The following lists events that happened during 1919 in New Zealand .
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 19th New Zealand Parliament concludes. The election held in November sees the Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats). Women are eligible to stand for Parliament for the first time.[ 2]
Frederic Lang
William Massey
Joseph Ward
James Allen
Parliamentary opposition
Judiciary
Main centre leaders
James Gunson
John Luke
Henry Holland
Henry Thacker
James Clark
William Begg
Events
Arts and literature
See 1919 in art , 1919 in literature , Category:1919 books
Music
See: 1919 in music
Film
See: Category:1919 film awards , 1919 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand , Category:1919 films
Sport
Chess
The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).
Cricket
Provincial league champions:[ 11] Auckland – North Shore
Canterbury – Linwood, Excelsior (shared)
Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
Otago – Northern
Southland – No competition
Wanganui – Eastbrooke
Wellington – YMCA
Golf
The ninth New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his third victory) after a playoff against Sloan Morpeth.[ 12]
The 23rd National Amateur Championships are held in Napier[ 13] Men – H. E. Crosse (Napier) (second title)
Women – N. E. Wright
Horse racing
Harness racing
Thoroughbred racing
Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.[ 17]
Men's singles champion – M. Walker (Ponsonby Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – J.B. Rosmon, W.J. Hueston (skip) (Gisborne Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – A.J. Andrew, W. Given, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)
Rugby union
Rugby league
Births
4 January – Joseph Collins , boxer
21 January – Eddie Robertson , geophysicist and scientific administrator
23 January – Dorothy Winstone , educationalist and academic
26 January
4 February – Sam Cusack , community character
5 February – William R. Newland , potter
10 February – Dorothy Freed , author, composer, music historian
12 February – Bob Miller , surveyor, Antarctic explorer, conservationist
25 February – Jack Tizard , psychologist
3 March – Henry Lang , public servant, economist
6 March – Jim Knox , trade union leader
7 March – John Wyatt , cricketer
29 March – Lorrie Pickering , politician
30 March – Robin Williams , mathematical physicist, university administrator, public servant
5 April – Les Munro , World War II bomber pilot
14 April – Lester Harvey , rugby union player
16 April – Jan Nigro , artist
29 April – Jack Ridley , civil engineer, politician
10 May – Eric Godley , botanist, academic biographer
16 May – Frank Callaway , music academic and administrator
19 May – Peter Hooper , writer, conservationist
28 May – Alex Lindsay , violinist, orchestral conductor and leader
1 June – Michael Miles , television presenter
2 June – Bert Walker , politician
4 June – Alister McLellan , mathematician, physicist
8 June – Guy Overton , cricketer
13 June – Phyl Blackler , cricketer
14 June – James Ward , World War II bomber pilot, Victoria Cross recipient
15 June – Doug Harris , athlete
16 June – Ces Mountford , rugby league player and coach
28 June – Charles Willocks , rugby union player
6 July – Ray Dowker , cricketer, association footballer
14 July – Ray Dalton , rugby union player
17 July – Alex Moir , cricketer
20 July – Edmund Hillary , mountaineer, explorer, philanthropist
22 July – Angus Tait , electronics innovator and businessman
1 August – Colin McCahon , artist
3 August – David Aubrey Scott , diplomat
8 August – Hōri Mahue Ngata , lexicographer
10 August – Murray Beresford Roberts , confidence trickster
22 August – Dick Brittenden , sports journalist
24 August – Colin Aikman , public servant, lawyer, diplomat, academic
5 September – John Rangihau , academic, Māori leader
24 September – Gordon Walters , artist, graphic designer
25 September – Tony George , weightlifter
29 September – Ruth Dallas , poet, children's author
30 September – John Stacpoole , architect, historian
7 October – James Boyer Brown , endocrinologist
8 October – Mac Anderson , cricketer, air force officer
11 October – John Warham , photographer, ornithologist
20 October – John Karlsen , actor
25 October
6 November – Allen Lissette , cricketer
7 November – Levi Borgstrom , carver
9 November – Janet Paul , publisher, painter, art historian
11 November – Lance Adams-Schneider , politician, diplomat
25 November – Keith Lawrence , World War II pilot
6 December – Cedric Hassall , chemist, academic
10 December – Walter Robinson , Anglican bishop
11 December – Lady Anne Berry , horticulturalist
12 December – Ida Gaskin , school teacher, quiz show contestant, politician
17 December – Rei Hamon , artist
20 December – Bubbles Mihinui , tourist guide, community leader
21 December – Jack Williams , politician
29 December – Thomas Horton , air force pilot
Deaths
21 January – Thomas Thompson , politician (born 1832)
22 January – Carrick Paul , World War I flying ace (born 1893)
2 February – Charles Begg , surgeon, army health administrator (born 1879)
7 February – Donald Reid , farmer, landowner, businessman, politician (born 1833)
13 February – William Temple , soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1833)
18 February – Searby Buxton , politician (born 1832)
19 February – William Tucker , soldier, farmer, politician, mayor of Gisborne (1887–88) (born 1843)
24 February – Alfred Fraser , politician (born 1862)
18 March – Isabella Siteman , farmer, philanthropist (born c. 1842)
25 March – Harry Burnand , engineer, sawmiller (born 1850)
3 April
23 April – Archie McMinn , rugby union player (born 1880)
24 April – William Speight , politician (born 1843)
6 May – Catherine Fulton , diarist, philanthropist, social reformer, suffragette (born 1829)
28 May – Edward Bartley , architect (born 1839)
1 June – Thomas William Adams , farmer, forester, educationalist (born 1842)
4 June – John Sharp , politician, mayor of Nelson (1887–90) (born 1828)
25 June – Hamilton Gilmer , politician (born 1838)
29 June – James McKerrow , astronomer, surveyor, public servant (born 1834)
13 October – James Stack , missionary, writer, interpreter (born 1835)
21 October – Alexander McMinn , teacher, journalist, newspaper proprietor (born 1842)
29 October – James Colvin , politician (born 1844)
3 November – Ellen Dougherty , nurse (born 1844)
15 November – Maria Marchant , school principal (born 1869)
24 November – George Randall Johnson , cricketer, politician (born 1833)
11 December – Takaanui Hōhaia Tarakawa , Tapuika, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi tohunga, historian and genealogist (born 1852)
15 December – Louisa Snelson , civic leader (born 1844)
18 December – Frederick Strouts , architect (born 1834)
29 December – Wiremu Hoani Taua , Ngāti Kahu leader, school principal (born 1862)
See also
References
^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990 . ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "New Zealand Parliament – Parliament timeline" . Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008 .^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition" . Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008 .^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: George Bruce Bolt ^ "Auckland Airport: Biography of George B. Bolt" . Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 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
^ Christchurch City Libraries: Upper Riccarton Cemetery ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Accidents and the development of aviation ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Early flying feats ^ Cricketarchive ^ "New Zealand: List of champions" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open" . The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009 .^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions" . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 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 . Retrieved 6 June 2018 .^ Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac , 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4
External links
1919 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
1919 in Oceania
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