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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
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"Wigram, Henry Francis" .
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography .
Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 4 April 2011 .
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Recruiting and Conscription
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"PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open" . The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from
the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009 .
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"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
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d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac . Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454.
ISBN
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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 .
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"New Zealand: List of champions" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links
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