1906 in New Zealand

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  • Other events of 1906
  • Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1906 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Edward VII
  • Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO [1]

Government[]

  • Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
  • Prime Minister – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward (all Liberal)
  • Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward
  • Attorney-General – Albert Pitt (until 18 Nov) then John Findlay (both Liberal)
  • Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).[2]

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

April[]

May[]

June[]

10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon died suddenly in office of a heart attack, ending a 13-year premiership.

July[]

August[]

6 August: Sir Joseph Ward was sworn in as Prime Minister, taking over from acting Prime Minister William Hall-Jones.

September[]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Arts and literature[]

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature, Category:1906 books

Music[]

See: 1906 in music

Film[]

See: , 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films

Sport[]

Boxing[]

National amateur champions

  • Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington)
  • Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch)
  • Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch)
  • Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland)
  • Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

Chess[]

  • The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title.[3]

Golf[]

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch [4]

  • Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
  • Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M.[5]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Typewriter[6]

Rugby[]

  • Ranfurly Shield – Auckland successfully defend the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29–6), Taranaki (18–5), Southland (48–12) and Wellington (11–5).

Soccer[]

Provincial league champions:[7]

  • Auckland: North Shore AFC
  • Canterbury: Christchurch Club
  • Otago: Northern
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: Eltham
  • Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Tennis[]

  • Anthony Wilding wins both the singles and doubles (with Rodney Heath) titles at the Australian Open.

Births[]

  • 19 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist
  • 27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer
  • 5 April: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer
  • 8 August: John Hutton, artist

Category:1906 births

Deaths[]

  • 26 January: Fred Sutton, politician.
  • 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
  • 6 August: George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)
  • 21 September: Joseph Dransfield, mayor of Wellington and politician.
  • 18 November: Albert Pitt, politician.

Category:1906 deaths

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  6. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links[]

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