1906 in New Zealand

Decades:

• 1880s
• 1890s
• 1900s
• 1910s
• 1920s

See also:

• History of New Zealand
• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1906 in New Zealand.

• Head of State – Edward VII
• Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO ^[1]

• 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)
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

• Leader of the Opposition – William Massey , (Independent).^[2]

• 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

• 25 April
  • The 1906 Auckland City mayoral election is held.
  • The 1906 Wellington City mayoral election is held.

• 10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon dies suddenly in office, ending a 13-year premiership.

• The 1906 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election is held.

• 13 July: The 1906 Westland by-election is held.

• 6 August: Joseph Ward is sworn in as prime minister, taking over from acting prime minister William Hall-Jones.

• 1 November: The International Exhibition begins in Hagley Park, Christchurch.

• 6 December: The 1906 Manukau by-election is held.

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature

See: 1906 in music

See: Category:1906 film awards, 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films

National amateur champions

• Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington)
• Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch)
• Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch)
• Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland)
• Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

• The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title.^[3]

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ^[4]

• Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
• Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M.^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Typewriter^[6]

• 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).

Provincial league champions:^[7]

• Auckland: North Shore AFC
• Canterbury: Christchurch Club
• Otago: Northern
• Southland: Nightcaps
• Taranaki: Eltham
• Wellington: Diamond Wellington

• Anthony Wilding wins both the singles and doubles (with Rodney Heath) titles at the Australian Open.

• 19 January: Robin Hyde , poet and novelist
• 27 February: Mal Matheson , cricketer
• 5 April: Ted Morgan , Olympic boxer
• 4 July: Leo Lemuel White , photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer^[8]
• 8 August: John Hutton , artist

Category:1906 births

• 26 January: Fred Sutton , politician.
• 10 June: Richard Seddon , 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
• 28 June: Jacob William Heberley , carver.^[9]
• 6 August: George Waterhouse , 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)
• 21 September: Joseph Dransfield , Mayor of Wellington and politician.
• 29 October; Henry Jackson , politician
• 18 November: Albert Pitt , politician.

• History of New Zealand
• List of years in New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment

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