1926 in New Zealand

1926 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1926 in New Zealand.
Population
The 1926 New Zealand census is held on 20 April.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – George V
Governor-General – Sir Charles Fergusson
Government
The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continues with the Reform Party governing.
Speaker of the House – Charles Statham
Prime Minister – Gordon Coates
Minister of Finance – William Nosworthy until 24 May, then William Downie Stewart
Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell until 18 January, then from 24 May William Nosworthy
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition – vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party)
Judiciary
Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout, then Charles Skerrett from 1 February
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland – George Baildon
Mayor of Wellington – Charles Norwood
Mayor of Christchurch – John Archer
Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley
Events
15 April – 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 – The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as independent countries
3 December – 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 80–120 years, but warns about overgrazing by deer
Arts and literature
See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, :Category:1926 books
Music
See: 1926 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1926 films
Sport
Chess
The 35th National Chess Championship is held in Dunedin, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title
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:
Auckland – Tramways
Canterbury – Sunnyside
Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
Nelson – Athletic
Otago – HSOB
South Canterbury – Colmoco
Southland – Ohai
Taranaki – Auroa
Waikato – Huntly Thistle
Wanganui – Woollen Mills
Wellington – Hospital
Golf
The 16th New Zealand Open championship is won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.
The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women)
Men – Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title)
Women – Louisa Kerr (Timaru)
Horse racing
Harness racing
New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri (2nd win)
Auckland Trotting Cup – Talaro
Thoroughbred racing
New Zealand Cup – Count Cavour
Avondale Gold Cup – Beacon Light
Auckland Cup – Tanadees
Wellington Cup – Enthusiasm
New Zealand Derby – Commendation
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.
Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – W. R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – 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
1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour
Ranfurly Shield – held by Hawkes Bay for the full season
Births
January
3 January
Marie Clay, literacy researcher
David Spence, mathematician
6 January – Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator
10 January – Jim Eyles, archaeologist
11 January – Mary Rouse, cricketer
19 January – Peter Cape, musician
20 January – Tui Uru, broadcaster, singer
29 January – Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher
February
3 February – Guy Ngan, artist
7 February – Graham Latimer, Māori leader
13 February – Lloyd Berrell, actor
14 February – Sheila Natusch, naturalist, writer, illustrator
20 February – Ted Meuli, cricketer
26 February – Edwin Norton, weightlifter
March
5 March – Joan Mattingley, clinical chemist
13 March – June Litman, journalist
19 March – Noel Bowden, rugby union player
22 March – Helen Young, radio manager, arts advocate
24 March
Betty Clegg, watercolour artist
Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer
27 March – Harry Tapping, cricketer
April
2 April – Maurie Gordon, sport shooter
6 April – Don Bacon, microbiologist
11 April – Vivienne Boyd, community leader
12 April – Hoani Waititi, Māori community leader
14 April – Barbara Anderson, writer
18 April – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, sprinter
22 April – Arthur Eustace, track and field athlete, coach and administrator
May
6 May – Colin Webster-Watson, sculptor, poet
9 May – Robin Cooke, jurist
15 May – Lyall Barry, swimmer, schoolteacher, local historian
19 May – Nancy Adams, botanist, botanical artist, museum curator
23 May – John Hollywood, cricketer
27 May – Gordon Leggat, cricket player and administrator
June
7 June – John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist
11 June – Louise Sutherland, cyclist
17 June – Don Rowlands, rower, rowing administrator, businessman
18 June – Joe Walding, politician, diplomat
19 June
Rod Coleman, motorcycle racer
Barrie Hutchinson, water polo player, rugby union player and administrator, politician
23 June – Jim Barnden, boxer
24 June – Graham Liggins, medical scientist
25 June – June Schoch, athlete
29 June – James K. Baxter, poet
July
5 July – Trevor Davey, politician
14 July – Patricia Woodroffe, fencer
18 July – Bernard Diederich, writer, journalist, historian
22 July – Ron Russell, politician
23 July – Tom O'Donnell, medical practitioner and academic
31 July – Don Donnithorne, architect
August
10 August – Edwin Carr, composer
17 August – Solomon Faine, microbiologist
September
10 September – Jack Somerville, lawn bowls player
11 September – Joe Schneider, rower
17 September – William Lunn, rugby union player
22 September – Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest
29 September – Vivienne Cassie Cooper, planktologist, botanist
October
4 October – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
13 October
George Gair, politician, diplomat
Bill James, rower
16 October – Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator
26 October – John Myles, athlete
28 October
Doug Anderson, rugby league player
Merv Norrish, diplomat, public servant
30 October – Nan Kinross, nurse and nursing academic
31 October – Stanley Dallas, recording engineer, radio technician
November
3 November – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop
7 November – Graeme Allwright, singer-songwriter
14 November – Fritz Eisenhofer, architect
20 November – Tom Newnham, political activist
December
1 December – Barry Dallas, politician
5 December – Derek Turnbull, athlete
7 December – Jack Kelly, rugby union player, schoolteacher
12 December
Maida Bryant, politician, community leader
Laurie Davidson, yacht designer
13 December – Dave Batten, athlete
14 December – Alan Rowe, actor
15 December – Ron Bailey, politician
18 December – Jock Aird, association footballer
20 December – John Holland, athlete
21 December – Alan Hellaby, businessman
23 December – Peter Iles, cricketer
24 December – Jimmy Edwards, rugby league player
25 December – Colin Chambers, swimmer
30 December – Richard Farrell, pianist
31 December – Pauline Yearbury, artist
Exact date unknown
George Johnson, artist
Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic
Deaths
January–March
19 January – Helen Stace, school matron (born 1850)
8 February – John Graham, politician (born 1843)
14 February – Ellen Hewett, writer (born 1843)
27 February – James Palmer Campbell, politician (born 1855)
1 March – John Barton Roy, politician (born 1854)
13 March – Mere Rikiriki, Māori prophet (born 1855)
15 March – Charles Blomfield, artist (born 1848)
22 March – Louisa Baker, journalist, novelist (born 1856)
April–June
14 April – Hans Madsen Ries, Lutheran pastor, politician (born 1860)
17 April – Andrew Graham, politician (born 1843)
26 April – Bobby Leach, thrillseeker (born 1858)
1 May
William Geddis, journalist, politician (born 1860)
Isabella May, temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer (born 1850)
24 May – William Morley, Methodist minister, historian (born 1842)
28 May – Frederick Liggins, cricketer (born 1873)
5 June – Elizabeth Gard'ner, home science teacher and administrator, writer (born 1858)
8 June – David Goldie, politician, mayor of Auckland (1898–1901) (born 1842)
13 June – Gottfried Lindauer, painter (born 1839)
15 June – William Belcher, trade union leader (born 1860)
24 June – G. P. Nerli, painter (born 1860)
July–September
18 July – Archibald Cargill, cricketer (born 1853)
1 August – Sophia Anstice, dressmaker, draper, businesswoman (born 1849)
13 August – Te Mete Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor (born 1836)
18 August – Grace Neill, nurse, social reformer (born 1846)
3 September – John McCombie, gold prospector, mine manager (born 1849)
8 September – Hugh Lusk, politician (born 1837)
October–December
1 October – Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
9 October – Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905–09) (born 1868)
18 October – Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
26 October – Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
7 November – Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
7 December – Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
12 December – Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
22 December – Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
23 December – Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
28 December – Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)
See also
List of years in New Zealand
Timeline of New Zealand history
History of New Zealand
Military history of New Zealand
Timeline of the New Zealand environment
Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
External links
Years of the 20th century in New Zealand