1922 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1922 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 20th New Zealand Parliament continued.
- Speaker of the House - TBD
- Prime Minister - TBD
- Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
- Minister of Finance - TBD
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD
- Chief Justice — Sir Robert Stout
Opposition Leaders
See: Category:Parliament of New Zealand, New Zealand elections
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
- Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Thacker
- Mayor of Dunedin - James Sandilands Douglas
Events
- 25 January: Southern Maori by-election, 1922
Arts and literature
See 1922 in art, 1922 in literature, Category:1922 books
Music
See: 1922 in music
Radio
Film
See: Category:1922 film awards, 1922 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1922 films
Sport
Chess
- The 30th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by J.B. Dunlop of Oamaru, his second title.[2]
Cricket
Golf
- The ninth New Zealand Open championship was won by A. Brooks.[3]
- The 26th National Amateur Championships were held in the Manawatu [4]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 9th title
- Women: Mrs G. Williams - 5th title
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup – Agathos[5]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – Minton Derby[6]
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[7]
- Men's singles champion – J.C. Rigby (North-East Valley Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – J. Brackenridge, J.M. Brackenridge (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – J.A. McKinnon, W.B. Allan, W. Allan, W. Carswell (skip) (Taieri Bowling Club)
Rugby union
- 1922 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
- Wellington lost the Ranfurly Shield on the first challenge, losing to Hawkes Bay 9-19. Hawkes Bay then defended the shield against Bay of Plenty (17-16) and King Country (42-8).[8]
Rugby league
Soccer
- A tour by Australia led to the first full internationals by a New Zealand representative team:[9]
- 17 June, Dunedin: Won 3-1 vs Australia
- 24 June, Wellington: Drew 1-1 vs Australia
- 8 July, Auckland: Won 3-1 vs Australia
Provincial league champions:[10]
Births
January–February
- 5 January – Bob Aynsley, rugby league player
- 12 January – Una Wickham, cricketer
- 16 January – Bert Wipiti, World War II fighter pilot
- 18 January – Bill Pearson, writer
- 29 January – Ronald Hugh Morrieson, writer
- 4 February – Joan Wiffen, palaeontologist
- 8 February – Laurie Salas, women's rights and peace activist
- 9 February – Noel Sharp, World War II pilot
- 13 February – Godfrey Bowen, shearer
- 24 February – Joyce Macdonald, swimmer
- 27 February – Anthony Treadwell, architect
March–April
- 9 March – Ian Turbott, colonial administrator, university administrator
- 13 March – Brun Smith, cricketer
- 17 March – Pat Suggate, geologist
- 18 March – Johnny Simpson, rugby union player
- 21 March – Frank Watkins, World War II pilot
- 22 March – Dick Shortt, cricket umpire
- 24 March – Vincent Gray, chemist, climate-change skeptic
- 25 March – Grace Hollander, community leader
- 26 March – Bill Mumm, rugby union player, politician
- 8 April – Arnold Christensen, World War II fighter pilot, "Great Escape" participant
- 19 April – Jack Dodd, physicist
- 21 April – Zena Abbott, weaver
- 22 April – Frank Houston, Pentacostal Christian pastor
- 28 April – Ruth Kirk, anti-abortion campaigner, wife of Norman Kirk
- 30 April – Avis M. Dry, clinical psychologist
May–June
- 11 May – Marguerite Story, Cook Islands politician
- 16 May – Peter Hall, World War II pilot
- 18 May – Ian Botting, rugby union player
- 25 May – Joyce Powell, cricketer
- 8 June – Jim Weir, diplomat
- 14 June – Max Carr, field athlete and coach, athletics official, air force officer
- 19 June – Ray Forster, arachnologist, museum director
- 24 June – Ken Avery, jazz musician, songwriter
July–August
- 4 July – Derek Wilson, architect, environmentalist
- 10 July – Rowan Barbour, cricketer
- 25 July – Alan Peart, World War II fighter pilot
- 31 July
- Kenneth Clark, ceramicist
- Owen Hardy, World War II fighter pilot
- 9 August – Peter Johnstone, rugby union player
- 1 August – Alf Budd, rugby union player
- 10 August – John Feeney, documentary film director
- 20 August – Rona McKenzie, cricketer
September–October
- 1 September – Harold Logan, Standardbred racehorse
- 11 September – Jack Shallcrass, author, educator, humanist
