The following lists events that happened during 1919 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – George V Governor-General – Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
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. Speaker of the House – Frederic Lang (Reform Party) Prime Minister – William Massey (Reform Party) Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward until 21 August, then James Allen
Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Joseph Ward (Liberal Party).
Judiciary Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson Mayor of Wellington – John Luke Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Holland then Henry Thacker Mayor of Dunedin – James Clark then William Begg
Events January – George Bolt ascends to a record height of .Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: George Bruce Bolt 1 February – Cecil McKenzie Hill, chief instructor for the Canterbury Aviation Company, is killed in an air accident while flying over Riccarton Racecourse.Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. Christchurch City Libraries: Upper Riccarton Cemetery This is the first aircraft fatality in New Zealand. 4 February – New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) disbanded. 31 May – George Bolt flies from Auckland to Russell in a Boeing and Westervelt floatplane. The distance of is a record for a flight in New Zealand.Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Early flying feats 16 December – George Bolt makes the first experimental airmail flight in New Zealand. He flies from Auckland to Dargaville and back again on the same day, a total distance of approximately . 16–17 December – The 1919 general election is held. December – The Ministry of External Affairs is established, with James Allen as the first minister.
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
See: 1919 in sports, :Category:1919 in sports
Chess The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).
Cricket Plunket Shield: 25–29 December, Hagley Oval, Christchurch: Canterbury defeated Wellington by 7 wickets.Cricketarchive See 1920 in New Zealand#Cricket for remaining matches in this Plunket Shield competition.
Football Provincial league champions: 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. The 23rd National Amateur Championships are held in Napier Men – H. E. Crosse (Napier) (second title) Women – Noeline Wright (Timaru)
Horse racing
Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Trix Pointer Auckland Trotting Cup – CreinaAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Vagabond Auckland Cup – Karo Wellington Cup – Red Ribbon / Rewi Poto (dead heat) New Zealand Derby – Rossini
Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland. 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 Wellington defend the Ranfurly Shield against six challengers; (21–8), (18–10), Canterbury (in Christchurch) (23–9), (24–3), and (30–3).Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press.
Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team
Births
January–February 4 January – Joseph Collins, boxer 21 January – Eddie Robertson, geophysicist and scientific administrator 23 January – Dorothy Winstone, educationalist and academic 26 January Les Gandar, politician Hepi Te Heuheu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader 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
March–April 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
May–June 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
July–August 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
September–October 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 George Burns, rower George Cawkwell, classical scholar
November–December 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 28 December – Jack Clarke, athlete 29 December – Thomas Horton, air force pilot
Deaths
January–March 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 1842) 25 March – Harry Burnand, engineer, sawmiller (born 1850)
April–June 3 April Charlie Frith, cricket player and umpire (born 1854) Mary Hames, farmer, dressmaker (born 1827) 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)
July–September 22 July – Sir John Denniston, lawyer, jurist (born 1845) 3 August – Stuart Newall, military leader (born 1843) 6 August – James Dawe, cricketer (born 1844) 13 August – Jackson Palmer, politician (born 1867) 24 August – Thomas Broun, entomologist (born 1838) 26 August – Richard Molesworth Taylor, politician (born 1835) 4 September – Joseph Ivess, politician (born 1844)
October–December 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 History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment
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