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1924 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO succeeded by General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ¹

Government

The 21st New Zealand Parliament continued. The Reform Party governed as a minority with the support of independents.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Minister of Finance - William Massey

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - James Arthur Flesher
• Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley

Events

• Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', which was to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit was first grown in 1924.

Arts and literature

See 1924 in art , 1924 in literature Category:1924 books

Music

See: 1924 in music

Broadcasting

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Venus of the South Seas

See: 1924 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1924 films

Appointments and awards

Sport

• See: 1924 in sports , Category:1924 in sports, New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

• Arthur Porritt won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. He also came 5th in the 200m.

Horse Racing

• ARC Great Northern Derby: won by Ballymena (NZ)

Rugby

• An All Black team toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September and February 1925. They won all 32 games on tour, and were nicknamed The Invincibles
• The Ranfurly Shield was held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season.

Rugby League

• Great Britain toured New Zealand, losing the test series 2-1
  • 1st test, GB 31 - NZ 18, Dunedin
  • 2nd test, NZ 13 - GB 11, Wellington
  • 3rd test, NZ 16 - GB 8, Auckland

Soccer

• 2nd Chatham Cup won by Harbour Board (Auckland)

Wrestling

• Ike Robin becomes recognised as New Zealand's first Wrestling champion

Births

• 21 January: Bill Andersen, trade unionist.
• 21 January: Ronald Sinclair, child actor.
• 22 January: Ortvin Sarapu, twenty-times New Zealand chess champion.
• 27 January: Lyn Philp, boxer.
• 29 February: David Beattie, Governor-general.
• 7 March (in London): J.G.A. Pocock, historian.
• 28 August: Tony MacGibbon, cricketer.
• 28 August: Janet Frame, writer.

• Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon.
• James Beard, architect.
• Len Castle, potter.
• Miriam Dell, women's advocate/leader.
• Pat Evison, Actress.
• William Fraser, politician.
• Gerald O'Brien, politician.
• Robert Tizard, politician.

Category:1924 births

Deaths

• 17 July: William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping.

• Alfred Newman, politician.
• Edward Wakefield, politician.

Category:1924 deaths

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 1924 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1924

References