1916 in New Zealand
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] 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
[edit] Parliamentary opposition
- Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) Ward retained that title even though he was part of the coalition government. [2]
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - TBD
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Edwin Hammond then John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - TBD
- Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
- Mayor of Dunedin - TBD
[edit] 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 license 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]
- October: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company purchases land at Sockburn near Christchurch. The first planes do not arrive until the following year.[5][6]
[edit] Arts and literature
See 1916 in art, 1916 in literature, Category:1916 books
[edit] Music
See: 1916 in music
[edit] Film
See: Category:1916 film awards , 1916 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1916 films
[edit] Appointments and awards
- William Jolliffe is appointed New Zealand's first censor
- Archbishop of New Zealand
[edit] Sport
[edit] Golf
- The New Zealand Open championship and National Amateur Championships were not held due to the war. [7]
[edit] Horse racing
[edit] Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Cathedral Chimes [8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Admiral Wood [9]
[edit] Thoroughbred racing
[edit] Rugby union
- The Ranfurly Shield (held by Wellington) is not contested as interprovincial matches are cancelled due to the war.
[edit] 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
[edit] Births
- 17 February: Geoffrey Fisken, WWII fighter ace.
- 31 July: Verdun Scott, cricketer.
- 15 December: Maurice Wilkins, physicist.
- 19 December: Merv Wallace, cricketer.
- Ernest Duncan, mathematician.
- Herb Green: medical specialist.
- Allan McCready, politician.
- Paraone Reweti, politician.
- George Silk, photojournalist.
- Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality.
[edit] Deaths
- 24 August: William Leonard Williams, Māori language scholar and Bishop of Waiapu. [11]
- Thomas King, astronomer and politician
[edit] See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1916 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1916
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ a b c d NZ Army :- 1902 - 1919 Imperial Training & World War I
- ^ "Today in History". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/7/7. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ a b c Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0 589 00905 2
- ^ a b c Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - Henry Wigram
- ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm. Retrieved on 2009-03-25.
- ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html.
- ^ Porter, Frances. 'Williams, William Leonard 1829 - 1916'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007 url, accessed 9 January 2007
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