1896 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor - David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow

Government and law

The Liberal Party is re-elected and begins the 13th New Zealand Parliament.

*Speaker of the House - Sir Maurice O'Rorke
*Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
*Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward resigns on 16 June and is replaced by Richard Seddon
*Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - William Russell. [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 - James Holland followed by Abraham Boardman
*Mayor of Christchurch - W. H. Cooper followed by Henry Joseph Beswick
*Mayor of Dunedin - Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales followed by Hugh Gourley
*Mayor of Hamilton - William Dey
*Mayor of Wellington - George Fisher

Events

*The "Waikato Argus" starts publication. The newspaper runs until 1915. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1&sp=WT&essay=1|title=Waikato Times|publisher=National Library of New Zealand]
*The "Gisborne Times" is founded. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.PBH&sp=PBH&essay=1|title=Poverty Bay Herald|publisher=National Library of New Zealand|accessdate=2008-09-21] It became a daily in 1901, and continued to publish until being bought out by "The Poverty Bay Herald" in 1938. [cite web|url=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist-t1-body-d38-d15-d1.html|title=Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.|chapter=Earliest Journals and Their Founders|last=Mackay|first=Joseph Angus|year=1949]
* July: The "Waikato Times" and "Waikato Advocate" merge, and the former moves to daily publication. [cite web|url=http://www.waikatomuseum.co.nz/page/pageid/2145833060|title=Mayor's chair bonds present with past|publisher=Waikato Museum]

Arts and literature

Music

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=

= [http://www.athletics.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=973 National Champions, Men] =

*100 yards – E. Robinson (Canterbury)
*250 yards – W. Kingston (Otago)
*440 yards – W. Low (Otago)
*880 yards – W. Low (Otago)
*1 mile – W. Bennett (Otago)
*3 miles – W. Bennett (Otago)
*120 yards hurdles – W. Martin (Auckland)
*440 yards hurdles – J. Thomas Roberts (Auckland)
*Long jump – Leonard Cuff (Canterbury)
*High jump – P. Brown (Canterbury)
*Pole vault – tie R. Hunter (Hawkes Bay) and H. Kingsley (Wanganui)
*Shot put – W. Rhodes (Wellington)
*Hammer throw – P. Brown (Canterbury)

Cricket

Golf

*Men's national amateur champion : M. Todd (Otago)
*Women's national amateur champion: L. Wilford (Hutt)

Horse racing

*New Zealand Cup winner: Lady Zetland
*New Zealand Derby winner: Uniform
*Auckland Cup winner: Nestor
*Wellington Cup winner: Brooklet
*Top New Zealand stakes earner: Euroclydon
*Leading flat jockey: C. Jenkins

Polo

*Savile Cup winners: Manawatu

=Rowing=

National Champions (Men)

*Single sculls: C. Chapman (Wairewa)
*Double sculls: Wairewa, Little River
*Coxless pairs: Canterbury
*Coxed fours: Queen’s Dr, Port Chalmers

=Rugby Union=

hooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Wakelyn (Honorary Reserve Corps, Christchurch)

wimming

There are no National Championships held this year.

Tennis

National Championships

*Men's singles: H. Parker
*Women's singles: Kathleen Nunneley
*Men's doubles: R. Harman and D. Collins
*Women's doubles: Kathleen Nunneley and T. Trimmell

Births

Undated

* (in England): Archie Fisher, painter.

Deaths

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 1896 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1896

References

;General
* Romanos, J. (2001) "New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists." Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7;Specific