The following lists events that happened during 1938 in New Zealand.
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- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,618,500.[1]
- Increase since 31 December 1937: 16,500 (1.03%).[1]
- Males per 100 females: 103.2.[1]
- 19 February: 21 people working on the Wairoa-Gisborne railway are drowned when a flash flood hits a works camp at Kopuawhara near Mahia.[4]
- The Times, formerly The Gisborne Times, is purchased by its opposition, The Poverty Bay Herald, which the following year becomes The Gisborne Herald.[5][6]
Basketball
An interprovincial championship is held even though there is no national association at this time.[7]
- Interpovincial Champions – Men: Otago
British Empire Games
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Chess
- The 47th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Hindin of Christchurch.[8]
Golf
- The 28th New Zealand Open championship was won by A.D. Locke.[9]
- The 42nd National Amateur Championships were held in Otago[10]
- Men: JP.G.F. Smith (Akarana)
- Women – matchplay: Miss S. Collins
- Women – strokeplay: Mrs R. Fullerton-Smith
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[13]
- Men's singles champion – W.D. Bennett (Hastings Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – R.B. Clarke, C.E. Tyrrell (skip) (Roslyn Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – Stanley Snedden, F. Redpath, P. Munn, H. Wilson (skip) (Linwood Bowling Club)
- 21 January: Jim Anderton, politician. (died 2018).
- 11 February: Bevan Congdon, cricketer. (died 2018).
- 24 February: Murray Hudson, soldier, winner of the George Cross. (died 1974).
- 26 May: Pauline Parker, convicted murderer.
- 11 July: Ron Sang, architect and art collector. (died 2021).
- 12 July: Stan Meads, rugby player.
- 24 July: John Sparling, cricketer.
- 29 July: Millie Khan, lawn bowler. (died 2003).
- 28 August: Aroha Reriti-Crofts, politician and community activist. (died 2022).
- 10 September: Colin Beyer, lawyer and businessman. (died 2015).
- 11 October: William Taylor, children's writer and politician. (died 2015).
- 12 October: Geoff Murphy, film director (died 2018).
- 28 October (in England): Anne Perry, convicted murderer. (died 2023)
- 29 October: Douglas Myers, businessman. (died 2017).
- 15 November: Peter Sinclair, radio and television host. (died 2001).
- 24 November: Wynne Bradburn, cricketer. (died 2008).
- 1 December: Bill Playle, cricketer. (died 2019).
- 2 December, Jonathan Hunt, politician and diplomat. (died 2024).
- 17 December: Peter Snell, athlete. (died 2019).
- 18 December: Syd Jackson, political activist. (died 2007).
Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
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.
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