1906 in New Zealand explained

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

• 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

Events

April

• 25 April
  • The 1906 Auckland City mayoral election is held.
  • The 1906 Wellington City mayoral election is held.

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.

November

• 1 November: The International Exhibition begins in Hagley Park, Christchurch.

December

• 6 December: The 1906 Manukau by-election is held.

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature

Music

See: 1906 in music

Film

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

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
• 4 July: Leo Lemuel White, photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer^[8]
• 8 August: John Hutton, artist

Deaths

• 26 January: Fred Sutton, politician.
• 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
• 28 June: Jacob William Heberley, carver.
• 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.

See also

• History of New Zealand
• List of years in New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment

Notes and References

1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. Web site: Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition. 6 April 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. 17 October 2008. dead.
3. http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm List of New Zealand Chess Champions
4. Web site: Men's Golf – National Champions. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. A. H. . McLintock . Alexander Hare McLintock. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 1966. 13 February 2009.
5. Web site: List of NZ Trotting cup winners . 7 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm . 22 February 2012 . dead .
6. http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
7. Web site: New Zealand: List of champions. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
8. Web site: The view from above. Watling. Amy. 19 June 2019. natlib.govt.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190619070842/https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/the-view-from-above. dead. 2019-06-19. 19 June 2019.