1906_in_New_Zealand
1906 in New Zealand
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1906 in New Zealand.
Regal and viceregal
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
- Mayor of Auckland – Arthur Myers
- Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray then John Hall
- Mayor of Dunedin – Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence
January
February
March
April
- 25 April
- The 1906 Auckland City mayoral election is held.
- The 1906 Wellington City mayoral election is held.
May
June
- 10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon dies suddenly in office, ending a 13-year premiership.
- The 1906 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election is held.
July
- 13 July: The 1906 Westland by-election is held.
August
- 6 August: Joseph Ward is sworn in as prime minister, taking over from acting prime minister William Hall-Jones.
September
October
November
- 1 November: The International Exhibition begins in Hagley Park, Christchurch.
December
- 6 December: The 1906 Manukau by-election is held.
See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature
Music
See: 1906 in music
Film
See: Category:1906 film awards, 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films
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.
- 19 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist
- 27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer
- 5 April: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer
- 4 July: Leo Lemuel White, photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer[8]
- 8 August: John Hutton, artist
- 26 January: Fred Sutton, politician.
- 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
- 28 June: Jacob William Heberley, carver.[9]
- 6 August: George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)
- 21 September: Joseph Dransfield, Mayor of Wellington and politician.
- 29 October; Henry Jackson, politician
- 18 November: Albert Pitt, politician.
- Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- 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.
- "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- Watling, Amy (19 June 2019). "The view from above". natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- Neich, Roger. "Jacob William Heberley". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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