The following lists events that happened during 1921 in New Zealand.
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Regal and viceregal
George V
Viscount Jellicoe
Main centre leaders
James Gunson
John Luke
Robert Wright
Henry Thacker
William Begg
James Douglas
- Provincial league champions:[6]
- Auckland – Northcote
- Canterbury – Corinthians
- Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
- Nelson – Athletic
- Otago – HSOB
- Southland – Corinthians
- Wanganui – Eastown Workshops
- Wellington – Hospital
Golf
- The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his fourth title)[7]
- The 25th National Amateur Championships are held in Christchurch:[8]
- Men – A.G. Sime (Greymouth)
- Women – G. Williams (her fourth title)
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.[12]
- Men's singles champion – J.M. Brackenridge (Newtown Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – W.A. Grenfell, S. Potter (skip) (Wellington Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – B. Hilton, A. Bell, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)
May
- 2 May – Ron Smith, public servant, peace activist
- 6 May – Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician
- 12 May – Peter Munz, philosopher, historian
- 15 May – Anne Delamere, public servant
- 18 May – Rosalie Carey, playwright, director, poet, actor, author
- 23 May – Richard Harrison, politician
- 26 May
- 29 May – Wally Argus, rugby union player
- 31 May – Aston Greathead, artist
June
- 6 June – Shirley Tonkin, sudden infant death syndrome researcher
- 7 June – Brian Talboys, politician
- 13 June – Roy Blair, cricketer
- 17 June – Monita Delamere, rugby union player, Ringatū leader, community leader
- 19 June – Judy Pickard, abstract painter, librarian and advocate for women's rights
- 23 June
- 25 June – Willow Macky, songwriter
- 28 June – Eric Holland, politician
July
- 8 July – John Money, psychologist, sexologist, author
- 11 July – Pat Perrin, potter
- 12 July – Doug Dye, microbiologist
- 13 July – Lester Castle, lawyer, public servant
- 18 July – Ian Payne, cricketer
- 21 July – Graham Speight, jurist
- 23 July – Peter Gordon, politician
- 26 July – June Westbury, politician
- 30 July – Eric Grinstead, sinologist, Tangutologist
September
- 2 September – Diana Isaac, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist
- 3 September – Oonah Shannahan, netball player
- 4 September – Bruce Biggs, Māori studies academic
- 14 September – Colin Johnstone, rower
- 19 September – Michael Noonan, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter
- 25 September – Robert Muldoon, politician
- 28 September
- 29 September – John Ritchie, composer, orchestral founder and conductor, music academic
- 30 September – Jim Macdonald, naval officer, civil engineer, inventor
October
- 3 October – Eldred Stebbing, record label founder and owner
- 7 October – Desmond O'Donnell, rugby union player
- 9 October – Tom Marshall, Christian writer
- 10 October – Harvey Sweetman, World War II pilot
- 13 October – Earle Riddiford, lawyer and mountaineer
- 18 October – Kingi Ihaka, Anglican priest, broadcaster, Māori leader
- 23 October – Colin Allan, colonial administrator, diplomat
- 29 October – Jack Warcup, mycologist
January–March
- 19 January – Frank Lawry, politician (born 1839)
- 7 February – Bella Button, horse driver and trainer, equestrian (born 1863)
- 23 February – J. T. Marryat Hornsby, politician, newspaper editor and proprietor (born 1857)
- 27 February – Sir James Prendergast, lawyer, politician, jurist (born 1826)
- 9 March – Walter Powdrell, politician (born 1872)
- 10 March – Henry Brown, saw miller, politician (born 1842)
- 21 March – Samuel Moreton, artist, explorer (born c.1844)
July–September
- 19 July – Lily Atkinson, temperance campaigner, suffragist, feminist (born 1866)
- 31 July – Alice Jacob, botanical illustrator, lace designer, design teacher (born 1862)
- 13 August – Ōtene Pītau, Rongowhakaata leader (born c.1834)
- 5 August – Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson, politician (born 1837)
- 17 August – John Aitken, politician, mayor of Wellington (1900–05) (born 1849)
- 9 September – Joseph Henry Cock, shipping company manager, patron of the arts (born 1855)
- 17 September – John Verrall, photographer, politician (born 1849)
- 20 September – Thomas Kelly, politician (born 1830)
October–December
- 29 October – Samuel Nevill, Anglican bishop (born 1837)
- 31 October – James Little, shepherd, sheep breeder (born 1834)
- 1 November
- 29 November – Hopere Uru, rugby union player, cricketer, politician (born 1868)
- 2 December – Patrick Nerheny, politician (born 1858)
Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
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