1937 in New Zealand

Population

* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,601,800 http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls]
* Increase since 31/12/1936: 17,200 (1.09%)
* Males per 100 Females: 103.1

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - George VI
*Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.

* Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
* Prime Minister - Michael Joseph Savage
* Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michael Joseph Savage
* Attorney-General - Rex Mason

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Adam Hamilton (National 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 - Ernest Davis
* Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
* Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
* Mayor of Christchurch - J. W. Beanland
* Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

*16 January: The "Hawke's Bay Herald" publishes its final issue before merging with the "Hawke's Bay Tribune" to form the "Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune" (now part of "Hawke's Bay Today"). It started as the "Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate" in 1857. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.HBH&sp=HBH&essay=1|title=Hawke's Bay Herald|publisher=National Library of New Zealand]
* 18 February: A flood drowns 21 Government construction workers when it washes away their camp beside the Kopuawhara Stream in Poverty Bay
* Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) started, it was stopped in 1967.

Arts and literature

See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature,

Music

See: 1937 in music

Broadcasting

* May 6 Historic radio link up to cover the arrival of Airship Hindenburg at New Jersey (and hence its destruction by fire). This is probably the first direct international radio broadcast of this nature from such a distance.

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

* New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds [http://events.filmarchive.org.nz/event.php?eventInstanceID=1412&eventID=288]

See: , 1937 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

Sport

* See: 1937 in sports,

Cricket

Horse racing

See

Rugby

,

* Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

* Chatham Cup competition not held this year.

Births

* 4 March: Graham Dowling, cricketer.
* 11 March: John Ward, cricketer.
* 21 June: John Kent, cartoonist.
* 02 August: Ron Brierley, businessman.
* 10 August (in England): Ian Bradley, naval officer.
* 30 August: Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer.
* 21 September: Dennis Browne, Catholic bishop.
* 19 November: Sir Kenneth Keith, Judge.
* 5 December: Roger Douglas, politician.

* Murray Ball, cartoonist.
* Bev Brentnall, cricketer.
* Patricia Grace, author.

Deaths

* 20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.
* 19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.

* Thomas Field, politician.
* Sir Frederic Lang, politician - 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.

References

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 1930 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1930