1930 in New Zealand

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1930
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1930 in New Zealand.

Population[edit]

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,506,800.[1]
  • Increase since previous 31 December 1929: 20,700 (1.39%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 103.9.[1]

Incumbents[edit]

Regal and viceregal[edit]

Government[edit]

The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued with the United Party in power.

Parliamentary opposition[edit]

Main centre leaders[edit]

Events[edit]

Arts and literature[edit]

See 1930 in art, 1930 in literature, Category:1930 books

Music[edit]

See: 1930 in music

Radio[edit]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[edit]

See: Category:1930 film awards, 1930 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1930 films

Sport[edit]

British Empire Games[edit]

 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
3 4 2 9

Chess[edit]

The 39th National Chess Championship was held in Wanganui, and was won by G. Gunderson of Melbourne.[11]

Cricket[edit]

  • New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England. Series won 1–0 by England
    • 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch. New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).[12]
    • 24,25,27 January Basin Reserve, Wellington. New Zealand (440 and 164/4dec.) drew with England (320 and 107/4).[13]
    • 14,15,17 February Eden Park, Auckland. England (330/4dec.) drew with New Zealand (96/1) (First two days were abandoned due to rain).[14]
    • 21,22,24 February at Eden Park: England (540 and 22/3) drew with New Zealand (387) – this fourth Test was arranged due to the rain washout of the third test.[15]

Golf[edit]

  • The 20th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his third title.[16]
  • The 34th National Amateur Championships were held in the Manawatu district [17]
    • Men: H.A. Black (Mirimar)
    • Women: Miss O. Kay

Horse racing[edit]

Harness racing[edit]

Thoroughbred racing[edit]

Lawn bowls[edit]

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[21]

  • Men's singles champion – F. Lambeth (Balmacewen Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – G.L. Gladding, H. Jenkins (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – E.S. Wilson, L.C. Buist, J. Dowland, D.M. Stuart (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)

Rugby union[edit]

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

Rugby league[edit]

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer[edit]

  • 1930 Chatham Cup won by Petone
  • Provincial league champions: [22]
    • Auckland: YMCA
    • Canterbury: Thistle
    • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
    • Nelson: Thistle
    • Otago: Seacliff
    • Southland: Corinthians
    • Taranaki: Caledonian
    • Waikato: Pukemiro
    • Wanganui: KP's
    • Wellington: Hospital

Births[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

Undated[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January–February[edit]

March–April[edit]

May–June[edit]

July–August[edit]

  • 3 July – Tom Cross, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1876)
  • 8 July – Sir Joseph Ward, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906–12, 1928–30) (born 1856)
  • 19 July – Sir Robert Stout, politician, Premier of New Zealand (1884, 1884–87) (born 1844)
  • 24 July – Alfred Philpott, museum curator, entomologist (born 1870)
  • 30 July – George Hutchison, politician (born 1846)
  • 10 August – Bill Hawkins, cricketer, politician (born 1861)
  • 15 August – Wesley Spragg, butter manufacturer, temperance campaigner, benefactor (born 1848)
  • 18 August – James Flesher, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1923–25) (born 1865)
  • 20 August – George Hunter, politician, racehorse breeder (born 1859)
  • 27 August

September–October[edit]

November–December[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
  4. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. ^ History of Auckland City Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council)
  7. ^ Christchurch City Council Handbook: Chairmen and Mayors of the City of Christchurch
  8. ^ Council 1929 – 1938
  9. ^ Melbourne Cup – Australia's Culture Portal Archived 12 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
  11. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Cricinfo Test#186
  13. ^ Cricinfo test#188
  14. ^ Cricinfo Test#190
  15. ^ Cricinfo test#191
  16. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  17. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  18. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  19. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ a b c d e Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  21. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  22. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links[edit]

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