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1938
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New Zealand

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Decades:
See also:

Population

  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,618,500 [1]
  • Increase since 31/12/1937: 16,500 (1.03%)
  • Males per 100 females: 103.2

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 25th New Zealand Parliament continues with the Labour Party in government. The general election in October results in the Labour government being returned for the 26th New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

  • 19 February: 21 people working on the Wairoa-Gisborne railway are drowned when a flash flood hits a works camp at Kopuawhara near Mahia.[4]
  • The Times, formerly The Gisborne Times, is purchased by its opposition, The Poverty Bay Herald, which the following year becomes The Gisborne Herald.[5][6]

Arts and literature

See 1938 in art, 1938 in literature, Category:1938 books

Music

See: 1938 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

  • New Zealand Review no.5, Mountain Holiday, [1]

See: Category:1938 film awards, 1938 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1938 films

Sport

Basketball

An interprovincial championship is held even though there is no national association at this time.[7]

  • Interpovincial Champions - Men: Otago

Chess

  • The 47th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Hindin of Christchurch.[8]

Golf

  • The 28th New Zealand Open championship was won by A.D. Locke.[9]
  • The 42nd National Amateur Championships were held in Otago [10]
    • Men: JP.G.F. Smith (Akarana)
    • Women - matchplay: Miss S. Collins
    • Women - strokeplay: Mrs R. Fullerton-Smith

Horse racing

Harness racing

Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

Births

Unknown date

Deaths

Unknown date

See also

References

  1. ^ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  3. ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  4. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
  5. ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  6. ^ Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.: Earliest Journals and Their Founders".
  7. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
  8. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
  9. ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  10. ^ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
  12. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
  13. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
  14. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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