1929 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1929 in New Zealand.

Population

 * Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,486,100.
 * Increase since previous 31 December 1928: 18,700 (1.27%).
 * Males per 100 females: 104.1.

Regal and viceregal

 * Head of state – George V
 * Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO

Government
The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued.
 * Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
 * Prime Minister – TBD
 * Deputy Prime Minister – TBD
 * Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United)
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs – TBD
 * Chief Justice – Sir Charles Skerrett then Sir Michael Myers

Parliamentary opposition

 * Leader of the Opposition – Gordon Coates (Reform)

Main centre leaders

 * Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
 * Mayor of Wellington – George Troup
 * Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
 * Mayor of Dunedin – William Taverner, succeeded by Robert Black

Events

 * 9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries.
 * 17 June: 1929 Murchison earthquake: An earthquake of surface wave magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas
 * 29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10-year Great Depression.

Arts and literature
See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books

Music
See: 1929 in music

Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film
See: Category:1929 film awards, 1929 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1929 films

Badminton

 * National Champions
 * Men's singles: J. Southon
 * Women's singles: A. Ellett
 * Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
 * Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
 * Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett

Chess
The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne.

Golf

 * The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw.
 * The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui
 * Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 3rd title
 * Women: Mrs P.L. Dodgshun (Dunedin).

Harness racing

 * New Zealand Trotting Cup – Peter Bingen (2nd win)
 * Auckland Trotting Cup – Gold Jacket (2nd win)

Thoroughbred racing

 * New Zealand Cup – Chide
 * Avondale Gold Cup – Historic
 * Auckland Cup – Concentrate
 * Wellington Cup – Vertigern
 * New Zealand Derby – Honour

Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.
 * Men's singles champion – A.R. Coltman (Carlton Bowling Club)
 * Men's pair champions – A.G. Kinvig, F. Laurenson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)
 * Men's fours champions – C.E. Hardley, F. Needham, I. Clarke, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)

Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
 * Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

 * 1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
 * Provincial league champions:
 * Auckland:	Tramways
 * Canterbury:	Thistle
 * Hawke's Bay:	Napier YMCA
 * Nelson:	Thistle
 * Otago:	Seacliff
 * South Canterbury:	Albion Rovers
 * Southland:	Corinthians
 * Taranaki:	Stratford
 * Waikato:	Claudelands Rovers
 * Wanganui:	Thistle
 * Wellington:	Diamond

January

 * 7 January – Peter Bartlett, architect and academic (died 2019)
 * 10 January – Grahame Jarratt, rower (died 2011)
 * 13 January – James Beal, boxer (died 1996)
 * 19 January – Brian Steele, rugby union player
 * 24 January – Stuart Jones, cricketer (died 2015)

February

 * 6 February
 * Maurice Dixon, rugby union player (died 2004)
 * Noel Hilliard, author and novelist (died 1996)
 * Colin Murdoch, pharmacist, veterinarian, inventor (died 2008)
 * 12 February – Kevin Dwyer, cricketer (died 2020)
 * 14 February
 * Noel Dellow, cricketer (died 2021)
 * Jenny King, librarian (died 2021)
 * 16 February – Venn Young, politician (died 1993)

March

 * 6 March
 * Ian Irvine, rugby union player, disability rights advocate (died 2013)
 * Ronald Trubuhovich, medical practitioner, critical care specialist
 * 7 March
 * Ian McKay, jurist (died 2014)
 * Tom Weal, politician (died 2016)
 * 9 March – Les Rackley, boxing trainer (died 2021)
 * 12 March – William Liley, perinatal physiologist (died 1983)
 * 21 March
 * Lesley Rowe, athlete (died 2011)
 * Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, Māori language advocate
 * 22 March – Dennis Copps, cricket umpire (died 2020)
 * 24 March
 * Hugh Templeton, diplomat, politician
 * Ian Templeton, journalist, writer
 * 25 March – Allan Wright, farmer and businessman (died 2022)
 * 26 March – Joye Evans, guiding leader (died 2021)
 * 27 March
 * Shona McFarlane, artist, writer, broadcaster (died 2001)
 * Hallard White, rugby union player, coach and administrator (died 2016)

