1926 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1926 in New Zealand.
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Population
The 1926 New Zealand census is held on 20 April.
| Male | Female | Total | |
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| Usually resident population | 716,310 (51%) | 687,330 (49%) |
1,403,640 |
| Overseas visitors | 3,333 | 1,167 | 4,500 |
| Total | 719,643 | 688,497 | 1,408,140 |
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
George V
Sir Charles Fergusson
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Government
The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continues with the Reform Party governing.
- Speaker of the House â Charles Statham
- Prime Minister â Gordon Coates
- Minister of Finance â William Nosworthy until 24 May, then William Downie Stewart
- Minister of External Affairs â Francis Bell until 18 January, then from 24 May William Nosworthy
Charles Statham
Gordon Coates
William Nosworthy
William Downie Stewart
Francis Bell
Parliamentary opposition
- Leader of the Opposition â vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party)[2]
Harry Holland
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Judiciary
- Chief Justice â Sir Robert Stout, then Charles Skerrett from 1 February[3]
Robert Stout
Charles Skerrett
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland â George Baildon
- Mayor of Wellington â Charles Norwood
- Mayor of Christchurch â John Archer
- Mayor of Dunedin â Harold Tapley
George Baildon
Charles Norwood
John Archer
Harold Tapley
Events
- 15 April â The Eden by-election is won by Rex Mason (Labour). As a result, Labour became the dominant party in opposition, with 12 seats compared to the Liberals' 11.
- 15 November â The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as independent countries
- 3 December â Nine miners die in an explosion in the Dobson coal mine near Brunner
- Undated
- Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visits New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is established
- Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
- Ash eruption of Red Crater, Mount Tongariro
- Leonard Cockayne publishes the first part of Monograph on New Zealand beech forests, which argues that the forests could be managed with a rotation of 80â120 years, but warns about overgrazing by deer[4][5]
Arts and literature
See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books
Music
See: 1926 in music
Radio
Film
See: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 films
Sport
Chess
Cricket
- New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six
Football
- The Chatham Cup is won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
- Provincial league champions:[7]
Golf
- The 16th New Zealand Open championship is won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.[8]
- The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women)[9][10]
- Men â Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title)
- Women â Louisa Kerr (Timaru)
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup â Ahuriri (2nd win)[11]
- Auckland Trotting Cup â Talaro[12]
Thoroughbred racing
- New Zealand Cup â Count Cavour[13]
- Avondale Gold Cup â Beacon Light[13]
- Auckland Cup â Tanadees[13]
- Wellington Cup â Enthusiasm[13]
- New Zealand Derby â Commendation[13]
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[14]
- Men's singles champion â W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions â W. R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions â J. D. Best, H. G. Siedeberg, F. McCullough, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club)
Rugby league
- The New Zealand national rugby league team tours Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales
- The NZRFU takes legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national rugby league team
Rugby union
- 1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
- 1926â27 New Zealand MÄori rugby union tour
- Ranfurly Shield â held by Hawkes Bay for the full season
Births
January
- 3 January
- Marie Clay, literacy researcher
- David Spence, mathematician
- 6 January â Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator
- 10 January â Jim Eyles, archaeologist
- 11 January â Mary Rouse, cricketer
- 19 January â Peter Cape, musician
- 20 January â Tui Uru, broadcaster, singer
- 29 January â Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher
February
- 3 February â Guy Ngan, artist
- 7 February â Graham Latimer, MÄori leader
- 13 February â Lloyd Berrell, actor
- 14 February â Sheila Natusch, naturalist, writer, illustrator
- 20 February â Ted Meuli, cricketer
- 26 February â Edwin Norton, weightlifter
March
- 5 March â Joan Mattingley, clinical chemist
- 13 March â June Litman, journalist
- 19 March â Noel Bowden, rugby union player
- 22 March â Helen Young, radio manager, arts advocate
- 24 March
- Betty Clegg, watercolour artist
- Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer
- 27 March â Harry Tapping, cricketer
April
- 2 April â Maurie Gordon, sport shooter
- 6 April â Don Bacon, microbiologist
- 11 April â Vivienne Boyd, community leader
- 12 April â Hoani Waititi, MÄori community leader
- 14 April â Barbara Anderson, writer
- 18 April â Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, sprinter
- 22 April â Arthur Eustace, track and field athlete, coach and administrator
