1906 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1906 in New Zealand.

1906 in New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon died suddenly in office of a heart attack, ending a 13-year premiership.

July

August

6 August: Sir Joseph Ward was sworn in as Prime Minister, taking over from acting Prime Minister William Hall-Jones.

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature, Category:1906 books

Music

See: 1906 in music

Film

See: Category:1906 film awards, 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films

Sport

Boxing

National amateur champions

  • Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington)
  • Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch)
  • Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch)
  • Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland)
  • Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

Chess

  • The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title.[3]

Golf

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch [4]

  • Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
  • Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

Horse racing

Harness racing

Rugby

  • Ranfurly Shield – Auckland successfully defend the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29–6), Taranaki (18–5), Southland (48–12) and Wellington (11–5).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:[7]

  • Auckland: North Shore AFC
  • Canterbury: Christchurch Club
  • Otago: Northern
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: Eltham
  • Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Tennis

Births

Category:1906 births

Deaths

Category:1906 deaths

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See also

References

  1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  5. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  6. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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