April

 * 1 April – Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Māori language advocate, trade unionist (died 2020)
 * 2 April – Robert Ellis, artist (died 2021)
 * 6 April – Pat Goodman, businessman, philanthropist (died 2017)
 * 9 April
 * Aubrey Begg, politician (died 1988)
 * Fred Hollows, eye surgeon (died 1993)
 * Denford McDonald, businessman (died 2020)
 * 12 April – Ponty Reid, rugby union player (died 1994)
 * 21 April
 * Bevin Hough, rugby league player, field athlete (died 2019)
 * Ross Smith, rugby union player (died 2002)
 * 25 April – Yvette Williams, athlete (died 2019)
 * 30 April – Keith Smith, cricketer (died 2016)

May

 * 2 May – Graham Gedye, cricketer (died 2014)
 * 10 May – Miles Warren, architect (died 2022)
 * 15 May – Angela Annabell, musicologist (died 2000)
 * 19 May – Mavis Rivers, jazz singer (died 1992)
 * 26 May – Fraser Bergersen, plant biologist (died 2011)
 * 31 May – Thelma Turner, netball player (died 2023)

June

 * 3 June – Les Lock, racing cyclist (died 2003)
 * 6 June – June Sutor, crystallographer (died 1990)
 * 7 June – Colin Graham, cricketer (died 2020)
 * 30 June
 * Ed Dolejs, softball coach (died 2019)
 * David Perry, cricketer (died 2007)

July

 * 2 July – Hugh Morris, businessman (died 2010)
 * 8 July – Vern Bakalich, rugby league player (died 2015)
 * 18 July – Colin Moyle, politician
 * 19 July – Renée, writer (died 2023)
 * 23 July – Johnny Cooper, rock and roll musician (died 2014)
 * 26 July – David Tompkins, judge (died 2023)

August

 * 1 August – Phyllis Guthardt, Methodist minister, university chancellor (died 2023)
 * 5 August
 * Harry Atkinson, physicist and science administrator (died 2018)
 * Arthur Woods, rugby union player (died 2015)
 * 10 August
 * Eric Dunn, cricketer
 * Brian Pickworth, fencer (died 2020)
 * Ross Wightman, rugby union player (died 2012)
 * 19 August – David Levene, businessman, philanthropist (died 2021)
 * 23 August – Bob Bell, politician (died 2011)
 * 24 August – Oliver Jessel, businessman (died 2017)
 * 25 August – John Hippolite, political activist (died 1993)
 * 29 August – Helen Hughes, scientist

September

 * 1 September – Indianapolis, Standardbred racehorse
 * 3 September – Steve Rickard, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (died 2015)
 * 4 September – Howard Charles Clark, chemist, university administrator
 * 5 September – Margaret Loutit, microbiologist (died 2020)
 * 9 September
 * Graham Avery, racing cyclist (died 2015)
 * Pat Booth, journalist (died 2018)
 * 19 September – Phil Bygrave, field hockey player (died 2012)
 * 26 September – Tim Raphael, Anglican clergyman (died 2016)
 * 28 September – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (died 2009)
 * 30 September – Yvonne du Fresne, writer (died 2011)

October

 * 8 October – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (died 2009)
 * 9 October – Peter Button, helicopter pilot (died 1987)
 * 11 October
 * Annette Baier, philosopher (died 2012)
 * Augusta Wallace, jurist (died 2008)
 * 20 October
 * Mary Earle, food technologist (died 2021)
 * William Gough, cricketer (died 1978)
 * 28 October – Tom Puna, cricketer (died 1996)

