Brookfield, F.L. Anderson, H.F. Tilley, A.P. London (skip) (Wanganui Bowling Club) Olympic games {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! !! !! Total |- style="text-align:center;" | 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |} New Zealand sends a team of four competitors across three sports Darcy Hadfield wins the bronze medal in the men's single sculls New Zealand also competes at the Inter-Allied Games held in Paris Rugby league The Great Britain Lions tour New Zealand, winning the test series 3–0 1st test, at Wellington, 23–10 2nd test, at Christchurch, 19–3 3rd test, at Auckland, 31–7 Rugby union The All Blacks tour New South Wales defends the Ranfurly Shield 10 times before losing it to : vs 15–3 vs 22–3 vs 20–9 (played in Hāwera) vs 20–5 vs 23–20 (played in Auckland) vs Taranaki 16–5 vs 20–14 vs Auckland 20–3 vs 32–16 (played in Timaru) vs 16–5 (played in Dunedin) vs Southland 6–17 (played in Invercargill) Births January–March 1 January – Ruth Ross, historian 4 January – Murray Gittos, fencer 6 January – Winifred Lawrence, swimmer 11 January – Betty Plant, netball player, coach and administrator 14 January – Don Beard, cricketer 24 January – Len Jordan, rugby league player Gerard Wall, surgeon and politician 26 January – Tapihana Paraire Paikea, politician 29 January – Bob Yule, fighter pilot 9 February – Fred Allen, rugby union player and coach 17 February – Dorothea Anne Franchi, pianist, harpist, music educator and composer 29 February – Mary Sullivan, netball player 9 March – Diggeress Te Kanawa, tohunga raranga 23 March – Peter Quilliam, jurist April–June 2 April – David Gay, soldier, cricketer and educator 4 April – Jim Kearney, rugby union player 5 April – Pat Ralph, marine biology academic 12 April – Shona Dunlop MacTavish, dancer, choreographer 14 April – John Chewings, politician 23 April – Colin Horsley, classical pianist and music teacher 26 April – Joyce McDougall, psychoanalyst 17 May – Frank Corner, diplomat 18 May – Molly Macalister, sculptor 19 May – Frank Tredrea, cyclist 26 May Frank Bethwaite, pilot, boat designer Merimeri Penfold, Māori language academic 4 June – Bev Malcolm, netball player 8 June – Manahi Nitama Paewai, doctor, rugby union player, politician and community leader 20 June – John O'Shea, filmmaker 28 June – Kōhine Pōnika, composer of waiata Māori July–September 10 July – Warwick Snedden, cricketer 11 July – Richard Dell, malacologist 9 August – Albert Jones,