1. Population

2. Incumbents
    Regal and viceregal  Government  Parliamentary opposition  Main centre leaders 

3. Events

4. Arts and literature
    Music  Radio  Film 

5. Sport
    Chess  Golf  Horse racing  Harness racing  Lawn bowls  Olympic Games  Rugby  Rugby league  Soccer 

6. Births
    January–February  March–April  May–June  July–August  September–October  November–December  Exact date unknown 

7. Deaths
    January–March  April–June  July–September  October–December 

8. See also

9. References

10. External links

The following lists events that happened during 1932 in New Zealand.

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,534,700 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1931: 11,900 (0.78%)
• Males per 100 females: 103.6

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC ^[2]

Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament commenced with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - George Forbes
• Minister of Finance - William Downie Stewart (Reform Party)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George Forbes
• Attorney-General - William Downie Stewart
• Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition -Harry Holland (Labour).^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison
• Mayor of Hamilton - Frances Dewsbury Pinford
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Dan Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Black

Events

• 23 February: First session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[4]

• 25 April: Dedication ceremony for the New Zealand National War Memorial Carillion in Wellington.
• 10 May: Parliament goes into recess.
• 28 June: The Otago Witness, first published in 1851, produces its last issue.^[5]
• 22 September: Parliament recommences.
• 8 December: First session of the 24th Parliament concludes.

Arts and literature

See 1932 in art, 1932 in literature, Category:1932 books

Music

See: 1932 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: Category:1932 film awards, 1932 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1932 films

Sport

Chess

• The 41st National Chess Championship was held in Napier, and was won by G. Gundersen of Melbourne, his second title.^[6]

Golf

• The 22nd New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his fifth title.^[7]
• The 36th National Amateur Championships were held in Wellington ^[8]
  • Men: Rana Wagg (Hutt) - 2nd title
  • Women: Mrs J.C. Templar

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Harold Logan (2nd win)^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Great Parrish^[10]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.^[11]

• Men's singles champion – J. Scott (Caledonian Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – Bill Bremner, C. Hardley (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)
• Men's fours champions – K.S. Mackay, Len Keys, C.H. de Launay, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club)

Olympic Games

Rugby

• Inaugural Bledisloe Cup won by New Zealand 2-1
• Ranfurly Shield held by Canterbury all season, with defenses against Sth Canterbury 11-5, Auckland 14-0, West Coast 5-3, Wellington 9-8, Buller 13-0, Waikato 17-6

Rugby league

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Millerton All Blacks 5—0 in the final.^[12]
• Provincial league champions: ^[13]
  • Auckland: YMCA
  • Canterbury: Thistle
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: Seacliff
  • Southland: Rangers
  • Taranaki: Albion
  • Waikato: Rotowaro
  • Wanganui: Thistle
  • Wellington: Marist

Births

January–February

• 3 January – Stanley James, cricketer
• 9 January – Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, politician
• 13 January – Mervyn Edmunds, cricketer
• 18 January – Jock Butterfield, rugby league player
• 20 January – Mervin Sandri, cricketer
• 28 January – Keith Roberts, rugby league player and coach
• 31 January – Derek Quigley, politician
• 16 February – Daphne Robinson, cricketer
• 19 February – Ray La Varis, politician
• 20 February – Ann Ballin, psychologist, victims' rights advocate

March–April

• 1 March – Ranginui Walker, academic, writer
• 4 March – William Norman, cricketer
• 8 March – Pat O'Connor, Roman Catholic priest
• 9 March – Les McNichol, rugby league player
• 10 March – Fred Gerbic, politician
• 15 March – Roger Green, archaeologist
• 16 March – Frank Albrechtsen, association footballer
• 19 March – Ernest Wainscott, cricket umpire
• 24 March – Peter Jones, rugby union player
• 3 April – John Hooker, novelist
• 13 April – Robert Long, cricketer

