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1938 in New Zealand

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1938
in
New Zealand

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1938 in New Zealand.

Population

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  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,618,500.[1]
  • Increase since 31 December 1937: 16,500 (1.03%).[1]
  • Males per 100 females: 103.2.[1]

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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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.

Parliamentary opposition

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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  • 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.[5][6]

Arts and literature

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See 1938 in art, 1938 in literature, Category:1938 books

Music

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See: 1938 in music

Radio

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See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

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  • 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

Sport

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Basketball

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An interprovincial championship is held even though there is no national association at this time.[7]

  • Interpovincial Champions – Men: Otago

British Empire Games

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 Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
5 7 13 25

Chess

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  • The 47th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Hindin of Christchurch.[8]

Golf

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  • The 28th New Zealand Open championship was won by A.D. Locke.[9]
  • The 42nd National Amateur Championships were held in Otago[10]
    • Men: JP.G.F. Smith (Akarana)
    • Women – matchplay: Miss S. Collins
    • Women – strokeplay: Mrs R. Fullerton-Smith

Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Lawn bowls

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The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[13]

  • Men's singles champion – W.D. Bennett (Hastings Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – R.B. Clarke, C.E. Tyrrell (skip) (Roslyn Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – Stanley Snedden, F. Redpath, P. Munn, H. Wilson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)

Rugby

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

Rugby league

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New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

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Births

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Deaths

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Full date unknown

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See also

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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. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
  5. ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  6. ^ Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.: Earliest Journals and Their Founders".
  7. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
  8. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  12. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  16. ^ Binney, Judith. "Eria Tutara-Kauika Raukura". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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