1926 in New Zealand
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Population
A census was held in March 1926.
| Male | Female | Total | |
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| Usually resident population | 716,310 (51%) |
687,330 (49%) |
1,403,640 |
| Overseas Visitors | 3,333 | 1,167 | 4,500 |
| Total | 719,643 | 688,497 | 1,408,140 |
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued with the Reform Party governing.
- Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Reform Party)
- Prime Minister - Gordon Coates.
- Minister of Finance - William Nosworthy, succeeded by William Downie Stewart
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - William Nosworthy (Reform)
Parliamentary opposition
- Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party) [2]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Charles Norwood
- Mayor of Christchurch - John Archer
- Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley
Events
- Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visited New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research established
- Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
- Ash eruption of Red Crater, Mount Tongariro
- Dr Leonard Cockayne publishes the first part of Monograph on New Zealand beech forests, which argued that the forests could be managed with a rotation of 80–120 years, but warned about overgrazing by deer.[3][4]
- 15 April: By-election in Eden, won by Rex Mason (Labour). As a result, Labour became the dominant party in opposition, with 12 seats compared to the Liberals' 11.
- 15 November: The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as an independent country.
- 3 December: Nine miners died in an explosion in the Dobson coal mine near Brunner
Arts and literature
See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books
Music
See: 1926 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 films
Sport
Chess
- The 35th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title.[5]
Cricket
- New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six.
Golf
- The 16th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.[6]
- The 8th National Amateur Championships were held at Mirimar [7]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 9th title
- Women: Mrs E.G. Kerr
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Ahuriri - 2nd win [8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Talaro [9]
Rugby union
- 1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
- Ranfurly Shield - held by Hawkes Bay for the full season.
Rugby league
- The New Zealand national rugby league team toured Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales
- The NZRU took legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national Rugby League team.
Soccer
- 1926 Chatham Cup won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
- Provincial league champions: [10]
Births
January
- 3 January
- Marie Clay, literacy researcher
- David Spence, mathematician
- 6 January – Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator
- 10 January – Jim Eyles, archaeologist
- 11 January – Mary Rouse, cricketer
- 19 January – Peter Cape, musician
- 29 January – Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher
February
- 7 February – Graham Latimer, Māori leader
- 13 February – Lloyd Berrell, actor
- 20 February – Ted Meuli, cricketer
March
- 13 March – June Litman, journalist
- 19 March – Noel Bowden, rugby union player
- 24 March – Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer
- 27 March – Harry Tapping, cricketer
April
- 11 April – Vivienne Boyd, community leader
- 12 April – Hoani Waititi, Māori community leader
- 14 April – Barbara Anderson, writer
- 18 April – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, sprinter
May
- 6 May – Colin Webster-Watson, sculptor, poet
- 9 May – Robin Cooke, jurist
- 15 May – Lyall Barry, swimmer, schoolteacher, local historian
- 19 May – Nancy Adams, botanist, botanical artist, museum curator
- 23 May – John Hollywood, cricketer
- 27 May – Gordon Leggat, cricket player and administrator
June
- 7 June – John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist
- 11 June – Louise Sutherland, cyclist
- 17 June – Don Rowlands, rower, rowing administrator, businessman
- 18 June – Joe Walding, politician, diplomat
- 19 June – Rod Coleman, motorcycle racer
- 23 June – Jim Barnden, boxer
- 24 June – Graham Liggins, medical scientist
- 25 June – June Schoch, athlete
- 29 June – James K. Baxter, poet
July
- 5 July – Trevor Davey, politician
- 22 July – Ron Russell, politician
- 23 July – Tom O'Donnell, medical practitioner and academic
- 31 July – Don Donnithorne, architect
August
- 10 August – Edwin Carr, composer
September
- 10 September – Jack Somerville, lawn bowls player
- 17 September – William Lunn, rugby union player
- 22 September – Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest
- 29 September – Vivienne Cassie Cooper, planktologist, botanist
October
- 4 October – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 13 October – George Gair, politician, diplomat
- 16 October – Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator
- 28 October
- Doug Anderson, rugby league player
- Merwyn Norrish, diplomat
- 31 October – Stanley Dallas, recording engineer, radio technician
November
- 3 November – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop
- 7 November – Graeme Allwright, singer-songwriter
- 20 November – Tom Newnham, political activist
December
- 1 December – Barry Dallas, politician
- 5 December – Derek Turnbull, athlete
- 7 December – Jack Kelly, rugby union player, schoolteacher
- 13 December – Dave Batten, athlete
- 14 December – Alan Rowe, actor
- 15 December – Ron Bailey, politician
- 18 December – Jock Aird, association footballer
- 20 December – John Holland, athlete
- 23 December – Peter Iles, cricketer
- 24 December – Jimmy Edwards, rugby league player
- 30 December – Richard Farrell, pianist
Exact date unknown
- Bernard Diederich, writer, journalist, historian
- Friedrich Eisenhofer, architect
- Arthur Eustace, track and field athlete, coach and administrator
- George Johnson, artist
- Guy Ngan, artist
- Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic
Deaths
January–March
- 19 January – Helen Stace, school matron (born 1850)
- 8 February – John Graham, politician (born 1843)
- 14 February – Ellen Hewett, writier (born 1843)
- 27 February – James Palmer Campbell, politician (born 1855)
- 1 March – John Barton Roy, politician (born 1854)
- 13 March – Mere Rikiriki, Māori prophet (born c.1855)
- 15 March – Charles Blomfield, artist (born 1848)
- 22 March – Louisa Baker, journalist, novelist (born 1856)
April–June
- 14 April – Hans Madsen Ries, Lutheran pastor, politician (born 1860)
- 17 April – Andrew Graham, politician (born 1843)
- 26 April – Bobby Leach, thrillseeker (born 1858)
- 1 May
- William John Geddis, politician (born 1860)
- Isabella May, temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer (born 1850)
- 24 May – William Morley, Methodist minister, historian (born 1842)
- 28 May – Frederick Liggins, cricketer (born 1873)
- 5 June – Elizabeth Gard'ner, home science teacher and administrator, writer (born 1858)
- 8 June – David Goldie, politician, mayor of Auckland (1898–1901) (born 1842)
- 13 June – Gottfried Lindauer, painter (born 1839)
- 15 June – William Belcher, trade union leader (born c.1860)
July–September
- 18 July – Archibald Cargill, cricketer (born 1853)
- 1 August – Sophia Anstice, dressmaker, draper, businesswoman (born 1849)
- 13 August – Te Mete Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor (born c.1836)
- 18 August – Grace Neill, nurse, social reformer (born 1846)
- 3 September – John McCombie, gold prospector, mine manager (born 1849)
- 8 September – Hugh Lusk, politician (born 1837)
October–December
- 1 October – Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
- 9 October – Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905–09) (born 1868)
- 18 October – Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
- 26 October – Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
- 7 November – Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
- 7 December – Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
- 12 December – Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
- 22 December – Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
- 23 December – Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
- 28 December – Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)
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
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ Cockayne, Leonard (1926). "Monograph on New Zealand beech forests". N.Z. State Forest Serv. Bull (4).
- ^ "New Zealand plants - timeline - 1900 to 1949". University of Auckland, School of Biological Science.
- ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ^ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ 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) - ^ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links
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