1916 in New Zealand

← 1915 1914 1913 1916 in New Zealand → 1917 1918 1919
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1916 Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor - The Earl of Liverpool ^[1]

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 that title even though he was part of the coalition government.^[2]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton – John Edwin Hammond then John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington – TBD
• Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Holland
• Mayor of Dunedin – TBD

Events

• January: While in Egypt the New Zealand Expeditionary Force becomes the New Zealand Division.
• April: The New Zealand Division leaves Egypt and travels via Marseilles to northern France arriving during the same month.^[3]
• 12 May: First patrol by New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in the Sinai desert.^[3]
• 13 May: New Zealand Division moves into front-line trenches at Armentières.^[3]
• 7 July: New Zealand Labour Party founded in Wellington.^[4]
• 13 July: Vivian Walsh is the first New Zealander to obtain a pilot's licence while resident in New Zealand.^[5]
• 15 September: First major action by New Zealand Division in France, at Flers. In the following 23 days 1560 New Zealanders are killed and 5440 wounded.^[3]
• 20 September: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company is established in Christchurch. Henry Wigram is the main instigator.^[5][6] The Company's aims are to train pilot's for the war, promote local aviation defence and pioneer commercial aviation.^[6]
• 15 October: The sixteenth national census of the Dominion was taken.
• October: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company purchases land at Sockburn near Christchurch. The first planes do not arrive until the following year.^[5][6]
• undated: William Jolliffe is appointed New Zealand's first censor

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: Category:1916 film awards, 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 were not held due to the war.^[7]

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Cathedral Chimes ^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Admiral Wood ^[9]

Rugby union

• The Ranfurly Shield (held by Wellington) is not contested as interprovincial matches are cancelled due to the war.

Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[10]

• Auckland: North Shore
• Canterbury: Christchurch Rangers
• Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau
• Otago: Mornington
• Southland: No competition
• Wanganui: No competition
• Wellington: No competition

Births

January

• 4 January
  • Stuart Babbage, Anglican priest, civil rights advocate, writer
  • John Reid, English literature academic
• 11 January – Alan Low, economist
• 13 January – Joy Drayton, teacher, academic leader, politician
• 15 January – Ron Guthrey, soldier, politician, disabled sports advocate
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

December

• 1 December – Alan Boxer, Royal Air Force officer
• 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
  • Elizabeth Forbes, high jumper
  • Frank Hofmann, photographer, musician
• 28 December – Frederick Turnovsky, manufacturer, arts advocate

Exact date unknown

• Garth Chester, furniture designer
• Ernest Duncan, mathematician

Deaths

January–March

• 16 January – Henare Kohere, rugby union player, soldier (born 1880)
• 22 January – Lucy Mansel, community worker (born c.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 c.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 c.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

• 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. NZ Army:- 1902 - 1919 Imperial Training & World War I
4. "Today in History". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
5. Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
6. Ogilvie, Gordon. "Wigram, Henry Francis". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
7. "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
8. List of NZ Trotting cup winners
9. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
10. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

External links

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