Cup – Loughrea New Zealand Derby – Count Cavour ARC Great Northern Derby – Ballymena Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch. Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – James Angus, J. A. Redpath (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – W. Ure, H. S. Hill, C. G. Maher, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland) Olympic games {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! !! !! Total |- style="text-align:center;" | 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |} New Zealand sends a team of four competitors across three sports Arthur Porritt wins the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres Rugby league New Zealand host the touring Great Britain team, winning the test series 2–1 1st test, at Dunedin, lose 18–31 2nd test, at Wellington, win 13–11 3rd test, at Auckland, win 16–8 Rugby union The All Blacks tour the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September 1924 and February 1925, winning all 32 games, and earning the nickname The Invincibles The Ranfurly Shield is held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season Wrestling Ike Robin is recognised as New Zealand's first wrestling champion Births January 5 January – Ivan Wyatt, cricketer (d. 2009) 11 January – Rex Cunningham, rugby league player (d. 2015) 13 January – Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon (d. 2006) 15 January Barbara Angus, diplomat, historian (d. 2005) George Lowe, mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013) 21 January Bill Andersen, trade unionist (d. 2005) Ronald Sinclair, actor, film editor (d. 1992) 22 January – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player (d. 1999) 27 January Lyn Philp, boxer (d. 1981) Hector Wilson, rugby union player (d. 2004) 28 January – Wharetutu Stirling, Ngāi Tahu leader, conservationist (d. 1993) February 14 February Bos Murphy, boxer (d. 2000) Reg Singer, association footballer (d. 2001) 24 February – Jack Forrest, rugby league player (d. 2016) 27 February – John Shanahan, swimmer (d. 1987) 29 February – David Beattie, jurist, sports administrator, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001) March 5 March – Nau Cherrington, rugby union player (d. 1979) 6 March – Percy Murphy, politician, first Māori mayor (d. 2009) 7 March J.G.A. Pocock, historian Brownie Puriri, public servant (d. 1979) 9 March – Warren Sinclair, radiation science and medicine expert (d. 2014) 10 March – Peter Stichbury, potter (d. 2015) 22 March – Grace Gooder, cricketer (d. 1983) 24 March