1930_in_New_Zealand
1930 in New Zealand
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1930 in New Zealand.
Regal and viceregal
- Head of state – George V
- Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO succeeded the same year by The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC [2]
Government
The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued with the United Party in power.
- Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
- Prime Minister – Sir Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United) [3]
- Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United).
- Attorney-General – Thomas Sidey (United) until 22 September, then William Downie Stewart
- Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- August: The Atmore Report on the education system is presented.
- 4 November: Superhorse Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.[9]
See 1930 in art, 1930 in literature, Category:1930 books
- Kowhai Gold, an anthology of New Zealand poetry edited by Quentin Pope published in London and New York
Music
See: 1930 in music
Radio
Film
- 3 January: The Coubray-tone News- the first New-Zealand made "talkies" (film with sound) – premiered.[10]
- The Romance of Maoriland
See: Category:1930 film awards, 1930 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1930 films
British Empire Games
Main article: New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games
More information Gold, Silver ...
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Close
Chess
The 39th National Chess Championship was held in Wanganui, and was won by G. Gunderson of Melbourne.[11]
Cricket
- 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
- 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
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup – Wrackler[18]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – Carmel[19]
Thoroughbred racing
- New Zealand Cup – Nightmarch[20]
- Avondale Gold Cup – Prodice[20]
- Auckland Cup – Motere[20]
- Wellington Cup – Concentrate[20]
- New Zealand Derby – Cylinder[20]
Lawn bowls
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
Rugby league
Soccer
- 1930 Chatham Cup won by Petone
- Provincial league champions: [22]
January
- 3 January – Ruth Dowman, athlete
- 8 January – Dave Spence, cricketer
- 21 January – Peter Tapsell, politician
- 24 January – Terence Bayler, actor
- 27 January – Bob O'Dea, rugby union player
February
- 10 February
- Russell Kerr, ballet dancer, choreographer and producer
- Malcolm McCaw, cricketer, accountant
- 11 February – Bruce Cathie, pilot, author
- 17 February – Jonathan Bennett, philosopher
- 20 February
- Kevin Meates, rugby union player
- Vida Stout, limnographer
- 21 February – Joan Metge, social anthropologist
- 22 February – Ivan Mercep, architect
March
- 5 March – Brian Bell, ornithologist
- 9 March – Mina Foley, opera singer
- 20 March – Thomas Williams, Roman Catholic cardinal
- 25 March – Margery Blackman, weaver
- 27 March – Paul Cotton, diplomat
- 28 March – Helmer Pedersen, sailor
- 30 March – Charlie Steele Jr., association football player, rugby union player
- 31 March – Barry Mitcalfe, poet, anti-nuclear activist
April
- 1 April – Dennis Young, rugby union player
- 3 April – Marama Martin, television and radio broadcaster
- 5 April – Bill Tinnock, rower
- 7 April – Koro Dewes, Ngāti Porou kaumātua and Māori language advocate
- 8 April
- David Benney, applied mathematician
- Ivan Vodanovich, rugby union player, coach and administrator
- Neil Wilson, athlete
- 18 April – Clive Revill, singer, actor
- 19 April
- Reg Douglas, rower
- Ewan Jamieson, military leader
- 20 April – Helen Mackenzie, swimmer
May
- 13 May – Richard Kearney, jurist
- 20 May – Alexia Pickering, disabilities rights campaigner
- 21 May – Keith Davis, rugby union player
- 24 May – Ivor Richardson, jurist
- 30 May – Colleen Dewe, politician
June
- 1 June – Matt Poore, cricketer
- 7 June – Ian Leggat, cricketer
- 15 June – Bev Brewis, high jumper
- 25 June – Peter Wight, cricketer
July
- 3 July – Kihi Ngatai, Ngāi Te Rangi leader, horticulturalist
- 11 July
- Jack Alabaster, cricketer
- Guy McGregor, field hockey player
- 25 July – Murray Chapple, cricketer
- 30 July – David Weston, cricketer
August
- 2 August – Mick Bremner, rugby union player and administrator
- 5 August – Bruce Turner, field hockey player, cricketer
- 12 August – Brian Molloy, rugby union player, plant ecologist, conservationist
- 15 August
- Leo T. McCarthy, politician
- Azalea Sinclair, netball player
- 18 August
- Graeme Dallow, police officer
- Denis McLean, diplomat, author
- 21 August – Cyril Eastlake, rugby league player
- 28 August – Tony Small, diplomat
- 30 August – Noel Harford, cricketer
September
- 3 September – Cherry Wilder, fantasy and science-fiction writer
- 6 September – David Simmons, ethnologist
- 10 September – Pauline Engel, educator
- 11 September – Kenneth Minogue, political theorist
- 19 September
