1909 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

The 1tth New Zealand Parliament, Liberal commenced.
*Speaker of the House - Sir Arthur Guinness
*Prime Minister - Joseph Ward
*Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward
* Attorney-General - John Findlay

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - William Massey (independent until February and thereafter as leader of the Reform Party) [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 then Charles Grey
*Mayor of Hamilton - James Shiner Bond then James Alexander Young
*Mayor of Wellington - Alfred Newman
*Mayor of Christchurch - C. Allison
*Mayor of Dunedin - John McDonald then James Walker

Events

* 12 February: Inter-island steamer SS Penguin is wrecked at Cape Terawhiti in Cook Strait with the loss of 75 lives. [ [http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/NZDisasters/SSPenguin.asp Christchurch City Libraries] ]

*14 February: The first North Island Main Trunk passenger express train leaves Auckland for Wellington, an overnight trip scheduled to take 19 hours 15 minutes, with a sleeping car, day cars with reclining seats, postal/parcels vans, and a dining car for part of the way.

Undated

* The Canterbury (NZ) Aero Club , the first in New Zealand, is formed by George Bolt.Rendel, David (1975) "Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History". Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0 589 00905 2]

Arts and literature

See 1909 in art, 1909 in literature,

Music

See: 1909 in music

Film

See: 1909 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: 1909 in sports ,

Cricket

Horse racing

See , list winners.

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Rugby Union

* Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield only once, beating Taranaki 18-5

Tennis

*Anthony Wilding of New Zealand paired with Australian Norman Brookes as the Australasian team to win the Davis Cup, beating the United States 5-0. The final was held in Sydney.
*Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Australian Open

Births

* 27 July: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor.
* 20 August: Alby Roberts, cricketer.
* 15 September: Jean Batten, aviator.
* 31 October: Frank Bateson, astronomer.
* 23 December: Don Cleverley, cricketer.

* Ralph Hanan, politician.
* Bill Pratney, cyclist.
* Tom Skinner, politician, Federation of Labour president.
* Jack Watts, politician.

Deaths

* Samuel Brown, Mayor of Wellington.

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 1909 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1909

References