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Gold. Silver. Bronze. Total. 1. 0. 0. 1. Ted Morgan wins a gold medal in boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, becoming the first New Zealander to win an individual Olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand.
29 January: William Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands and reads out the proclamation of sovereignty. 6 February: Hōne Heke is the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi at Bay of Islands. 21 May: Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand. The North Island by treaty and the South Island by discovery.
The Reform Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1912 to 1928, led by the conservative Reform Party. It is probably best remembered for its anti- trade union stance in the Waihi miners' strike of 1912 and a dockworkers' strike the following year. It governed during World War I, during which a temporary coalition was ...
The 1928 election was held on Tuesday, 13 November in the Māori electorates, and on Wednesday, 14 November in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 23rd session of Parliament. A total of 844,633 electors were registered on the European roll, of which 743,691 (88.05%) turned out to vote. [1] All 80 electorates were contested.
N. 1928 New Year Honours. 1928 New Year Honours (New Zealand) Categories: 1928 by country. Years of the 20th century in New Zealand. 1920s in New Zealand. 1928 in Oceania. 1928 in the British Empire.
Thursday, December 6, 1928. The Banana massacre occurred at Colombia in Ciénaga when the army fired on striking workers for the United Fruit Company, killing at least 47 people. The government of New Zealand Prime Minister Gordon Coates fell on a motion of no confidence. Paraguayan and Bolivian forces clashed in the disputed Gran Chaco region.
New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England.Series won 1–0 by England 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch.New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).
1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1928th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 928th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1920s decade.