1927 in New Zealand
See also:1926 in New Zealand, other events of 1927, 1928 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.
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Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1927 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by the Reform Party with a strong majority, and with the Labour and Liberal parties in opposition.
- Speaker of the House — Charles Statham (Independent)
- Prime Minister — Gordon Coates (Reform)
- Minister of Finance — William Downie Stewart (Reform)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs — William Nosworthy (Reform)
- Attorney-General — Francis Rolleston (Reform)
Leader of the Opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Charles Norwood, succeeded by George Troup
- Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
- Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley, succeeded by William Burgoyne Taverner
Events
See 1927 , 1927 in politics , 1927 in science , Category:1927 in Australia , 1927 in Australia , 1927 in music , 1927 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history
January
- 2 January: description
February
March
April
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Arts and literature
See 1927 in art, 1927 in literature, Category:1927 books
Music
See: 1927 in music
Radion
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
- Carbine's Heritage
- The Te Kooti Trail
- Under the Southern Cross
See: , 1927 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1927 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
Horse racing
See Category:New Zealand horse races
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby
Births
- 14 April: Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist
- 15 November: Wallace Edward (Bill) Rowling, politician and 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- Brian Brake, photographer
Deaths
- 26 April: William Jolliffe, First NZ film censor
See also
Categories
Years in New Zealand | 1927 by country