1924 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1924 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – George V
Governor-General – John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe until 26 November, then Sir Charles Fergusson from 13 December

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford

Judiciary

Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Main centre leaders

Events

29 September – The first trolleybus route in Wellington is inaugurated
4 July – The name for Four Square is established
17 November – HMS Torch hits a rock in the Chatham Islands, and is subsequently beached and abandoned
Undated – Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', later to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit, is first grown

Arts and literature

See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature :Category:1924 books

Sport

Chess

The 33rd National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.

Football

The 2nd Chatham Cup is won by Harbour Board
A Chinese Universities football team tours New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:
* 16 August, at Auckland: New Zealand win 2–1
* 23 August, at Wellington: draw 2–2
* 6 September, at Dunedin: New Zealand win 5–3
* 13 September, at Christchurch: New Zealand win 4–2
Provincial league champions:
* Auckland – Harbour Board
* Canterbury – Sunnyside
* Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
* Nelson – Athletic
* Otago – Seacliff
* South Canterbury – Albion Rovers
* Southland – Corinthians
* Taranaki – Kaponga
* Wanganui – YMCA
* Wellington – YMCA

Golf

The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301.
The 28th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland and Hamilton
* Men – L. Quin
* Women – Mrs Peake

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Sheik
Auckland Trotting Cup – Locanda Mac

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Sunart
Auckland Cup – Te Kara
Wellington Cup – Loughrea
New Zealand Derby – Count Cavour
ARC Great Northern Derby – Ballymena

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.

Men's singles champion – W. Carswell
Men's pair champions – James Angus, J. A. Redpath
Men's fours champions – W. Ure, H. S. Hill, C. G. Maher, Bill Bremner

Olympic games

New Zealand sends a team of four competitors across three sports
Arthur Porritt wins the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres

Rugby league

New Zealand host the touring Great Britain team, winning the test series 2–1
* 1st test, at Dunedin, lose 18–31
* 2nd test, at Wellington, win 13–11
* 3rd test, at Auckland, win 16–8

Rugby union

The All Blacks tour the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September 1924 and February 1925, winning all 32 games, and earning the nickname The Invincibles
The Ranfurly Shield is held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season

Wrestling

Ike Robin is recognised as New Zealand's first wrestling champion

Births

January

5 January – Ivan Wyatt, cricketer
11 January – Rex Cunningham, rugby league player
13 January – Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon
15 January
* Barbara Angus, diplomat, historian
* George Lowe, mountaineer and explorer
21 January
* Bill Andersen, trade unionist
* Ronald Sinclair, actor, film editor
22 January – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player
27 January
* Lyn Philp, boxer
* Hector Wilson, rugby union player
28 January – Wharetutu Stirling, Ngāi Tahu leader, conservationist

February

14 February
* Bos Murphy, boxer
* Reg Singer, association footballer
24 February – Jack Forrest, rugby league player
27 February – John Shanahan, swimmer
29 February – David Beattie, jurist, sports administrator, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand

March

5 March – Nau Cherrington, rugby union player
6 March – Percy Murphy, politician, first Māori mayor
7 March
* J.G.A. Pocock, historian
* Brownie Pūriri, public servant
9 March – Warren Sinclair, radiation science and medicine expert
10 March – Peter Stichbury, potter
22 March – Grace Gooder, cricketer
24 March – Norm Holland, jockey
26 March
* Jack McNab, rugby union player, coach and administrator
* Josie Yelas, netball player
29 March – Haydn Sherley, broadcaster
31 March – Joan de Hamel, children's writer

April

2 April – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer
5 April – Barbara Hale, librarian
3 April – Errol Brathwaite, writer
18 April – Tiny White, equestrian
30 April
* Richard Giese, flautist
* Mervyn Probine, physicist, public servant

May

1 May – Ted Johnson, rower
5 May – Frank Creagh, boxer
12 May – Malcolm Templeton, diplomat
22 May – Stella Casey, social campaigner

June

2 June – Pat Evison, actor
3 June – Ken Armstrong, association footballer
7 June – Bob Tizard, politician
8 June – Ian Colquhoun, cricketer
9 June – John Scott, architect
14 June
* David Ballantyne, journalist, writer
* Miriam Dell, women's advocate

