1920 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1920 in New Zealand.

← 1919 1918 1917 1920 in New Zealand → 1921 1922 1923
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1920 Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• 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 20 April, then Ernest Page Lee until 17 May, then Francis Bell

Parliamentary opposition

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

Judiciary

• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson
• 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]
• 25 August: Captain Euan Dickson makes the first aerial crossing of Cook Strait, from Christchurch to Upper Hutt, flying a 110-hp Le Rhone Avro.

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

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]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[9]

• Men's singles champion – E. Harraway (Dunedin Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – J. Turnbull, W. Spiller (skip) (Sydenham Bowling Club)
• Men's fours champions – H. Brookfield, F.L. Anderson, H.F. Tilley, A.P. London (skip) (Wanganui Bowling Club)

Olympic games

Main article: New Zealand at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	1	1

• New Zealand also competed at the Inter-Allied Games held in Paris.

Rugby league

• 1920 Great Britain Lions 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 New South Wales
• Wellington defended the Ranfurly Shield 10 times before losing it to Southland:[10]
  • 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:[11]

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

Births

January–March

• 1 January – Ruth Ross, historian
• 4 January – Murray Gittos, fencer
• 6 January – Winifred Lawrence, swimmer
• 14 January – Don Beard, cricketer
• 24 January –
  • Len Jordan, rugby league player
  • Gerard Wall, surgeon and politician
• 26 January – Tapihana Paraire Paikea, politician
• 29 January – Bob Yule, fighter pilot
• 9 February – Fred Allen, rugby union player and coach
• 17 February – Dorothea Anne Franchi, pianist, harpist, music educator and composer
• 9 March – Diggeress Te Kanawa, tohunga raranga
• 23 March – Peter Quilliam, jurist

April–June

• 2 April – David Gay, soldier, cricketer and educator
• 4 April – Jim Kearney, rugby union player
• 5 April – Pat Ralph, marine biology academic
• 12 April – Shona Dunlop MacTavish, dancer, choreographer
• 14 April – John Chewings, politician
• 23 April – Colin Horsley, classical pianist and music teacher
• 26 April – Joyce McDougall, psychoanalyst
• 17 May – Frank Corner, diplomat
• 18 May – Molly Macalister, sculptor
• 19 May – Frank Tredrea, cyclist
• 26 May
  • Frank Bethwaite, pilot, boat designer
  • Merimeri Penfold, Māori language academic
• 8 June – Manahi Nitama Paewai, doctor, rugby union player, politician and community leader
• 20 June – John O'Shea, filmmaker

July–September

• 10 July – Warwick Snedden, cricketer
• 11 July – Richard Dell, malacologist
• 9 August – Albert Jones, amateur astronomer
• 29 August
  • Eric Batchelor, soldier
  • Jack Laird, potter
• 3 September – Peter de la Mare, physical organic chemist
• 9 September – Joan Francis, cricketer
• 10 September – Russell Pettigrew, businessman and philanthropist
• 30 September
  • Margaret Alington, librarian and historian
  • Trevor Horne, politician

October–December

• 6 October – Hugh Sheridan, boxer
• 7 October – James Brodie, geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist
• 8 October – Jean Wishart, magazine editor
• 24 October – Ron Westerby, rugby league player
• 28 October
  • Peggy Dunstan, poet, writer
  • Bob Stuart, rugby player and administrator
• 1 November – Harry Dansey, journalist, cartoonist, broadcaster, politician and race relations conciliator
• 9 November – John Macdonald, forensic psychiatrist
• 16 November – Ronald Davison, jurist
• 11 December – Gus Fisher, fashion industry leader and philanthropist
• 15 December – Peg Batty, cricketer
• 27 December – Warren Freer, politician
• 28 December – Marty McDonnell, Australian rules footballer

Exact date unknown

• Entreaty, Thoroughbred racehorse

Deaths

January–March

• 5 January – Walter Gudgeon, farmer, soldier, historian, land court judge, colonial administrator (born 1841)
• 15 January – Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, mathematical physics academic (born 1870)
• 24 January – William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, Governor of New Zealand (1904–1910) (born 1864)
• 27 January – William Fitzgerald, teacher, educationalist (born 1838)
• 29 January – Constance Frost, doctor, bacteriologist, pathologist (born c.1863)
• 3 March – George Vesey Stewart, politician (born 1832)

April–June

• 10 April – Courtney Nedwill, doctor, public health officer (born 1837)
• 21 April – Jesse Piper, politician (born 1836)
• 26 April
  • George Robertson, rugby union player (born 1859)
  • George Hogben, educationalist, seismologist (born 1853)
• 2 May – A. L. Beattie, locomotive designer/engineer (born 1852)
• 6 May – James Black, cricketer (born 1873)
• 13 May – Fred Hobbs, politician (born 1841)
• 20 May – Henare Kaihau, politician
• 20 June – John Grigg, astronomer (born 1838)

July–September

• 23 July – Robin Dods, architect (born 1868)
• 28 July – Edward Shillington, librarian (born 1835)
• 17 August – Amey Daldy, women's suffrage campaigner (born 1829)
• 23 August – David Cossgrove, teacher, soldier, scout leader (born 1852)
• 25 August – Donald Reid, politician (born 1855)
• 31 August – William MacDonald, politician (born 1862)
• 26 September – Appo Hocton, servant, landlord, carter, farmer (born c.1823)

October–December

• 1 October – Henare Wepiha Te Wainohu, Māori leader, Anglican clergyman, army chaplain (born 1882)
• 7 October – Chew Chong, merchant, fungus exporter, butter manufacturer (born c.1844)
• 10 October – Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia, women's suffrage campaigner (born 1868)
• 14 October – Samuel Carnell, politician (born 1832)
• 21 October – Mary Gibbs, community leader (born 1836)
• 12 November – Thomas Porter, soldier, land purchase officer (born 1843)
• 14 November – Edward Ker Mulgan, newspaper editor, teacher, school inspector (born c.1858)
• 17 November – Alexander Hogg, politician (born 1841)
• 23 November – Cyril Mountfort, architect (born 1853)
• 28 November – Peter Webb, rugby union player (born 1854)
• 13 December – Joseph Tole, politician (born 1846)
• 16 December – George Jones, politician (born 1844)
• 27 December – Charles Button, politician, solicitor, judge (born 1838)

See also

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

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. "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
4. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
6. edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
7. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
8. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
9. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
10. Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
11. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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