1921 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1921 in New Zealand.

1921 in New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 20th New Zealand Parliament continues, with the Reform Party in Government

Parliamentary opposition

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Events

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".

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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

Sport

Chess

Cricket

Football

  • Provincial league champions:[6]
    • Auckland – Northcote
    • Canterbury – Corinthians
    • Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
    • Nelson – Athletic
    • Otago – HSOB
    • Southland – Corinthians
    • Wanganui – Eastown Workshops
    • Wellington – Hospital

Golf

  • The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his fourth title)[7]
  • The 25th National Amateur Championships are held in Christchurch:[8]
    • Men – A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
    • Women – G. Williams (her fourth title)

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.[12]

  • Men's singles champion – J.M. Brackenridge (Newtown Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – W.A. Grenfell, S. Potter (skip) (Wellington Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – B. Hilton, A. Bell, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)

Rugby union

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January–March

April–June

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

See also

References

  1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. NZhistory.net
  4. "Dashing heroes of a harbour crossing". Otago Daily Times. 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  5. List of NZ chess champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  7. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  8. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  9. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  10. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  12. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4

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