1928 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Badminton 6.2 Chess 6.3 Golf 6.4 Horse racing 6.4.1 Harness racing 6.4.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.5 Olympic Games 6.6 Rugby 6.7 Rugby league 6.8 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,467,400 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1927: 17,000 (1.17%)
• Males per 100 Females: 104.2

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ^[2]

[edit] Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart (Reform) until 10 December, then Joseph Ward (United)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Harry Holland (Labour) until 18 October, then Joseph Ward (United) from 4th- 10 December, then Gordon Coates (Reform). ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - George Troup
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Burgoyne Taverner

[edit] Events

• New Zealand signs its first bilateral trade agreement, with Japan. ^[4]
• 10 January: George Hood and John Moncrieff attempt the first flight from Australia to New Zealand in an aircraft named Aotearoa, but radio signals cease after 12 hours and they are never seen again. ^[5]
• 14 July: The schooner Isabella de Fraine capsizes on the bar at the entrance to Hokianga harbour, with the loss of all eight crew.^[6]
• 24 October: The Weekly Press stops publishing. The magazine started in 1865.^[7]

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1928 in art, 1928 in literature, Category:1928 books

[edit] Music

See: 1928 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Taranga / Under the Southern Cross / The Devil's Pit

See: Category:1928 film awards, 1928 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1928 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] Badminton

• National Champions
  • Men's singles: T. Kelly
  • Women's singles: E. Hetley
  • Men's doubles: R. Creed-Meredith and L. Wilson
  • Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
  • Mixed doubles: Mr and Mrs E. Dart

[edit] Chess

The 37th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by A.W.O. Davies of Auckland, his fourth title. ^[8]

[edit] Golf

• The 18th New Zealand Open championship was won by Sloan Morpeth, an amateur. ^[9]
• The 32nd National Amateur Championships were held in Otago ^[10]
  • Men: T.H. Horton (Masterton) - 2nd title
  • Women: Mrs ? Chrystal

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Peter Bingen ^[11]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Gold Jacket ^[12]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Olympic Games

• Ted Morgan wins a gold medal in boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, becoming the first New Zealander to win an individual Olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand. See New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield. The season started with Canterbury holding the shield, and they defended it against South Canterbury (29-9) before losing it to Wairarapa (7-8). Wairarapa held the shield for the remainder of the season, beating Bush (57-11), Marlborough (26-8), Wellington (9-3) and Manawhenua (31-10). ^[13]

[edit] Rugby league

• Tour of New Zealand by Great Britain, who win the test series 2-1
  • 1st Test, Dunedin, GB 6-5
  • 2nd Test, Christchurch, GB 13 - 5
  • 3rd test, Auckland, NZ 17 - 13

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Petone
• Provincial league champions: ^[14]
  • Auckland: Tramways
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Maori Hill
  • South Canterbury: Colmoco
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Taranaki: Caledonian
  • Waikato: Pukemiro Junction
  • Wanganui: KP's
  • Wellington: YMCA

[edit] Births

• 17 March: Patricia Bartlett, pro-censorship activist.
• 3 June: John R Reid, cricketer.
• 4 June: Whakahuihui Vercoe, Archbishop of New Zealand.

• (in England): Marti Friedlander, photographer

Category:1928 births

[edit] Deaths

• 27 October: James Gardiner, Australian politician.

• Westby Brook Perceval, politician.

Category:1928 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 1928 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1928

[edit] References