# 1929 in New Zealand

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

## Population

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

## Incumbents
### Regal and viceregal

* Head of state – George V
* Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO

### Government

The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued.
* Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
* Prime Minister – TBD
* Deputy Prime Minister – TBD
* Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United)
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – TBD
* Chief Justice – Sir Charles Skerrett then Sir Michael Myers

### Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition – Gordon Coates (Reform)

### Main centre leaders

* Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
* Mayor of Wellington – George Troup
* Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
* Mayor of Dunedin – William Taverner, succeeded by Robert Black

## 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.
* 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.
* 29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10-year Great Depression.
* 11 November: Edmonds Band Rotunda is formally opened in Christchurch.

## 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.

### Golf

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

### Horse racing
#### Harness racing

* New Zealand Trotting Cup – Peter Bingen (2nd win)
* Auckland Trotting Cup – Gold Jacket (2nd win)

#### Thoroughbred racing

* New Zealand Cup – Chide
* Avondale Gold Cup – Historic
* Auckland Cup – Concentrate
* Wellington Cup – Vertigern
* New Zealand Derby – Honour

### Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.
* 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

### Shooting

* Ballinger Belt – William Masefield (Sounds)

### Soccer

* 1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
* Provincial league champions:
** 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 – Herbert Kissling, cricketer and insurance executive (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)