May–June

• 5 May – John Cunneen, Roman Catholic bishop}}
• 12 May – Tom Kneebone, cabaret performer, actor
• 13 May
  • Jan Anderson, plant scientist
  • Thomas Flaws, cricketer
• 21 May – Binney Lock, journalist, newspaper editor
• 23 May
  • Jack Foster, athlete
  • David Stenhouse, biologist, philosopher
• 29 May – Paddy McFarlane, association footballer
• 1 June – Frank Cameron, cricketer
• 4 June – Maurice Shadbolt, writer
• 7 June – Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank, poet, teacher
• 23 June – Bob Blair, cricketer

July–August

• 3 July – Gordon Challis, poet
• 4 July – Ron Horsley, rugby union player
• 5 July – Robert Webster, virologist
• 1 August – Hector Busby, traditional navigator and waka builder
• 2 August
  • Pat Hanly, painter
  • W. H. McLeod, historian
• 7 August – Robin Ferrier, organic chemist
• 20 August – Joseph Churchward, graphic designer, typographer
• 22 August – Barbara van den Broek, architect, landscape architect
• 27 August – John Watkinson, soil scientist
• 31 August – William Frame, cricketer

September–October

• 6 September – Ross Jansen, politician, mayor of Hamilton (1977–1989)
• 5 October – Barbara Goodman, politician, political hostess
• 17 October – C. K. Stead, academic, writer
• 23 October – Brenda Duncan, cricketer
• 29 October – Alan Preston, association footballer, cricketer

November–December

• 5 November – Guy Bowers, rugby union player
• 8 November – John Hastie, cricket umpire
• 10 November – Tony Ciprian, broadcaster
• 13 November – Kāterina Mataira, Māori language advocate, teacher, artist, writer
• 15 November – John Lasher, rugby league player, sailor
• 17 November
  • Winifred Griffin, swimmer
  • Donald MacLeod, cricketer
• 1 December – Heather Begg, opera singer
• 4 December – Ian Brackenbury Channell, Wizard of New Zealand
• 6 December – Paul Reeves, Anglican archbishop, Governor-General (1985–1990)
• 27 December – Donald Gemmell, rower

Exact date unknown

• Bob Brockie, biologist, cartoonist
• David McIntyre, historian

Deaths

January–March

• 14 January – Frank Wells, cricketer (born 1871)
• 30 January – Edward Walter, politician (born 1866)
• 9 February – Charles Wilson, newspaper editor, politician, librarian (born 1857)
• 19 February – Ernest Lee, politician (born 1862)
• 17 March – Mary Gertrude Banahan, Roman Catholic nun, teacher (born {{circa|1856}})

April–June

• 12 April – Henry Stronach, cricketer (born 1865)
• 16 April – Rutherford Waddell, Presbyterian minister, social reformer, writer (born {{circa|1851}})
• 19 April – Dame Christina Massey, community leader, political hostess (born 1863)
• 16 May – William Pember Reeves, politician, historian, poet, social reformer (born 1857)
• 30 May – Hori Pukehika, woodcarver, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader (born {{circa|1847}})
• 24 June
  • Edward Henry Clark, politician (born 1870)
  • Tuiti Makitanara, politician (born 1874)

July–September

• 17 July – Sidney Luttrell, architect, building contractor (born 1872)
• 3 August – William Bock, engraver, lithographer, medal and stamp designer, publisher (born 1847)
• 20 August – John Cunningham, cricketer (born 1854)
• 2 September – Hester Maclean, nurse, journal editor (born 1859)
• 10 September – Hugh Valentine, politician (born 1848)
• 15 September – Frederick Allsop, politician (born 1865)

October–December

• 5 October – George Carter, politician (born 1864)
• 6 October – Alex Wilson, rugby union player (born 1874)
• 17 October
  • Lewis Allen, rugby union player (born 1870)
  • George Black, politician (born 1903)
• 23 October – Ernest Currie, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1873)
• 16 November – William Nelson, farmer, industrialist (born 1843)
• 22 November – Helen Nicol, suffragist, temperance campaigner (born 1854)
• 24 November – Isabella Fraser, hospital matron (born 1857)
• 10 December – William Butler, sawmiller, timber merchant (born 1858)
• 11 December – James Horn, politician (born 1855)
• 21 December – Harold Livingstone Tapley, politician (born 1875)

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

References

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