1916 in New Zealand
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in New Zealand .
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party .
Frederic Lang
William Massey
Joseph Ward
Parliamentary opposition
Judiciary
Main centre leaders
James Gunson
John Luke
Henry Holland
James Clark
Events
Arts and literature
See 1916 in art , 1916 in literature , Category:1916 books
Music
See: 1916 in music
Film
See: 1916 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand , Category:1916 films
Sport
Golf
The New Zealand Open championship and National Amateur Championships are not held due to the war.[ 8]
Horse racing
Harness racing
Thoroughbred racing
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[ 12]
Men's singles champion – E.H. Fountain (Roslyn Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – V. Dimock, Charles Parata (skip) (Thorndon Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – C.W. Davis, A. E. Davis, A.B. Duff, J. Laughton (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club)
Rugby union
Soccer
Provincial league champions:[ 13]
Auckland – North Shore
Canterbury – Christchurch Rangers
Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
Otago – Mornington
Southland – No competition
Wanganui – No competition
Wellington – No competition
Births
January
4 January
7 January – John Brown , cyclist
11 January – Alan Low , economist
13 January – Joy Drayton , teacher, academic leader, politician
15 January – Ron Guthrey , soldier, politician, disabled sports advocate
25 January – Ernest Duncan , mathematician and professor
29 January – Esther Blackie , cricketer
31 January – Jack Finlay , rugby union player and coach, soldier
February
March
April
May
June
July
2 July – Tom Walker , soil scientist, television personality
9 July – Dean Goffin , composer
16 July – Bill Carson , cricketer, rugby union player, soldier
17 July – Sid Scales , cartoonist
18 July – Owen Woodhouse , jurist
20 July – Bill Gilbert , soldier, intelligence service director
21 July – Roy Taylor , cyclist
31 July – Verdun Scott , cricketer
August
September
October
November
December
1 December – Alan Boxer , Royal Air Force officer
12 December – Jack Davies , swimmer
13 December – Ossie Cleal , association footballer, cricketer
15 December – Maurice Wilkins , physicist and molecular biologist
18 December – Noel Crump , swimmer
19 December – Merv Wallace , cricketer
26 December – Jean Sandel , surgeon
27 December
28 December – Frederick Turnovsky , manufacturer, arts advocate
Exact date unknown
Deaths
January–March
April–June
4 April – John McIndoe , printer (born 1858)
7 April – Horace Martineau , soldier (born 1874)
9 May – William Graham , surveyor, farming leader, politician (born 1841)
20 May – Fanny Howie , singer and composer (born 1868)
22 May – Kimball Bent , soldier, adventurer (born 1837)
23 May – Charlie Douglas , explorer, surveyor (born 1840)
21 June – William Mowbray , teacher, musician (born 1835)
8 June – Henry Wilding , social reformer (born 1844)
16 June – William Barron , politician (born 1837)
July–September
4 July – Ann Evans , nurse, midwife (born c. 1840)
11 July – Graham Cook , rugby league player (born 1893)
25 July – Thomas Cooke , soldier (born 1881)
27 July – Arthur Brown , politician (born 1856)
28 July – James Escott , politician (born 1872)
30 July – Eveline Cunnington , social reformer, feminist (born 1849)
31 July – John Stevens , politician (born 1845)
24 August – Leonard Williams , Māori language scholar, Anglican bishop (born 1829)
25 August
16 September – Rupert Hickmott , cricketer (born 1894)
17 September – Arthur Martin , surgeon (born 1876)
19 September – Frank Wilson , rugby union player (born 1885)
21 September – Bobby Black , rugby union player (born 1893)
25 September – Stuart Menteath , politician (born 1853)
29 September – Josiah Martin , educationalist, photographer (born 1843)
October–December
1 October – Donald Brown , soldier (born 1890)
12 October – David Gage , rugby union player (born 1868)
14 October – Jack Carey , trade unionist (born 1876)
18 October – Samuel Andrews , politician (born 1836)
19 October – Catherine Francis , teacher (born 1836)
29 October – John Braithwaite , soldier (born 1885)
11 November – Frank Isitt , Methodist minister, temperance campaigner (born 1843)
12 November – Frances Stewart , women's and children's rights activist (born 1840)
16 December – Coupland Harding , printer, typographer, journalist (born 1849)
See also
References
^ 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 .
^ a b c d NZ Army:- 1902 – 1919 Imperial Training & World War I
^ "Today in History" . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2008 .
^ a b c Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History . Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
^ a b c Ogilvie, Gordon. "Wigram, Henry Francis" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 4 April 2011 .
^ Recruiting and Conscription
^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open" . The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 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
^ a b c d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac . Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4 .
^ McLintock, A.H. , ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018 .
^ "New Zealand: List of champions" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links
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1916 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand