1901 in New Zealand
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Population
A census was held in March 1901. The population was given as 815,862, consisting of 43,112 Māori, 31 Moriori, and 772,719 others.[1] — an increase in the non-Māori population of 9.86% over the previous census in 1896.[2]
The figures for the 1901 census revealed that the North Island's population had exceeded the South Island's for the first time since the Central Otago Gold Rush of 1861 — the two islands (plus their associated minor offshore islands) had populations of 390,579 and 382,140 respectively. Only 40% of the country's population was based in urban centres, and only two of these centres, Auckland and Dunedin, had populations of over 25,000.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State — Queen Victoria (until 22 January), succeeded by Edward VII
- Governor — The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG [3]
Government
The 14th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.
- Speaker of the House — Maurice O'Rorke (Liberal)
- Premier / Prime Minister — Richard Seddon
- Minister of Finance — Richard Seddon
Parliamentary opposition
- Leader of the Opposition — William Russell, (Independent) until 3 July, then vacant.[4]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland — Logan Campbell
- Mayor of Wellington — John Aitken
- Mayor of Christchurch — William Reece then Arthur Rhodes
- Mayor of Dunedin — Robert Chisholm then George Denniston
Events
- 28 January — Captain William James Hardham became the first New Zealand-born winner of the Victoria Cross as a result of action in the South African War (Boer War).[5]
- 2 February — a day of mourning acknowledging the death of Queen Victoria brings the nation to a standstill.
- Union of the Synod of Otago and Southland with the Northern Presbyterian Church to form the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- A second visit to New Zealand by members of the Royal Family: the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later to become George V and Queen Mary).
- The New Zealand red ensign became the official flag for merchant vessels.[6]
- Founding of the New Zealand Socialist Party.
- New Zealand rejects the proposal to become a state in the Commonwealth of Australia
- Richard Seddon adopts the term Prime Minister rather than Premier.
Arts and literature
See 1901 in art, 1901 in literature, Category:1901 books
Music
See: 1901 in music
Sport
Chess
National Champion: D. Forsyth of Dunedin.[7]
Golf
The 9th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland [8]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) — 3rd title
- Women: E.S. Gillies
Horse racing
Harness racing
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Thorndean [9]
Rugby
- The Earl of Ranfurly announced his intention to present a cup to the NZRFU, without stipulating what form of competition it should be awarded for.
- A New Zealand representative team won both test matches against a touring team from New South Wales.
Soccer
Provincial league champions:[10]
- Auckland: Grafton AFC (Auckland)
- Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
- Wellington: Wellington Swifts
Births
- 7 February: Arnold Nordmeyer, politician.
- 26 February: Leslie Munro, diplomat.
- 25 March: Raymond Firth, ethnologist.
- 10 April: Robert Aitken, physician and university administrator.
- 17 May: Robert Macfarlane, politician.
- 19 May: William Stevenson, industrialist and philanthropist.
- 13 June: John Cawte Beaglehole, historian and biographer.
- 15 June: Dove-Myer Robinson, long-serving mayor of Auckland.
- 5 July: Len Lye, sculptor, filmmaker, writer.
- 24 December: Nola Luxford, silent film actress.[11]
Deaths
- 14 February: Edward Stafford. politician and 3rd Premier of New Zealand.
- 17 April Loughlin O'Brien, politician.
- 15 July: Frederic Carrington, surveyor and politician.[12]
- 6 August (in Scotland): John McKenzie, politician
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
- ^ "Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand, Taken for the Night of the 31st March, 1901". 1 October 1902. Table 1.
- ^ The non-Māori population was 703,360 in the 1896 census."Census of New Zealand, April, 1896". Table 1.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ — Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ NZhistory.net
- ^ New Zealand Ensigns
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- ^ IMDB
- ^ F.A. Carrington at DNZB
External links
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