1919 in New Zealand

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1919 in New Zealand:

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1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Chess 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.4.1 Harness racing 5.4.2 Thoroughbred racing 5.5 Rugby union 5.6 Soccer 5.7 Rugby league 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Earl of Liverpool ^[1]

[edit] Government

The 19th New Zealand Parliament concludes. The election held in November sees the Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats). Women are eligible to stand for Parliament for the first time. ^[2]

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform Party)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward until 21 August, then James Allen

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party). ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow then Percy Harold Watts
• Mayor of Wellington - John Luke
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Holland then Henry T. J. Thacker
• Mayor of Dunedin - James John Clark then William Begg

[edit] Events

• January: George Bolt ascends to a record height of 6,500 feet (2,000 m).^[4][5]
• 1 February: Cecil McKenzie Hill, chief instructor for the Canterbury Aviation Company, is killed in an air accident while flying over Riccarton Racecourse.^[6][7] This is the first aircraft fatality in New Zealand.^[8]
• 4 February: New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) disbanded.
• 31 May: George Bolt flies from Auckland to Russell in a Boeing and Westervelt floatplane. The distance of 233 kilometers (145 mi) is a record for a flight in New Zealand.^[6][9]
• 16 December: George Bolt makes the first experimental airmail flight in New Zealand. He flies from Auckland to Dargaville and back again on the same day, a total distance of approximately 320 kilometers (199 mi).^[4][6]
• December: Ministry of External Affairs established. James Allen is the first Minister.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1919 in art, 1919 in literature, Category:1919 books

[edit] Music

See: 1919 in music

[edit] Film

See: Category:1919 film awards , 1919 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1919 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

• See: 1919 in sports , Category:1919 in sports

[edit] Chess

• The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).

[edit] Cricket

• Plunket Shield: 25-29 December, Hagley Oval, Christchurch: Canterbury defeated Wellington by 7 wickets. ^[10] See 1920 in New Zealand#Cricket for remaining matches in this Plunket Shield competition.

[edit] Golf

• The ninth New Zealand Open championship was won by E.S. Douglas after a playoff against Sloan Morpeth (his third victory). ^[11]
• The 23rd National Amateur Championships were held in Napier ^[12]
  • Men: H.E. Crosse (Napier) - 2nd title
  • Women: Miss N.E. Wright

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Trix Pointer ^[13]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Creina ^[14]

[edit] Thoroughbred racing

[edit] Rugby union

• Wellington successfully defended the Ranfurly Shield against six challengers; Canterbury (21-8), Taranaki (18-10), Canterbury (in Christchurch)(23-9), Auckland (24-3), and Wanganui (30-3). ^[15]

[edit] Soccer

Provincial league champions: ^[16]

• Auckland: North Shore
• Canterbury: Linwood, Excelsior (shared)
• Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau
• Otago: Northern
• Southland: No competition
• Wanganui: Eastbrooke
• Wellington: YMCA

[edit] Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Births

• 2 June: Bert Walker, CMG, politician
• 8 June: Guy Overton, cricketer
• 17 July: Alex Moir, cricketer
• 20 July: Edmund Hillary, mountaineer
• 26 July: Angus Tait, electronics entrepreneur
• 5 September: John Te Rangianiwaniwa Rangihau, academic and Māori leader
• 6 November: Allen Lissette, cricketer

• Lance Adams-Schneider, politician.
• Colin McCahon, painter
• John Ridley, politician.
• Gordon Walters, painter

Category:1919 births

[edit] Deaths

• 5 September: Joseph Ivess, politician.

• Edward Bartley, architect.
• Thomas Thompson, politician.

Category:1919 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 1919 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1919

[edit] References