– A.R. Coltman (Carlton Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – A.G. Kinvig, F. Laurenson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – C.E. Hardley, F. Needham, I. Clarke, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland) Rugby :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Soccer 1929 Chatham Cup won by Tramways (Auckland) Provincial league champions: Auckland: Tramways Canterbury: Thistle Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA Nelson: Thistle Otago: Seacliff South Canterbury: Albion Rovers Southland: Corinthians Taranaki: Stratford Waikato: Claudelands Rovers Wanganui: Thistle Wellington: Diamond Births January 7 January – Peter Bartlett, architect and academic (died 2019) 10 January – Grahame Jarratt, rower (died 2011) 13 January – James Beal, boxer (died 1996) 19 January – Brian Steele, rugby union player 24 January – Stuart Jones, cricketer (died 2015) February 6 February Maurice Dixon, rugby union player (died 2004) Noel Hilliard, author and novelist (died 1996) Colin Murdoch, pharmacist, veterinarian, inventor (died 2008) 12 February – Kevin Dwyer, cricketer (died 2020) 14 February Noel Dellow, cricketer (died 2021) Jenny King, librarian (died 2021) 16 February – Venn Young, politician (died 1993) March 6 March Ian Irvine, rugby union player, disability rights advocate (died 2013) Ronald Trubuhovich, medical practitioner, critical care specialist 7 March Ian McKay, jurist (died 2014) Tom Weal, politician (died 2016) 9 March – Les Rackley, boxing trainer (died 2021) 12 March – William Liley, perinatal physiologist (died 1983) 21 March Lesley Rowe, athlete (died 2011) Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, Māori language advocate 22 March – Dennis Copps, cricket umpire (died 2020) 24 March Hugh Templeton, diplomat, politician Ian Templeton, journalist, writer 25 March – Allan Wright, farmer and businessman (died 2022) 26 March – Joye Evans, guiding leader (died 2021) 27 March Shona McFarlane, artist, writer, broadcaster (died 2001) Hallard White, rugby union player, coach and administrator (died 2016) April 1 April – Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Māori language advocate, trade unionist (died 2020) 2 April – Robert Ellis, artist (died 2021) 6 April – Pat Goodman, businessman, philanthropist (died 2017) 9 April Aubrey Begg, politician (died 1988) Fred Hollows, eye surgeon (died 1993) Denford McDonald, businessman (died 2020) 12 April – Ponty Reid, rugby union player (died 1994) 21 April Bevin Hough, rugby league player, field athlete (died 2019) Ross Smith, rugby union player (died 2002) 25 April – Yvette Williams, athlete (died 2019) 30 April – Keith Smith, cricketer (died 2016)