1927 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1927 in New Zealand.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,450,400
• Increase since previous 31 December 1926: 20,700 (1.45%)
• Males per 100 females: 104.3

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of state – George V
• Governor-General – Sir Charles Fergusson

Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by the Reform Party with a strong majority, and with the Labour and Liberal parties in opposition.

• Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister – Gordon Coates (Reform)
• Minister of Finance – William Downie Stewart (Reform)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – William Nosworthy (Reform)
• Attorney-General – Frank Rolleston (Reform)
• Chief Justice – Sir Charles Skerrett

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Harry Holland (Labour).

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
• Mayor of Wellington – Charles Norwood, succeeded by George Troup
• Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley, succeeded by William Taverner

Events

• 22 February – 22 March: Royal tour by the Duke and Duchess of York

Arts and literature

See 1927 in art, 1927 in literature,

Music

See: 1927 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Carbine's Heritage
• The Te Kooti Trail
• Under the Southern Cross

See: , 1927 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Sport

Badminton

• The New Zealand Badminton Federation, now Badminton New Zealand, is founded and the first National Championships are held, at Wanganui.
• Men's singles: R. Creed-Meredith
• Women's singles: E. Hetley
• Men's doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and M. Fell
• Women's doubles: E. Hetley and N. Wanklyn
• Mixed doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and E. Hetley

Chess

The 36th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by A.W.O. Davies of Auckland, his third title.

Golf

• The 17th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ernie Moss.
• The 31st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton
• Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 2nd title
• Women: Mrs ? Collinson

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Kohara
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Ahuriri

Thoroughbred racing

• New Zealand Cup – Rapier
• Avondale Gold Cup – Te Kara
• Auckland Cup – Rapier
• Wellington Cup – Rapier
• New Zealand Derby – Agrion

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.

• Men's singles champion – H.C. Clarke (Rocky Nook Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – A. Brakebush, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club)
• Men's fours champions – J. McMillan, H. Rowling, J.F. Wright, A.H. Benefield (skip) (St John's Bowling Club, Wanganui)

Rugby

• 1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour

Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Shooting

• Ballinger Belt – Douglas Roots (Patea)

Soccer

• 1927 Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby
• Canada toured New Zealand, playing a series of four internationals which they won 2–1.
• 25 June, Dunedin: Draw 2–2
• 2 July, Christchurch: NZ 1–2 Canada
• 9 July, Wellington: NZ 1–0 Canada
• 23 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Canada
• Provincial league champions:
• Auckland: Thistle
• Canterbury: Nomads
• Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers
• Nelson: Athletic
• Otago: Northern
• South Canterbury: Rangers
• Southland: Corinthians
• Taranaki: Caledonian
• Waikato: Waihou
• Wanganui: Eastbrooke
• Wellington: YMCA

Births

January

• 4 January – Patrick Hanan, historian of Chinese literature
• 7 January – Mary Batchelor, politician
• 8 January – Sidney Moko Mead, anthropologist, historian, Māori leader
• 9 January – Ken English, rugby league player
• 11 January
• Johnny Hayes, cricketer
• John Tanner, rugby union player
• 12 January
• Maurice Marshall, athlete
• Emily Schuster, master weaver
• 14 January – Vera Burt, cricketer
• 20 January – Cyril Paskell, rugby league player
• 22 January – Jack Doms, swimmer

February

• 2 February – Whatumoana Paki, KÄ«ngitanga elder
• 3 February – Graham Mexted, rugby union player
• 6 February – Thomas Wells, cricketer, schoolteacher
• 9 February – Walter Brown, actor
• 12 February – John Todd, businessman, philanthropist
• 16 February – Des White, rugby league player
• 18 February – Hugh Kawharu, academic, Ngāti Whātua leader
• 20 February – Allan Wild, architect, academic
• 24 February – Jim Edwards, politician
• 27 February – Peter Whittle, mathematician, statistician

March

• 2 March – Ray Farman, cricketer
• 3 March – Bruce Tabb, accountancy academic
• 9 March – Dave Leech, hammer thrower
• 13 March
• Thea Muldoon, wife of Robert Muldoon
• Albert Putt, cricketer
• 14 March – Tim Besley, civil engineer, businessman, public servant
• 17 March – Christopher Small, sociomusicologist
• 24 March – John Head, schoolteacher, anti-landmine campaigner
• 31 March – Pat Hond, police officer, teacher, soldier, community worker

April

• 5 April
• Neil Anderson, naval officer
• Eddie Robinson, rugby union player
• 6 April – Barney Clarke, boxer
• 9 April – Tiny Hill, rugby union player and selector
• 13 April – George Chapman, accountant, businessman, politician
• 14 April – Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist
• 15 April – Joan Talbot, fashion designer and retailer
• 18 April – Stanley Callagher, rowing coxswain
• 20 April – Douglas J. Martin, Mormon leader
• 21 April – Tom Logan, water polo player, swimmer, surf lifesaver, dentist, naval officer

May

• 1 May
• Pat Downey, lawyer and public servant
• Duncan McMullin, jurist
• 8 May – Gray Nelson, public servant, diplomat
• 9 May – Gerry Clark, sailor, writer and ornithologist
• 17 May – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer
• 20 May – Donald Coleman, cricketer
• 22 May – Eric Petrie, cricketer
• 23 May – Jack Cropp, sailor
• 25 May – Helen Smith, politician
• 26 May – John Worrall, cricketer

June

• 1 June – John O'Brien, rower
• 4 June – William Fyfe, geochemist
• 5 June – Bill McLennan, rugby league player
• 8 June – Bob Walls, painter
• 15 June – Roland Avery, rugby league referee
• 16 June
• Kate Harcourt, actor
• Trevor Redmond, speedway rider
• 20 June – Bill Bradfield, amateur astronomer
• 27 June – Brian Brake, photographer

