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The following lists events that happened during 1934 in New Zealand.

## Population

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* Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,558,400.[1]
* Increase since previous 31 December 1933: 11,300 (0.73%).[1]
* Males per 100 females: 103.3.[1]

## Incumbents

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### Regal and viceregal

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* Head of State – George V
* Governor-General – The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC[2]

### Government

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The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party; which postponed the next general election from 1934 to 1935.

* Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
* Prime Minister – George Forbes
* Minister of Finance – Gordon Coates (Reform Party)
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – George Forbes
* Attorney-General – George Forbes
* Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers

### Parliamentary opposition

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* Leader of the Opposition – Michael Joseph Savage (Labour Party).[3]

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Auckland – George Hutchison
* Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
* Mayor of Christchurch – Dan Sullivan
* Mayor of Dunedin – Edwin Thomas Cox

## Events

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* 6 February: Treaty house and grounds at Waitangi dedicated as a national reserve.
* 5 March: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui, at 11.46pm.
* 28 June: Third session of the 24th Parliament commences.[4]
* 10 November: Third session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
* Banknotes issued by the new Reserve Bank replace those issued by the Trading Banks, see New Zealand pound.
* The first official airmail flight from New Zealand to Australia by Faith in Australia; see Charles Ulm.[5][6]

## Arts and literature

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See 1934 in art, 1934 in literature, Category:1934 books

### Music

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See: 1934 in music

### Radio

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See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

### Film

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See: Category:1934 film awards, 1934 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1934 films

## Sport

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### British Empire Games

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Main article: New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games

Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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1 | 0 | 2 | 3

### Chess

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* The 43rd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by John Dunlop, of Dunedin, his fourth title.[7]

### Golf

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* The 24th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 6th title.[8]
* The 38th National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui[9]
* Men: B. M. Silk (Wanganui)
* Women: Miss B. Gaisford – her second title.

### Horse racing

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#### Harness racing

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* New Zealand Trotting Cup – Indianapolis[10]
* Auckland Trotting Cup – Roi L'Or[11]

### Lawn bowls

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The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[12]

* Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club)
* Men's pair champions – J. McPherson, J. Veitch (skip) (West Harbour Bowling Club)
* Men's fours champions – G. Dickson, F. Redpath, H.F. Gibson, H. Wilson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)

### Rugby

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

* the Bledisloe Cup was won by Australia, with one win and one draw.
* The Ranfurly Shield changed hands twice: Canterbury lost their first defence to Hawkes Bay 0–9. Hawkes Bay defended the shield against Wanganui 39–16 and Taranaki 23–8 before losing it to Auckland 14–18.

### Rugby league

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New Zealand national rugby league team

### Soccer

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* The Chatham Cup is won by Auckland Thistle who beat Christchurch Thistle 2–1 in the final.[13]
* Provincial league champions:[14]
* Auckland: Thistle
* Canterbury: Thistle
* Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
* Nelson: YMCA
* Otago: King Edward Technical College Old Boys
* Southland: Southern
* Taranaki: Stratford
* Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd
* Wanganui: Thistle
* Wellington: Marist

## Births

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### January

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* 3 January – Bob Elliott, paediatrician (died 2020)
* 6 January – Harry M. Miller, entertainment promoter and publicist (died 2018)
* 11 January – Barrie West, naval officer
* 22 January – Graham Kerr, television cook
* 26 January – Rex Percy, rugby union and rugby league player (died 2015)

### February

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* 4 February – Donal Smith, athlete (died 2023)
* 6 February – Barry Magee, athlete
* 7 February – Ossie Butt, rugby league player (died 2002)
* 10 February – Fleur Adcock, poet and editor (died 2024)
* 26 February – Kara Puketapu, public servant and Maori leader (died 2023)

### March

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* 3 March – Lindsay Townsend, rugby union player (died 2020)
* 15 March – Wally Hughes, association football player and coach (died 2011)
* 16 March
* Ian McLean, politician
* Des Townson, yacht designer (died 2008)
* 17 March – Ian Barker, jurist (died 2022)
* 20 March
* Graeme Hansen, equestrian (died 2007)
* Ralph Maxwell, politician (died 2012)
* 26 March
* Harle Freeman-Greene, diplomat
* Matiu Rata, politician (died 1997)
* 31 March – Randall Carrington, cricketer (died 2018)

### April

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* 3 April – Pamela Allen, children's writer and illustrator
* 9 April – Bill Birch, politician
* 14 April – Duncan MacRae, rugby league player (died 2019)
* 21 April – Martin Horton, cricket player and coach (died 2011)
* 30 April – Tom Coughlan, rugby union player (died 2017)

