1926 in New Zealand

1926 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 (1926) • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

Population

A census was held in March 1926.

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

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)

Parliamentary opposition

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

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

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

Arts and literature

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

Music

See: 1926 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 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 35th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title.^[5]

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.

Golf

• The 16th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew 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

Horse racing

Harness racing

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

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby union

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

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.

Soccer

• 1926 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

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

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

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

Media related to 1926 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons