1923 in New Zealand
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1923 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO ¹

Government

The 21st New Zealand Parliament continued. The Reform Party governed as a minority with the support of independents.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Independent)
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Minister of Finance - William Massey
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Francis Bell

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party). ²

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry T. J. Thacker succeeded by James Arthur Flesher
• Mayor of Dunedin - James Sandilands Douglas succeeded by Harold Livingstone Tapley

Events

• The Ross Dependency was claimed by Britain and placed under New Zealand's administration
• Opening of the Otira rail tunnel on the Midland Line.
• Establishment of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
• The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is formed.
• Battlecruiser HMS New Zealand broken up for scrap.

• 28 March: Tauranga by-election won by Charles Edward MacMillan (Reform Party)
• 1 May: Oamaru by-election won by John MacPherson, Liberal Party
• 5 July: Fourteen die when the main trunk express runs into a slip near Taumarunui

Arts and literature

See 1923 in art , 1923 in literature, Category:1923 books

Music

See: 1923 in music

Radio

• A set of Broadcasting regulations are issued under the Post And Telegraph Act 1920. Under the new regulations the country is divided into four numerical transmission regions. The regulations also stipulate that the owner of a receiving set is to pay an annual license of five shillings while permission to transmit costs two pounds.[1]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• The Romance of Sleepy Hollow

See: 1923 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1923 films

Sport

Chess

• National champion: J.B. Dunlop, of Oamaru (his 3rd title). ³

Cricket

• Plunket Shield

Horse racing

• ARC Great Northern Derby: Won by Enthusiasm (NZ)

Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield held and defended by Hawkes Bay for the full season.

Soccer

• Inaugural competition for the Chatham Cup won by Seacliff (Otago)
• New Zealand tour of Australia: ⁴
  • 24 May, Granville: Lost 1-3 vs Granville
  • 26 May, Sydney: drew 2-2 vs New South Wales
  • 29 May, Newcastle: lost 0-2 vs Newcastle
  • 2 June, Ipswich: won 4-2 vs Ipswich / West Moreton
  • 4 June, Brisbane: won 3-1 vs Queensland
  • 6 June, Nambour: won 2-0 vs North Coast
  • 9 June, Brisbane: lost 1-2 vs Australia
  • 13 June, Cessnock: lost 1-2 vs South Maitland
  • 16 June, Sydney: won 3-2 vs Australia
  • 20 June, Sydney: won 3-4 vs Metropolis
  • 23 June, Sydney: won 3-1 vs Granville
  • 25 June, Sydney: drew 1-1 vs New South Wales
  • 30 June, Newcastle: won 4-1 vs Australia
  • 3 July, Weston: lost 1-4 vs South Maitland
  • 7 July, Wollongong: lost 0-2 vs South Coast
  • 11 July, Lithgow: won 4-0 vs Western Districts

Births

• 6 January: Norman Kirk. Politician and Prime Minister. ⁵
• 27 January: Robert Burchfield. Lexicographer. ⁶
• 2 March: Don Taylor, cricketer. ⁷
• 31 March: Lawrie Miller, cricketer. ⁸
• 11 November: Sonja Davies, Trade unionist, peace activist. ⁹
• 17 November: Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer. ¹⁰

• Lindsay Daen, sculptor. ¹¹
• Melvin (Pat) Day, artist. ¹²
• Eric Heath, cartoonist.
• Jean Herbison, academic, university chancellor.
• Jack Luxton, politician.
• Peter Mahon QC.
• Neville Pickering, politician.

Category:1923 births

Deaths

• January 9: Katherine Mansfield (writer). ¹³

• Thomas Frederic Cheeseman, botanist.

Category:1923 deaths

See 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 1923 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1923

References