### May

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* 1 May
* Nev MacEwan, rugby union player
* Apirana Mahuika, Ngāti Porou leader (died 2015)
* 8 May
* Graeme Lowans, cricketer (died 2014)
* Gordon Ogilvie, historian and biographer (died 2017)
* 12 May – Peter Bland, poet, actor
* 15 May – Frank McAtamney, rugby union player (died 2022)
* 16 May – Roy Kerr, mathematician
* 21 May – Guy Henderson, oboist (died 2013)
* 28 May – Bill Baillie, athlete (died 2018)
* 30 May
* Mel Cooke, rugby league player (died 2013)
* Peter Dronke, medievalist (died 2020)

### June

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* 5 June
* Ashley Lawrence, conductor (died 1990)
* Margaret Stuart, athlete (died 1999)
* 8 June – David Abbott, cricket umpire (died 2016)
* 11 June – John da Silva, wrestler, boxer (died 2021)
* 13 June – Mel Brieseman, public health official, missionary (died 2010)
* 19 June – Arthur Candy, cyclist (died 2019)

### July

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* 12 July – Tuna Scanlan, boxer (died 2014)
* 15 July – Noel Hobson, field hockey player
* 19 July – Tessa Birnie, concert pianist (died 2008)
* 22 July
* Sam Chaffey, alpine skier, businessman (died 1998)
* Neville Denton, rugby league player and coach (died 2015)
* 25 July – Peter Skelton, cricketer (died 2009)
* 27 July – Robin Leamy, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2022)
* 31 July – Roger Urbahn, rugby union player, cricketer, sports journalist (died 1984)

### August

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* 1 August – John Beck, cricketer (died 2000)
* 6 August – Dave Gillespie, rugby union player
* 9 August – Kevin Laidlaw, rugby union player (died 2024)
* 21 August – Ruth Butterworth, political scientist (died 2020)
* 24 August
* Tony Campbell, biblical scholar (died 2020)
* John Waddingham, cricketer
* 29 August – John Guy, cricketer

### September

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* 2 September
* Leslie Butler, cricketer (died 2006)
* Colin Knight, educationalist (died 2016)
* 6 September – Alison Roxburgh, women's rights advocate, community leader (died 2020)
* 8 September – Ross Brown, rugby union player (died 2014)
* 9 September
* Eugene Paykel, psychiatrist
* John Wallace, jurist (died 2012)
* Roy Williams, decathlete
* 10 September
* John Abrams, field hockey player
* Des Webb, rugby union player (died 1987)
* 11 September – Evon Dickson, cricketer (died 2012)
* 14 September – Paul Little, rugby union player (died 1993)
* 19 September – Austin Mitchell, journalist, politician (died 2021)
* 25 September – Allan Potts, athlete, athletics coach and administrator (died 2014)
* 29 September – Bob Parker, rower (died 2009)

### October

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* 1 October – Teupoko'ina Utanga Morgan, teacher, politician, author (died 2007)
* 4 October – Joe Williams, physician, politician (died 2020)
* 8 October – Jean Coulston, cricketer (died 2001)
* 12 October – Maurice Langdon, cricketer
* 18 October – Allan Wilson, biochemist (died 1991)
* 20 October – Leo Close, Paralympic sportsman and sports organiser (died 1977)
* 22 October – Donald McIntyre, opera singer
* 28 October – Brian Davis, Anglican archbishop (died 1998)
* 29 October – George Cuthill, association footballer
* 31 October – Don Aickin, obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 2019)

### November

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* 1 November – Les Mills, athlete, politician
* 11 November – Peter Snow, physician (died 2006)
* 12 November – Peter Wilkinson, politician (died 1987)
* 13 November – Peter Arnett, TV journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner

### December

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* 1 December – Peter Williams, lawyer, penal reform advocate (died 2015)
* 6 December – Johnny Hanks, boxer (died 2013)
* 11 December
* Tom Hadfield, rugby league player (died 2018)
* Ross McNabb, mycologist (died 1972)
* 25 December – John Shrapnell, journalist, actor, singer (died 2020)
* 26 December – Don Hunn, diplomat and public servant
* 27 December – Ron Ackland, rugby league player and coach (died 2013)
* 28 December – Bob Skelton, jockey (died 2016)
* 30 December
* Barry Briggs, speedway rider
* Eddie Tonks, rugby union administrator (died 2020)

### Undated

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* Gillian Cowlishaw, anthropologist
* James Flynn, intelligence researcher, politician (died 2020)
* Gil Hanly, artist
* Olaf Keil, musician
* Leo McKendry, politician
* Norma Restieaux, cardiologist
* Tepaeru Tereora, artist, Cook Islands Māori language advocate
* Ted Thomas, jurist
* Ann Verdcourt, potter (died 2022)

## Deaths

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### January–February

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* 6 January – Hikapuhi, Ngāti Pikiao tohunga (born c. 1871)
* 7 January – Alfred West, rugby union player (born 1893)
* 9 January – George Smailes, politician, clergyman (born 1862)
* 10 January – Lawrence Grace, politician (born 1854)
* 18 January – Jessie Aitken, community worker, political activist (born 1867)
* 20 January – Joseph Lawton, cricket player and coach (born 1857)
* 27 January – Spencer Gollan, rower, golfer (born 1860)
* 31 January – Duncan Sommerville, mathematician and astronomer (born 1879)
* 8 February– Herbert Izard, Anglican clergyman (born 1869)
* 15 February – John Fletcher, businessman, politician (born 1888)
* 22 February
* Rosetta Baume, feminist, community leader (born 1871)
* George Witters, conservationist (born 1876)

