1936 in New Zealand

1936 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1936 in New Zealand.
The shape of New Zealand politics for the next five decades was defined when, in the aftermath of their heavy defeat by Labour, the United and Reform parties merged to form the New Zealand National Party. In the meantime, the Labour government began implementing significant social changes.
Population
A New Zealand census was held in March 1936.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (20 January to 11 December), 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 – George Forbes (United/Reform Party until May, then National Party), succeeded in November by Adam Hamilton (National).
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – Ernest Davis
Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
Mayor of Christchurch – Dan Sullivan then John Beanland
Mayor of Dunedin – Edwin Thomas Cox
Events
25 March – First session of the 25th Parliament commences.
11 June – Parliament goes into recess.
21 June – Parliament resumes.
30 August – Train derails near Paraparaumu due to a landslide in heavy rain.
31 October – First session of the 25th Parliament concludes.
Arts and literature
See 1936 in art, 1936 in literature, :Category:1936 books
Music
See: 1936 in music
Radio
Radio broadcasting of sessions of Parliament commences.
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
Phar Lap's Son
The Wagon and the Star
On the Friendly Road
See: :Category:1936 film awards, 1936 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1936 films
Sport
Chess
The 45th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by A.W. Gyles of Wellington.
Golf
The 26th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 7th title.
The 40th National Amateur Championships were held in New Plymouth
Men: J.P. Hornabrook (Manawatu)
Women: Miss E. White-Parsons
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup – Indianapolis (3rd win)
Auckland Trotting Cup – King's Warrior
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.
Men's singles champion – Frank Livingstone (Onehunga Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – J.W. Turpin, H. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – C.H. Elsom, J.W. Turpin, C.J. Shaw, R. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)
Olympic Games
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Rugby union
:Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks
Ranfurly Shield
Soccer
An Australian national side tours New Zealand, beating the home team heavily in all three internationals:
4 July, Dunedin: NZ 1–7 Australia
11 July, Wellington: NZ 0–10 Australia
18 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Australia
The Chatham Cup is won by Western of Christchurch who beat Auckland Thistle 3–2 in the final.
Provincial league champions:
Auckland: Thistle
Canterbury: Western
Hawke's Bay: Watersiders
Nelson: YMCA
Otago: Seacliff
Southland: Corinthians
Wanganui: Thistle
Wellington: Hospital
Births
January
5 January
Reg Hart, rugby league player
Terry Lineen, rugby union player
6 January – Terence O'Brien, diplomat
7 January
Denis Pain, jurist, sports administrator
Alan Powell, historian
8 January – John McCullough, rugby union player
12 January – Graham Billing, writer
13 January – Michael Selby, geomorphologist, university administrator
18 January – Hugh Anderson, motorcycle racer
21 January – Helen Clark, marine zoologist
22 January
Robert Anderson, politician
Don McIver, army general
Nyree Dawn Porter, actor
31 January – Georgina Kirby, Māori leader, women's rights activist
February
3 February – Graham Finlay, boxer
10 February – Gerald Stewart, cricketer
11 February – Bramwell Cook, gastroenterologist
12 February – Jane Ritchie, psychologist
13 February – Steve Nesbit, rugby union player
15 February – Russell Marshall, politician, diplomat
16 February
Bruce Beetham, politician
Noel Everett, sailor
18 February – Pavel Tichý, logician
21 February – Bev Brentnall, cricketer
28 February – Dot Coleman, fencer
March
10 March – David Harrington, local-body politician
14 March
Kevin Barry, boxing coach
Bob Charles, golfer
19 March – Robert Carswell, cricketer
21 March – Margaret Mahy, writer
22 March – Douglas Gray, cricketer
24 March
Wally Hirsh, public servant, writer
James Morrison, cricketer
25 March – Julian Jack, physiologist
April
1 April – Desmond Park, cricketer
3 April – Tama Poata, writer, actor, human rights activist
5 April – Robin Carrell, haematologist
9 April – Mary Webb, cricketer
15 April – Michael Brown, Anglican priest
19 April – Anthony Small, cricketer
22 April
Kevin Barry, rugby union player
Glen Evans, local-body politician
23 April – John D'Arcy, cricketer
24 April – Ngai Tupa, Cook Islands politician
26 April – Robert Mahuta, Māori leader, academic
27 April
Peter Nicholls, sculptor
Betty Steffensen, netball player, coach, umpire and administrator
28 April – Ans Westra, photographer
29 April – Peter Atkins, Anglican bishop
May
1 May – Glenys Arthur, neurologist
3 May – Raymond Hawthorne, theatre director
6 May
Pat Walsh, rugby union player and selector
Cliff Whiting, artist, heritage advocate
7 May – Kenneth Ferries, cricketer
8 May – Ruia Morrison, tennis player
29 May – Murray Mills, Anglican bishop
30 May – Roy Harford, cricketer
June
2 June – James Wright, cricketer
3 June – Colin Meads, rugby union player
4 June – Robert Kelly, cricketer
6 June – Precious McKenzie, weightlifter
16 June – Graeme Barrow, author
18 June – Denny Hulme, racing driver
21 June – Colin Nicholson, lawyer, judge
23 June – Richard Johnstone, cyclist, cycling coach
30 June – Peter Bloomfield, cricketer
July
1 July
Jonathan Elworthy, politician
Jim Savage, athlete
16 July
Tamati Reedy, rugby union player, public servant, academic
