The following lists events that happened during 1921 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – George V Governor-General – John Jellicoe, Viscount JellicoeStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
Government The 20th New Zealand Parliament continues, with the Reform Party in Government
Speaker of the House – Frederick Lang Prime Minister – William Massey Minister of Finance – William Massey Minister of External Affairs – Ernest Lee
Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party)
Judiciary Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson Mayor of Wellington – John Luke then Robert Wright Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Thacker Mayor of Dunedin – William Begg then James Douglas
Events 31 January – The first scheduled air mail service in New Zealand commences, linking Christchurch with Ashburton and Timaru.NZhistory.net 17 November – The first radio broadcast in New Zealand is made by Professor Robert Jack from the physics department of the University of Otago.
Arts and literature
See 1921 in art, 1921 in literature, :Category:1921 books
Music
See: 1921 in music
Radio
17 November – 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".
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
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
Sport
Chess National champion – John Boyd Dunlop, of Dunedin (his first title)List of NZ chess champions
Cricket Plunket Shield
Football Provincial league champions: Auckland – Northcote Canterbury – Corinthians Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau Nelson – Athletic Otago – HSOB Southland – Corinthians Wanganui – Eastown Workshops Wellington – Hospital
Golf The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his fourth title) The 25th National Amateur Championships are held in Christchurch: Men – A.G. Sime (Greymouth) Women – G. Williams (her fourth title)
Horse racing
Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Reta Peter (2nd win) Auckland Trotting Cup – Man O' War (2nd win)Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Royal Star Auckland Cup – Malaga Wellington Cup – Maioha New Zealand Derby – Winning Hit
Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington. Men's singles champion – J.M. Brackenridge (Newtown Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – W.A. Grenfell, S. Potter (skip) (Wellington Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – B. Hilton, A. Bell, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)
Rugby union 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand defend the Ranfurly Shield once against (10–8) before losing it to (13–28). Wellington then defend it against (27–19) and Otago (13–8).Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press.
Shooting Ballinger Belt – Earl Vennell (Te Wharau)
Births
January 9 January – Fraser Barron, World War II bomber pilot 17 January – Jack Bergin, neurologist, anti-abortion campaigner 30 January – Joan Faulkner-Blake, broadcaster
February 5 February – Juan Schwanner, association football player and coach 6 February – Bob Scott, rugby league and rugby union player 7 February – Guy Natusch, architect 13 February – Howard Hutchinson, association footballer 14 February – Harry Whale, physicist 20 February – Tom McGuigan, politician 25 February – Keith Thiele, World War II and commercial pilot
March 4 March – Charlie Dempsey, association football administrator 12 March – Les Harmer, cricket umpire 13 March – Raymond Hesselyn, World War II fighter pilot 16 March – Chip Bailey, trade unionist
April 6 April – Jack Hunt, speedway rider 10 April – Robert Wade, chess player 12 April – Peter Brown, artist 27 April – Helen Wily, mathematician 30 April – Wally Williams, water polo player
May 2 May – Ron Smith, public servant, peace activist 6 May – Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician 12 May – Peter Munz, philosopher, historian 15 May – Anne Delamere, public servant 18 May – Rosalie Carey, playwright, director, poet, actor, author 23 May – Richard Harrison, politician 26 May Frank Mooney, cricketer Agnes Wood, artist, writer 29 May – Wally Argus, rugby union player 31 May – Aston Greathead, artist
June 6 June – Shirley Tonkin, sudden infant death syndrome researcher 7 June – Brian Talboys, politician 13 June – Roy Blair, cricketer 17 June – Monita Delamere, rugby union player, Ringatū leader, community leader 19 June – Judy Pickard, abstract painter, librarian and advocate for women's rights 23 June Cecil Holmes, film director and writer Leonard Willmott, soldier, security intelligence officer 25 June – Willow Macky, songwriter 28 June – Eric Holland, politician
