1932 in New Zealand

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

Population

Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,534,700.
Increase since previous 31 December 1931: 11,900.
Males per 100 females: 103.6.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – Harry Holland.

Judiciary

Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers

Main centre leaders

Events

23 February: First session of the 24th Parliament commences.
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.
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

Sport

Chess

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

Golf

The 22nd New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his fifth title.
The 36th National Amateur Championships were held in Wellington
* Men: Rana Wagg – 2nd title
* Women: Mrs J.C. Templar

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Harold Logan
Auckland Trotting Cup – Great Parrish

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Fast Passage
Avondale Gold Cup – Bronze Tray
Auckland Cup – Fast Passage
Wellington Cup – Compris
New Zealand Derby – Silver Scorn

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.

Men's singles champion – J. Scott
Men's pair champions – Bill Bremner, C. Hardley
Men's fours champions – K.S. Mackay, Len Keys, C.H. de Launay, M. Walker

Olympic Games

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Rugby

:Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

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

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Millerton All Blacks 5–0 in the final.Provincial league champions:
* 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

1 January – Vinka Lucas, fashion designer and retailer, magazine founder
3 January – Stanley James, cricketer
6 January – Eunice Eichler, midwife, open adoption advocate
9 January – Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, politician
13 January – Mervyn Edmunds, cricketer
18 January – Jock Butterfield, rugby league player
20 January – Mervin Sandri, cricketer
23 January – Ann Trotter, historian
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
2 April – Joan Fear, painter
3 April – John Hooker, novelist
13 April – Robert Long, cricketer
20 April – Farquhar Wilkinson, cellist

May–June

1 May – Keith Mann, fencer, sports administrator
5 May – John Cunneen, Roman Catholic bishop
7 May – Krystyna Tomaszyk, writer, social activist
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
12 June – June Kerr, ballerina
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

4 September – David McIntyre, historian
6 September – Ross Jansen, politician, mayor of Hamilton
2 October – Roger Gibbs, swimmer
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
7 December – Norman Kingsbury, educational administrator
23 December – Bill Gray, rugby union player
27 December – Donald Gemmell, rower

Exact date unknown

Bob Brockie, biologist, cartoonist
Titewhai Harawira, Maori activist

Deaths

January–March

14 January – Frank Wells, cricketer
30 January – Edward Walter, politician
9 February – Charles Wilson, newspaper editor, politician, librarian
19 February – Ernest Lee, politician
17 March – Mary Gertrude Banahan, Roman Catholic nun, teacher

April–June

5 April – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
12 April – Henry Stronach, cricketer
16 April – Rutherford Waddell, Presbyterian minister, social reformer, writer
19 April – Dame Christina Massey, community leader, political hostess
5 May – Gloaming, Thoroughbred racehorse
16 May – William Pember Reeves, politician, historian, poet, social reformer
30 May – Hori Pukehika, woodcarver, Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader
2 June – Thomas Edmonds, businessman and philanthropist
24 June
* Edward Henry Clark, politician
* Tuiti Makitanara, politician

July–September

17 July – Sidney Luttrell, architect, building contractor
3 August – William Bock, engraver, lithographer, medal and stamp designer, publisher
20 August – John Cunningham, cricketer
2 September – Hester Maclean, nurse, journal editor
4 September – Bert Palmer, rugby union player
10 September – Hugh Valentine, politician
15 September – Frederick Allsop, politician

October–December

5 October – George Carter, politician
6 October – Alex Wilson, rugby union player
17 October
* Lewis Allen, rugby union player
* George Black, politician
23 October – Ernest Currie, rugby union player, cricketer
16 November – William Nelson, farmer, industrialist
22 November – Helen Nicol, suffragist, temperance campaigner
24 November – Isabella Fraser, hospital matron
10 December – William Butler, sawmiller, timber merchant
11 December – James Horn, politician
21 December – Harold Livingstone Tapley, politician