1921 in New Zealand:

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1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 (1921) • 1922 • 1923 • 1924

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Radio 3.3 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Chess 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.4.1 Harness racing 5.4.2 Thoroughbred racing 5.5 Rugby union 5.6 Soccer 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO ^[1]

[edit] Government

The TBDth 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

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party). ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - John Luke then Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry T. J. Thacker
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Begg then James Sandilands Douglas

[edit] Events

• 31 January: The first scheduled air mail service in New Zealand commences, linking Christchurch with Ashburton and Timaru.^[3]
• 17 November: The first radio broadcast in New Zealand was made by Professor Robert Jack from the physics department of the University of Otago.^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1921 in art, 1921 in literature, Category:1921 books

[edit] Music

See: 1921 in music

[edit] Radio

• November 17: 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

[edit] Film

• Beyond
• The Betrayer

See: Category:1921 film awards, 1921 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1921 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Chess

• National champion: J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin. (1st time) ^[5]

[edit] Cricket

• Plunket Shield

[edit] Golf

• The 11th New Zealand Open championship was won by E.S. Douglas (his fourth victory). ^[6]
• The 25th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ^[7]
  • Men: A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
  • Women: Mrs. G. Williams (her 4th title)

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Reta Peter - 2nd win ^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Man O' War - 2nd win ^[9]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Rugby union

• 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand
• Southland defended the Ranfurly Shield once against Otago (10-8) before losing it to Wellington (13-28). Wellington then defended it against Auckland (27-19) and Otago (13-8). ^[10]

[edit] Soccer

Provincial league champions: ^[11]

• Auckland: Northcote
• Canterbury: Corinthians
• Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau
• Nelson: Athletic
• Otago: HSOB
• Southland: Corinthians
• Wanganui: Eastown Workshops
• Wellington: Hospital

[edit] Births

• 30 January: Joan Faulkner-Blake, broadcaster.
• 23 May: Richard Harrison, politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 26 May: Frank Mooney, cricketer.
• 7 June: Brian Talboys, politician.
• 25 September: Robert Muldoon, politician and Prime Minister.
• 9 October: Tom Marshall, Christian writer.
• 6 November: Geoff Rabone, cricketer.

• Peter Brown, artist.
• Arthur Faulkner, politician.
• Eric Holland, politician.
• Guy Natusch, architect.
• Miraka Szászy, Māori leader.

Category:1921 births

[edit] Deaths

• 27 February: James Prendergast, 3rd Chief Justice of NZ. ^[12]
• 19 April: Cathcart Wason, politician. ^[13]
• 29 October: Samuel Tarratt Nevill, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin. ^[14]

• John Aitken, Mayor of Wellington.
• John Hornsby, politician.

Category:1921 deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1921 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1921

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. Retrieved 2008-04-06. 
3. ^ NZhistory.net
4. ^ "Dashing heroes of a harbour crossing". Otago Daily Times. 6 September 2008. http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/21143/dashing-heroes-a-harbour-crossing. Retrieved 2008-09-20. 
5. ^ List of NZ chess champions
6. ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
7. ^ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Mens' Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en. Retrieved 2009-02-13. 
8. ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
9. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
10. ^ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0908570554
11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html. 
12. ^ Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966
13. ^ DNZB entry for Cathcart Wason
14. ^ DNZB entry for Samuel Nevill