July 8 July – John Money, psychologist, sexologist, author 11 July – Pat Perrin, potter 12 July – Doug Dye, microbiologist 13 July – Lester Castle, lawyer, public servant 18 July – Ian Payne, cricketer 21 July – Graham Speight, jurist 23 July – Peter Gordon, politician 26 July – June Westbury, politician 30 July – Eric Grinstead, sinologist, Tangutologist
August 4 August – Patricia Hook, religious sister, nurse and hospital administrator 5 August – Colin McLeod, civil engineer 6 August – Jack Monaghan, wrestler 7 August – Miraka Szászy, Māori leader 14 August Donald Burns, cricket umpire Ken Ruby, wrestler 21 August – Doreen Lumley, athlete 26 August – Bob Owens, businessman, politician, mayor of Tauranga (1968–77)
September 2 September – Diana Isaac, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist 3 September – Oonah Shannahan, netball player 4 September – Bruce Biggs, Māori studies academic 14 September – Colin Johnstone, rower 19 September – Michael Noonan, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter 25 September – Robert Muldoon, politician 28 September Morrie Goddard, rugby union player Bruce Mason, playwright 29 September – John Ritchie, composer, orchestral founder and conductor, music academic 30 September – Jim Macdonald, naval officer, civil engineer, inventor
October 3 October – Eldred Stebbing, record label founder and owner 7 October – Desmond O'Donnell, rugby union player 9 October – Tom Marshall, Christian writer 10 October – Harvey Sweetman, World War II pilot 13 October – Earle Riddiford, lawyer and mountaineer 18 October – Kingi Ihaka, Anglican priest, broadcaster, Māori leader 23 October – Colin Allan, colonial administrator, diplomat 29 October – Jack Warcup, mycologist
November 4 November – William Tyree, electrical engineer, businessman, philanthropist 6 November – Geoff Rabone, cricketer 8 November – Gordon Mason, local-body politician 11 November – Buddy Corlett, softball and basketball player 17 November – Bruce Irwin, botanist 20 November Arthur Faulkner, politician Dick Matthews, plant virologist
December 3 December – Cyril Belshaw, anthropologist 8 December Dot McNab, military administrator, political organizer Bob Walton, police officer 11 December – David Baldwin, lawn bowls player 24 December – Vincent Bevan, rugby union player 29 December – Ngoi Pēwhairangi, songwriter, Māori language teacher and advocate
Deaths
January–March 19 January – Frank Lawry, politician (born 1839) 7 February – Bella Button, horse driver and trainer, equestrian (born 1863) 23 February – J. T. Marryat Hornsby, politician, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1857) 27 February – Sir James Prendergast, lawyer, politician, jurist (born 1826) 9 March – Walter Powdrell, politician (born 1872) 10 March – Henry Brown, saw miller, politician (born 1842) 21 March – Samuel Moreton, artist, explorer (born 1844)
April–June 4 April – Mary Jane Milne, milliner, businesswoman (born 1840) 19 April – Cathcart Wason, politician (born 1848) 23 April – William Maxwell, politician (born 1867) 1 June – Tureiti Te Heuheu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, politician (born 1865) 24 June – William Dickie, politician (born 1869) 25 June – Haimona Patete, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia leader, religious founder (born 1863)
July–September 19 July – Lily Atkinson, temperance campaigner, suffragist, feminist (born 1866) 31 July – Alice Jacob, botanical illustrator, lace designer, design teacher (born 1862) 13 August – Ōtene Pītau, Rongowhakaata leader (born 1834) 5 August – Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson, politician (born 1837) 17 August – John Aitken, politician, mayor of Wellington (1900–05) (born 1849) 9 September – Joseph Henry Cock, shipping company manager, patron of the arts (born 1855) 17 September – John Verrall, photographer, politician (born 1849) 20 September – Thomas Kelly, politician (born 1830)
October–December 29 October – Samuel Nevill, Anglican bishop (born 1837) 31 October – James Little, shepherd, sheep breeder (born 1834) 1 November Jeremiah Twomey, journalist, politician (born 1847) 29 November – Hopere Uru, rugby union player, cricketer, politician (born 1868) 2 December – Patrick Nerheny, politician (born 1858)
See also List of years in New Zealand History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment
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