1900 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor - The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government and law

The 14th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was

*Speaker of the House - Sir Maurice O'Rorke
*Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
*Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon
*Chief Justice - Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - William Russell, (Independent). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - David Goldie
*Mayor of Hamilton - George Edgecumbe
*Mayor of Wellington - John Aitken
*Mayor of Christchurch - Charles Louisson, William Reece
*Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Chisholm

Events

*15 January: The New Zealand Mounted Rifles rout a Boer assault at Slingersfontein, South Africa.
* 9 February: Opening of the Wanganui Opera House by premier Richard Seddon. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=09/02 nzhistory.net.nz] ]
*15 February: New Zealand troops are part of the relief of Kimberley, South Africa.
*3 May: Holy Cross College (Roman Catholic seminary) established in Mosgiel.
* May: Phosphate discovered on Nauru - mining begins later in the year.
* May-June: Tour of Pacific islands by Prime Minister Richard Seddon. Tonga, Niue, Fiji and the Cook Islands are visited.
*28 September: The New Zealand Government votes to incorporate the Cook Islands into New Zealand.
* October: The number of European electorates in the New Zealand Parliament is increased to 76.
* 23 October: The country's first electric tram service begins, between Roslyn and Māori Hill in Dunedin.

Unknown date

*Māori Lands Administration Act passed.
*George Hemmings brings the first motor car into the South Island.
*The General Assembly Library (part of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings) is built.
*18 people die in a boating tragedy on the Motu River.

Arts and literature

See 1900 in art , 1900 in literature ,

Music

See: 1900 in music

Film

*Alfred Whitehouse's "The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War" - the oldest surviving New Zealand film - premieres.

Appointments and awards

*Primate of New Zealand - William Garden Cowie (Bishop of Auckland)
*Bishop of Christchurch - Churchill Julius
*Bishop of Dunedin - Samuel Tarratt Nevill
*Bishop of Nelson - Charles Oliver Mules
*Bishop of Waiapu - William Leonard Williams
*Bishop of Wellington - Frederick Wallis

port

Athletics

National champions (Men):
*100 yards - G. Smith (Auckland)
*250 yards - G. Smith (Auckland)
*440 yards - W Strickland (Hawke's Bay)
*880 yards - J Lynskey (Canterbury)
*1 mile - W Simpson (Canterbury)
*3 miles - W Simpson (Canterbury)
*120 yards hurdles - G. Smith (Auckland)
*440 yards hurdles - G. Smith (Auckland)
*Long jump - P Buck (Otago)
*High jump - C Laurie (Auckland)
*Pole vault - C Laurie (Auckland)
*Shot put - W Madill (Auckland)
*Hammer throw - W Madill (Auckland)

=Badminton=

The first club is formed, in Auckland, but soon goes into recess.Todd, S. (1976) "Sporting Records of New Zealand." Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7] (see also 1927)

Cricket

* See 1900-01 New Zealand cricket season
*A tour of New Zealand by Australia's Melbourne Cricket Club included seven matches, of which the visitors won six with one match drawn.

*Six provincial matches were played during the 1899-1900 domestic season, all of them over two or three days, with wins by Otago over Hawke's Bay and Canterbury, by Wellington and Auckland over Otago, and by Canterbury and Auckland over Wellington.

* Scores were uniformly low by modern standards, mostly below 200, with only two centuries scored and only one team total of over 300 runs: the highest team total was 464 by Wellington against Otago, with centuries by F A Midlane (149) and C A Richardson (113), and the best bowling figures were A D Downes' 7-43 for Otago against Canterbury.

Golf

*National amateur champion (men): A Duncan (Wellington)
*National amateur champion (women): K Rattray (Otago)

Horse racing

*New Zealand Cup winner: Fulmen Ideal
*New Zealand Derby winner: Renown
*Auckland Cup winner: Blue Jacket
*Wellington Cup winner: Djin Djin
*Top New Zealand stakes earner: Advance
*Leading flat jockey: C Jenkins (50 wins):"see also ."

Polo

*Savile Cup winners: Oroua (A Strang, J Strang, W Strang, O Robinson)

Rowing

*Men's national champions (coxed fours): Picton
*Men's national champions (coxless pairs): Wellington
*Men's national champions (double sculls): Canterbury
*Men's national champions (single sculls): T Spencer (Wellington)

Rugby Union

Provincial club rugby champions include: City (Auckland); Westport (Buller); Christchurch (Canterbury); Pirates (Hawke's Bay); Levin (Horowhenua); Awarua (Marlborough); Alhambra (Otago); Gisborne (Poverty Bay); Hawera (Taranaki); Kaierau (Wanganui); Melrose (Wellington); winners of Bush, Nelson, and Wairarapa club competitions unknown.:"see also "

wimming

National champions (Men):
*100 yards frestyle - "held, but winner's name not recorded"
*220 yards frestyle - "held, but winner's name not recorded"
*440 yards frestyle - "held, but winner's name not recorded"

Tennis

New Zealand championships:
*Men's singles: J Hooper
*Women's singles: K Nunneley
*Men's doubles: C Cox/J Collins
*Women's doubles: K Nunneley/E Harman

References: Romanos, J. (2001) "New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists." Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

Births

*4 January: Lance Richdale, ornithologist
*19 January: Clarence Skinner, politician, deputy Prime Minister (in Australia)
*4 February: Kazimierz Wodzicki
*22 February: Albert Willetts
*24 February: Rod Syme
*26 February: Muriel Deem
*13 March: Quentin Donald
*25 March: Lewis Harris
*27 April: Timothy Cleary
*4 May: Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon
*8 May: Lancelot William McCaskill
*23 May: Amy Harper
*3 June: Olga Sansom
*3 June: James Anderson McPherson
*9 June: Norman Taylor
*4 July: Rudall Hayward, filmmaker
* 27 July (as Nina Betts): Nina Byron, silent film actrss, dancer.
*20 July: Sid Scott
*10 August: Arthur Porritt
*11 August: Alexander Astor
*1 September: Frederick McDowall
*3 September: Jean Stevens
*7 September: Robin Allan
*7 September: Nora Sipos
*17 September: Hedwig Weitzel
*22 September: Henry Ah Kew
*22 September: Paul Schramm
*23 September: Alwyn Warren
*14 October: Eddie McLeod, cricketer
*19 October: Edwin Coubray
*20 October: Nina Muir
*21 October: Quentin Pope
* 3 November (in Durham, England): Roger Blunt, cricketer
*5 November: Esther James
*12 November: Stanley Graham
*16 November: Leonard Cronin
*24 December: Reta Keiha

Deaths

* date unknown: Te Rangitahau
* 3 February: Elizabeth Pulman
* 3 March: Arthur Halcombe
* 22 March: Carl Gustav Schmitt
* 28 April: Catherine Innes
* May: Hirawanu Tapu
* 26 May: George Ulrich
* 28 September: Topi Patuki
* 4 October: William Skey
* 26 October: William Seffern
* 29 December (approximately): Thomas Broham

ee 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 1900 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1900

References