1905 in New Zealand

1905 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Edward VII
*Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The Liberal Party were 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

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - William Massey, (Independent). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
*Mayor of Hamilton - William Dey then James Shiner Bond
*Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
*Mayor of Christchurch - C. M. 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. [cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/1001335a4603.html|title=History in the making|publisher=The Marlborough Express|date=6 July 2004]

Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature,

Music

See: 1905 in music

Film

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

Appointments and awards

See:
*Archbishop of New Zealand
*Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

port

* See: 1905 in sports ,

Rugby

* Ranfurly Shield - Wellington defended the shield against Wairarapa (3-3) and Hawkes Bay (11-3) before losing to Auckland (6-10).

Births

* 25 February: Iriaka Matiu Ratana, politician.
* 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
* 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
* 29 October: 'John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.

* R. A. K. Mason, poet.
* Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
* Norman Shelton, politician.

Deaths

* 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.
* 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
* 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.
* 27 November: Samuel Tarratt Nevill, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin.

ee 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 1905 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1905

References


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