1920 in New Zealand

1920 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 (1920) • 1921 • 1922 • 1923

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Earl of Liverpool, succeeded the same year by The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO ^[1]

Government

The 20th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the Reform Party in Government

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Minister of Finance - James Allen
• Minister of External Affairs - James Allen until April 20, then Ernest Page Lee until May 17, then Francis Bell

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - William MacDonald (Liberal Party) until his death on August 31, then Thomas Wilford.^[2]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - John Luke
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Thacker
• Mayor of Dunedin - William Begg

Events

• 1 May: The Colonist publishes its final issue, and is incorporated into The Nelson Evening Mail. The newspaper began in 1857.^[3]

Arts and literature

See 1920 in art, 1920 in literature, Category:1920 books

Music

See: 1920 in music

Film

See: Category:1920 film awards, 1920 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1920 films

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

Sport

Chess

The 29th National Chess Championship was held in Wellington, and was won by W.E. Mason of Wellington, his fifth title.^[4]

Cricket

• Plunket Shield

Golf

• The 10th New Zealand Open championship was won by J.H. Kirkwood.^[5]
• The 24th National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton ^[6]
  • Men: Sloan Morpeth (Hamilton)
  • Women: Miss N.E. Wright (2nd title)

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Reta Peter ^[7]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Man O'War ^[8]

Thoroughbred racing

Olympic games

• New Zealand at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Rugby league

• Great Britain tour of New Zealand, won test series 3-0
  • 1st test, 23-10 Wellington
  • 2nd test, 19 - 3, Christchurch
  • 3rd test, 31 - 7, Auckland

Rugby

• 1920 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
• Wellington defended the Ranfurly Shield 10 times before losing it to Southland:^[9]
  • vs Canterbury 15-3
  • vs Bay of Plenty 22-3
  • vs Taranaki 20-9 (played in Hawera)
  • vs Hawkes Bay 20-5
  • vs Auckland 23-20 (played in Auckland)
  • vs Taranaki 16-5
  • vs Wanganui 20-14
  • vs Auckland 20-3
  • vs South Canterbury 32-16 (played in Timaru)
  • vs Otago 16-5 (played in Dunedin)
  • vs Southland 6-17 (played in Invercargill)

Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[10]

• Auckland: YMCA
• Canterbury: Nomads
• Hawke's Bay: Waipukurau
• Otago: Kaitangata FC
• Southland: No competition
• Wanganui: Eastbrooke
• Wellington: Wellington Thistle

Births

• 14 January: Don Beard, cricketer
• 24 January: Gerard Wall, surgeon and politician
• 26 January: Tapihana Paraire Paikea, politician
• 9 February: Fred Allen, rugby union player, captain and coach (d. 2012)
• 20 June:John O'Shea, filmmaker
• 28 October: Bob Stuart, rugby player and administrator
• John Chewings, politician.
• Frank Corner, diplomat

Category:1920 births

Deaths

• 20 May: Henare Kaihau, politician

• A. L. Beattie, locomotive designer/engineer.
• Cyril Mountfort, architect

Category:1920 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

External links

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