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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

Government

The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

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

See: , 1937 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

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

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

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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 (died 2019)
  • 3 January – Archie Taiaroa, Māori leader (died 2010)
  • 10 January – Ralph Caulton, rugby union player, coach and administrator (died 2024)
  • 13 January – Guy Dodson, biochemist (died 2012)
  • 14 January – Ann Chapman, limnologist (died 2009)
  • 15 January – Ray Henwood, actor (died 2019)
  • 16 January – Ahmed Said Musa Patel, Muslim cleric (died 2009)
  • 21 January – Colin Barclay, cricketer (died 2009)
  • 26 January
  • Murray Ball, cartoonist (died 2017)
  • Bruce McPhail, rugby union player (died 2020)
  • 31 January – David Tarrant, cricketer

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • 2 July – Judith McKinlay, biblical scholar (died 2019)
  • 9 July – Bill Kini, boxer, rugby union player (died 2012)
  • 15 July – Judi Doull, cricketer
  • 21 July – Barry Thomas, rugby union player (died 2018)
  • 24 July
  • Te Wharehuia Milroy, Māori language academic (died 2019)
  • Barry Vercoe, computer scientist, composer (died 2025)
  • 25 July – Rose Pere, educationalist, Māori language advocate, conservationist (died 2020)

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Deaths

See also

References

External links