1910 in New Zealand

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Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:
  • Other events of 1910
  • Timeline of New Zealand history
1910 calendar featuring Liberal MPs.

The following lists events that happened during 1910 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Edward VII (until 6 May), succeeded by George V
  • Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO, succeeded the same year by The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC[1]

Government[]

The 17th New Zealand Parliament continued.

Parliamentary opposition[]

Leader of the Opposition – William Massey (Reform Party).[2]

Main centre leaders[]

Events[]

  • February – March: Field Marshal Kitchener toured New Zealand and made a report to the Government on the defence of New Zealand.
  • 5 July: Herbert Pither reportedly makes a flight of "nearly a mile" at Riverton Beach.[3]
Undated

Arts and literature[]

See 1910 in art, 1910 in literature, Category:1910 books

Music[]

See: 1910 in music

Film[]

See: 1910 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand

Sport[]

Chess[]

The 23rd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by J. Mason of Wellington.[4]

Golf[]

  • The fourth New Zealand Open championship was held at Christchurch golf club and was won by amateur Arthur Duncan, his second win.[5]
  • The 18th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch[6]
    • Men: H.B. Lusk (Christchurch)
    • Women: Miss ? Collins.

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup: Wildwood Junior – 2nd win[7]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup: Floranz[8]

Rugby league[]

  • Great Britain tour of New Zealand – beat New Zealand 52-20 in Auckland

Rugby union[]

  • Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay (11–3), Wellington (3–3), Taranaki (16–9) and Canterbury (6–4)

Soccer[]

Provincial league champions:[9]

  • Auckland: Caledonian Auckland
  • Canterbury: Burnham IS
  • Otago: Northern Dunedin
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: New Plymouth
  • Wellington: Ramblers Wellington

Tennis[]

  • Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship

Births[]

  • 5 January: Jack Lovelock, athlete
  • 10 February: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer
  • 15 March: Norman Douglas, politician.
  • 27 March: Freda Stark, dancer
  • 11 April: Mountford T. "Toss" Woollaston, painter and writer
  • 4 July: Peter McIntyre, painter
  • 11 August: James Munro Bertram, writer and Rhodes scholar.
  • 11 August: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer
  • 8 October: Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player
  • 18 December: Eric Tindill, cricket and rugby union player
  • 24 December, William Hayward Pickering, space scientist
  • 28 December: Jack Kerr, cricketer

Category:1910 births

Deaths[]

Category:1910 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. ^ a b Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
  4. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ History of NZ open: TVNZ
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  8. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links[]

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