1935 in New Zealand

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,569,700.
• Increase since previous 31 December 1934: 11,300.
• Males per 100 females: 103.1.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – George V
• Governor-General – The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC, succeeded same year by The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC

Government

• Speaker of the House – Charles Statham
• Prime Minister – George Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage
• Minister of Finance – Gordon Coates then Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – George Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage
• Attorney-General – George Forbes then Rex Mason
• Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Michael Joseph Savage until 6 December, then George Forbes.

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – George Hutchison then Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch – Dan Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin – '''Edwin Thomas Cox'''

Events

• 13 February: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament commences.
• 5 April: Parliament goes into recess.
• 29 June: The Christchurch Times ceases publication. The newspaper began as the Lyttelton Times in 1851.
• 29 August: Parliament recommences.
• 26 October: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• 1 November: The 24th Parliament is dissolved.
• 26 November: Voting in the four Māori electorates for the 1935 General Election.
• 27 November: Voting in the 76 general electorates for the 1935 General Election.

Arts and literature

Music

Radio

Film

• Down on the Farm
• Hei Tiki / Primitive Passions
• New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire
• Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland

Sport

Chess

• The 44th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Invercargill.

Golf

• The 25th New Zealand Open championship was won by Alex Murray.
• The 39th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch
• * Men: J.P. Hornabrook
• * Women: Miss J. Anderson

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Indianapolis
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Graham Direct

Lawn bowls

• Men's singles champion – Arthur Engebretsen
• Men's pair champions – H.G. Loveridge, R.N. Pilkington
• Men's fours champions – William Edward Mincham, L.G. Donaldson, William James Liversidge, H. Whittle

Rugby union

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Hospital of Wellington who beat Western of Christchurch 3–1 in the final.Provincial league champions:
• * Auckland: Ponsonby AFC
• * Canterbury: Western
• * Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
• * Nelson: YMCA
• * Otago: Maori Hill
• * Southland: Corinthians
• * Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd
• * Wanganui: Thistle
• * Wellington: Hospital

Births

January

• 2 January – Bill Snowden, rugby league player
• 3 January – Rata Harrison, rugby league player
• 9 January
• * John Graham, rugby union player and administrator, educator
• * Stewart McKnight, cricketer
• 16 January – Muru Walters, rugby union player, Anglican bishop
• 21 January – Mick Cossey, rugby union player
• 23 January – Bill Culbert, artist
• 24 January – Peter Wolfenden, harness-racing driver

February

• 5 February – Gordon Parkinson, public servant, diplomat
• 6 February – Reg Boorman, politician
• 10 February
• * Mark Irwin, rugby union player
• * Ian Kerr, field hockey player
• 16 February – Robin Clark, chemist
• 22 February – Barry Anderson, composer
• 23 February
• * John Osmers, Anglican bishop, anti-apartheid activist
• * Derek Round, journalist
• 25 February – Neville Scott, athlete
• 27 February
• * James Cooke, sailor
• * Edward Te Whiu, convicted murderer

March

• 3 March – Peter Elworthy, farming leader, businessman
• 5 March – Brian Wybourne, physicist
• 8 March – Mansfield Rangi, cricket umpire
• 12 March – Maurice Rae, athlete
• 19 March – Wes Sandle, physicist
• 25 March – Tim Eliott, actor
• 28 March – Graham Nuthall, educationist
• 29 March – John Armstrong, politician

April

• 3 April – Marrion Roe, swimmer
• 4 April – Geoff Braybrooke, politician
• 13 April – Kenneth Hayr, Royal Air Force commander
• 16 April – Lois Muir, netball player and coach
• 22 April – Dick Conway, rugby union player
• 30 April – Bruce Bodle, cricketer

May

• 11 May
• * Gwyn Evans, association footballer
• * Stuart O'Connell, Roman Catholic bishop
• 15 May
• * Barry Crump, author
• * Kevin Percy, field hockey player
• * Blair Robson, rally driver
• 19 May – Brian MacDonell, politician
• 27 May – Guy Jansen, choral musician and music educator
• 31 May
• * Jim Bolger, politician
• * Bruce Bolton, cricketer
• * William Holt, cricketer

June

• 1 June – Margot Forde, botanist
• 2 June – Ross Gillespie, field hockey player and coach
• 3 June – Raoul Franklin, physicist
• 11 June – Alan Ward, historian
• 14 June – Mervyn Thompson, playwright, theatre director
• 17 June – Ron Carter, businessman
• 22 June – Koro Wētere, politician
• 25 June – Margaret Sparrow, physician, reproductive rights advocate, author
• 29 June – Manu Maniapoto, rugby union player
• 30 June – John Turnbull, cricketer

July

• 10 July – Wilson Whineray, rugby union player, businessman
• 11 July – Bruce Bricknell, cricket umpire
• 14 July – Leon Phillips, physical chemist
• 22 July – Tuppy Diack, rugby union player
• 28 July – Tom Delahunty, association football referee
• 29 July – Iain Gillies, association footballer
• 31 July – Peter Siddell, artist

August

• 7 August – Campbell Thomas, theatre director
• 9 August – Des Connor, rugby union player
• 18 August – Howard Morrison, entertainer

