1937 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1937 in New Zealand.

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,601,800 [1]
  • Increase since 31/12/1936: 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.[4]
  • Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) started, it was stopped in 1967.

Arts and literature

See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature, Category:1937 books

Music

See: 1937 in music

Broadcasting

  • May 6 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

  • New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds

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

Sport

Chess

  • The 46th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by H.R. Abbott of Christchurch.[5]

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.[6]
  • The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton [7]
    • 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.[10]

  • 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

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

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.[11]
    • 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: [12]

Births

unknown date

Category:1937 births

Deaths

Category:1937 deaths

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
  2. ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ↑ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Hawke's Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand.
  5. ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. ↑ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  8. ↑ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  9. ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  12. ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  13. ↑ DNZB biography of Rua Kenana
  14. ↑ Biography of Rutherford

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