1906 in New Zealand

1906 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

Government

*Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
*Prime Minister - Richard Seddon (until 10th June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6th August), then Joseph Ward (all Liberal)
*Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon (until 10th June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6th August), then Joseph Ward
* Attorney-General - Albert Pitt (until 18 Nov) then John Findlay (both Liberal)

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 - Arthur Myers
*Mayor of Hamilton - James Shiner Bond
*Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
*Mayor of Christchurch - C. M. Gray then John Hall
*Mayor of Dunedin - Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence

Events

January

* 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature,

Music

See: 1906 in music

Film

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

Appointments and awards

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

port

* See: 1906 in sports ,

Horse racing

See

Rugby

* Ranfurly Shield - Auckland defended the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29-6), Taranaki (18-5), Southland (48 - 12) and Wellington (11-5)

Tennis

* Anthony Wilding won both singles and doubles (with Rodney Heath titles at the Australian Open championship.

Births

* 16 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist
* 27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer
* April 5: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer

* John Hutton, artist

Deaths

* 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
* 6 August: George Marsden Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)

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 1906 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1906

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