1937 in New Zealand

1937 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,601,800.
Increase since 31 December 1936: 17,200 (1.09%).
Males per 100 females: 103.1.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – George VI
Governor-General – The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC
Government
The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.
Speaker of the House – Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
Prime Minister – Michael Joseph Savage
Minister of Finance – Walter Nash
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Michael Joseph Savage
Attorney-General – Rex Mason
Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition – Adam Hamilton (National Party).
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – Ernest Davis
Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
Mayor of Christchurch – John Beanland
Mayor of Dunedin – Edwin Thomas Cox
Events
16 January – The Hawke's Bay Herald publishes its final issue before merging with the Hawke's Bay Tribune to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune (now part of Hawke's Bay Today). It started as the Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate in 1857.
1 February – The 1937 New Year Honours are announced.
11 May – The King George VI Coronation Honours are announced.
Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) starts, and continues until 1967.
Arts and literature
See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature
Music
See: 1937 in music
Broadcasting
6 May – Historic radio link up to cover the arrival of Airship Hindenburg at New Jersey (and hence its destruction by fire). This is probably the first direct international radio broadcast of this nature from such a distance.
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds
See: :Category:1937 film awards, 1937 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1937 films
Sport
Chess
The 46th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by H.R. Abbott of Christchurch.
Golf
The 27th New Zealand Open championship was won by J.P. Hornabrook, an amateur, in a three-way playoff with A.J. Shaw and Ernie Moss.
The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton
Men: B.M. Silk (Wanganui) – his second title
Women: Mrs G.W. Hollis
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup – Lucky Jack
Auckland Trotting Cup – Willow Wave
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.
Men's singles champion – C. Spearman (Sydenham Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – D. Hunter, J.W. Lowry (skip) (Petone Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – C.H. Elsom, P. Munn, C.J. Shaw, R. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
Rugby
:Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks
Ranfurly Shield
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
Chatham Cup competition not held this year.
An England Amateurs team toured, beating the New Zealand side by a resounding 30–1 aggregate in a three-match series.
5 May, Dunedin: NZ 0–12 England Amateurs
19 May, Auckland: NZ 0–6 England Amateurs
26 May, Wellington: NZ 1–12 England Amateur
Provincial league champions:
Auckland: Thistle
Canterbury: Technical OB, Western (shared)
Hawke's Bay: Napier Utd
Nelson: YMCA
Otago: Mosgiel
Southland: Boy's Brigade OB
Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers
Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
Wellington: Waterside
Births
January
1 January – Lance Pearson, cricketer, basketball player, coach and administrator
3 January – Archie Taiaroa, Māori leader
10 January – Ralph Caulton, rugby union player, coach and administrator
13 January – Guy Dodson, biochemist
14 January – Ann Chapman, limnologist
15 January – Ray Henwood, actor
16 January – Ahmed Said Musa Patel, Muslim cleric
21 January – Colin Barclay, cricketer
26 January
Murray Ball, cartoonist
Bruce McPhail, rugby union player
31 January – David Tarrant, cricketer
February
2 February
Tony Shelly, motor racing driver
Neale Thompson, cricketer, badminton player
19 February – Warwick Dalton, racing cyclist
23 February – David Kinsella, cricket player and umpire
March
4 March – Graham Dowling, cricketer
8 March
Barry Robinson, athlete, architect
Prince Tui Teka, singer, actor
10 March – John Creighton, rugby union player
11 March – John Ward, cricketer
13 March
Trevor Blake, cricketer, field hockey player
Chris Kenny, boxing coach
