1921 in New Zealand

← 1920 1919 1918 1921 in New Zealand → 1922 1923 1924
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1921 Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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

Government

The 20th New Zealand Parliament continued.

• Speaker of the House - TBD
• Prime Minister - TBD
• Deputy Prime Minister - TBD
• Minister of Finance - TBD
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - TBD

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - John Luke then Robert Wright
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Thacker
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Begg then James Sandilands Douglas

Events

• 31 January: The first scheduled air mail service in New Zealand commences, linking Christchurch with Ashburton and Timaru.
• 17 November: The first radio broadcast in New Zealand was made by Professor Robert Jack from the physics department of the University of Otago.

Arts and literature

See 1921 in art, 1921 in literature, Category:1921 books

Music

See: 1921 in music

Radio

• 17 November: Professor Robert Jack assembles a small transmitter at the University of Otago in Dunedin and broadcasts the first ever radio programme heard on New Zealand airwaves. The only known fact about the programme’s content is that it included the then popular song "Hello My Dearie".[1]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Beyond
• The Betrayer

See: Category:1921 film awards, 1921 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1921 films

Sport

Chess

• National champion: J.B. Dunlop, of Dunedin. (1st time)

Cricket

• Plunket Shield

Golf

• The 11th New Zealand Open championship was won by E.S. Douglas (his fourth victory).
• The 25th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch
  • Men: A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
  • Women: Mrs. G. Williams (her 4th title)

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Reta Peter - 2nd win
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Man O' War - 2nd win

Rugby union

• 1921 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand
• Southland defended the Ranfurly Shield once against Otago (10-8) before losing it to Wellington (13-28). Wellington then defended it against Auckland (27-19) and Otago (13-8).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:

• Auckland: Northcote
• Canterbury: Corinthians
• Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau
• Nelson: Athletic
• Otago: HSOB
• Southland: Corinthians
• Wanganui: Eastown Workshops
• Wellington: Hospital

Births

• 9 January: Fraser Barron, bomber pilot during WWII
• 30 January: Joan Faulkner-Blake, broadcaster.
• 23 May: Richard Harrison, politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 26 May: Frank Mooney, cricketer.
• 7 June: Brian Talboys, politician.
• 25 September: Robert Muldoon, politician and Prime Minister.
• 9 October: Tom Marshall, Christian writer.
• 6 November: Geoff Rabone, cricketer.
• Peter Brown, artist.
• Arthur Faulkner, politician.
• Eric Holland, politician.
• Guy Natusch, architect.
• Miraka Szászy, Māori leader.

Category:1921 births

Deaths

• 27 February: James Prendergast, 3rd Chief Justice of NZ.
• 19 April: Cathcart Wason, politician.
• 29 October: Samuel Tarratt Nevill, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin.
• John Aitken, Mayor of Wellington.
• J. T. Marryat Hornsby, politician.

Category:1921 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 the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

External links

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