Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,601,800
Increase since 31/12/1936: 17,200 (1.09%)
Males per 100 females: 103.1
Regal and viceregal
Head of State - George VI
Governor-General - The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC
The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.
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
Leader of the Opposition - Adam Hamilton (National Party).
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
Mayor of Christchurch - John Beanland
Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox
16 January: The Hawke's Bay Herald publishes its final issue before merging with the Hawke's Bay Tribune to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune (now part of Hawke's Bay Today). It started as the Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate in 1857.
Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) started, it was stopped in 1967.
Arts and literature
See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature, Category:1937 books
See: 1937 in music
May 6 Historic radio link up to cover the arrival of Airship Hindenburg at New Jersey (and hence its destruction by fire). This is probably the first direct international radio broadcast of this nature from such a distance.
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds [1]
See: Category:1937 film awards, 1937 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1937 films
The 46th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by H.R. Abbott of Christchurch.
The 27th New Zealand Open championship was won by J.P. Hornabrook, an amateur, in a three-way playoff with A.J. Shaw and Ernie Moss.
The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton Men: B.M. Silk (Wanganui) - his second title
Women: Mrs G.W. Hollis
New Zealand Trotting Cup: Lucky Jack
Auckland Trotting Cup: Willow Wave
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Ranfurly Shield
New Zealand national rugby league team
Chatham Cup competition not held this year.
An England Amateurs team toured, beating the New Zealand side by a resounding 30-1 aggregate in a three-match series.5 May, Dunedin: NZ 0-12 England Amateurs
19 May, Auckland: NZ 0-6 England Amateurs
26 May, Wellington: NZ 1-12 England Amateur
Provincial league champions: Auckland: Thistle
Canterbury: Technical OB, Western (shared])
Hawke's Bay: Napier Utd
Nelson: YMCA
Otago: Mosgiel
Southland: Boy's Brigade OB
Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers
Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
Wellington: Waterside
4 March: Graham Dowling, cricketer.
11 March: John Ward, cricketer.
21 June: John Kent, cartoonist.
2 August: Ron Brierley, businessman.
10 August (in England): Ian Bradley, naval officer.
30 August: Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer.
21 September: Dennis Browne, Catholic bishop.
19 November: Sir Kenneth Keith, Judge.
5 December: Roger Douglas, politician.
Murray Ball, cartoonist.
Bev Brentnall, cricketer.
Patricia Grace, author.
Category:1937 births
20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.
19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.
Thomas Field, politician.
Sir Frederic Lang, politician - 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Category:1937 deaths
