1901 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1901 in New Zealand.

Population[]

A New Zealand census was held in March 1901. The population was given as 815,862, consisting of 43,112 Māori, 31 Moriori, and 772,719 others.[1] – an increase in the non-Māori population of 9.86% over the previous census in 1896.[2]

The figures for the 1901 census revealed that the North Island's population had exceeded the South Island's for the first time since the Central Otago Gold Rush of 1861 – the two islands (plus their associated minor offshore islands) had populations of 390,579 and 382,140 respectively. Only 40% of the country's population was based in urban centres, and only two of these centres, Auckland and Dunedin, had populations of over 25,000.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Queen Victoria (until 22 January), succeeded by Edward VII
  • Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG[3]

Government[]

The 14th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.

Parliamentary opposition[]

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • 28 January – Captain William James Hardham became the first New Zealand-born winner of the Victoria Cross as a result of action in the South African War (Boer War).[5]
  • 2 February – a day of mourning acknowledging the death of Queen Victoria brings the nation to a standstill.
  • Union of the Synod of Otago and Southland with the Northern Presbyterian Church to form the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • A second visit to New Zealand by members of the Royal Family: the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later to become George V and Queen Mary).
  • The New Zealand red ensign became the official flag for merchant vessels.[6]
  • Founding of the New Zealand Socialist Party.
  • New Zealand rejects the proposal to become a state in the Commonwealth of Australia
  • Richard Seddon adopts the term Prime Minister rather than Premier.

Arts and literature[]

See 1901 in art, 1901 in literature, Category:1901 books

Music[]

See: 1901 in music

Sport[]

Chess[]

National Champion: D. Forsyth of Dunedin.[7]

Golf[]

The 9th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland[8]

  • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 3rd title
  • Women: E.S. Gillies

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Thorndean[9]

Rugby[]

  • The Earl of Ranfurly announced his intention to present a cup to the NZRFU, without stipulating what form of competition it should be awarded for.
  • A New Zealand representative team won both test matches against a touring team from New South Wales.

Soccer[]

Provincial league champions:[10]

  • Auckland: Grafton AFC (Auckland)
  • Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
  • Wellington: Wellington Swifts

Births[]

  • 7 February: Arnold Nordmeyer, politician.
  • 26 February: Leslie Munro, diplomat.
  • 25 March: Raymond Firth, ethnologist.
  • 10 April: Robert Aitken, physician and university administrator.
  • 17 May: Robert Macfarlane, politician.
  • 19 May: William Stevenson, industrialist and philanthropist.
  • 13 June: John Cawte Beaglehole, historian and biographer.
  • 15 June: Dove-Myer Robinson, long-serving mayor of Auckland.
  • 5 July: Len Lye, sculptor, filmmaker, writer.
  • 24 December: Nola Luxford, silent film actress.[11]

Category:1901 births

Deaths[]

  • 14 February: Edward Stafford. politician and 3rd Premier of New Zealand.
  • 17 April Loughlin O'Brien, politician.
  • 15 July: Frederic Carrington, surveyor and politician.[12]
  • 6 August (in Scotland): John McKenzie, politician
  • 2 September: Charles Brown, politician
  • 27 September: Matthew Holmes, politician
  • 5 December Francis Rich, politician and farmer.

Category:1901 deaths

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand, Taken for the Night of the 31st March, 1901". 1 October 1902. Table 1.
  2. ^ The non-Māori population was 703,360 in the 1896 census."Census of New Zealand, April, 1896". Table 1.
  3. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  4. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  5. ^ NZhistory.net
  6. ^ New Zealand Ensigns
  7. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  11. ^ IMDB
  12. ^ F.A. Carrington at DNZB

External links[]

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