1901_in_New_Zealand
1901 in New Zealand
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1901 in New Zealand.
A New Zealand census was held in March 1901. The population was given as 815,862, consisting of 43,112 Māori, 31 Moriori, and 772,719 others.[1] – an increase in the non-Māori population of 9.86% over the previous census in 1896.[2]
The figures for the 1901 census revealed that the North Island's population had exceeded the South Island's for the first time since the Central Otago Gold Rush of 1861 – the two islands (plus their associated minor offshore islands) had populations of 390,579 and 382,140 respectively. Only 40% of the country's population was based in urban centres, and only two of these centres, Auckland and Dunedin, had populations of over 25,000.
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – Victoria (until 22 January), succeeded by Edward VII
- Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG[3]
Government
The 14th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.
Parliamentary opposition
- Leader of the Opposition – William Russell, (Independent) until 3 July, then vacant.[4]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Logan Campbell
- Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken
- Mayor of Christchurch – William Reece then Arthur Rhodes
- Mayor of Dunedin – Robert Chisholm then George Denniston
- 9 January — A Northern Maori by-election is held.
- 28 January — Captain William James Hardham became the first New Zealand-born winner of the Victoria Cross as a result of action in the South African War (Boer War).[5]
- 2 February — a day of mourning acknowledging the death of Queen Victoria brings the nation to a standstill.
- 24 April
- A mayoral election is held in Auckland City.
- A mayoral election is held in Invercargill.
- 25 April — A mayoral election is held in Wellington City.
- 19 June — The 1901 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours are announced.
- 18 July
- A City of Christchurch by-election is held.
- A by-election is held in Patea.
- 12 September — The Nurses Registration Act 1901 is passed.
- 16 November — A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs in Cheviot
- 19 December — A Caversham by-election is held.
- Union of the Synod of Otago and Southland with the Northern Presbyterian Church to form the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- A second visit to New Zealand by members of the Royal Family: the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later to become George V and Queen Mary).
- The New Zealand red ensign became the official flag for merchant vessels.[6]
- Founding of the New Zealand Socialist Party.
- New Zealand rejects the proposal to become a state in the Commonwealth of Australia
- Richard Seddon adopts the term Prime Minister rather than Premier.
See 1901 in art, 1901 in literature
Music
See: 1901 in music
Chess
National Champion: D. Forsyth of Dunedin.[7]
Golf
The 9th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland[8]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 3rd title
- Women: E.S. Gillies
Horse racing
Harness racing
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Thorndean[9]
Rugby
- The Earl of Ranfurly announced his intention to present a cup to the NZRFU, without stipulating what form of competition it should be awarded for.
- A New Zealand representative team won both test matches against a touring team from New South Wales.
Soccer
Provincial league champions:[10]
- Auckland: Grafton AFC (Auckland)
- Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
- Wellington: Wellington Swifts
- 7 February: Arnold Nordmeyer, politician.
- 26 February: Leslie Munro, diplomat.
- 25 March: Raymond Firth, ethnologist.
- 10 April: Robert Aitken, physician and university administrator.
- 17 May: Robert Macfarlane, politician.
- 19 May: William Stevenson, industrialist and philanthropist.
- 13 June: John Cawte Beaglehole, historian and biographer.
- 15 June: Dove-Myer Robinson, long-serving mayor of Auckland.
- 5 July: Len Lye, sculptor, filmmaker, writer.
- 24 December: Nola Luxford, silent film actress.[11]
- 14 February: Edward Stafford. politician and 3rd Premier of New Zealand.
- 17 April Loughlin O'Brien, politician.
- 15 July: Frederic Carrington, surveyor and politician.[12]
- 6 August (in Scotland): John McKenzie, politician
- 2 September:
- Charles Brown, politician
- Benjamin Crisp, carrier and temperance reformer[13]
- 27 September: Matthew Holmes, politician
- 5 December Francis Rich, politician and farmer.
- "Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand, Taken for the Night of the 31st March, 1901". 1 October 1902. Table 1.
- The non-Māori population was 703,360 in the 1896 census."Census of New Zealand, April, 1896". Table 1.
- Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- 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.
- Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
- Smith, Dawn M. "Benjamin Crisp". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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