# 1905 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.

## Incumbents
### Regal and viceregal

* Head of State – Edward VII
* Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO

### Government

The Liberal Party are re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.
* Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
* Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
* Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
* Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

### Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).

### Main centre leaders

Municipal elections are held on 27 April:
* Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
* Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
* Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray
* Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Christie – then Joseph Braithwaite

## Events

* The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.

## Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature

### Music

See: 1905 in music

### Film

See: Category:1905 film awards, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1905 films

## Sport
### Association football

* The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.
** 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up)
** 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association
** 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association
** 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales
** 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy
** 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales
** 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts
** 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts
** 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville
** 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast
** 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association
** 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales
This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.

### Boxing
#### National amateur champions

* Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton)
* Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin)
* Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North)
* Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin)
* Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)

### Chess

The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies

### Golf

* The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland
** Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 4th title
** Women: Miss A. Stephenson
* Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.

### Horse racing
#### Harness racing

* New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark
* Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier

#### Thoroughbred racing
### Rugby

* Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).

### Soccer

Provincial league champions:
* Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
* Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
* Otago: Kaitangata FC
* Southland: Nightcaps
* Taranaki: Waitara
* Wellington: Diamond Wellington

## Births

* 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet.
* 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician.
* 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer
* 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
* 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
* 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician.
* 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist
* 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
* 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.
* 10 December: Neil Watson, politician.

## Deaths

* 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.
* 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
* 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress
* 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist
* 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur
* 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician
* 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.