- Robin Archer, rugby union player
- Volker Heine, physicist
- 22 September – John Hill, cricketer
- 28 September – Sel Belsham, rugby league player
- 29 September – Jocelyn Fish, politician, women's rights campaigner
- 30 September – George Menzies, rugby league player
October
- 1 October – Bob Jolly, veterinary academic
- 17 October – Joan Williamson-Orr, local-body politician
- 21 October – Lawrence Reade, cricketer
- 22 October – Lois McIvor, artist
- 29 October – Hugh Burry, rugby union player, medical academic
November
- 11 November – Ian Burrows, army officer
- 16 November – Merv Richards, pole vaulter, gymnastics and pole vault coach
- 17 November – Chic Littlewood, television entertainer, actor
- 20 November – James Hill, rower
- 22 November – Bill Lambert, politician
- 30 November – Leonard Boyle, Roman Catholic bishop
December
- 6 December – Natalie Wicken, netball player
- 16 December
- Leslie Clark, cricketer
- Harry Turbott, architect, landscape architect
- 23 December – Jean Stewart, swimmer
- 27 December – John Drawbridge, artist
- 31 December – Ron Johnston, motorcycle speedway rider
Undated
- Daphne Walker, singer
January–February
- 6 January – Walter Harper, Anglican clergyman (born 1848)
- 9 January – Joseph Harkness, politician (born 1850)
- 11 January – Eru Tumutara, Ringatū bishop (born c.1859)
- 24 January
- Ellen Crowe, community leader (born c.1847)
- Sophia Taylor, suffragist (born 1847)
- Herman van Staveren, rabbi, philanthropist (born 1849)
- 25 January – Pat Hickey, trade union leader (born 1882)
- 5 February – John Holland Baker, surveyor, public servant (born 1841)
- 11 February – Anne Wilson, poet, novelist (born 1848)
- 12 February – Elizabeth Fergusson, nurse, midwife (born 1867)
- 14 February – Sir Thomas Mackenzie, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912) (born 1853)
- 21 February – Charles Garrard, cricketer, school inspector (born 1868)
March–April
- 4 March – Henry Michel, politician (born 1855)
- 11 March – George Edgecumbe, newspaper proprietor, businessman (born 1845)
- 5 April – Wereta Tainui Pitama, Ngāi Tahu leader, politician (born 1881)
- 10 April – John McCaw, farmer (born 1849)
- 16 April – Makereti Papakura, tour guide, entertainer, ethnographer (born 1873)
May–June
- 20 May – Adelaide Hicks, midwife (born 1845)
- 29 May – William Charles Nation, spiritualist, Arbor Day advocate (born 1840)
- 30 May – William Chatfield, architect (born 1851)
- 26 June – Frederick Cooke, trade unionist, politician (born 1867)
- 27 June – Sir Māui Pōmare, doctor, politician (born c.1875)
July–August
- 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
- Emily Hill, schoolteacher, suffragist, temperance worker (born 1847)
- Robert Neill, cricketer (born 1864)
September–October
- 4 September
- George Duncan, mining and tramway engineer (born 1852)
- Thomas Hickman, police officer (born 1848)
- 9 September – Alexander Bathgate, lawyer, businessman, writer, conservationist (born 1845)
- 11 September – William Parker, cricketer (born 1862)
- 24 September – Harry McNish, carpenter, Antarctic explorer (born 1874)
- 1 October
- Marjory Nicholls, poet, drama producer (born 1890)
- Hoeroa Tiopira, rugby union player (born 1871)
- 5 October – Frederick Fitchett, politician (born 1851)
- 13 October – Alfred George, newspaper proprietor (born 1854)
- 14 October – Thomas Fleming, miller (born 1848)
- 17 October – Amelia Randall, community leader, businesswoman, benefactor (born 1844)
- 21 October – Frank McNeill, cricketer (born 1877)
- 27 October – Francis Watson, cricketer (born 1860)
- 29 October – George Ewing, cricketer (born 1851)
November–December
- 1 November – Heni Materoa Carroll, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader (born c.1854)
- 3 November – Nellie Ferner, artist photographer, community leader (born 1869)
- 8 November – Robert Scott, railway engineer, academic (born 1861)
- 12 November – Crawford Anderson, politician (born c.1848)
- 7 December – John Barr, politician (born 1867)
- 15 December – Cecil de Lautour, politician (born 1845)
- 17 December – Arthur O'Callaghan, politician (born 1837)
- 29 December – Otene Paora, Ngāti Whātua leader, Anglican lay reader, land negotiator (born c.1870)
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2008) |
- "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
- Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
- "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- History of Auckland City Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council)
- Melbourne Cup – Australia's Culture Portal Archived 12 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. 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 5 May 2009.
- Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
- 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.
- "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
Media related to 1930 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons