1930 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1930 in New Zealand.

Population

Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,506,800.
Increase since previous 31 December 1929: 20,700.
Males per 100 females: 103.9.

Incumbents

Main centre leaders

Events

11 August – Palmerston North is proclaimed as a city.
August – The Atmore Report on the education system is presented.
4 November – Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.

Arts and literature

See 1930 in art, 1930 in literature, :Category:1930 books

Kowhai Gold, an anthology of New Zealand poetry edited by Quentin Pope published in London and New York

Music

See: 1930 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

3 January: The Coubray-tone News- the first New-Zealand made "talkies" – premiered.
The Romance of Maoriland

See: :Category:1930 film awards, 1930 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1930 films

Sport

British Empire Games

			Total
3	4	2	9

Chess

The 39th National Chess Championship was held in Wanganui, and was won by G. Gunderson of Melbourne.

Cricket

New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England. Series won 1–0 by England
* 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch. New Zealand lost by eight Wickets to England.
* 24,25,27 January Basin Reserve, Wellington. New Zealand drew with England.
* 14,15,17 February Eden Park, Auckland. England drew with New Zealand .
* 21,22,24 February at Eden Park: England drew with New Zealand – this fourth Test was arranged due to the rain washout of the third test.

Golf

The 20th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his third title.
The 34th National Amateur Championships were held in the Manawatu district
* Men: H.A. Black
* Women: Miss O. Kay

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Wrackler
Auckland Trotting Cup – Carmel

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Nightmarch
Avondale Gold Cup – Prodice
Auckland Cup – Motere
Wellington Cup – Concentrate
New Zealand Derby – Cylinder

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.

Men's singles champion – F. Lambeth
Men's pair champions – G.L. Gladding, H. Jenkins
Men's fours champions – E.S. Wilson, L.C. Buist, J. Dowland, D.M. Stuart

Rugby union

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

Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

1930 Chatham Cup won by PetoneProvincial league champions:
* Auckland: YMCA
* Canterbury: Thistle
* Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
* Nelson: Thistle
* Otago: Seacliff
* Southland: Corinthians
* Taranaki: Caledonian
* Waikato: Pukemiro
* Wanganui: KP's
* Wellington: Hospital

Births

January

3 January – Ruth Dowman, athlete
8 January – Dave Spence, cricketer
21 January – Peter Tapsell, politician
24 January – Terence Bayler, actor
27 January – Bob O'Dea, rugby union player

February

10 February
* Russell Kerr, ballet dancer, choreographer and producer
* Malcolm McCaw, cricketer, accountant
11 February – Bruce Cathie, pilot, author
17 February – Jonathan Bennett, philosopher
20 February
* Kevin Meates, rugby union player
* Vida Stout, limnographer
21 February – Joan Metge, social anthropologist
22 February – Ivan Mercep, architect

March

5 March – Brian Bell, ornithologist
9 March – Mina Foley, opera singer
20 March – Thomas Williams, Roman Catholic cardinal
25 March – Margery Blackman, weaver
27 March – Paul Cotton, diplomat
28 March – Helmer Pedersen, sailor
30 March – Charlie Steele Jr., association football player, rugby union player
31 March – Barry Mitcalfe, poet, anti-nuclear activist

April

1 April – Dennis Young, rugby union player
3 April – Marama Martin, television and radio broadcaster
5 April – Bill Tinnock, rower
7 April – Koro Dewes, Ngāti Porou kaumātua and Māori language advocate
8 April
* David Benney, applied mathematician
* Ivan Vodanovich, rugby union player, coach and administrator
* Neil Wilson, athlete
18 April – Clive Revill, singer, actor
19 April
* Reg Douglas, rower
* Ewan Jamieson, military leader
20 April – Helen Mackenzie, swimmer

May

13 May – Richard Kearney, jurist
20 May – Alexia Pickering, disabilities rights campaigner
21 May – Keith Davis, rugby union player
24 May – Ivor Richardson, jurist
30 May – Colleen Dewe, politician

June

1 June – Matt Poore, cricketer
7 June – Ian Leggat, cricketer
15 June – Bev Brewis, high jumper
25 June – Peter Wight, cricketer

July

3 July – Kihi Ngatai, Ngāi Te Rangi leader, horticulturalist
11 July
* Jack Alabaster, cricketer
* Guy McGregor, field hockey player
25 July – Murray Chapple, cricketer
30 July – David Weston, cricketer