November

 * 8 November – Trevor McMahon, cricketer
 * 13 November – Brian Sorenson, cricketer (died 2009)
 * 16 November – Bill Clark, rugby union player (died 2010)
 * 18 November – Bill Alington, architect (died 2024)
 * 19 November – Basil Meeking, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2020)
 * 20 November – Pat Kelly, trade unionist (died 2004)
 * 23 November – Felix Donnelly, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, writer, broadcaster (died 2019)
 * 26 November – Brian Coote, legal academic (died 2019)
 * 28 November – Ray Hitchcock, cricketer, racehorse breeder (died 2019)

December

 * 7 December – John Hotop, rugby union player (died 2015)
 * 14 December – Ron Jarden, rugby union player, sharebroker (died 1977)
 * 15 December – Noel Scott, politician (died 2018)
 * 19 December – Michael Fowler, architect, politician (died 2022)
 * 26 December – Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett, artist
 * 27 December – Elizabeth Edgar, botanist (died 2019)
 * 28 December – Alison Quentin-Baxter, lawyer (died 2023)

Undated

 * Cuddle, Thoroughbred racehorse
 * Jacqueline Fahey, painter, writer
 * Brian McMahon, venereologist, army officer
 * Alistair Paterson, writer, poet

January–March

 * 21 January – Alexander William Bickerton, chemistry academic (born 1842)
 * 7 February – Sir Douglas Maclean, farmer, politician (born 1852)
 * 13 February – Sir Charles Skerrett, jurist (born 1863)
 * 28 February – George Allen, architect, surveyor, tourist guide (born 1837)
 * 7 March – Henare Uru, politician (born 1872)
 * 11 March – Harry Diddams, politician (born 1864)
 * 23 March – Niniwa Heremaia, editor, Ngāti Kahungunu leader (born 1854)
 * 26 March – Waitaoro, Ngāti Tama leader (born c. 1848)

April–June

 * 7 April – Alfred Whitehouse, motion picture exhibitor and producer (born 1856)
 * 19 April – Alfred Fitchett, Anglican clergyman (born 1836)
 * 3 May
 * Charles Mackay, lawyer, politician, mayor of Wanganui (1906–1920) (born 1875)
 * Sir James Wilson, politician (born 1849)
 * 5 May – Maria Williams, schoolteacher (born 1839)
 * 11 May – John Kissling, cricketer (born 1868)
 * 19 June – Margaret Gardner, farmer, flour mill owner (born 1844)
 * 20 June – Ann Wimperis, watercolour artist (born 1844)
 * 24 June – Tupu Atanatiu Taingakawa Te Waharoa, Ngāti Hauā and Kīngitanga leader (born c. 1844)
 * 27 June – Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu, Ngāti Awa and Tuhourangi leader (born c. 1848)

July–September

 * 10 July – James Arnold, trade unionist, politician (born 1859)
 * 12 July – Alex Lithgow, composer and bandleader (born 1870)
 * 24 July – Albert Bates, architect (born 1862)
 * 15 August – Carl Dahl, businessman, importer, community leader (born 1856)
 * 20 August – Arnold Williams, cricketer (born 1870)
 * 29 August – Arthur Riley, artist, educationalist, businessman (born 1860)
 * 30 August – Sarah Cryer, farmer, community leader (born 1848)
 * 31 August – Henry Baigent, timber miller, politician (born 1844)
 * 1 September – Mary Gibson, schoolteacher (born 1864)
 * 5 September – Mariano Vella, seaman, fisherman, farmer (born 1855)
 * 8 September – Robert Wynn Williams, politician (born 1864)
 * 18 September – John Bollons, mariner, naturalist, ethnographer (born 1862)
 * 23 September – Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1847)
 * 27 September – Nisbet McRobie, rugby union player, newspaper proprietor, politician (born 1872)

October–December

 * 25 October – Charles Chilton, zoologist (born 1860)
 * 13 November – Richard Henry, conservationist (born 1845)
 * 29 November – Albert Turnbull, cricketer (born 1866)
 * 7 December – Sir John Findlay, politician (born 1862)
 * 9 December – Henry Cleary, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1859)
 * 19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850)
 * 28 December – Mads Christensen, Lutheran pastor (born 1856)
 * 30 December – Charles Tuke, cricketer (born 1858)