1920 in New Zealand

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – George V
• Governor-General – Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool until 7 July, then John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe from 27 September^[1]

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  George V
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  Lord Liverpool
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  Viscount Jellicoe

Government

The 20th New Zealand Parliament commences, with the Reform Party in Government

• Speaker of the House – Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister – William Massey
• Minister of Finance – James Allen until 28 April, then William Massey from 12 May
• Minister of External Affairs – James Allen until 28 April, then Ernest Lee from 17 May

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  Frederic Lang
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  William Massey
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  James Allen
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  Ernest Lee

Parliamentary opposition

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

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  William MacDonald
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  Thomas Wilford

Judiciary

• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

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  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

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  James Gunson
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  John Luke
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  Henry Thacker
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  William Begg

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

Chess

• The 29th National Chess Championship, held in Wellington, is won by W. E. Mason of Wellington, his fifth title.^[4]

Cricket

• Plunket Shield

Football

• Provincial league champions:^[5]
  • Auckland – YMCA
  • Canterbury – Nomads
  • Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
  • Otago – Kaitangata FC
  • Southland – No competition
  • Wanganui – Eastbrooke
  • Wellington – Wellington Thistle

Golf

• The 10th New Zealand Open championship is won by J. H. Kirkwood^[6]
• The 24th National Amateur Championships are held in Hamilton:^[7]
  • Men – Sloan Morpeth (Hamilton)
  • Women – Noeline Wright (Timaru) (her second title)

Horse racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.^[11]

• 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

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• New Zealand sends a team of four competitors across three sports
• Darcy Hadfield wins the bronze medal in the men's single sculls
• New Zealand also competes at the Inter-Allied Games held in Paris

Rugby league

• The Great Britain Lions tour New Zealand, winning the test series 3–0
  • 1st test, at Wellington, 23–10
  • 2nd test, at Christchurch, 19–3
  • 3rd test, at Auckland, 31–7

Rugby union

• The All Blacks tour New South Wales
• Wellington defends the Ranfurly Shield 10 times before losing it to Southland:^[12]
  • vs Canterbury 15–3
  • vs Bay of Plenty 22–3
  • vs Taranaki 20–9 (played in Hāwera)
  • vs Hawke's 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)

Shooting

• Ballinger Belt – Herbert Croxton (Karori)^[13]