1904 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Edward VII
*Governor - The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG, succeeded the same year by The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.
*Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
*Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
*Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - William Massey, (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 - Edwin Mitchelson
*Mayor of Hamilton - William Dey
*Mayor of Wellington - John Aitken then Thomas Hislop
*Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Wigram then C. M. Gray
*Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Scott, then Thomas Christie

Events

* 13 January: Portobello Marine Laboratory opens, initially as a fish hatchery
*15 November: The "Waikato Independent" begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper became the "Cambridge Independent" in 1966. It closed in 1995. [cite web|url=http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/WaikCbInde/indefront.htm|title=Waikato Independent|publisher=Cambridge Museum]

Arts and literature

See 1904 in art, 1904 in literature,

Music

See: 1904 in music

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
*Archbishop of New Zealand
*Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

port

* See: 1904 in sports , , Summer Olympic Games See

Rugby

* Wellington defeat Auckland 6-3, becoming the first challenger to win the Ranfurly Shield.
* Wellington defend the Ranfurly shield against Canterbury (6-3) and Otago (15-13).

Horse racing

See , list winners.

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Births

* 2 February: A. R. D. Fairburn, poet. [ [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/F/FairburnArthurRexDugard/FairburnArthurRexDugard/en Te Ara] ]
* 11 February: Keith Holyoake, politician and 26th Prime Minister. [ [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HolyoakeRightHonKeithJackaCh/HolyoakeRightHonKeithJackaCh/en Te Ara] ]
* 12 March: Ken James, cricketer. [ [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37487.html Cricinfo] ]
* 24 December: Thomas O'Halloran, Australian Rules footballer.

* Morton W. Coutts - invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing beer.

Deaths

* 11 December: Octavius Hadfield, Anglican Primate of New Zealand.

* Thomas Ellison, rugby player.
* George Lumsden, politician.
* William Walker, politician and speaker of the Legistative Council.

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 1904 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1904

References