1916 in New Zealand

none December 2019 1916 The following lists events that happened during 1916 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – George V Governor – Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52 Government The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party. Speaker of the House – Frederic Lang (Reform Party) Prime Minister – William Massey (Reform Party) Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Joseph Ward (Liberal Party). Ward retained the title even though he was part of the coalition government.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 Judiciary Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson Mayor of Wellington – John Luke Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Holland Mayor of Dunedin – James Clark Events January – The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) becomes the New Zealand Division. April – The New Zealand Division leaves Egypt and travels via Marseille to northern France.NZ Army:- 1902 – 1919 Imperial Training & World War I 12 May – First patrol by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in the Sinai desert. 13 May – New Zealand Division moves into front-line trenches at Armentières. 7 July – The New Zealand Labour Party is founded in Wellington.https://nzhistory.govt.nz/timeline/7/7 Today in History New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage 19 September 2008 13 July – Vivian Walsh is the first New Zealander to obtain a pilot's licence while resident in New Zealand.Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. 0-589-00905-2 15 September – First major action by New Zealand Division in France, at Flers in the Somme. Over the following 23 days, 1560 New Zealanders are killed and 5440 wounded. 16 September – William Jolliffe is appointed New Zealand's first censor (on his birthday) 20 September – The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company is established in Christchurch. Henry Wigram is the main instigator.Ogilvie Gordon 3W14 Wigram, Henry Francis 4 April 2011 The Company's aims are to train pilots for the war, promote local aviation defence and pioneer commercial aviation. 15 October – The 16th New Zealand national census is taken. October – The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company purchases land at Sockburn near Christchurch. The first planes will not arrive until the following year. 16 November – First ballot held for reinforcements for the NZEF.Recruiting and Conscription Arts and literature See 1916 in art, 1916 in literature, :Category:1916 books Music See: 1916 in music Film The Mutiny of the Bounty See: 1916 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1916 films Sport Golf The New Zealand Open championship and National Amateur Championships are not held due to the war.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 Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Cathedral Chimeshttp://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 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 Auckland Trotting Cup – Admiral WoodAuckland 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 – ArdenvhorThe Air New Zealand Almanac Max Lambert Ron Palenski Moa Almanac Press 1982 0-908570-55-4 448–454 Auckland Cup – Depredation Wellington Cup – Bee New Zealand Derby – The Toff Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.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 – E.H. Fountain (Roslyn Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – V. Dimock, Charles Parata (skip) (Thorndon Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – C.W. Davis, A. E. Davis, A.B. Duff, J. Laughton (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club) Rugby union The Ranfurly Shield (held by Wellington) is not contested as interprovincial matches are cancelled due to the war. Soccer Provincial league champions:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 Auckland – North Shore Canterbury – Christchurch Rangers Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau Otago – Mornington Southland – No competition Wanganui – No competition Wellington – No competition Births 30em January 4 January Stuart Babbage, Anglican priest, civil rights advocate, writer John Reid, English literature academic 7 January – John Brown, cyclist 11 January – Alan Low, economist 13 January – Joy Drayton, teacher, academic leader, politician 15 January – Ron Guthrey, soldier, politician, disabled sports advocate 25 January – Ernest Duncan, mathematician and professor 29 January – Esther Blackie, cricketer 31 January – Jack Finlay, rugby union player and coach, soldier February 10 February – Manuhuia Bennett, Anglican bishop 17 February – Geoffrey Fisken, World War II fighter pilot 21 February – Mick Connelly, politician March 6 March – Te Kari Waaka, Ringatū minister, Tūhoe leader 8 March – Norman Fisher, boxer 9 March – Ron Withell, boxer 19 March – Joan Donley, midwife 21 March – Max Brown, novelist, journalist 23 March – Vince McGlone, seaman, television personality April 4 April – Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality 12 April – Russell Garcia, composer 14 April – Lawrence Hogben, naval officer, meteorologist 17 April – Robert Menzies, cricketer 21 April – Harry Frazer, rugby union player 25 April – Keith Elliott, soldier May 3 May – Keith Bracey, television personality 5 May – Doris Lusk, artist 9 May – Bob Whaitiri, Ngāi Tahu leader 14 May – Joan Dingley, mycologist 20 May – Clifford Dalton, nuclear scientist 24 May – Noel McMahon, cricketer June 3 June – Lorelle Corbin, naval officer 11 June – Bob Berry, dendrologist 14 June – Gordon Bromley, long-distance runner July 2 July – Tom Walker, soil scientist, television personality 9 July – Dean Goffin, composer 16 July – Bill Carson, cricketer, rugby union player, soldier 17 July – Sid Scales, cartoonist 18 July – Owen Woodhouse, jurist 20 July – Bill Gilbert, soldier, intelligence service director 21 July – Roy Taylor, cyclist 31 July – Verdun Scott, cricketer August 1 August Dorothy Daniels, ballet teacher and director Sybil Lupp, mechanic, motor-racing driver 6 August – Tom Clark, industrialist, yachting patron 15 August – Derek Freeman, anthropologist 22 August – Rona McCarthy, athlete 30 August – Tex Morton, country music entertainer September 1 September – Allan McCready, politician 9 September Charles Fleming, scientist Jack Scott, politician 14 September – Edward Norman, soldier, Anglican bishop October 10 October – Gordon Cochrane, military and civil pilot 15 October – Leonard Thornton, military leader 25 October – Bruce Campbell, lawyer, politician, jurist 26 October – Ernest Bezzant, cricketer 28 October – Frank Kerr, cricketer 30 October – Peter King, army officer November 4 November – Allan Pyatt, Anglican bishop 11 November – Ramai Hayward, photographer, actor, cinematographer 16 November Harold Baigent, actor, theatre director Herb Green, obstetrician and gynaecologist 17 November Paraone Reweti, politician George Silk, photojournalist 21 November – Margaret Dalziel, English literature academic December 1 December – Alan Boxer, Royal Air Force officer 12 December – Jack Davies, swimmer 13 December – Ossie Cleal, association footballer, cricketer 15 December – Maurice Wilkins, physicist and molecular biologist 18 December – Noel Crump, swimmer 19 December – Merv Wallace, cricketer 26 December – Jean Sandel, surgeon 27 December Betty Forbes, high jumper Frank Hofmann, photographer, musician 28 December – Frederick Turnovsky, manufacturer, arts advocate Exact date unknown Garth Chester, furniture designer Deaths 30em January–March 16 January – Hēnare Kōhere, rugby union player, soldier (born 1880) 22 January – Lucy Mansel, community worker (born 1831) 9 March – Edward Moss, politician (born 1856) 16 March – Thomas King, astronomer (born 1858) April–June 4 April – John McIndoe, printer (born 1858) 7 April – Horace Martineau, soldier (born 1874) 9 May – William Graham, surveyor, farming leader, politician (born 1841) 20 May – Fanny Howie, singer and composer (born 1868) 22 May – Kimball Bent, soldier, adventurer (born 1837) 23 May – Charlie Douglas, explorer, surveyor (born 1840) 21 June – William Mowbray, teacher, musician (born 1835) 8 June – Henry Wilding, social reformer (born 1844) 16 June – William Barron, politician (born 1837) July–September 4 July – Ann Evans, nurse, midwife (born 1840) 11 July – Graham Cook, rugby league player (born 1893) 25 July – Thomas Cooke, soldier (born 1881) 27 July – Arthur Brown, politician (born 1856) 28 July – James Escott, politician (born 1872) 30 July – Eveline Cunnington, social reformer, feminist (born 1849) 31 July – John Stevens, politician (born 1845) 24 August – Leonard Williams, Māori language scholar, Anglican bishop (born 1829) 25 August Martin Kennedy, mine owner, politician (born 1839) Sir Maurice O'Rorke, politician (born 1830) 16 September – Rupert Hickmott, cricketer (born 1894) 17 September – Arthur Martin, surgeon (born 1876) 19 September – Frank Wilson, rugby union player (born 1885) 21 September – Bobby Black, rugby union player (born 1893) 25 September – Stuart Menteath, politician (born 1853) 29 September – Josiah Martin, educationalist, photographer (born 1843) October–December 1 October – Donald Brown, soldier (born 1890) 12 October – David Gage, rugby union player (born 1868) 14 October – Jack Carey, trade unionist (born 1876) 18 October – Samuel Andrews, politician (born 1836) 19 October – Catherine Francis, teacher (born 1836) 29 October – John Braithwaite, soldier (born 1885) 11 November – Frank Isitt, Methodist minister, temperance campaigner (born 1843) 12 November – Frances Stewart, women's and children's rights activist (born 1840) 16 December – Coupland Harding, printer, typographer, journalist (born 1849) 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 References External links 1916 in yes