1933 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936

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 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 6.5 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 References 10 See also

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,547,100 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1932: 12,400 (0.81%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.4

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC ^[2]

Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - George William Forbes
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart until 28th January, then Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes
• Attorney-General - William Downie Stewart until 28th January, then George William Forbes

Elizabeth McCombs is elected to Parliament, becoming New Zealand's first female MP. ^[3]

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Labour Party: Harry Holland until his death on 8 October, succeeded 12 October by Michael Joseph Savage (Labour). ^[4]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - Frances Dewsbury Pinford then John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Daniel Giles Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Sheriff Black then Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

• 26 January: Second session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[5]
• 10 March: Parliament goes into recess.
• 21 September: Parliament recommences.
• 22 December: Second session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• New Zealand's first distinctive coins issued by the New Zealand Treasury, see New Zealand pound.

Arts and literature

See 1933 in art, 1933 in literature, Category:1933 books

Music

See: 1933 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1933 film awards , 1933 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1933 films

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

Sport

• See: 1933 in sports , Category:1933 in sports

Cricket

Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

Rugby

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

• The Ranfurly Shield was held by Canterbury all season, with defences against Asburton County 31-7, Southland 21-3, Otago 8-5, West Coast 23-14, Buller 13-3, Taranaki 15-15, Sth Canterbury 6-3, King Country 36-0

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby

Births

• 21 February: Warren Cooper, politician.
• 8 March (in Hobart): Ronnie Moore, speedway rider.
• 10 March: Patricia Bergquist, zoologist.
• 7 July: Murray Halberg, athlete and philanthropist.
• 10 November: Don Clarke, rugby player.
• 10 December: Gren Alabaster, cricketer.
• 17 December: Bruce Morrison, cricketer.

• Tim Beaglehole, historian.
• Trevor de Cleene, politician.
• Joseph Gilbert (Bill) Dillon, politician.

Category:1933 births

Deaths

• 1 October: Te Rata Mahuta, 4th Māori King.
• 8 October: Harry Holland, politician.

• Joseph Kemp, christian fundamentalist.

Category:1933 deaths

References

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 1933 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1933