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| 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 |
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Population
- Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,618,500 1
- Increase since 31/12/1937: 16,500 (1.03%)
- Males per 100 Females: 103.2
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
The 25th New Zealand Parliament continues with the Labour Party in government. The general election in October results in the Labour government being returned for the 26th New Zealand Parliament.
- Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
- Prime Minister - Michael Joseph Savage
- Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michael Joseph Savage
- Attorney-General - Rex Mason
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow then Harold David Caro
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - J. W. Beanland then Robert M. Macfarlane
- Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox then Andrew Henson Allen
Events
- 19 February: 21 people working on the Wairoa-Gisborne railway are drowned when a flash flood hits a works camp at Kopuawhara near Mahia. 4
- The Times, formerly The Gisborne Times, is purchased by its opposition, The Poverty Bay Herald, which the following year becomes The Gisborne Herald.56
Arts and literature
See 1938 in art, 1938 in literature, Category:1938 books
Music
See: 1938 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
- New Zealand Review no.5, Mountain Holiday, [1]
See: Category:1938 film awards , 1938 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1938 films
Appointments and awards
See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
- Archbishop of New Zealand
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese
Sport
Basketball
An interprovincial championship is held even though there is no national association at this time.7
Interpovincial Champions
- Men - Otago
Cricket
Horse racing
See Category:New Zealand horse races
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- Chatham Cup won by Waterside (Wellington)
Births
- 21 January: Jim Anderton, politician.
- 11 February: Bevan Congdon, cricketer.
- 24 February: Murray Hudson, soldier, winner of the George Cross.
- 26 May: Pauline Parker, convicted murderer.
- 12 July: Stanley Meads, rugby player.
- 24 July: John Sparling, cricketer.
- 28 October (in England): Juliet Hulme, convicted murderer.
- 15 November: Peter Sinclair, radio and television host.
- 24 November: Wynne Bradburn, cricketer.
- 1 December: Bill Playle, cricketer.
- 2 December, Jonathan Hunt, politician and diplomat.
- 17 December: Peter Snell, athlete.
Unnown date
- Colin Beyer, lawyer and businessman.
- Ian Lawrence, mayor of Wellington.
Deaths
- 10 February: Sir Frederic Truby King, director of child welfare
Unknown date
- Alfred Brandon, Mayor of Wellington.
- James Whyte Kelly, politician.
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1938 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1938
References
- ^ http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8-E7B5-4CF2-B17C-15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ nzhistory.net.nz
- ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.".
- ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
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