### March–April

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* 5 March – Sir Arthur Dobson, surveyor, engineer, explorer (born 1841)
* 12 March – Fanny Osborne, botanical illustrator (born 1852)
* 31 March – James Mackintosh Bell, geologist, writer (born 1877)
* 5 April – Thomas Davey, politician (born 1856)
* 9 April – John Charles Thomson, politician (born 1866)
* 11 April
* Harry Beswick, politician (born 1860)
* Sir Edwin Mitchelson, politician (born 1846)
* Alexander Peebles, politician (born 1856)
* 29 April – Bert Pither, cyclist, aviation experimenter (born 1871)
* 30 April – James Testro, cricketer (born 1851)

### May–June

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* 5 May – Ann O'Donnell, hotel proprietor (born c. 1858)
* 6 May
* William McGirr, cricketer (born 1859)
* Sir Henry Wigram, businessman, politician, aviation pioneer (born 1857)
* 14 May – George Fowler, cricketer (born 1860)
* 26 May – John Anderson, rugby union player, engineer, politician (born 1849)
* 2 June – David Ashby, cricketer (born 1852)
* 7 June
* William Vorrath, cricketer, rugby league player (born 1904)
* George Webbe, cricketer (born 1856)
* 9 June – John Joseph Woods, composer of "God Defend New Zealand" (born 1849)
* 13 June – Guy Thornton, army chaplain (born 1872)
* 14 June – Walter Empson, schoolteacher (born 1856)
* 15 July – George Anson, cricketer, physician (born 1850)
* 17 June – William Triggs, journalist, newspaper editor, politician (born 1855)
* 27 June – Harry Ell, politician, conservationist (born 1862)

### July–August

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* 1 July – Frederick William Ward, journalist and newspaper editor (born 1847)
* 2 July – Arthur Plugge, army officer (born 1877)
* 6 July – Thomas Pettit, businessman, politician (born 1858)
* 8 July – Leonard Cockayne, botanist (born 1855)
* 10 July – Andrew Walker, politician (born 1855)
* 13 July – Kate Sheppard, suffragist (born 1848)
* 16 July
* Walter Bennett, politician (born 1864)
* Carlo Bergamini, sculptor (born 1868)
* 18 July – Herbert Fenwick, cricketer (born 1861)
* 20 July – William Alfred Bayly, convicted murderer (born 1906)
* 3 August – Allan Johnson, Anglican clergyman (born 1871)
* 10 August – Sally Low, social reformer and peace campaigner (born 1876)
* 11 August – William Collins, surgeon, politician, rugby union player, cricketer (born 1853)
* 12 August – James Glasgow, cricketer (born 1934)
* 17 August – Sir George Fowlds, politician (born 1860)

### September–October

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* 2 September – James Allan, rugby union player (born 1860)
* 4 September – Tini Taiaroa, community worker (born c. 1846)
* 5 September – John Joseph Dougall, politician (born 1860)
* 13 September – Sir John Roberts, businessman, politician (born 1845)
* 14 September – Robert Loughnan, journalist, politician (born 1841)
* 21 September – Hugh Stewart, soldier, historian (born 1884)
* 30 September – Joseph Butler, timber merchant (born 1862)
* 9 October – Roderick McKenzie, politician (born 1852)
* 20 October – Arthur Blacklock, cricketer (born 1868)

### November–December

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* 2 November – Alexander Don, Presbyterian missionary (born 1857)
* 8 November – Arthur Eastwood, jockey, rowing coxswain (born 1905)
* 19 November – Charles Wilson, politician (born 1862)
* 25 November – Eliza Anscombe, painter (born 1872)
* 2 December – Horace Packe, Anglican clergyman (born 1865)
* 8 December – Robert Brown, cricketer (born 1850)
* 10 December – Margaret Stoddart, botanical artist (born 1865)
* 22 December – Robert Davenport, cricketer (born 1852)
* 29 December – Sir Arthur Fell, politician (born 1850)

## See also

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* History of New Zealand
* List of years in New Zealand
* Military history of New Zealand
* Timeline of New Zealand history
* Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
* Timeline of the New Zealand environment

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Historical population estimates tables". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
2. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. ^ Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
5. ^ "Ulm and aircraft (photos)". Poverty Bay Herald in Papers Past (New Zealand). 16 April 1934.
6. ^ "Ulm delivers message to PM Forbes (photos)". The Evening Post. 14 May 1934 - via Papers Past (New Zealand).
7. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
9. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
10. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
11. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
13. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
14. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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