May
- 6 May â Colin Webster-Watson, sculptor, poet
- 9 May â Robin Cooke, jurist
- 15 May â Lyall Barry, swimmer, schoolteacher, local historian
- 19 May â Nancy Adams, botanist, botanical artist, museum curator
- 23 May â John Hollywood, cricketer
- 27 May â Gordon Leggat, cricket player and administrator
June
- 7 June â John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist
- 11 June â Louise Sutherland, cyclist
- 17 June â Don Rowlands, rower, rowing administrator, businessman
- 18 June â Joe Walding, politician, diplomat
- 19 June
- Rod Coleman, motorcycle racer
- Barrie Hutchinson, water polo player, rugby union player and administrator, politician
- 23 June â Jim Barnden, boxer
- 24 June â Graham Liggins, medical scientist
- 25 June â June Schoch, athlete
- 29 June â James K. Baxter, poet
July
- 4 July â Arnold Heine, Antarctic scientist, tramper, conservationist
- 5 July â Trevor Davey, politician
- 14 July â Patricia Woodroffe, fencer
- 18 July â Bernard Diederich, writer, journalist, historian
- 22 July â Ron Russell, politician
- 23 July â Tom O'Donnell, medical practitioner and academic
- 31 July â Don Donnithorne, architect
August
- 10 August â Edwin Carr, composer
- 17 August â Solomon Faine, microbiologist
September
- 10 September â Jack Somerville, lawn bowls player
- 11 September â Joe Schneider, rower
- 17 September â Bert Lunn, rugby union player
- 22 September â Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest
- 29 September â Vivienne Cassie Cooper, planktologist, botanist
October
- 4 October â Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 10 October â Noeleen Scott, lawn bowls player
- 13 October
- George Gair, politician, diplomat
- Bill James, rower
- 16 October â Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator
- 26 October â John Myles, athlete
- 28 October
- Doug Anderson, rugby league player
- Merv Norrish, diplomat, public servant
- 30 October â Nan Kinross, nurse and nursing academic
- 31 October â Stanley Dallas, recording engineer, radio technician
November
- 3 November â Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop
- 7 November â Graeme Allwright, singer-songwriter
- 14 November â Fritz Eisenhofer, architect
- 20 November â Tom Newnham, political activist
December
- 1 December â Barry Dallas, politician
- 5 December â Derek Turnbull, athlete
- 7 December â Jack Kelly, rugby union player, schoolteacher
- 12 December
- Maida Bryant, politician, community leader
- Laurie Davidson, yacht designer
- 13 December â Dave Batten, athlete
- 14 December â Alan Rowe, actor
- 15 December â Ron Bailey, politician
- 18 December â Jock Aird, association footballer
- 20 December â John Holland, athlete
- 21 December â Alan Hellaby, businessman
- 23 December â Peter Iles, cricketer
- 24 December â Jimmy Edwards, rugby league player
- 25 December â Colin Chambers, swimmer
- 30 December â Richard Farrell, pianist
- 31 December â Pauline Yearbury, artist
Exact date unknown
- George Johnson, artist
- Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 19 January â Helen Stace, school matron (born 1850)
- 8 February â John Graham, politician (born 1843)
- 14 February â Ellen Hewett, writer (born 1843)
- 27 February â James Palmer Campbell, politician (born 1855)
- 1 March â John Barton Roy, politician (born 1854)
- 13 March â Mere Rikiriki, MÄori prophet (born c.1855)
- 15 March â Charles Blomfield, artist (born 1848)
- 22 March â Louisa Baker, journalist, novelist (born 1856)
AprilâJune
- 14 April â Hans Madsen Ries, Lutheran pastor, politician (born 1860)
- 17 April â Andrew Graham, politician (born 1843)
- 26 April â Bobby Leach, thrillseeker (born 1858)
- 1 May
- William Geddis, journalist, politician (born 1860)
- Isabella May, temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer (born 1850)
- 24 May â William Morley, Methodist minister, historian (born 1842)
- 28 May â Frederick Liggins, cricketer (born 1873)
- 5 June â Elizabeth Gard'ner, home science teacher and administrator, writer (born 1858)
- 8 June â David Goldie, politician, mayor of Auckland (1898â1901) (born 1842)
- 13 June â Gottfried Lindauer, painter (born 1839)
- 15 June â William Belcher, trade union leader (born c.1860)
- 24 June â G. P. Nerli, painter (born 1860)
JulyâSeptember
- 18 July â Archibald Cargill, cricketer (born 1853)
- 1 August â Sophia Anstice, dressmaker, draper, businesswoman (born 1849)
- 13 August â Te Mete Raukawa, NgÄti Ranginui leader, assessor (born c.1836)
- 18 August â Grace Neill, nurse, social reformer (born 1846)
- 3 September â John McCombie, gold prospector, mine manager (born 1849)
- 8 September â Hugh Lusk, politician (born 1837)
OctoberâDecember
- 1 October â Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
- 9 October â Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905â09) (born 1868)
- 18 October â Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
- 26 October â Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
- 7 November â Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
- 7 December â Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
- 12 December â Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
- 22 December â Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
- 23 December â Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
- 28 December â Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)