July

7 July – D. P. O'Connell, barrister, legal academic
15 July
* Bub Bridger, poet and short story writer
* Brian Sutton-Smith, writer and play theorist
23 July – Betty Bourke, politician, health administrator
25 July
* Jim Beard, architect
* Peter Mann, Anglican bishop
26 July – Ces Renwick, cricketer
28 July
* Eric Fisher, cricketer
* William Fraser, politician

August

1 August – Peter Smith, rugby union player
2 August – Ainsley Iggo, neurophysiologist
7 August – Alan Wilkinson, association footballer
12 August – Gordon Hobson, amateur wrestler
13 August – John Rymer, Anglican cleric
22 August – Pat O'Connor, professional wrestler
23 August
* Bahri Kavaja, association footballer
* Doug Mudgway, amateur wrestler
28 August
* Tony MacGibbon, cricketer
* Janet Frame, writer
31 August – Don Beaven, medical researcher

September

3 September – John Ingram, mechanical engineer, businessman
4 September – Lory Blanchard, rugby league player and coach
5 September – Nick Carter, cyclist
6 September – Hugh Poole, sailor
7 September – Wanda Cowley, children's writer
8 September – Frank Holmes, economist
15 September – Rex Challies, cricketer
17 September – Les Watt, cricketer
23 September – Peggy Hay, designer
24 September – Sammy Guillen, cricketer
27 September – Louis Johnson, poet
30 September – Trevor Hatherton, geophysicist

October

5 October – Victor Brooker, cricketer
11 October – Arthur Hughes, rugby union player, businessman, horse racing administrator
19 October – Keith Gudsell, rugby union player
30 October – Roy McLennan, politician

November

5 November – Geoff Smale, sailor
23 November
* Doug Coombes, mineralogist and petrologist
* Doug Dillon, jurist
28 November – Colin McLachlan, politician

December

2 December
* Gerald O'Brien, politician
* Brian Poananga, sportsman, military leader, diplomat
5 December – Gavin Downie, politician
7 December – Jimmy Haig, rugby union and rugby league player
12 December
* Neill Austin, politician
* Brown Turei, Anglican archbishop
23 December – Len Castle, potter
26 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer
28 December – Loo-Chi Hu, marine equipment designer, t'ai chi teacher
29 December
* Eve Poole, 41st Mayor of Invercargill
* Bob Vance, cricket player and administrator
* Ivan Walsh, association footballer, cricketer
30 December – Joe Phillips, rugby league player

Deaths

January–March

5 January – Mary Player, midwife, feminist, social reformer
6 January – Henry Hill, cricketer
19 January – Frances Parker, suffragette
24 January – Acton Adams, politician
27 January – William Gardiner, cricketer
2 February
* Daniel Claffey, cricketer
* John Duncan, politician
11 February – Arthur Lomas, cricketer
17 February – James Tibbs, schoolteacher
22 February – Mary Dawson, farmer, environmentalist
24 February – Joseph Borton, cricketer
1 March – Elizabeth Parsons, singer
4 March – Gilbert Carson, politician
6 March – Grace Joel, artist
10 March – George Bourne, photographer
17 March – Martin Chapman, cricketer, barrister, politician

April–June

3 April – Alfred Newman, politician
19 April – Charles Louisson, politician
7 May – Alfred Luttrell, architect and building contractor
9 May – James Mason, doctor, bacteriologist, public health administrator
19 May – Joseph Pabst, cricketer

July–September

17 July – William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping
19 July – Sir Walter Buchanan. politician
25 July – Lawrence Birks, electrical engineer
10 August – Edward Wakefield, politician
19 August – Alfred Baldey, politician
17 September – Richard Vincent, cricketer
19 September – Sir John Salmond, legal academic, public servant, jurist
27 September – Thomson Leys, journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor, philanthropist

October–December

18 October – Walter Mason, cricketer
23 October – Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa, politician
13 November – Charles Boxshall, cricketer
27 November – Joseph Grimmond, politician
15 December – Paratene Ngata, Ngāti Porou leader, politician
19 December – William Maslin, politician