1925 in New Zealand

1925 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – George V
Governor-General – Sir Charles Fergusson
Government
The 21st New Zealand Parliament concludes, with its final year marked by the death of premier William Massey. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents. Following the general election in November, the Reform Party holds a much stronger position with 55 of the 80 seats.
Speaker of the House – Charles Statham
Prime Minister – William Massey until 10 May, then Francis Bell from 14 to 30 May, then Gordon Coates
Minister of Finance – William Massey until 10 May, then William Nosworthy from 14 May
Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party) until 13 August, then George Forbes (Liberal) until 4 November, then vacant (until June 1926)
Judiciary
Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson, succeeded by George Baildon
Mayor of Wellington – Robert Wright, succeeded by Charles Norwood
Mayor of Christchurch – James Flesher, succeeded by John Archer
Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley
Events
1 January
National scheme for vehicle registration plates comes into force
Ernest Rutherford is appointed to the Order of Merit
21 April – Alfred Averill succeeds Churchill Julius as Archbishop of New Zealand
10 May – Prime Minister William Massey dies in office
31 May – Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana announces his intention to form the Rātana Church
17 June – The Franklin by-election, caused by the death of William Massey, is won by Ewen McLennan (Reform)
August – The U.S. Navy's Pacific battlefleet of 57 vessels including 12 battleships visits New Zealand during a goodwill tour of the South Pacific after manoeuvres off Hawaii.
3–4 November – The 1925 general election is held, with the Reform Party winning 55 of the 80 seats in the House of Representatives
4 November – An Order in Council provides for the transfer of Tokelau from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony to New Zealand (formally gazetted 11 February 1926)
17 November – The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition opens at Logan Park, Dunedin
Undated – Lloyd Mandeno develops the single-wire earth return electrical distribution system
Arts and literature
See: 1925 in art, 1925 in literature,
Allen Adair published by Jane Mander
Music
See: 1925 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
The Radio Broadcasting Company (RBC) began broadcasts throughout New Zealand
Film
See: 1925 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1925 films
Rewi's Last Stand by Rudall Hayward
The Adventures of Algy
The Romance of Hinemoa
Sport
Chess
The 34th National Chess Championship is held in Nelson, and is won by C. J. S. Purdy of Sydney
Football
The Chatham Cup is won by YMCA (Wellington)
Provincial league champions:
Auckland – Thistle
Canterbury – Sunnyside
Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
Nelson – Thistle
Otago – Northern
South Canterbury – Rangers
Southland – Central
Taranaki – Manaia
Wanganui – Eastown Workshops
Wellington – YMCA
Golf
The 15th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ewen MacFarlane, an amateur, with an aggregate of 308
The 29th National Amateur Championships are held at Christchurch (men) and Miramar (women)
Men – Tom Horton (Masterton)
Women – Phyllis Dodgshun (Dunedin)
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri
Auckland Trotting Cup – Nelson Derby
Thoroughbred racing
New Zealand Cup – The Banker
Avondale Gold Cup – Star Ranger
Auckland Cup – Rapine
Wellington Cup – Surveyor
New Zealand Derby – Runnymede
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.
Men's singles champion – J. D. Best (Dunedin Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – C. W. Davis, J. W. Sexton (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – H. J. Wernham, F. T. Wilson, A. C. McIntyre, R. N. Pilkington (skip) (Hamilton Bowling Club)
Rugby union
The All Blacks tour New South Wales
The Auckland Rugby Union makes Eden Park its headquarters
defends he Ranfurly Shield for the third consecutive full season, defeating Wairarapa (22–3), (24–18), (31–12), (28–3), (20–11) and (34–14)
Births
January
4 January – Roger Drayton, politician
12 January – Allan Burnett, anarchist activist
13 January – Elwyn Welch, ornithologist
22 January – Harata Solomon, Māori leader, entertainer
25 January – Eric Dempster, cricketer
26 January – Barbara Heslop, immunologist
February
1 February – Assid Corban, politician
2 February – Mirek Smíšek, potter
3 February – Tay Wilson, sports administrator
7 February
Ron Broom, cricketer
John Oakley, cricketer
19 February – Trevor Martin, cricket umpire
22 February – Alexander Grant, ballet dancer and teacher, dance company director
23 February
Fraser Colman, politician
Ted McCoy, architect
25 February – Campbell Smith, playwright, poet, engraver
27 February – Joan Hastings, swimmer
March
8 March – Leonard Mitchell, artist
9 March
Johnny Borland, high jumper, athletics administrator
Aubrey Ritchie, cricketer
13 March
John McCraw, pedologist, local historian
Rahera Windsor, Māori leader in the United Kingdom
21 March – John Heslop, surgeon, cricket administrator
25 March – O. E. Middleton, writer
April
4 April – Harvey Kreyl, rugby league player