Rob Storey, farmers' leader, politician
23 July – Graham Buist, cricketer
24 July – Thomas O'Neil, cricketer
28 July – Donald Eagle, cyclist
31 July – Mike Watt, sport shooter
August
1 August – Elizabeth McRae, actor
5 August – Bruce Stewart, playwright
7 August – Joy Cowley, author
8 August – David Penman, Anglican archbishop
10 August – Marilyn Pryor, anti-abortion activist
13 August
Bob Graham, rugby union player and coach
George Newton, weightlifter
15 August
Hamish Keith, writer, art curator
Trevor Moffitt, artist
J. B. Munro, politician, disability advocate
19 August – Norman Woods, cricketer
20 August – Kevin Briscoe, rugby union player
23 August – John Stopford, rugby league player
September
1 September – Selwyn Cushing, businessman
7 September – Alistair Soper, rugby union player
9 September – Dorothy Grover, philosopher
10 September
Howard Carter, Pentacostal Christian leader
Michael Corballis, psychologist
Michael Hartshorn, organic chemist
Bill Massey, softball player, coach and umpire
14 September – Robert Page, rowing coxswain
17 September – Barry Dineen, cricketer, rugby union player, businessman
18 September – Margaret Belcher, literary scholar
20 September – Murray McEwan, cricketer
21 September – Peter McLeavey, art dealer
October
4 October – Graham Davy, athlete, sports administrator
10 October
Artie Dick, cricketer
Carmen Rupe, drag performer, brothel keeper, LGBT rights activist
20 October – Jim Gerard, politician
23 October – Barry Sinclair, cricketer
31 October – Reuben Ngata, parasports competitor
November
6 November – Elva Simpson, netball player
9 November – Graham Hamer, rugby union coach
20 November – Graeme Tarr, cricketer
22 November – Ian Pool, demographer
23 November – Rex Pickering, rugby union player
24 November – Avinash Deobhakta, lawyer, judge
25 November – Jock Bilger, sailor
27 November – Terry O'Sullivan, rugby union player
29 November – Peter Cullinane, Roman Catholic bishop
December
5 December – Evelyn Stokes, geographer
12 December – Wilf Haskell, cricketer, sports historian
23 December – Paddy Donovan, boxer, rugby union player
25 December – Sonia Cox, badminton and tennis player
Undated
Beau Vite, Thoroughbred racehorse
David Beauchamp, civil engineer
Michael Friedlander, businessman, philanthropist
James Greig, potter
High Caste, Thoroughbred racehorse
Elric Hooper, actor, theatre director
Judy Howat, lawn bowls player
Sani Lakatani, Niuean politician
Terry McGee, geographer
Stanley Palmer, painter and printmaker
Jenny Pattrick, novelist, jeweller
John Riordan, jockey
Jim Siers, author, filmmaker, record producer
Adrienne Stewart, arts patron (born in Australia)
Barrie Truman, association football coach
David Vere-Jones, mathematical statistician
Murray C. Wells, accountancy academic
Deaths
January–March
5 January – Arthur Singe, rugby league player
16 January – Sir William Hall-Jones, politician, prime minister (1906) (born 1851)
20 January – James Clark, politician, mayor of Dunedin (1915–1919) (born 1870)
5 February – Timothy O'Connor, rugby union player (born 1860)
6 February – Edwin Bezar, soldier, author (born 1838)
8 February – Robert Holmes, civil engineer (born 1856)
19 February
Andrew Entrican, businessman, politician (born 1858)
Malcolm McGregor, World War I flying ace, aviation pioneer (born 1896)
3 March – Lucy Lovell-Smith, temperance worker and women's rights advocate (born 1861)
4 March – Arthur Henry Adams, journalist, author (born 1872)
10 March – David Kennedy, priest, astronomer (born 1864)
12 March – Janet Williamson, nurse (born 1862)
13 March
Sir Francis Bell, politician, mayor of Wellington (1891–1893), prime minister (1925) (born 1851)
Elizabeth Herriott, scientist, academic (born 1882)
14 March – William Holdship, cricketer (born 1872)
17 March – Albert Duder, mariner, harbourmaster (born 1856)
29 March – Forrest Ross, mountaineer, journalist, writer (born 1860)
April–June
18 April – John Swan, architect (born 1874)
21 April – Harold Smith, politician (born 1866)
5 May – Sir Joseph Kinsey, businessman, bibliophile, philanthropist (born 1852)
10 May
Donald Fuller, cricketer (born 1869)
Isaac Richards, Anglican bishop (born 1859)
11 May – Frederick Mason, cricketer (born 1881)
19 May – Thomas William Kirk, biologist, scientific administrator (born 1856)
21 May – John Spencer, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1880)
26 May – James Bradney, politician, shipping proprietor (born 1853)
3 June – Cedric Carr, botanist (born 1892)
16 June – Alexander Cairns, cricketer (born 1850)
24 June – Sir Frederick Chapman, judge (born 1849)
July–September
8 July – Ernest Sutherland, field athlete (born 1894)
9 July – Frances Haselden, headmistress (born )
30 July – Sir James Mills, businessman, politician (born 1847)
9 August – George Butler, artist (born 1872)
12 August – Oscar Michelsen, missionary (born 1844)
17 August – Francis Henry Smith, politician (born 1868)
12 September – Richard Moore, politician (born 1849)
17 September – Ettie Rout, campaigner for safe sex (born 1877)
18 September – Emily White, gardener, writer (born 1839)
27 September – Archibald Hawke, businessman, sports administrator, politician (born 1862)
October–December
7 October – Frank Hockly, politician
15 October – Allen Bell, politician (born 1870)
18 October – James Hay, cricketer (born 1885)
19 October – William Chapple, politician (born 1864)
5 November – Tahupōtiki Haddon, Methodist minister (born 1866)
9 November – Edward McCausland, rugby union player (born 1865)
13 November – Charles Miles (born 1850)
25 November – John MacGregor, politician (born )
23 December – Alf Hadden, cricketer (born 1877)
27 December – William Morris, public servant (born 1853)
31 December – John Dumbell, rugby union player (born 1859)
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