Club) Men's pair champions – A. Brakebush, M. Walker (skip) (Auckland Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – J. McMillan, H. Rowling, J.F. Wright, A.H. Benefield (skip) (St John's Bowling Club, Wanganui) Rugby 1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Soccer 1927 Chatham Cup won by Ponsonby Canada toured New Zealand, playing a series of four internationals which they won 2–1. 25 June, Dunedin: Draw 2–2 2 July, Christchurch: NZ 1–2 Canada 9 July, Wellington: NZ 1–0 Canada 23 July, Auckland: NZ 1–4 Canada Provincial league champions: Auckland: Thistle Canterbury: Nomads Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers Nelson: Athletic Otago: Northern South Canterbury: Rangers Southland: Corinthians Taranaki: Caledonian Waikato: Waihou Wanganui: Eastbrooke Wellington: YMCA Births January 4 January – Patrick Hanan, historian of Chinese literature 7 January – Mary Batchelor, politician 8 January – Sidney Moko Mead, anthropologist, historian, Māori leader 9 January – Ken English, rugby league player 11 January Johnny Hayes, cricketer John Tanner, rugby union player 12 January Maurice Marshall, athlete Emily Schuster, master weaver 14 January – Vera Burt, cricketer 20 January – Cyril Paskell, rugby league player 22 January – Jack Doms, swimmer February 2 February – Whatumoana Paki, Kīngitanga elder 3 February – Graham Mexted, rugby union player 6 February – Thomas Wells, cricketer, schoolteacher 9 February – Walter Brown, actor 12 February – John Todd, businessman, philanthropist 18 February – Hugh Kawharu, academic, Ngāti Whātua leader 20 February – Allan Wild, architect, academic 27 February – Peter Whittle, mathematician, statistician March 2 March – Ray Farman, cricketer 3 March – Bruce Tabb, accountancy academic 9 March – Dave Leech, hammer thrower 13 March Thea Muldoon, wife of Robert Muldoon Albert Putt, cricketer 14 March – Tim Besley, civil engineer, businessman, public servant 17 March – Christopher Small, sociomusicologist 24 March – John Head, schoolteacher, anti-landmine campaigner 31 March – Pat Hond, police officer, teacher, soldier, community worker April 5 April Neil Anderson, naval officer Eddie Robinson, rugby union player 6 April – Barney Clarke, boxer 9 April – Tiny Hill, rugby union player and selector 13 April – George Chapman, accountant, businessman, politician 14 April – Alan MacDiarmid, Nobel laureate chemist 15 April – Joan Talbot, fashion designer and retailer 18 April – Stanley Callagher, rowing coxswain 20 April – Douglas J. Martin, Mormon leader 21 April – Tom