1921 in New Zealand

← 1920 1919 1918 1921 in New Zealand → 1922 1923 1924
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO

Government

The 20th 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).

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 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.
• 17 November: The first radio broadcast in New Zealand was 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".[1]

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: J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin. (1st time)

Cricket

• Plunket Shield

Golf

• The 11th New Zealand Open championship was won by Ted Douglas (his fourth victory).
• The 25th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch
  • Men: A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
  • Women: Mrs. G. Williams (her 4th title)

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Reta Peter - 2nd win
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Man O' War - 2nd win

Rugby union

• 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
• Southland defended the Ranfurly Shield once against Otago (10-8) before losing it to Wellington (13-28). Wellington then defended it against Auckland (27-19) and Otago (13-8).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:

• Auckland: Northcote
• Canterbury: Corinthians
• Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau
• Nelson: Athletic
• Otago: HSOB
• Southland: Corinthians
• Wanganui: Eastown Workshops
• Wellington: Hospital

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 Brown Hesselyn, World War II fighter pilot
• 16 March – Chip Bailey, trade unionist

April

• 10 April – Robert Wade, chess player
• 12 April – Peter Brown, artist

May

• 2 May – Ron Smith, public servant, peace activist
• 6 May – Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician
• 12 May – Peter Munz, philosopher, historian
• 23 May – Richard Harrison, politician
• 26 May – Frank Mooney, cricketer
• 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
• 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

• 7 August – Miraka Szászy, Māori leader
• 14 August – Donald Burns, cricket umpire
• 21 August – Doreen Lumley, athlete
• 26 August – Bob Owens, businessman, politician, mayor of Tauranga (1968–77) (born 1921)

September

• 2 September – Diana Isaac, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 c.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 c.1865)
• 24 June – William Dickie, politician (born 1869)
• 25 June – Haimona Patete, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia leader, religious founder (born c.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 – Otene Pitau, Rongowhakaata leader (born c.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
  • Sir Richard Gaudin-Martin, 1st Baronet, diplomat, colonial administrator (born 1838)
  • 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
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

External links

Media related to 1921 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons