1926 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1926 in New Zealand.

Population[]

The 1926 New Zealand census is held on 20 April.

Male Female Total
Usually resident population 716,310
(51%)		 687,330
(49%) 		1,403,640
Overseas visitors 3,333 1,167 4,500
Total 719,643 688,497 1,408,140

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – George V
  • Governor-General – Sir Charles Fergusson[1]

  • George V

  • Sir Charles Fergusson

Government[]

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continues with the Reform Party governing.

  • Charles Statham

  • Gordon Coates

  • William Nosworthy

  • William Downie Stewart

  • Francis Bell

Parliamentary opposition[]

  • Leader of the Opposition – vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party)[2]

  • Harry Holland

Judiciary[]

  • Robert Stout

  • Charles Skerrett

Main centre leaders[]

  • George Baildon

  • Charles Norwood

  • John Archer

  • Harold Tapley

Events[]

  • 15 April – The Eden by-election is won by Rex Mason (Labour). As a result, Labour became the dominant party in opposition, with 12 seats compared to the Liberals' 11.
  • 15 November – The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as independent countries
  • 3 December – Nine miners die in an explosion in the Dobson coal mine near Brunner
  • Undated
    • Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visits New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
    • Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is established
    • Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
    • Ash eruption of Red Crater, Mount Tongariro
    • Leonard Cockayne publishes the first part of Monograph on New Zealand beech forests, which argues that the forests could be managed with a rotation of 80–120 years, but warns about overgrazing by deer[4][5]

Arts and literature[]

See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books

Music[]

See: 1926 in music

Radio[]

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film[]

See: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 films

Sport[]

Chess[]

  • The 35th National Chess Championship is held in Dunedin, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title[6]

Cricket[]

  • New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six

Football[]

  • The Chatham Cup is won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
  • Provincial league champions:[7]
    • Auckland – Tramways
    • Canterbury – Sunnyside
    • Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
    • Nelson – Athletic
    • Otago – HSOB
    • South Canterbury – Colmoco
    • Southland – Ohai
    • Taranaki – Auroa
    • Waikato – Huntly Thistle
    • Wanganui – Woollen Mills
    • Wellington – Hospital

Golf[]

  • The 16th New Zealand Open championship is won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.[8]
  • The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women)[9][10]
    • Men – Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title)
    • Women – Louisa Kerr (Timaru)

Horse racing[]

Harness racing[]

  • New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri (2nd win)[11]
  • Auckland Trotting Cup – Talaro[12]

Thoroughbred racing[]

Lawn bowls[]

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[14]

  • Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – W. R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J. D. Best, H. G. Siedeberg, F. McCullough, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club)

Rugby league[]

  • The New Zealand national rugby league team tours Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales
  • The NZRFU takes legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national rugby league team

Rugby union[]

Births[]

January[]

  • 3 January
  • 6 January – Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator
  • 10 January – Jim Eyles, archaeologist
  • 11 January – Mary Rouse, cricketer
  • 19 January – Peter Cape, musician
  • 20 January – Tui Uru, broadcaster, singer
  • 29 January – Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher

February[]

  • 3 February – Guy Ngan, artist
  • 7 February – Graham Latimer, Māori leader
  • 13 February – Lloyd Berrell, actor
  • 14 February – Sheila Natusch, naturalist, writer, illustrator
  • 20 February – Ted Meuli, cricketer
  • 26 February – Edwin Norton, weightlifter

March[]

April[]

  • 6 April – Don Bacon, microbiologist
  • 11 April – Vivienne Boyd, community leader
  • 12 April – Hoani Waititi, Māori community leader
  • 14 April – Barbara Anderson, writer
  • 18 April – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, sprinter
  • 22 April – Arthur Eustace, track and field athlete, coach and administrator

May[]

  • 6 May – Colin Webster-Watson, sculptor, poet
  • 9 May – Robin Cooke, jurist
  • 15 May – Lyall Barry, swimmer, schoolteacher, local historian
  • 19 May – Nancy Adams, botanist, botanical artist, museum curator
  • 23 May – John Hollywood, cricketer
  • 27 May – Gordon Leggat, cricket player and administrator

June[]

  • 7 June – John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist
  • 11 June – Louise Sutherland, cyclist
  • 17 June – Don Rowlands, rower, rowing administrator, businessman
  • 18 June – Joe Walding, politician, diplomat
  • 19 June
    • Rod Coleman, motorcycle racer
    • Barrie Hutchinson, water polo player, rugby union player and administrator, politician
  • 23 June – Jim Barnden, boxer
  • 24 June – Graham Liggins, medical scientist
  • 25 June – June Schoch, athlete
  • 29 June – James K. Baxter, poet

July[]

  • 5 July – Trevor Davey, politician
  • 14 July – Patricia Woodroffe, fencer
  • 18 July – Bernard Diederich, writer, journalist, historian
  • 22 July – Ron Russell, politician
  • 23 July – Tom O'Donnell, medical practitioner and academic
  • 31 July – Don Donnithorne, architect

August[]

  • 10 August – Edwin Carr, composer
  • 17 August – Solomon Faine, microbiologist

September[]

  • 10 September – Jack Somerville, lawn bowls player
  • 11 September – Joe Schneider, rower
  • 17 September – William Lunn, rugby union player
  • 22 September – Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest
  • 29 September – Vivienne Cassie Cooper, planktologist, botanist

October[]

  • 4 October – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
  • 13 October
    • George Gair, politician, diplomat
    • Bill James, rower
  • 16 October – Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator
  • 28 October
    • Doug Anderson, rugby league player
    • Merv Norrish, diplomat, public servant
  • 30 October – Nan Kinross, nurse and nursing academic
  • 31 October – Stanley Dallas, recording engineer, radio technician

November[]

  • 3 November – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop
  • 7 November – Graeme Allwright, singer-songwriter
  • 20 November – Tom Newnham, political activist

December[]

  • 1 December – Barry Dallas, politician
  • 5 December – Derek Turnbull, athlete
  • 7 December – Jack Kelly, rugby union player, schoolteacher
  • 12 December – Maida Bryant, politician, community leader
  • 13 December – Dave Batten, athlete
  • 14 December – Alan Rowe, actor
  • 15 December – Ron Bailey, politician
  • 18 December – Jock Aird, association footballer
  • 20 December – John Holland, athlete
  • 21 December – Alan Hellaby, businessman
  • 23 December – Peter Iles, cricketer
  • 24 December – Jimmy Edwards, rugby league player
  • 25 December – Colin Chambers, swimmer
  • 30 December – Richard Farrell, pianist
  • 31 December – Pauline Yearbury, artist

Exact date unknown[]

  • Friedrich Eisenhofer, architect
  • George Johnson, artist
  • Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic

Deaths[]

January–March[]

  • 19 January – Helen Stace, school matron (born 1850)
  • 8 February – John Graham, politician (born 1843)
  • 14 February – Ellen Hewett, writer (born 1843)
  • 27 February – James Palmer Campbell, politician (born 1855)
  • 1 March – John Barton Roy, politician (born 1854)
  • 13 March – Mere Rikiriki, Māori prophet (born c.1855)
  • 15 March – Charles Blomfield, artist (born 1848)
  • 22 March – Louisa Baker, journalist, novelist (born 1856)

April–June[]

  • 14 April – Hans Madsen Ries, Lutheran pastor, politician (born 1860)
  • 17 April – Andrew Graham, politician (born 1843)
  • 26 April – Bobby Leach, thrillseeker (born 1858)
  • 1 May
  • 24 May – William Morley, Methodist minister, historian (born 1842)
  • 28 May – Frederick Liggins, cricketer (born 1873)
  • 5 June – Elizabeth Gard'ner, home science teacher and administrator, writer (born 1858)
  • 8 June – David Goldie, politician, mayor of Auckland (1898–1901) (born 1842)
  • 13 June – Gottfried Lindauer, painter (born 1839)
  • 15 June – William Belcher, trade union leader (born c.1860)
  • 24 June – G. P. Nerli, painter (born 1860)

July–September[]

  • 18 July – Archibald Cargill, cricketer (born 1853)
  • 1 August – Sophia Anstice, dressmaker, draper, businesswoman (born 1849)
  • 13 August – Te Mete Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor (born c.1836)
  • 18 August – Grace Neill, nurse, social reformer (born 1846)
  • 3 September – John McCombie, gold prospector, mine manager (born 1849)
  • 8 September – Hugh Lusk, politician (born 1837)

October–December[]

  • 1 October – Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
  • 9 October – Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905–09) (born 1868)
  • 18 October – Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
  • 26 October – Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
  • 7 November – Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
  • 7 December – Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
  • 12 December – Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
  • 22 December – Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
  • 23 December – Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
  • 28 December – Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)

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. ^ "Personal". Stratford Evening Post. 58 (2). 1 February 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ Cockayne, Leonard (1926). "Monograph on New Zealand beech forests". N.Z. State Forest Serv. Bull (4).
  5. ^ "New Zealand plants – timeline – 1900 to 1949". University of Auckland, School of Biological Science. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  8. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Golf". Otago Witness (3789). 26 October 1926. p. 51. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  12. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  14. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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