- 15 September – Norman Rumsey, optical systems designer
- 17 September – Ted Smith, rower
- 26 September –
- Johnny Smith, rugby union player
- Brian Waugh, airline operator and pilot
- 4 October – Morrie Church, rugby league coach
- 9 October – Kendrick Smithyman, poet
- 10 October –
- Harry Cave, cricketer
- Nan Clark, trade unionist
- 11 October – Cole Wilson, musician, singer-songwriter
- 12 October – Randal Elliott, ophthalmologist
- 18 October – Laurie Haig, rugby union player
- 21 October –
- Bruce Barclay, politician
- Hone Tuwhare, poet
- 30 October – Bob Chapman, political scientist, historian
November–December
- 3 November – Alan Blake, rugby union player
- 7 November – Roy McKenzie, horse breeder, philanthropist
- 13 November – Syd Jensen, motorcycle racer, motor racing driver
- 14 November – Douglas MacDiarmid, painter
- 16 November – J.C.P. Williams, cardiologist
- 25 November – Maurice Duggan, writer
- 26 November – Iain Gallaway, cricketer, radio sports commentator
- 1 December – William James Lanyon Smith, naval officer
- 5 December – Keith Sinclair, historian, poet, politician
- 13 December – Norm Wilson, rugby union player
- 19 December – Christine Cole Catley, journalist, publisher, author
Exact date unknown
- Bettina Welch, actor
Deaths
January–March
- 4 January – William Wilson McCardle, nurseryman, founder of Pahiatua, politician (born 1844)
- 14 January – Arthur Thomas Bate, sharebroker, public servant, rugby union and cricket administrator, philatelist (born 1855)
- 16 January – Jack Scott, World War I pilot (born 1883)
- 18 February – Thomas Peacock, politician (born 1837)
- 20 January – Henry Harper, Anglican priest (born 1833)
- 24 February – W.D.H. Baillie, politician (born 1827)
- 7 March – Alexander Donald, sailmaker, merchant, ship owner (born 1842)
April–June
- 1 April – George Carter, rugby union player (born 1854)
- 3 April – Horace Moore-Jones, war artist (born 1868)
- 14 April – Emma Ostler, businesswoman, prohibitionist (born c.1848)
- 19 April – Percy Smith, ethnologist, surveyor (born 1840)
- 21 April – Robert Thompson, politician (born 1840)
- 15 May – Edward Kellett, politician (born 1864)
- 25 May – Edith Mellish, Anglican deaconess and nun (born 1861)
- 28 May – John von Dadelszen, public servant, statistician (born 1845)
- 15 June – Peter Dignan, politician, mayor of Auckland (1897–98) (born 1847)
- 16 June – Henry Wise, stationer, printer, publisher (born 1835)
- 18 June – Robert Lee, teacher, school inspector, educationalist (born c.1837)
- 23 June – Myer Caselberg, businessman, politician, mayor of Masterton (1886–88) (born 1841)
- 27 June – Frederick George Ewington, estate agent, philanthropist, pamphleteer (born 1844)
- 28 June – George Helmore, rugby union player (born 1862)
July–September
- 2 July – Seymour Thorne George, politician (born 1851)
- 14 July – Edward Seager, policeman, gaoler, asylum superintendent (born 1828)
- 29 July – Charles John Ayton, diarist (born 1846)
- 29 August – Charles Albert Creery Hardy, politician (born 1865)
- 30 August –
- John Ewing, goldminer (born 1844)
- Tom Pollard, comic opera producer and manager (born 1857)
- 31 August – James Job Holland, politician, mayor of Auckland (1893–96) (born 1841)
- 3 September – Donald Reid, politician (born 1850)
- 16 September – Constance Barnicoat, stenographer, interpreter, mountaineer, journalist (born 1872)
- 22 September – Elizabeth Torlesse, community leader (born c. 1835)
- 29 September – Lewis Hotop, pharmacist, Arbor Day advocate, politician, mayor of Queenstown (1880–81, 1891–94, 1903–06) (born c.1844)
October–December
- 12 October – William Whitby, master mariner, ship owner (born 1838)
- 13 October – Edward Pearce, politician (born 1832)
- 22 November – Moore Neligan, Anglican bishop (born 1863)
- 14 December – Ann Robertson, businesswoman, litigant (born 1825)
- 15 December – Richard Tucker, wool scourer (born 1856)
- 16 December – Charles Harley. politician, mayor of Nelson (1915–17) (born 1861)
- 18 December – John James Pringle, dermatologist (born 1855)
- 25 December – George Sale, politician, newspaper editor, university professor (born 1831)
- 26 December – Arthur Rhodes, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1901–02) (born 1859)
Exact date unknown
- T. T. Rawhiti, Kīngitanga secretary and administrator
See also
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- ↑ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
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