1906 in New Zealand

← 1905 1904 1903 1906 in New Zealand → 1907 1908 1909
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1906 Timeline of New Zealand history

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)

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

June

10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon died suddenly in office of a heart attack, ending a 13-year premiership.

August

6 August: Sir Joseph Ward was sworn in as Prime Minister, taking over from acting Prime Minister William Hall-Jones.

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature, Category:1906 books

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.^[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
• John Hutton, artist

Category:1906 births

Deaths

• 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
• 6 August: George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)

Category:1906 deaths

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

1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
3. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
4. edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
5. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
6. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
7. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

Media related to 1906 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons