** W. H. McLeod, historian (died 2009)
* 7 August – Robin Ferrier, organic chemist (died 2013)
* 20 August – Joseph Churchward, graphic designer, typographer (died 2013)
* 22 August – Barbara van den Broek, architect, landscape architect (died 2001)
* 27 August – John Watkinson, soil scientist (died 2017)
* 31 August – William Frame, cricketer (died 1965)

### September–October

* 4 September – David McIntyre, historian (died 2022)
* 6 September – Ross Jansen, politician, mayor of Hamilton (1977–1989) (died 2010)
* 2 October – Roger Gibbs, swimmer (died 2012)
* 5 October – Barbara Goodman, politician, political hostess (died 2013)
* 17 October – C. K. Stead, academic, writer
* 23 October – Brenda Duncan, cricketer(
* 29 October – Alan Preston, association footballer, cricketer (died 2014)

### November–December

* 5 November – Guy Bowers, rugby union player (died 2000)
* 8 November – John Hastie, cricket umpire
* 10 November – Tony Ciprian, broadcaster (died 2015)
* 13 November – Kāterina Mataira, Māori language advocate, teacher, artist, writer (died 2011)
* 15 November – John Lasher, rugby league player, sailor (died 2015)
* 17 November
** Winifred Griffin, swimmer (died 2018)
** Donald MacLeod, cricketer (died 2008)
* 1 December – Heather Begg, opera singer (died 2009)
* 4 December – Ian Brackenbury Channell, Wizard of New Zealand
* 6 December – Paul Reeves, Anglican archbishop, Governor-General (1985–1990) (died 2011)
* 7 December – Norman Kingsbury, educational administrator (died 2019)
* 23 December – Bill Gray, rugby union player (died 1993)
* 27 December – Donald Gemmell, rower (died 2022)

### Exact date unknown

* Bob Brockie, biologist, cartoonist
* Titewhai Harawira, Maori activist (died 2023)

## Deaths
### January–March

* 14 January – Frank Wells, cricketer (born 1871)
* 30 January – Edward Walter, politician (born 1866)
* 9 February – Charles Wilson, newspaper editor, politician, librarian (born 1857)
* 19 February – Ernest Lee, politician (born 1862)
* 17 March – Mary Gertrude Banahan, Roman Catholic nun, teacher (born c. 1856)

### April–June

* 5 April – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1926)
* 12 April – Henry Stronach, cricketer (born 1865)
* 16 April – Rutherford Waddell, Presbyterian minister, social reformer, writer (born c. 1851)
* 19 April – Dame Christina Massey, community leader, political hostess (born 1863)
* 5 May – Gloaming, Thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1915)
* 16 May – William Pember Reeves, politician, historian, poet, social reformer (born 1857)
* 30 May – Hori Pukehika, woodcarver, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader (born c. 1847)
* 2 June – Thomas Edmonds, businessman and philanthropist (born 1932)
* 24 June
** Edward Henry Clark, politician (born 1870)
** Tuiti Makitanara, politician (born 1874)

### July–September

* 17 July – Sidney Luttrell, architect, building contractor (born 1872)
* 3 August – William Bock, engraver, lithographer, medal and stamp designer, publisher (born 1847)
* 20 August – John Cunningham, cricketer (born 1854)
* 2 September – Hester Maclean, nurse, journal editor (born 1859)
* 4 September – Bert Palmer, rugby union player (born 1901)
* 10 September – Hugh Valentine, politician (born 1848)
* 15 September – Frederick Allsop, politician (born 1865)

### October–December

* 5 October – George Carter, politician (born 1864)
* 6 October – Alex Wilson, rugby union player (born 1874)
* 17 October
** Lewis Allen, rugby union player (born 1870)
** George Black, politician (born 1903)
* 23 October – Ernest Currie, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1873)
* 16 November – William Nelson, farmer, industrialist (born 1843)
* 22 November – Helen Nicol, suffragist, temperance campaigner (born 1854)
* 24 November – Isabella Fraser, hospital matron (born 1857)
* 10 December – William Butler, sawmiller, timber merchant (born 1858)
* 11 December – James Horn, politician (born 1855)
* 21 December – Harold Livingstone Tapley, politician (born 1875)