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See also: 1935 in New Zealand, other events of 1936, 1937 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Population 3 Incumbents 3.1 Regal and Vice Regal 3.2 Government 3.3 Opposition Leaders 3.4 Main centre leaders 4 Events 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 June 4.6 July 4.7 August 4.8 September 4.9 October 4.10 November 4.11 December 5 Arts and literature 5.1 Music 5.2 Radio 5.3 Film 6 Appointments and awards 7 Sport 7.1 Cricket 7.2 Horse racing 7.3 Rugby 7.4 Rugby league 7.5 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1936 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Population

A census was held in March 1936.

	Male	Female	Total
Usually resident population	796,152 (50.7%)	773,067 (49.3%)	1,569,216
Overseas Visitors	2,931	1,650	4,581
Total	799,092	774,720	1,573,812

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V, succeeded same year by Edward VIII (abdicated), succeeded same year by George VI
• Governor-General - Viscount Galway

[edit] Government

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

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections

• National - TBD (Leader of the Opposition)
• Labour - TBD
• Progressives - TBD
• United Future - TBD

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas William Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Daniel G. Sullivan then J. W. Beanland
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

[edit] Events

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1936 in art, 1936 in literature, Category:1936 books

[edit] Music

See: 1936 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

• Phar Lap's Son
• The Wagon and the Star
• On the Friendly Road

See: Category:1936 film awards, 1936 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1936 films

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

• See: 1936 in sports , Category:1936 in sports

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

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

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Western (Christchurch)

[edit] Births

• 14 March: Bob Charles, golfer
• 21 March: Margaret Mahy, writer
• 28 April: Ans Westra, photographer
• 3 June: Colin Meads, rugby player
• 18 June: Denny Hulme, racing driver
• 7 August: Joy Cowley, author
• Bruce Beetham, politician

Category:1936 births

[edit] Deaths

• 13 March: Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister), politician and 20th Prime minister of New Zealand
• 17 September: Ettie Rout,(in the Cook Islands) campaigner for safe sex
• William Hall-Jones, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand

Category:1936 deaths

[edit] See also