1905 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Edward VII
• Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO

Government

The Liberal Party are re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.

• Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).

Main centre leaders

Municipal elections are held on 27 April:

• Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray
• Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Christie – then Joseph Braithwaite

Events

• The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.

Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature

Music

See: 1905 in music

Film

See: :Category:1905 film awards, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1905 films

Sport

Association football

• The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.
  • 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up)
  • 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association
  • 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association
  • 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales
  • 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy
  • 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales
  • 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts
  • 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts
  • 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville
  • 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast
  • 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association
  • 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.

Boxing

National amateur champions

• Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton)
• Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin)
• Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North)
• Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin)
• Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)

Chess

The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies

Golf

• The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland
  • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 4th title
  • Women: Miss A. Stephenson
• Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:

• Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
• Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
• Otago: Kaitangata FC
• Southland: Nightcaps
• Taranaki: Waitara
• Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births

• 10 January:** R. A. K. Mason**, poet. (d. 1971)
• 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician. (d. 1981)
• 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer (d. 1957)
• 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman. (d. 1994)
• 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer. (d. 1984)
• 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician. (d. 1980)
• 29 June: ** Oswald Denison**, rower. (d. 1990)
• 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist (d. 1955)
• 3 September: John Mills, cricketer. (d. 1972)
• 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer. (d. 1961)
• 10 December: Neil Watson, politician. (d. 1990)

Deaths

• 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.
• 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
• 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress
• 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist
• 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur
• 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician
• 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.

References

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