31 March – Jindra Tichá, academic, writer
April
1 April – Dent Harper, cricketer
2 April – John La Roche, civil engineer, author
3 April – Eve Rimmer, para athlete
5 April – Brian Blacktop, lawyer
7 April – Graeme Davies, metallurgist, university administrator
8 April – Philip Havill, cricketer
15 April – Bill Ballantine, marine biologist
16 April
David Braithwaite, politician
Ivan Keats, athlete
Don Oliver, weightlifter, fitness centre founder
18 April – Rangi Hetet, master carver
20 April – Ernest Barnes, field hockey player
22 April
Michael Dormer, cricketer
Bruce Gregory, politician
Roger Slack, plant biologist and biochemist
29 April – Tīmoti Kāretu, Māori academic
May
4 May – Terence Shaw, cricketer
18 May – Ron Watson, sailor
20 May – Thomas Goddard, layer, judge
June
8 June – Michael Crozier, physicist, politician
20 June
David Lloyd, botanist
Phil Skoglund, lawn bowls player
21 June – John Kent, cartoonist
23 June – Greer Twiss, sculptor
24 June – Louise Clough, cricketer
July
2 July – Judith McKinlay, biblical scholar
9 July – Bill Kini, boxer, rugby union player
15 July – Judi Doull, cricketer
21 July – Barry Thomas, rugby union player
24 July – Te Wharehuia Milroy, Māori language academic
25 July – Rose Pere, educationalist, Māori language advocate, conservationist
August
1 August – Gugi Waaka, musical entertainer
2 August – Ron Brierley, businessman
4 August – Charmian O'Connor, physical organic chemist
7 August – Don McKay, rugby union player
9 August – Trevor Chinn, glaciologist
10 August
Ian Bradley, naval officer, politician
Valerie Young, athlete
17 August – Patricia Grace, author
19 August – Mick Brown, judge
21 August – Elizabeth Hanan, politician, community leader
24 August – Philip Newman, cricketer
26 August – John Veitch, cricketer
30 August – Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer
September
2 September – Frank Rapley, cricketer
7 September – Ngātata Love, business academic, Te Āti Awa leader
10 September – Dave Gallop, cricket player and administrator
11 September – Marilynn Webb, artist
14 September
Stuart Chambers, ornithologist
John Cullen, field hockey player
21 September – Dennis Browne, Catholic bishop
22 September
Graham Houghton, missionary, educator
Trevor McKee, Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
23 September – Alexander Morrison, cricketer
28 September
Graeme Caughley, ecologist
Vincent O'Sullivan, writer
October
5 October – Brian Maunsell, boxer
9 October – Richard Walls, businessman, politician
21 October – Robert Monteith, cricket umpire
23 October – Lawrie Creamer, milk protein chemist
27 October – Neville Huxford, cricketer
28 October – Jim Dawson, cricketer
November
2 November – Dylan Taite, music journalist
3 November – Peter Coutts, cricketer
4 November – Brian Edwards, broadcaster, author
12 November – Helen Thayer, explorer
13 November – Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Muslim community leader, lawyer
19 November
Meg Campbell, poet
Kenneth Keith, jurist
23 November – James Wallace, businessman, arts patron
25 November – Frances Cherry, writer
December
1 December – Bill Hume, association footballer
3 December – Peter Morris, cricketer
4 December – Ross Dallow, police officer, politician
5 December – Roger Douglas, politician
12 December – Grant Tilly, actor
25 December
Reese Griffiths, rugby league player
Ginger Molloy, motorcycle racer
26 December
Pam French, fencer
Gavin Hitchings, jeweller
29 December
Ian Lawrence, lawyer, politician
Ethna Rouse, cricketer
Undated
Bridget Armstrong, actor
Mary Cresswell, poet
Peter Dwyer, zoologist, anthropologist
Michael Harlow, poet, publisher, editor, librettist
Ken Maddock, anthropologist
Toi Te Rito Maihi, artist
Reihana Parata, master weaver
Jim Peters, politician
Pauline Rhodes, artist
Judy Siers, writer, historian
Barry Vercoe, computer scientist, composer
Allan Wallbank, politician
Judy Wilson, sculptor and fibre artist
Spiro Zavos, cricketer, journalist, writer
Deaths
20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.
5 March: Sir Frederic Lang, politician – 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
29 May: Charles Hall, politician.
19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.
27 October: Thomas Field, politician.
16 November: John Lillicrap, 29 Mayor of Invercargill.
29 November: John Jenkinson, politician.
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