1910_in_New_Zealand
1910 in New Zealand
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1910 in New Zealand.
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – Edward VII (until 6 May), succeeded by George V
- Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO, succeeded the same year by The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC[1]
Government
The 17th New Zealand Parliament continued.
- Speaker of the House – TBD
- Prime Minister – TBD
- Minister of Finance – TBD (Labour)
- Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition – William Massey (Reform Party).[2]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Charles Grey then Lemuel Bagnall
- Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Wilford
- Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Allison
- Mayor of Dunedin – James Walker, then Thomas Cole
- February – March: Field Marshal Kitchener tours New Zealand and makes a report to the Government on the defence of New Zealand.[3][4]
- 5 July: Herbert Pither reportedly makes a flight of "nearly a mile" at Riverton Beach.[5]
- Undated
- Aero Club of New Zealand is formed in Auckland.[5]
- Foundation of Eastwoodhill Arboretum at Ngatapa, Gisborne by William Douglas Cook
See 1910 in art, 1910 in literature
Music
See: 1910 in music
Film
See: 1910 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand
Chess
The 23rd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by J. Mason of Wellington.[6]
Golf
- The fourth New Zealand Open championship was held at Christchurch golf club and was won by amateur Arthur Duncan, his second win.[7]
- The 18th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch[8]
- Men: H.B. Lusk (Christchurch)
- Women: Miss ? Collins.
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Wildwood Junior – 2nd win[9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Floranz[10]
Rugby league
- Great Britain tour of New Zealand – beat New Zealand 52–20 in Auckland
Rugby union
- Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay (11–3), Wellington (3–3), Taranaki (16–9) and Canterbury (6–4)
Soccer
Provincial league champions:[11]
- Auckland: Caledonian Auckland
- Canterbury: Burnham IS
- Otago: Northern Dunedin
- Southland: Nightcaps
- Taranaki: New Plymouth
- Wellington: Ramblers Wellington
Tennis
- Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship
- 5 January: Jack Lovelock, athlete
- 10 February: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer
- 15 March: Norman Douglas, politician.
- 27 March: Freda Stark, dancer
- 11 April: Mountford T. "Toss" Woollaston, painter and writer
- 4 July: Peter McIntyre, painter
- 11 August: James Munro Bertram, writer and Rhodes scholar.
- 11 August: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer
- 8 October: Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player
- 18 December: Eric Tindill, cricket and rugby union player
- 24 December, William Hayward Pickering, space scientist
- 28 December: Jack Kerr, cricketer
- Full date unknown:
- Harold Wilfred Youren, lawyer, farmer, farmers’ advocate and peace campaigner (d. 1983)[12]
- 14 May: Frederick Baume, politician.
- 28 April: Arthur Beauchamp, politician.
- 17 May: Thomas Hocken, collector and bibliographer.
- 1 June: Richard Reeves, politician.
- 16 July: Richard Hobbs, politician.
- 27 November: Richard Oliver, politician
- 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.
- "Kitchener and the Parkers go to Rotorua". Papers Past. 1910.
- "Kitchener and the Parkers go to Rotorua". Papers Past. 1910.
- Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
- 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.
- "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 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.
- Curham, B. Dale. "Harold Wilfred Youren". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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