1921 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - George V
*Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The TBDth New Zealand Parliament continued.

*Speaker of the House - TBD
*Prime Minister - TBD
*Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
*Minister of Finance - TBD
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD

Parliamentary opposition

*Leader of the Opposition - Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
*Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
*Mayor of Wellington - John Luke then Robert Wright
*Mayor of Christchurch - Henry T. J. Thacker
*Mayor of Dunedin - William Begg then James Sandilands Douglas

Events

* 31 January: The first scheduled air mail service in New Zealand commences, linking Christchurch with Ashburton and Timaru. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=31/01 NZhistory.net] ]
* 17 November: The first radio broadcast in New Zealand was made by Professor Robert Jack from the physics department of the University of Otago. [cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/21143/dashing-heroes-a-harbour-crossing|title=Dashing heroes of a harbour crossing|date=6 September 2008|publisher=Otago Daily Times|accessdate=2008-09-20]

Arts and literature

See 1921 in art, 1921 in literature,

Music

See: 1921 in music

Radio

* November 17th: 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”. [http://www.oldradio.com/archives/international/nzp.html]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

*Beyond
*The Betrayer

See: , 1921 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

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

port

* See: 1921 in sports ,

Cricket

* Plunket Shield

Horse Racing

Rugby

* Bledisloe Cup
* Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

* New Zealand national rugby league team

Births

* 30 January: Joan Faulkner-Blake, broadcaster.
* 23 May: Richard Harrison, politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
* 26 May: Frank Mooney, cricketer.
* 7 June: Brian Talboys, politician.
* 25 September: Robert Muldoon, politician and Prime Minister.
* 9 October: Tom Marshall, Christian writer.
* 6 November: Geoff Rabone, cricketer.

* Peter Brown, artist.
* Arthur Faulkner, politician.
* Eric Holland, politician.
* Guy Natusch, architect.
* Miraka Szászy, Māori leader.

Deaths

* 27 February: James Prendergast, 3rd Chief Justice of NZ.
* 19 April: Cathcart Wason, politician.

* John Aitken, Mayor of Wellington.
* John Hornsby, politician.

ee 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 1921 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1921

References