1926 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Parliamentary opposition 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Radio 4.3 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Chess 6.2 Cricket 6.3 Golf 6.4 Horse racing 6.4.1 Harness racing 6.4.2 Thoroughbred racing 6.5 Rugby union 6.6 Rugby league 6.7 Soccer 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Population

A census was held in March 1926.

	Male	Female	Total
Usually resident population	716,310 (51%)	687,330 (49%)	1,403,640
Overseas Visitors	3,333	1,167	4,500
Total	719,643	688,497	1,408,140

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO ^[1]

[edit] Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued with the Reform Party governing.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - Gordon Coates.
• Minister of Finance - William Nosworthy, succeeded by William Downie Stewart

• Minister of Foreign Affairs - William Nosworthy (Reform)

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party) ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Charles Norwood
• Mayor of Christchurch - J. K. Archer
• Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley

[edit] Events

• Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visited New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
• Department of Scientific and Industrial Research established
• Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
• Ash eruption of Red Crater, Mount Tongariro
• Dr Leonard Cockayne publishes the first part of Monograph on New Zealand beech forests, which argued that the forests could be managed with a rotation of 80-120 years, but warned about overgrazing by deer.^[3][4]
• 15 April: By-election in Eden, won by Rex Mason (Labour). As a result, Labour became the dominant party in opposition, with 12 seats compared to the Liberals' 11.
• 15 November: The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as an independent country.
• 3 December: Nine miners died in an explosion in the Dobson coal mine near Brunner

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books

[edit] Music

See: 1926 in music

[edit] Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

[edit] Film

See: 1926 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 films

[edit] 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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Chess

• The 35th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title. ^[5]

[edit] Cricket

• New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six.

[edit] Golf

• The 16th New Zealand Open championship was won by A.J. Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss. ^[6]
• The 8th National Amateur Championships were held at Mirimar ^[7]
  • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 9th title
  • Women: Mrs E.G. Kerr

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Ahuriri - 2nd win ^[8]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Talaro ^[9]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Rugby union

• 1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
• Ranfurly Shield - held by Hawkes Bay for the full season.

[edit] Rugby league

• The New Zealand national rugby league team toured Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales
• The NZRU took legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national Rugby League team.

[edit] Soccer

• Chatham Cup won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
• Provincial league champions: ^[10]
  • Auckland: Tramways
  • Canterbury: Sunnyside
  • Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
  • Nelson: Athletic
  • Otago: HSOB
  • South Canterbury: Colmoco
  • Southland: Ohai
  • Taranaki: Auroa
  • Waikato: Huntly Thistle
  • Wanganui: Woollen Mills
  • Wellington: Hospital

[edit] Births

• 27 May: Gordon Leggat, cricketer
• 29 June: James Keir Baxter, writer
• 28 October: Merwyn Norrish, diplomat
• 18 December (in Scotland): Jock Aird, soccer player

• Barbara Anderson, writer
• Peter Cape, musician
• Trevor Davey, politician. ^[11]
• George Gair, politician
• Rowena Jackson, ballerina
• Guy Ngan, artist
• Phar Lap, champion racehorse

Category:1926 births

[edit] Deaths

• 13 June: Gottfried Lindauer, painter.
• 1 October: Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun
• 9 October: Arthur Myers, politician
• 18 October: Sir James Carroll, politician
• 26 October: Frederick Pirani, politician

Category:1926 deaths

[edit] See 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 1926 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1926

[edit] References