The following lists events that happened during 1906 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

* Head of State – Edward VII * Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO

Government

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( Liberal) * Prime Minister – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then

William Hall-Jones Sir William Hall-Jones (16 January 1851 – 19 June 1936) was the 16th prime minister of New Zealand from June 1906 until August 1906. Hall-Jones entered parliament in 1890, later becoming a member of the Liberal Party. He was interim prime mi ...

(until 6 August), then Joseph Ward (all Liberal) * Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then

(until 6 August), then Joseph Ward * Attorney-General – Albert Pitt (until 18 Nov) then John Findlay (both Liberal) * Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

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– William Massey, (Independent).

Main centre leaders

* Mayor of Auckland – Arthur Myers * Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop * Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray then

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* Mayor of Dunedin – Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon died suddenly in office of a heart attack, ending a 13-year premiership.

July

August

6 August: Sir Joseph Ward was sworn in as Prime Minister, taking over from acting Prime Minister

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

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1906 in art Events from the year 1906 in art. Events * September–October – First group exhibition by Die Brücke, in Dresden. * Gwen John begins modelling for Auguste Rodin. * Hilma af Klint begins painting abstract art, including the first of her ...

1906 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1906. Events *February 8 – The writer Hilaire Belloc becomes a Liberal Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom. *February 15 – J. M. Dent and Co. initiates ...

Music

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1906 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1906. Specific locations * 1906 in Norwegian music Events * January 8 – Pianist Arthur Rubinstein plays Camille Saint-Saens' Piano concerto at his New York debut. * Janu ...

Film

See: :1906 film awards,

1906 in film The year 1906 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events *December 26 – The world's first feature film, ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', is released. * Carl Laemmle opens one of the first movie theaters in Chicago. Films rele ...

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 ...

, Cinema of New Zealand, :1906 films

Sport

Boxing

National amateur champions *Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington) *Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch) *Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch) *Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland) *Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

Chess

* The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title.

Golf

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch * Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title * Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

Horse racing

Harness racing

* New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M. *

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Rugby

* Ranfurly Shield – Auckland successfully defend the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29–6), Taranaki (18–5), Southland (48–12) and Wellington (11–5).

Soccer

Provincial league champions: * Auckland: North Shore AFC * Canterbury: Christchurch Club * Otago:

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* Southland: Nightcaps * Taranaki: Eltham * Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Tennis

* Anthony Wilding wins both the singles and doubles (with

Rodney Heath Rodney Wilfred Heath (15 June 1884 – 26 October 1936) was an Australian tennis player. Personal Heath was the second son of F. W. Heath who was the official timekeeper at the Victorian Racing Club and Victorian Amateur Turf Club. Rodney's ...

) titles at the

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Births

* 19 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist * 27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer * 5 April: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer * 4 July: Leo Lemuel White, photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer * 8 August: John Hutton, artist :1906 births

Deaths

* 26 January:

Fred Sutton Frederick Sutton (1836 – 26 January 1906) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand and an early settler, storekeeper and farmer in the area. He represented the Napier electorate from an 1877 by-el ...

, politician. * 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office) * 28 June: Jacob William Heberley, carver. * 6 August: George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK) * 21 September: Joseph Dransfield, Mayor of Wellington and politician. * 29 October; Henry Jackson, politician * 18 November: Albert Pitt, politician.

References

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