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 (1.39%). Males per 100 females: 103.9.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of state – George V Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO succeeded the same year by The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PCStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
Government The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued with the United Party in power. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent) Prime Minister – Sir Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United)Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United) Minister of Foreign Affairs – Joseph Ward (United) until 28 May, then George Forbes (United). Attorney-General – Thomas Sidey (United) until 22 September, then William Downie Stewart Chief Justice — Sir Michael Myers
Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Gordon Coates (Reform).
Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon History of Auckland City Mayor of Wellington – George Troup No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer Christchurch City Council Handbook: Chairmen and Mayors of the City of Christchurch Mayor of Dunedin – Robert Black Council 1929 – 1938
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.Melbourne Cup – Australia's Culture Portal
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" (film with sound) – premiered.Today in History | NZHistory 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.List of New Zealand Chess Champions
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 (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).Cricinfo Test#186 24,25,27 January Basin Reserve, Wellington. New Zealand (440 and 164/4dec.) drew with England (320 and 107/4).Cricinfo test#188 14,15,17 February Eden Park, Auckland. England (330/4dec.) drew with New Zealand (96/1) (First two days were abandoned due to rain).Cricinfo Test#190 21,22,24 February at Eden Park: England (540 and 22/3) drew with New Zealand (387) – this fourth Test was arranged due to the rain washout of the third test.Cricinfo test#191
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 (Mirimar) Women: Miss O. Kay
Horse racing
Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Wrackler Auckland Trotting Cup – CarmelAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
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 (Balmacewen Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – G.L. Gladding, H. Jenkins (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – E.S. Wilson, L.C. Buist, J. Dowland, D.M. Stuart (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
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 Petone Provincial 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 (born 1848) 9 January – Joseph Harkness, politician (born 1850) 11 January – Eru Tumutara, Ringatū bishop (born 1859) 24 January Ellen Crowe, community leader (born 1847) Sophia Taylor, suffragist (born 1847) Herman van Staveren, rabbi, philanthropist (born 1849) 25 January – Pat Hickey, trade union leader (born 1882) 5 February – John Holland Baker, surveyor, public servant (born 1841) 11 February – Anne Wilson, poet, novelist (born 1848) 12 February – Elizabeth Fergusson, nurse, midwife (born 1867) 14 February – Sir Thomas Mackenzie, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912) (born 1853) 21 February – Charles Garrard, cricketer, school inspector (born 1868)
March–April 4 March – Henry Michel, politician (born 1855) 11 March – George Edgecumbe, newspaper proprietor, businessman (born 1845) 5 April – Wereta Tainui Pitama, Ngāi Tahu leader, politician (born 1881) 10 April – John McCaw, farmer (born 1849) 16 April – Makereti Papakura, tour guide, entertainer, ethnographer (born 1873)
May–June 20 May – Adelaide Hicks, midwife (born 1845) 29 May – William Charles Nation, spiritualist, Arbor Day advocate (born 1840) 30 May – William Chatfield, architect (born 1851) 26 June – Frederick Cooke, trade unionist, politician (born 1867) 27 June – Sir Māui Pōmare, doctor, politician (born 1875)
July–August 3 July – Tom Cross, rugby union and rugby league player (born 1876) 8 July – Sir Joseph Ward, politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906–12, 1928–30) (born 1856) 19 July – Sir Robert Stout, politician, Premier of New Zealand (1884, 1884–87) (born 1844) 24 July – Alfred Philpott, museum curator, entomologist (born 1870) 30 July – George Hutchison, politician (born 1846) 10 August – Bill Hawkins, cricketer, politician (born 1861) 15 August – Wesley Spragg, butter manufacturer, temperance campaigner, benefactor (born 1848) 18 August – James Flesher, politician, mayor of Christchurch (1923–25) (born 1865) 20 August – George Hunter, politician, racehorse breeder (born 1859) 27 August Emily Hill, schoolteacher, suffragist, temperance worker (born 1847) Robert Neill, cricketer (born 1864)
September–October 4 September George Duncan, mining and tramway engineer (born 1852) Thomas Hickman, police officer (born 1848) 9 September – Alexander Bathgate, lawyer, businessman, writer, conservationist (born 1845) 11 September – William Parker, cricketer (born 1862) 24 September – Harry McNish, carpenter, Antarctic explorer (born 1874) 1 October Marjory Nicholls, poet, drama producer (born 1890) Hoeroa Tiopira, rugby union player (born 1871) 5 October – Frederick Fitchett, politician (born 1851) 13 October – Alfred George, newspaper proprietor (born 1854) 14 October – Thomas Fleming, miller (born 1848) 17 October – Amelia Randall, community leader, businesswoman, benefactor (born 1844) 21 October – Frank McNeill, cricketer (born 1877) 27 October – Francis Watson, cricketer (born 1860) 29 October – George Ewing, cricketer (born 1851)
November–December 1 November – Heni Materoa Carroll, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader (born 1854) 3 November – Nellie Ferner, artist photographer, community leader (born 1869) 8 November – Robert Scott, railway engineer, academic (born 1861) 12 November – Crawford Anderson, politician (born 1848) 7 December – John Barr, politician (born 1867) 15 December – Cecil de Lautour, politician (born 1845) 17 December – Arthur O'Callaghan, politician (born 1837)