Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,486,100
Increase since previous 31/12/1928: 18,700 (1.27%)
Males per 100 females: 104.1
Regal and viceregal
Head of state – George V
Governor-General – General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO
The 23rd New Zealand Parliament continued.
Speaker of the House – Charles Statham (Independent)
Prime Minister – TBD
Deputy Prime Minister – TBD
Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward (United)
Minister of Foreign Affairs – TBD
Leader of the Opposition – Gordon Coates (Reform)
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
Mayor of Hamilton – John Robert Fow
Mayor of Wellington – George Troup
Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
Mayor of Dunedin – William Burgoyne Taverner, succeeded by Robert Black
9 March: 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake: A quake of Richter Magnitude 7.1 in the Arthur's Pass area causes extensive landslips and damage to roads and railways. There are no injuries.
17 June: 1929 Murchison earthquake: An earthquake of surface wave magnitude 7.8 causes the deaths of 17 people and causes great damage in Murchison and surrounding areas
29 October: Black Tuesday. Wall Street crash triggers the 10 year Great Depression.
Arts and literature
See 1929 in art, 1929 in literature, Category:1929 books
See: 1929 in music
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
See: Category:1929 film awards, 1929 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1929 films
National Champions
Men's singles: J. Southon
Women's singles: A. Ellett
Men's doubles: T. Kelly and J. McLean
Women's doubles: E. Hetley and F. Harvey
Mixed doubles: T. Kelly and A. Ellett
The 38th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Melbourne.
The 19th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw.
The 33rd National Amateur Championships were held in Wanganui Men: Sloan Morpeth (Maungakiekie) – 3rd title
Women: Mrs P.L. Dodgshun (Dunedin).
New Zealand Trotting Cup: Peter Bingen – 2nd win
Auckland Trotting Cup: Gold Jacket – 2nd win
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Ranfurly Shield
New Zealand national rugby league team
1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland)
Provincial league champions: Auckland: Tramways
Canterbury: Thistle
Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
Nelson: Thistle
Otago: Seacliff
South Canterbury: Albion Rovers
Southland: Corinthians
Taranaki: Stratford
Waikato: Claudelands Rovers
Wanganui: Thistle
Wellington: Diamond
16 February: Venn Young, politician.
7 March: Tom Weal, Politician.
12 March: William Liley, pioneering surgeon.
9 April, Fred Hollows, eye surgeon.
25 April: Yvette Williams, athlete.
2 May: Graham Gedye, cricketer.
4 September: Howard Charles Clark, chemist.
28 October (In India): Tom Puna, cricketer.
November: Trevor McMahon, cricketer.
28 November: Raymond Hitchcock, cricketer.
14 December: Ron Jarden, rugby union player.
19 December: Michael Fowler, architect, mayor of Wellington.
Miles Warren, architect.
Category:1929 births
13 February: Charles Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand.
23 September: Sir George Fenwick, newspaper editor and proprietor.
25 October: Charles Chilton, zoologist
John Findlay, politician.
Alex F. Lithgow, composer.
Albert Pitt, politician.
Sir James Wilson, politician.
Category:1929 deaths
