The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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– The Lord Plunket

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Government

The

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are re-elected and formed the

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Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness ( 172523 January 1803) was an Irish brewer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The inventor of Guinness beer, he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James's Gate in 1759. Born in Celbridge, County Kildare around 1725, Guinness ...

(Liberal) *

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Richard Seddon Richard John Seddon (22 June 1845 – 10 June 1906) was a New Zealand politician who served as the List of prime ministers of New Zealand, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand, premier (prime minister) of New Zealand from 1893 until his death. ...

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* Chief Justice – Sir

Robert Stout Sir Robert Stout (28 September 1844 – 19 July 1930) was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both ...

Parliamentary opposition

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William Massey William Ferguson Massey (26 March 1856 – 10 May 1925), commonly known as Bill Massey, was a politician who served as the 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925. He was the founding leader of the Reform Party, New Zea ...

, (Independent).

Main centre leaders

Municipal elections are held on 27 April: *

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Edwin Mitchelson Sir Edwin Mitchelson (7 April 1846 – 11 April 1934) was a New Zealand politician and timber merchant. Member of Parliament Mitchelson was born in Auckland in a cottage on Queen Street, Auckland, Queen Street in the mid 1840s. He devel ...

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Arthur Myers Sir Arthur Mielziner Myers (19 May 1868 – 9 October 1926) was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Auckland City from 1905 to 1909, Member of the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1921, and a Cabinet Minister. Today he is remembered ...

Mayor of Wellington The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representati ...

– Thomas Hislop *

Mayor of Christchurch The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor, Phil ...

– Charles Gray *

Mayor of Dunedin The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The Mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform c ...

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Thomas Christie Thomas Christie (1761–1796) was a Scottish radical political writer during the late 18th century. He was one of the two original founders of the important liberal journal, the ''Analytical Review''. Life Christie was born to Alexander Chris ...

– then Joseph Braithwaite

Events

*''The Marlborough Herald'' begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. ''

The Marlborough Express The ''Marlborough Express'' is a newspaper serving the Marlborough area of New Zealand. Its headquarters are in Blenheim and has been published there since 1866. Ownership The ''Marlborough Express'' was set up by the printer, journalist and ed ...

'' stops publishing ''The Marlborough Times'', which started in 1874.

Arts and literature

See

1905 in art Events from the year 1905 in art. Events * Summer – Henri Matisse and André Derain work together in the French Mediterranean village of Collioure. * October – Salon d'Automne in Paris: the vivid colors used by Matisse and others lead the cr ...

1905 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1905. Events *January–September – L. Frank Baum's ''Animal Fairy Tales'' appear in ''The Delineator'' magazine. *January 5 – Baroness Emma Orczy's play ''The ...

Music

See:

1905 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1905. Specific locations *1905 in Norwegian music Events *January 6 – Première of Leoš Janáček's piano cycle ''On an Overgrown Path'' ''(Po zarostlém chodníčku)'' at ...

Film

See: :1905 film awards, 1905 in film,

List of New Zealand feature films This is a list of feature films and pre 1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release. Key * * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission. * † = Year given is date of principal photography rather th ...

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, :1905 films

Sport

Association football

* The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia. ** 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up) ** 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association ** 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association ** 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales ** 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy ** 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales ** 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts ** 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts ** 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville ** 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast ** 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association ** 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.

Boxing

National amateur champions

*Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton) *Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin) *Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North) *Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin) *Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)

Chess

The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies

Golf

* The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland ** Men:

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(Wellington) – 4th title ** Women: Miss A. Stephenson * Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.

Horse racing

Harness racing

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: Birchmark *

Auckland Trotting Cup The Auckland Pacing Cup which is sometimes referred to as the Auckland Trotting Cup or merely the Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses. It is one of the two major harness races, along with ...

: Le Rosier

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

Ranfurly Shield The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Shield is based on a challenge system. The holding union must defend the shield in challeng ...

– Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).

Soccer

Provincial league champions: * Auckland: Auckland Corinthians * Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic * Otago: Kaitangata FC * Southland: Nightcaps * Taranaki: Waitara * Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births

* 10 January:

R. A. K. Mason Ronald Allison Kells Mason (10 January 1905 – 13 July 1971) was a New Zealand poet. Described by Allen Curnow as New Zealand's "first wholly original, unmistakably gifted poet", he was born in Penrose, New Zealand, Penrose, Auckland on 10 ...

, poet. * 25 February:

Iriaka Rātana Iriaka Matiu Rātana (née Te Rio; 25 February 1905 – 21 December 1981) was a New Zealand politician and Rātana Wiktionary:morehu, morehu who won the Western Maori electorate for Labour in 1949. She succeeded her husband Matiu Rātana to be ...

, politician. * 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer * 5 April:

Guy Powles Sir Guy Richardson Powles (5 April 1905 – 24 October 1994) was a New Zealand diplomat, the last Governor of Western Samoa and architect of Samoan independence, and New Zealand's first Ombudsman. Early life Powles was born in Otaki, north of W ...

, diplomat and ombudsman. * 25 June:

Ian Cromb Ian Burns Cromb (25 June 1905 – 6 March 1984) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1931 to 1932, including all three Tests of the 1931 tour of England. Cromb was born in Christchurch and attended Christchurch Boys' High ...

, cricketer. * 28 June:

Norman Shelton Norman Leslie Shelton, (28 June 1905 – 14 July 1980) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Early life and career Shelton was born on 27 June 1905 in Taihape and was subsequently educated at Fielding Technical School. ...

, politician. * 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist * 3 September:

John Mills Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...

, cricketer. * 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer. * 10 December:

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, politician.

Deaths

* 6 January:

Bendix Hallenstein Bendix Hallenstein (c. 24 January 1835 – 6 January 1905) was a German-born Jewish merchant, statesman, and Manufacturing, manufacturer from Dunedin, New Zealand. He is best known for founding the retail clothing store Hallenstein Brothers, Hal ...

, merchant. * 14 March: George Fisher, politician. * 22 April:

Mary Gabriel Gill Mary Gabriel Gill (22 June 1837 – 22 April 1905) was a New Zealand catholic prioress. She was born in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland on 22 June 1837. References

Christian clergy from Dublin (city) 1837 births 1905 deaths Irish emigra ...

, Catholic prioress * 6 June:

Marion Hatton Marion Hatton ( Hanover; 8 September 1835 – 6 June 1905) was a New Zealand suffragist. Early life Hatton was born in Preston, Somerset, England on 8 September 1835 to Elizabeth Stenner and Robert Hanover. As a young woman, she was involved w ...

, suffragist * 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur * 20 October:

John Thomas Peacock John Thomas Peacock MLC JP (1827 – 20 October 1905) was a New Zealand businessman, philanthropist and politician. He came to Canterbury in 1844, several years before organised settlement started. Early life Peacock was born in 1827 in the H ...

, businessman and politician * 18 November:

Te Whiti o Rongomai Te Whiti o Rongomai III (–18 November 1907) was a Māori spiritual leader and founder of the village of Parihaka, in New Zealand's Taranaki region. Te Whiti established Parihaka community as a place of sanctuary and peace for Māori many of ...

, Māori leader, pacifist.

References

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