5 April – Milan Mrkusich, artist
17 April – Vern Clare, musician, cabaret owner
19 April
Eva Rickard, Māori leader and activist
Maurie Robertson, rugby league player and coach
23 April – Al Hobman, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter
24 April – Dorothy Butler, children's author and bookseller, memoirist, reading advocate
25 April – Neville Black, rugby union and rugby league player
28 April – David Brokenshire, architect, potter
May
2 May – Frances Porter, writer, historian
14 May
Gordon Gostelow, actor
W. H. Oliver, poet, historian
16 May – John Ziman, physicist, humanist
20 May
Maurice Crow, weightlifter, rowing coxswain
Bert Potter, commune leader
27 May – Arthur Campbell, chemist
June
3 June – Trevor Barber, cricketer
11 June – Tiny White, rugby union player and administrator, politician
25 June – Alistair Campbell, poet, playwright, novelist
27 June – Ben Couch, rugby union player, politician
29 June – Doody Townley, harness-racing driver
July
2 July – Philip Liner, radio broadcaster
8 July – Elwyn Richardson, educationalist
9 July – Rex Bergstrom, econometrician
10 July – Dixie Cockerton, netball player and coach, cricketer, school principal
15 July – Stuart Jones, golfer
16 July – J. B. Trapp, historian
18 July – Allan Elsom, rugby union player
20 July – Eric Watson, cricketer
26 July – Alister Atkinson, rugby league player
31 July
John O'Brien, politician
Helen Ryburn, school principal, local-body politician
August
3 August – John Robertson, public servant
5 August – Bob Duff, rugby union player, local-body politician
13 August – Peter Beaven, architect
15 August – James Brown, public servant
23 August – John Armitt, amateur wrestler
28 August – Trevor Young, politician
30 August – Joan Hart, athlete
September
1 September – Te Aue Davis, tohunga raranga
4 September
Phil Amos, politician
Bruce Stewart, television scriptwriter
19 September – Lyn Forster, arachnologist
October
7 October
Bryan Drake, opera singer
Bill Wolfgramm, musician
9 October – Bill Schaefer, field hockey player
19 October – David Gould, rower, businessman
21 October – Ian Ballinger, sports shooter
22 October – George Grindley, geologist
23 October – Brian Nordgren, rugby league player
25 October – Donald Brian, cricketer
30 October
Audrey Eagle, botanical illustrator
Colin Kay, athlete, politician
31 October – Ngaire Lane, swimmer
November
6 November – Ian Cross, novelist, journalist, broadcasting and arts administrator
12 November – Bill Toomath, architect
20 November – Bill Subritzky, property developer, evangelist
23 November – Tui Flower, food writer
26 November – Ross Taylor, geochemist, planetary scientist
27 November – Reginald Johansson, field hockey player
29 November – Peter Jacobson, poet
December
1 December
Noeline Gourley, field hockey player, athlete, woodturner
Thomas Thorp, jurist
5 December – Jack Tynan, field hockey player, cricketer
10 December – Betty Maker, cricketer
23 December – Ellis Child, cricketer
31 December – Ray Bell, rugby union player
Exact date unknown
Nightmarch, Thoroughbred racehorse
Deaths
January–March
3 January – John Endean, gold miner, hotel proprietor (born 1844)
11 January – Oliver Samuel, politician (born 1849)
13 February – Margaret McKenzie, pioneer (born 1839)
April–June
14 April – Don Hamilton, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1883)
27 April – George Williams, rugby union player (born 1856)
10 May – William Massey, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–1925) (born 1856)
15 May – Stephen Boreham, trade unionist (born 1857)
18 May – Sir Theophilus Cooper, jurist (born 1850)
19 May
Andrew Cameron, Presbyterian minister, educationalist, community leader (born 1855)
Frances Wimperis, artist (born 1840)
21 May – Samuel Kirkpatrick, businessman (born 1854)
3 June – Frank Surman, rugby union player, athlete (born 1866)
July–September
18 July – John Sinclair, carpenter, builder, harbourmaster (born 1843)
19 July – James Cox, diarist (born 1846)
22 July – William McCullough, politician (born 1843)
5 August – Emily Harris, painter (born 1837)
9 August – Catherine Adamson, diarist (born 1868)
19 August – Harriet Morison, trade unionist, suffragist, public servant (born 1862)
1 September – Donald Petrie, botanist (born 1846)
7 September Thomas Ronayne, NZR General Manager (retired) (born 1849)
15 September – Charles Melvill, military leader (born 1878)
18 September – Charles Hayward Izard, politician (born 1862)
19 September – Henry Reynolds, butter manufacturer and exporter (born 1849)
27 September – Thomas MacGibbon, politician (born 1839)
October–December
2 October – Thomas Hislop, politician (born 1850)
20 November – Charles Mackesy, military leader (born 1861)
28 November – William Joseph Napier, politician (born 1857)
10 December – John Liddell Kelly, journalist, poet (born 1850)
13 December - Isa Outhwaite, watercolour artist, poet, social activist and philanthropist (born 1842)
29 December – John Crewes, Bible Christian minister, social worker, journalist (born 1847)
See also
History of New Zealand
List of years in New Zealand
Military history of New Zealand
Timeline of New Zealand history
Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References
External links
Years of the 20th century in New Zealand