September

• 1 September – Graeme Lee, politician
• 4 September – John Kneebone, farming leader
• 7 September – Douglas Sturkey, diplomat
• 11 September – Jim Williams, Pentecostal pastor
• 24 September – Vincent Orange, historian
• 26 September – Ralph Roberts, sailor, sports administrator

October

• 3 October – Judy Bailey, pianist, composer
• 4 October – Lyndsey Leask, softball administrator
• 5 October – Edmund Bohan, historian, singer, author
• 6 October – John Anslow, field hockey player
• 7 October – Barrie Devenport, marathon swimmer
• 9 October
• * Paul Barton, cricketer
• * Jeff Julian, athlete
• 10 October – Michael Henderson, fencer
• 16 October
• * David Hoskin, cricket player and administrator
• * Brian Maunsell, field hockey player
• 18 October – Margaret Beames, children's author
• 19 October – Jimmy O'Dea, trade unionist and activist
• 26 October – Barry Brickell, potter
• 28 October – Moana Manley, swimmer, beauty queen

November

• 10 November – Marilyn Duckworth, writer
• 15 November – Ken Douglas, trade unionist
• 22 November – Don Selwyn, actor, filmmaker
• 24 November – Bruce Palmer, jurist
• 28 November – Bob Binning, fencer

December

• 4 December – Gerald Hensley, public servant, diplomat
• 5 December
• * Marise Chamberlain, athlete
• * Max Gimblett, artist
• 7 December – Robin Dudding, journalist, literary editor
• 10 December – Max Cryer, entertainer, broadcaster, writer
• 13 December – Richard Sylvan, philosopher, logician, environmentalist
• 17 December – Ray Puckett, athlete, croquet player
• 20 December – Billy Ibadulla, cricket player, coach and commentator
• 21 December – Don Neely, cricket player, selector and writer
• 23 December – Warren Johnston, cyclist
• 29 December – Russell Watt, rugby union player
• 31 December – Billy Apple, pop artist

Undated

• Ken Blackburn, actor
• Arthur Everard, filmmaker, journalist, chief censor
• Joseph Musaphia, actor
• Howard Williams, potter

Deaths

January–February

• 3 January – Francis Redwood, Roman Catholic archbishop
• 14 January – Mita Taupopoki, Tūhourangi and Ngāti Wāhiao leader
• 18 January
• * Robert Hughes (conservationist), lawyer, politician, conservationist
• * John Macmillan Brown, university academic and administrator
• 22 January – James Blacklock, cricketer
• 28 January – Matthew Barnett, bookmaker, philanthropist
• 1 February – William Sadlier, Anglican bishop
• 4 February – Robert Logan, soldier, colonial administrator

March–April

• 2 March – Pat McEvedy, rugby union player and administrator
• 4 March
• * Charles Barton, businessman, politician, civic administrator
• * William Kilgour, cricketer
• 5 March – Frances Fletcher, artist
• 10 March – Charles Thorn, trade unionist, politician
• 19 March – James Randall Corrigan, politician
• 26 March
• * Arthur Atkinson, lawyer, politician
• * John Mallard, cricketer
• 7 April – Adrian Langerwerf, Roman Catholic missionary, writer
• 13 April – James McDonald, painter filmmaker, museum director
• 16 April – Dolla Richmond, painter

May–June

• 1 May – George Carter, lawn bowls player, accountant
• 6 May – Kate Edger, school principal, first woman in New Zealand to earn a university degree
• 22 May – Edwin Davy, rugby union player
• 27 May
• * John Dart, Anglican priest
• * Phomen Singh, confectioner
• 29 May
• * Harry Bayly, cricketer
• * Samuel Goldstein, rabbi, scholar, community leader
• 2 June
• * George Pearce, politician
• * Sir Alfred Robin, military leader
• 7 June – Elizabeth McCombs, politician, first female MP in New Zealand
• 13 June – Jim Coucher, Australian rules footballer
• 20 June – William Ferguson, civil engineer
• 25 June – Alfred Cousins, engraver and postage stamp designer
• 26 June – Charles Corfe, cricketer, headmaster

July–August

• 12 July – Nurse Maude, district nursing pioneer
• 29 July – Dan Udy, rugby union player
• 12 August – Albert Geddes, cricketer
• 17 August – James Craigie, businessman, politician

September–October

• 2 October – Jeremiah Connolly, politician
• 3 October – Harry Knight, farmer, politician, racehorse owner
• 5 October – William Stevenson, politician
• 7 October
• * James Garrow, legal academic
• * Sidney Williamson, singer, conductor and singing teacher
• 11 October – Sir James Coates, banker
• 12 October – Victorine Goddard, hotelkeeper
• 18 October – Ernie Booth, rugby union player
• 23 October – Ernest Upham, cricketer, lawyer
• 24 October – James Gibb, Presbyterian minister, pacifist

November–December

• 6 November – Catherine Carran, midwife
• 20 November – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, governor-general
• 25 November – Kenneth Williams, politician
• 7 December – Philip de la Perrelle, newspaper proprietor, politician
• 14 December – Mother Josepha, Roman Catholic nun, teacher
• 15 December – George James Anderson, politician
• 23 December – Charles Speight, rugby union player, politician