1926 in New Zealand

none February 2020 1926 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 visitors3,333 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 FergussonStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52 Government The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continues with the Reform Party governing. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham Prime Minister – Gordon Coates Minister of Finance – William Nosworthy until 24 May, then William Downie Stewart Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell until 18 January, then from 24 May William Nosworthy Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party)http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html 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 dmy-all Judiciary Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout, then Charles Skerrett from 1 Februaryhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19260201.2.18 Personal 1 February 1926 Stratford Evening Post 4 58 2 19 May 2021 Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon Mayor of Wellington – Charles Norwood Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer Mayor of Dunedin – 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. 31 August – The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is established.https://nzhistory.govt.nz/department-scientific-and-industrial-research-dsir-founded Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is founded New Zealand History 31 August 2026 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 deerMonograph on New Zealand beech forests 1926 N.Z. State Forest Serv. Bull 4 Cockayne Leonardhttp://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/sbs/newzealandplants/new-zealand-plants-timeline/1900-to-1949.cfm New Zealand plants – timeline – 1900 to 1949 University of Auckland, School of Biological Science 2 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135450/http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/sbs/newzealandplants/new-zealand-plants-timeline/1900-to-1949.cfm 21 July 2011 dead dmy-all 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 titleList of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 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:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 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.http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open The Sports Network 2005 25 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525235454/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e%2Fscores%2Farchive_05%2Fholden-preview.htm 25 May 2011 dead dmy-all The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women)http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en Men's Golf – National Champions An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand McLintock A. 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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 13 February 2009 20 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520031909/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en deadhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19261026.2.188 Golf 26 October 1926 Otago Witness 51 3789 19 May 2021 Men – Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title) Women – Louisa Kerr (Timaru) Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri (2nd win)http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm List of NZ Trotting cup winners 5 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 22 February 2012 dead dmy-all Auckland Trotting Cup – TalaroAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm 17 June 2009 Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Count CavourLambert Max Palenski Ron The New Zealand Almanac 1982 Moa Almanac Press 0-908570-55-4 448–454 Avondale Gold Cup – Beacon Light Auckland Cup – Tanadees Wellington Cup – Enthusiasm New Zealand Derby – Commendation Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.McLintock A.H. Alexander Hare McLintock Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/bowls-mens-outdoor/page-5 6 June 2018 1966 Ministry for Culture and Heritage 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 1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales 1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour Ranfurly Shield – held by Hawkes Bay for the full season Births 30em January 3 January Marie Clay, literacy researcher David Spence, mathematician 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 5 March – Joan Mattingley, clinical chemist 13 March – June Litman, journalist 19 March – Noel Bowden, rugby union player 22 March – Helen Young, radio manager, arts advocate 24 March Betty Clegg, watercolour artist Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer 27 March – Harry Tapping, cricketer April 2 April – Maurie Gordon, sport shooter 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 4 July – Arnold Heine, Antarctic scientist, tramper, conservationist 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 – Bert 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 10 October – Noeleen Scott, lawn bowls player 13 October George Gair, politician, diplomat Bill James, rower 16 October – Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator 26 October – John Myles, athlete 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 14 November – Fritz Eisenhofer, architect 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 Laurie Davidson, yacht designer 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 George Johnson, artist Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic Deaths 30em 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 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 William Geddis, journalist, politician (born 1860) Isabella May, temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer (born 1850) 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 1860) 24 June – G. 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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 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 List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica References External links 1926 in yes Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand