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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 December 1936: 17,200 (1.09%).^[1]
Males per 100 females: 103.1.^[1]

Incumbents

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]
1 February – The 1937 New Year Honours are announced.^[5]
11 May – The King George VI Coronation Honours are announced.^[6]
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

New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds [1]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]
The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton^[9]
- Men: B.M. Silk (Wanganui) – his second title
- Women: Mrs G.W. Hollis

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Lucky Jack^[10]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Willow Wave^[11]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.^[12]

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

Ranfurly Shield

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.^[13]
- 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:^[14]
- 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

2 February
- Tony Shelly, motor racing driver (died 1998)
- Neale Thompson, cricketer, badminton player (died 2024)
19 February – Warwick Dalton, racing cyclist
23 February – David Kinsella, cricket player and umpire

March

4 March – Graham Dowling, cricketer
8 March
- Barry Robinson, athlete, architect
- Prince Tui Teka, singer, actor (died 1985)
10 March – John Creighton, rugby union player (died 2022)
11 March – John Ward, cricketer (died 2021)
13 March
- Trevor Blake, cricketer, field hockey player (died 2004)
- Chris Kenny, boxing coach (died 2016)
31 March – Jindra Tichá, academic, writer

April

1 April – Dent Harper, cricketer (died 1997)
2 April – John La Roche, civil engineer, author
3 April – Eve Rimmer, para athlete (died 1996)
5 April – Brian Blacktop, lawyer (died 2007)
7 April – Graeme Davies, metallurgist, university administrator (died 2022)
8 April – Philip Havill, cricketer
15 April – Bill Ballantine, marine biologist (died 2015)
16 April
- David Braithwaite, politician (died 2021)
- Ivan Keats, athlete (died 2020)
- Don Oliver, weightlifter, fitness centre founder (died 1996)
18 April – Rangi Hetet, master carver
20 April – Ernest Barnes, field hockey player
22 April
- Michael Dormer, cricketer (died 2021)
- Bruce Gregory, politician (died 2015)
- Roger Slack, plant biologist and biochemist (died 2016)
29 April – Tīmoti Kāretu, Māori academic

May

4 May – Terence Shaw, cricketer
18 May – Ron Watson, sailor
20 May – Thomas Goddard, lawyer, judge (died 2019)

June

8 June – Michael Crozier, physicist, politician (died 2012)
20 June
- David Lloyd, botanist (died 2006)
- Phil Skoglund, lawn bowls player (died 2015)
21 June – John Kent, cartoonist (died 2003)
23 June – Greer Twiss, sculptor
24 June – Louise Clough, cricketer

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)
25 July – Rose Pere, educationalist, Māori language advocate, conservationist (died 2020)

August

1 August – Gugi Waaka, musical entertainer (died 2014)
2 August – Ron Brierley, businessman
4 August – Charmian O'Connor, physical organic chemist
7 August – Don McKay, rugby union player (died 2024)
9 August – Trevor Chinn, glaciologist (died 2018)
10 August
- Ian Bradley, naval officer, politician (died 2015)
- Valerie Young, athlete
17 August – Patricia Grace, author
19 August – Mick Brown, judge (died 2015)
21 August – Elizabeth Hanan, politician, community leader (died 2024)
24 August – Philip Newman, cricketer
26 August – John Veitch, cricketer (died 2009)
30 August – Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer (died 1970)

September

2 September – Frank Rapley, cricketer
7 September – Ngātata Love, business academic, Te Āti Awa leader (died 2018)
10 September – Dave Gallop, cricket player and administrator
11 September – Marilynn Webb, artist (died 2021)
14 September
- Stuart Chambers, ornithologist
- John Cullen, field hockey player
21 September – Denis Browne, Catholic bishop (died 2024)
22 September
- Graham Houghton, missionary, educator (died 2022)
- Trevor McKee, Thoroughbred racehorse trainer (died 2019)
23 September – Alexander Morrison, cricketer
28 September
- Graeme Caughley, ecologist (died 1994)
- Vincent O'Sullivan, writer (died 2024)

October

5 October – Brian Maunsell, boxer (died 2021)
9 October – Richard Walls, businessman, politician (died 2011)
21 October – Robert Monteith, cricket umpire (died 1988)
23 October – Lawrie Creamer, milk protein chemist (died 2019)
27 October – Neville Huxford, cricketer (died 2006)
28 October – Jim Dawson, cricketer

November

2 November – Dylan Taite, music journalist (died 2003)
3 November – Peter Coutts, cricketer (died 2015)
4 November – Brian Edwards, broadcaster, author
12 November – Helen Thayer, explorer
13 November – Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Muslim community leader, lawyer (died 2006)
19 November
- Meg Campbell, poet (died 2007)
- Kenneth Keith, jurist
23 November – James Wallace, businessman, arts patron
25 November – Frances Cherry, writer (died 2022)

December

1 December – Bill Hume, association footballer (died 2005)
3 December – Peter Morris, cricketer
4 December – Ross Dallow, police officer, politician (died 2020)
5 December – Roger Douglas, politician
12 December – Grant Tilly, actor (died 2012)
25 December
- Reese Griffiths, rugby league player (died 2016)
- Ginger Molloy, motorcycle racer
26 December
- Pam French, fencer
- Gavin Hitchings, jeweller (died 2018)
29 December
- Ian Lawrence, lawyer, politician (died 2019)
- Ethna Rouse, cricketer (died 2023)

Undated

Bridget Armstrong, actor
Mary Cresswell, poet
Peter Dwyer, zoologist, anthropologist
Michael Harlow, poet, publisher, editor, librettist
Ken Maddock, anthropologist (died 2003)
Toi Te Rito Maihi, artist (died 2022)
Reihana Parata, master weaver
Jim Peters, politician
Pauline Rhodes, artist
Judy Siers, writer, historian
Barry Vercoe, computer scientist, composer
Allan Wallbank, politician
Judy Wilson, sculptor and fibre artist
Spiro Zavos, cricketer, journalist, writer

Deaths

20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.^[15]
5 March: Sir Frederic Lang, politician – 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
29 May: Charles Hall, politician.
19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.^[16]
27 October: Thomas Field, politician.
16 November: John Lillicrap, 29th Mayor of Invercargill.
29 November: John Jenkinson, politician.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ "Hawke's Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand.
^ "No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1937. pp. 687–705.
^ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. pp. 3073–3105.
^ 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
^ 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.
^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ DNZB biography of Rua Kenana
^ Biography of Rutherford

External links

Media related to 1937 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] "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] "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] "No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1937. pp. 687–705.

[6] "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. pp. 3073–3105.

[7] List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[8] "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

[9] 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.

[10] "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

[11] Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[12] 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.

[13] List of New Zealand national soccer matches

[14] "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

[15] DNZB biography of Rua Kenana

[16] Biography of Rutherford

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