1933 in New Zealand

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Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1933 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,547,100 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1932: 12,400 (0.81%)
• Males per 100 females: 103.4

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC ^[2]

Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued 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 until 28 January, then Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George Forbes
• Attorney-General - William Downie Stewart until 28 January, then George Forbes

Elizabeth McCombs is elected to Parliament, becoming New Zealand's first female MP.^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Labour Party: Harry Holland until his death on 8 October, succeeded 12 October by Michael Joseph Savage (Labour).^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - Frances Dewsbury Pinford then John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Dan Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Black then Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

• 26 January: Second session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[5]
• 10 March: Parliament goes into recess.
• 21 September: Parliament recommences.
• 22 December: Second session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• New Zealand's first distinctive coins issued by the New Zealand Treasury, see New Zealand pound.

Arts and literature

See 1933 in art, 1933 in literature, Category:1933 books

Music

See: 1933 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1933 film awards, 1933 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1933 films

Sport

Chess

• National Champion:

Chess

The 42nd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by M.E. Goldstein, of Sydney.^[6]

Golf

• The 23rd New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss in a playoff against Ted Douglas.^[7]
• The 37th National Amateur Championships were held at Titirangi ^[8]
  • Men: B.V. Wright (Otago)
  • Women: Miss O. Kay - her second title

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Red Shadow ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Indianapolis ^[10]

Rugby

• The Ranfurly Shield was held by Canterbury all season, with defences against Asburton County 31-7, Southland 21-3, Otago 8-5, West Coast 23-14, Buller 13-3, Taranaki 15-15, Sth Canterbury 6-3, King Country 36-0

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• A New Zealand team toured Australia:^[11]
  • 20 May, Sydney: Lost 0-5 vs New South Wales
  • 24 May, Bulli: Won 1-0 vs South Coast
  • 27 May, Newcastle: Lost 1-7 vs Northern Districts
  • 1 June, Ipswich: Lost 4-5 vs Ipswich / West Moreton
  • 3 June, Brisbane: Won 5-1 vs Queensland
  • 5 June, Brisbane: Lost 2-4 vs Australia
  • 10 June, Newcastle: Drew 2-2 vs Australian XI
  • 13 June, Cessnock: Lost 0-1 vs South Maitland
  • 17 June, Sydney: Lost 4-6 vs Australia
  • 21 June, Sydney: Lost 2-3 vs Metropolis
  • 24 June, Sydney: Lost 2-4 vs Australia
  • 26 June, Granville: Won 4-2 vs Granville
  • 28 June, Gladesville: Lost 2-7 vs Gladsville-Ryde
• The Chatham Cup is won by Ponsonby who beat Millerton All Blacks 2—1 in the final.^[12]
• Provincial league champions: ^[13]
  • Auckland: Thistle
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Maori Hill
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Albion
  • Waikato: Rotowaro
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Petone

Births

• 21 February: Warren Cooper, politician.
• 8 March (in Hobart): Ronnie Moore, speedway rider.
• 10 March: Patricia Bergquist, zoologist.
• 20 June: Duncan Laing, swimming coach.
• 7 July: Murray Halberg, athlete and philanthropist.
• 10 November: Don Clarke, rugby player.
• 10 December: Gren Alabaster, cricketer.
• 17 December: Bruce Morrison, cricketer.
• Tim Beaglehole, historian.
• Trevor de Cleene, politician.
• Joseph Gilbert (Bill) Dillon, politician.

Category:1933 births

Deaths

• 4 September: Joseph Kemp, Christian fundamentalist.
• 1 October: Te Rata Mahuta, 4th Māori King.
• 8 October: Harry Holland, politician.

Category:1933 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

External links

Media related to 1933 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons