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1906 in New Zealand
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1906
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 KCVOStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
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).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
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
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.
Arts and literature
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
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.List of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008
Golf
The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en 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
Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M.http://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: TypewriterAuckland 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
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:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999
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 writerhttps://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/the-view-from-above 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
8 August: John Hutton, artist
:Category:1906 births
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.Jacob William Heberley Roger Neich 2h26 1 December 2011
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
References
External links
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