1921 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1921 in New Zealand .
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
George V
Viscount Jellicoe
Government
The 20th New Zealand Parliament continues, with the Reform Party in Government
Frederic Lang
William Massey
Ernest Lee
Parliamentary opposition
Judiciary
Main centre leaders
James Gunson
John Luke
Robert Wright
Henry Thacker
William Begg
James Douglas
Events
Arts and literature
See 1921 in art , 1921 in literature , Category:1921 books
Music
See: 1921 in music
Radio
17 November – Professor Robert Jack assembles a small transmitter at the University of Otago in Dunedin and broadcasts the first ever radio programme heard on New Zealand airwaves. The only known fact about the programme's content is that it included the then popular song "Hello My Dearie".[1] See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1921 film awards , 1921 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand , Category:1921 films
Sport
Chess
Cricket
Provincial league champions:[ 6] Auckland – Northcote
Canterbury – Corinthians
Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
Nelson – Athletic
Otago – HSOB
Southland – Corinthians
Wanganui – Eastown Workshops
Wellington – Hospital
Golf
The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his fourth title)[ 7]
The 25th National Amateur Championships are held in Christchurch:[ 8] Men – A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
Women – G. Williams (her fourth title)
Horse racing
Harness racing
Thoroughbred racing
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.[ 12]
Men's singles champion – J.M. Brackenridge (Newtown Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – W.A. Grenfell, S. Potter (skip) (Wellington Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – B. Hilton, A. Bell, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)
Rugby union
Births
January
February
March
April
May
2 May – Ron Smith , public servant, peace activist
6 May – Tangaroa Tangaroa , Cook Islands politician
12 May – Peter Munz , philosopher, historian
15 May – Anne Delamere , public servant
18 May – Rosalie Carey , playwright, director, poet, actor, author
23 May – Richard Harrison , politician
26 May
29 May – Wally Argus , rugby union player
31 May – Aston Greathead , artist
June
6 June – Shirley Tonkin , sudden infant death syndrome researcher
7 June – Brian Talboys , politician
13 June – Roy Blair , cricketer
17 June – Monita Delamere , rugby union player, Ringatū leader, community leader
19 June – Judy Pickard , abstract painter, librarian and advocate for women's rights
23 June
25 June – Willow Macky , songwriter
28 June – Eric Holland , politician
July
8 July – John Money , psychologist, sexologist, author
11 July – Pat Perrin , potter
12 July – Doug Dye , microbiologist
13 July – Lester Castle , lawyer, public servant
18 July – Ian Payne , cricketer
21 July – Graham Speight , jurist
23 July – Peter Gordon , politician
26 July – June Westbury , politician
30 July – Eric Grinstead , sinologist, Tangutologist
August
September
2 September – Diana Isaac , conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist
3 September – Oonah Shannahan , netball player
4 September – Bruce Biggs , Māori studies academic
14 September – Colin Johnstone , rower
19 September – Michael Noonan , novelist, radio and television scriptwriter
25 September – Robert Muldoon , politician
28 September
29 September – John Ritchie , composer, orchestral founder and conductor, music academic
30 September – Jim Macdonald , naval officer, civil engineer, inventor
October
3 October – Eldred Stebbing , record label founder and owner
7 October – Desmond O'Donnell , rugby union player
9 October – Tom Marshall , Christian writer
10 October – Harvey Sweetman , World War II pilot
13 October – Earle Riddiford , lawyer and mountaineer
18 October – Kingi Ihaka , Anglican priest, broadcaster, Māori leader
23 October – Colin Allan , colonial administrator, diplomat
29 October – Jack Warcup , mycologist
November
December
Deaths
19 January – Frank Lawry , politician (born 1839)
7 February – Bella Button , horse driver and trainer, equestrian (born 1863)
23 February – J. T. Marryat Hornsby , politician, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1857)
27 February – Sir James Prendergast , lawyer, politician, jurist (born 1826)
9 March – Walter Powdrell , politician (born 1872)
10 March – Henry Brown , saw miller, politician (born 1842)
21 March – Samuel Moreton , artist, explorer (born c. 1844)
19 July – Lily Atkinson , temperance campaigner, suffragist, feminist (born 1866)
31 July – Alice Jacob , botanical illustrator, lace designer, design teacher (born 1862)
13 August – Ōtene Pītau , Rongowhakaata leader (born c. 1834)
5 August – Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson , politician (born 1837)
17 August – John Aitken , politician, mayor of Wellington (1900–05) (born 1849)
9 September – Joseph Henry Cock , shipping company manager, patron of the arts (born 1855)
17 September – John Verrall , photographer, politician (born 1849)
20 September – Thomas Kelly , politician (born 1830)
29 October – Samuel Nevill , Anglican bishop (born 1837)
31 October – James Little , shepherd, sheep breeder (born 1834)
1 November
29 November – Hopere Uru , rugby union player, cricketer, politician (born 1868)
2 December – Patrick Nerheny , politician (born 1858)
See also
References
^ 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 .^ NZhistory.net ^ "Dashing heroes of a harbour crossing" . Otago Daily Times . 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008 .^ List of NZ chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine ^ "New Zealand: List of champions" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009 .^ "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 7 May 2009 .^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine ^ a b c d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air 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 . Retrieved 6 June 2018 .^ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac , 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
External links
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1921 in Oceania
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