August

1 August – Glen Rowling, community leader, spouse of the prime minister Bill Rowling
2 August – Mick Bremner, rugby union player and administrator
5 August – Bruce Turner, field hockey player, cricketer
12 August – Brian Molloy, rugby union player, plant ecologist, conservationist
15 August
* Leo T. McCarthy, politician
* Azalea Sinclair, netball player
18 August
* Graeme Dallow, police officer
* Denis McLean, diplomat, author
20 August – Robert Smellie, lawyer and judge
21 August – Cyril Eastlake, rugby league player
28 August – Tony Small, diplomat
30 August – Noel Harford, cricketer

September

3 September – Cherry Wilder, fantasy and science-fiction writer
6 September – David Simmons, ethnologist
10 September – Pauline Engel, educator
11 September – Kenneth Minogue, political theorist
19 September
* Robin Archer, rugby union player
* Volker Heine, physicist
22 September – John Hill, cricketer
28 September – Sel Belsham, rugby league player
29 September – Jocelyn Fish, politician, women's rights campaigner
30 September – George Menzies, rugby league player

October

1 October – Bob Jolly, veterinary academic
17 October – Joan Williamson-Orr, local-body politician
21 October – Lawrence Reade, cricketer
22 October – Lois McIvor, artist
29 October – Hugh Burry, rugby union player, medical academic

November

11 November – Ian Burrows, army officer
16 November – Merv Richards, pole vaulter, gymnastics and pole vault coach
17 November – Chic Littlewood, television entertainer, actor
20 November – James Hill, rower
22 November – Bill Lambert, politician
30 November – Leonard Boyle, Roman Catholic bishop

December

6 December – Natalie Wicken, netball player
16 December
* Alan Clark, cricketer
* Harry Turbott, architect, landscape architect
23 December – Jean Stewart, swimmer
27 December – John Drawbridge, artist
31 December – Ron Johnston, motorcycle speedway rider

Undated

Daphne Walker, singer

Deaths

January–February

6 January – Walter Harper, Anglican clergyman
9 January – Joseph Harkness, politician
11 January – Eru Tumutara, Ringatū bishop
24 January
* Ellen Crowe, community leader
* Sophia Taylor, suffragist
* Herman van Staveren, rabbi, philanthropist
25 January – Pat Hickey, trade union leader
5 February – John Holland Baker, surveyor, public servant
11 February – Anne Wilson, poet, novelist
12 February – Elizabeth Fergusson, nurse, midwife
14 February – Sir Thomas Mackenzie, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand
21 February – Charles Garrard, cricketer, school inspector

March–April

4 March – Henry Michel, politician
11 March – George Edgecumbe, newspaper proprietor, businessman
5 April – Wereta Tainui Pitama, Ngāi Tahu leader, politician
10 April – John McCaw, farmer
16 April – Makereti Papakura, tour guide, entertainer, ethnographer

May–June

20 May – Adelaide Hicks, midwife
29 May – William Charles Nation, spiritualist, Arbor Day advocate
30 May – William Chatfield, architect
26 June – Frederick Cooke, trade unionist, politician
27 June – Sir Māui Pōmare, doctor, politician

July–August

3 July – Tom Cross, rugby union and rugby league player
8 July – Sir Joseph Ward, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand
19 July – Sir Robert Stout, politician, Premier of New Zealand
24 July – Alfred Philpott, museum curator, entomologist
30 July – George Hutchison, politician
10 August – Bill Hawkins, cricketer, politician
15 August – Wesley Spragg, butter manufacturer, temperance campaigner, benefactor
18 August – James Flesher, politician, mayor of Christchurch
20 August – George Hunter, politician, racehorse breeder
27 August
* Emily Hill, schoolteacher, suffragist, temperance worker
* Robert Neill, cricketer

September–October

4 September
* George Duncan, mining and tramway engineer
* Thomas Hickman, police officer
9 September – Alexander Bathgate, lawyer, businessman, writer, conservationist
11 September – William Parker, cricketer
24 September – Harry McNish, carpenter, Antarctic explorer
1 October
* Marjory Nicholls, poet, drama producer
* Hoeroa Tiopira, rugby union player
5 October – Frederick Fitchett, politician
13 October – Alfred George, newspaper proprietor
14 October – Thomas Fleming, miller
17 October – Amelia Randall, community leader, businesswoman, benefactor
21 October – Frank McNeill, cricketer
27 October – Francis Watson, cricketer
29 October – George Ewing, cricketer

November–December

1 November – Heni Materoa Carroll, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader
3 November – Nellie Ferner, artist photographer, community leader
8 November – Robert Scott, railway engineer, academic
12 November – Crawford Anderson, politician
7 December – John Barr, politician
15 December – Cecil de Lautour, politician
17 December – Arthur O'Callaghan, politician
29 December – Otene Paora, Ngāti Whātua leader, Anglican lay reader, land negotiator