July

• 9 July – Joyce Fenton, fencer
• 10 July
• Ken Deas, cricketer
• Peter Eastgate, rugby union player
• 18 July
• Zin Harris, cricketer
• Jack Sutherland, athlete
• 19 July – Ray Harper, rugby union player and administrator
• 20 July – Tom Lynch, rugby union and rugby league player
• 25 July
• James Belich, politician, mayor of Wellington
• Dorothy Fletcher, historian

August

• 19 August – John Caselberg, writer
• 25 August – Keith Cumberpatch, field hockey player
• 26 August
• Jill Amos, local-body politician, community leader
• Bill McCaw, rugby union player
• 30 August – Humphrey Gould, rower, businessman
• 31 August – Reg King, association footballer

September

• 1 September – Myra Larcombe, police officer, historian, and swimming coach
• 9 September – John Hickman, meteorologist
• 14 September – John Hall-Jones, historian, otolaryngologist
• 22 September – Peter Burke, rugby union player, coach and administrator
• 27 September – Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, Māori cultural leader

October

• 9 October
• Bob Goslin, boxer
• Ron Trotter, businessman
• 11 October – Leonard Watson, cricketer
• 22 October – Wally Clark, zoologist
• 24 October – Ian Monro, naval officer
• 30 October – Jill McDonald, children's writer and illustrator

November

• 7 November – Brian Finlay, rugby union player
• 15 November – Wallace (Bill) Rowling, politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 18 November
• Giovanni Cataldo, fisherman, search and rescue organiser
• Pat Creedy, rugby union and rugby league player
• 19 November – Thomas Engel, rower
• 21 November – Peter Mulgrew, mountaineer, sailor, businessman
• 24 November
• Geoff Mardon, speedway rider
• Kevin Skinner, rugby union player
• 25 November – Alison Preston-Thomas, netball player

December

• 1 December – John Branthwaite, Anglican priest
• 2 December – Les Hunter, politician
• 4 December – Peter Hall, cricketer
• 6 December – Alan Gilbertson, cricketer
• 8 December
• David Hay, cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner
• Hamish Hay, politician, mayor of Christchurch
• 10 December – Graham Gordon, general practitioner and surgeon
• 18 December – Rom Harré, philosopher, psychologist
• 19 December – Robert Couper, cricketer
• 23 December – Pat Sheahan, rugby union player, publican, publisher
• 30 December – John Pring, rugby union referee

Exact date unknown

• Colin Franklin, electrical engineer
• Rusty Robertson, rowing coach

Deaths

January–March

• 4 January
• Herbert Drewitt, World War I flying ace (born 1895)
• Joseph Ward, astronomer (born 1862)
• 13 January
• Frank S. Anthony, author (born 1891)
• John Fisher, politician (born 1837)
• 21 January – Kiti Karaka RÄ«wai, Māori tribal leader (born 1870)
• 26 January – Robert Wellwood, farmer, auctioneer, commission agent, politician (born 1836)
• 29 January – Sir Henry Brett, journalist, newspaper proprietor, writer, politician, mayor of Auckland (1877–78) (born 1843)
• 21 February – Thomas Ryan, rugby union player, artist, steamer captain (born 1864)
• 17 March – Bella MacCallum, botanist, mycologist (born 1886)
• 26 March – Edward Withy, shipbuilder, politician (born 1844)
• 31 March – David Guthrie, politician (born 1856)

April–June

• April – T. T. Rawhiti, KÄ«ngitanga secretary and administrator
• 4 April – Cuthbert Cowan, politician (born 1835)
• 6 April – Elsie Reeve, jeweller (born 1885)
• 8 April – John O'Donovan, police commissioner (born 1858)
• 14 April – James Wilson, politician (born 1865)
• 26 April – William Jolliffe, film censor (born 1851)
• 28 April – Sarah Featon, botanical artist (born 1848)
• 2 May – Eden George, photographer, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1892–93) (born 1863)
• 1 June
• Thomas Andrew, cricketer (born 1927)
• Sir Worley Edwards, jurist (born 1850)
• 11 June
• John Ormsby, land negotiator and commissioner, politician (born 1854)
• Hōne Taare TÄ«kao, Ngāi Tahu leader, scholar, politician (born 1850)
• 17 June – Lake Ayson, acclimatisation officer, fisheries inspector (born 1855)

July–September

• 18 July – Eustace Ferguson, pathologist, entomologist (born 1884)
• 24 July – Arthur Harvey, doctor (born 1866)
• 27 July – Newton King, auctioneer, merchant, businessman (born 1855)
• 5 August – Thomas Groube, cricketer (born 1857)
• 7 August – Frank Mace, soldier (born 1837)
• 11 August – Edmond Slattery, swagger, rural labourer (born 1839)
• 25 August – Richard Bollard, politician (born 1863)
• 3 September – Bill Cunningham, rugby union player (born 1874)
• 30 September – Edmund Taylor, temperance advocate, politician (born 1855)

October–December

• 9 October – Charles Mules, Anglican bishop (born 1837)
• 12 October – Louis Fowler, cricketer (born 1865)
• 12 November – John Aris, cricketer (born 1843)
• 17 November – Charlie Smyth, police officer, trade unionist, baker (born 1883)
• 21 November – Oscar Alpers, journalist, poet, lawyer, jurist (born 1867)
• 26 November – Percy Gates Morgan, geologist, science administrator (born 1867)
• 28 November – Charles Lewis, politician (born 1857)
• 8 December – Robert Allan, businessman, manufacturer (born 1847)
• 18 December – Hugh Finn, politician (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

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