Members of the Liberal Party of the 17th parliament

The following lists events that happened during 1910 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

–

Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...

(until 6 May), succeeded by

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

– The Lord Plunket

GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

KCVO, succeeded the same year by The Lord Islington

GBE DSO PC

Government

The

17th New Zealand Parliament The 17th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1908 general election in November and December of that year. 1908 general election The Second Ballot Act 1908 was used for the 1908 general elect ...

continued. *

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

– TBD *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

– TBD *

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

– TBD (Labour) * 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

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

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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 ...

( Reform Party).

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalga ...

– Charles Grey then

Lemuel Bagnall Lemuel John Bagnall (1844 – 30 April 1917), was a New Zealand businessman and politician who was Mayor of Auckland City from 1910 to 1911. Biography Early life and career Bagnall was born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Along w ...

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 ...

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Thomas Wilford Sir Thomas Mason Wilford (20 June 1870 – 22 June 1939) was a New Zealand politician. He held the seats of Wellington Suburbs then Hutt continuously for thirty years, from 1899 to 1929. Wilford was leader of the New Zealand Liberal Party, and ...

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 Allison *

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 ...

– James Walker, then

Thomas Cole Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement. Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history paintin ...

Events

* February – March: Field Marshal Kitchener tours New Zealand and makes a report to the Government on the defence of New Zealand. * 5 July:

Herbert Pither Herbert John Pither (1871 – 29 April 1934) was a professional cyclist, engine manufacturer and aviation experimenter. Background Pither was born in Reigate, Surrey, in 1871. He was the second eldest of 12 children of John and Lydia Pither, who ...

reportedly makes a flight of "nearly a mile" at Riverton Beach.Rendel, David (1975) ''Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History''. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ;Undated *Aero Club of New Zealand is formed in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

. * Foundation of

Eastwoodhill Arboretum Eastwoodhill is the national arboretum of New Zealand. It covers and is located 35 km northwest of Gisborne, in the hill country of Ngatapa. It was founded in 1910 by William Douglas Cook. Cook's life work would become the creation of a g ...

at Ngatapa, Gisborne by

William Douglas Cook William Douglas Cook ( New Plymouth, New Zealand, 28 October 1884 – Gisborne, New Zealand, 27 April 1967) was the founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand, and one of the founders of Pukeiti, a rhododendr ...

Arts and literature

See

1910 in art Events from the year 1910 in art. Events * April 27 – Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving Venice") in the Piazza San Marco. * Robert Delaunay marries Sonia Terk. * Br ...

1910 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1910. Events *January 8 – Serialisation of Gaston Leroux's novel ''The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra)'' concludes in the Paris newspaper ''Le Gaul ...

Music

See:

1910 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1910. Specific locations *1910 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1910 in jazz Events *February 19 - English premiere of Richard Strauss's opera '' Elektra'', Thomas Beech ...

Film

See:

1910 in film The year 1910 in film involved some significant events. Events *ca. March – Florence Lawrence becomes America's first publicly named motion picture actress; she is generally regarded as the first true movie star. *March 18 – The first cine ...

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 Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking * ...

Sport

Chess

The 23rd National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by J. Mason of Wellington.

Golf

* The fourth

New Zealand Open The New Zealand Open is the premier men's golf tournament in New Zealand. It has been a regular fixture on the PGA Tour of Australasia tournament schedule since the 1970s. The 2019 event was the 100th edition of the tournament. Since 2014 it has ...

championship was held at Christchurch golf club and was won by amateur

Arthur Duncan Arthur Duncan (born September 25, 1933) is an American tap dancer, also called an "Entertainer's Entertainer,"“About the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame: Biographies,” American Tap Dance Foundation, accessed April 27, 2022. known for hi ...

, his second win. * The 18th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ** Men: H.B. Lusk (Christchurch) ** Women: Miss ? Collins.

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup The New Zealand Cup for standardbred horses, also known as either the New Zealand Trotting Cup or the New Zealand Pacing Cup is a Group One (G1) harness race held annually by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Chri ...

: Wildwood Junior – 2nd win *

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 ...

: Floranz

Rugby league

* Great Britain tour of New Zealand – beat New Zealand 52–20 in Auckland

Rugby union

* Auckland defend the

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 ...

against Hawkes Bay (11–3), Wellington (3–3), Taranaki (16–9) and Canterbury (6–4)

Soccer

Provincial league champions: * Auckland: Caledonian Auckland * Canterbury: Burnham IS * Otago: Northern Dunedin * Southland: Nightcaps * Taranaki: New Plymouth * Wellington: Ramblers Wellington

Tennis

Anthony Wilding Anthony Frederick Wilding (31 October 1883 – 9 May 1915), also known as Tony Wilding, was a New Zealand world No. 1 tennis player and soldier who was killed in action during World War I. Considered the world's first tennis superstar, Wildin ...

won the men's singles at the

Wimbledon Championship The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is play ...

Births

* 5 January:

Jack Lovelock John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres. Early life Lovelock was born in the town of Crushingto ...

, athlete * 10 February:

Paul Whitelaw Paul Erskine Whitelaw (10 February 1910 – 28 August 1988) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Auckland and New Zealand. Domestic career A right-handed opening batsman with a fine array of strokes, Whitelaw played first-class cricket fo ...

, cricketer * 15 March:

Norman Douglas George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel ''South Wind''. His travel books, such as ''Old Calabria'' (1915), were also appreciated for the quality of their writing. L ...

, politician. * 27 March: Freda Stark, dancer * 11 April: Mountford T. "Toss" Woollaston, painter and writer * 4 July: Peter McIntyre, painter * 11 August:

James Munro Bertram James Munro Bertram (11 August 1910 – 24 August 1993) was a New Zealand Rhodes scholar, a journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war and a university professor. Early life and influences Bertram was born in Auckland on 11 August 1910, s ...

, writer and Rhodes scholar. * 11 August: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer * 8 October: Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player * 18 December:

Eric Tindill Eric William Thomas Tindill (18 December 1910 – 1 August 2010) was a New Zealand sportsman. Tindill held a number of unique records: he was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the time of his death, the only person to play Tests for New Zeala ...

, cricket and rugby union player * 24 December,

William Hayward Pickering William Hayward Pickering (24 December 1910 – 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand-born aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pionee ...

, space scientist * 28 December: Jack Kerr, cricketer * Full date unknown: ** Harold Wilfred Youren, lawyer, farmer, farmers’ advocate and peace campaigner (d. 1983) :1910 births

Deaths

* 14 May:

Frederick Baume Frederick Ehrenfried Baume (13 June 1862 – 14 May 1910) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party. Biography Early life Baume was born "Friedrich Baume" in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1862. His parents were Joseph Baume and ...

, politician. * 28 April:

Arthur Beauchamp Arthur Beauchamp (1827 – 28 April 1910) was a Member of Parliament from New Zealand. He is remembered as the father of Harold Beauchamp, who rose to fame as chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and was the father of writer Katherine Mansfield. ...

, politician. * 17 May:

Thomas Hocken Thomas Morland Hocken (14 January 1836 – 17 May 1910) was a New Zealand collector, bibliographer and researcher. Early life He was born in Rutlandshire on 14 January 1836, the son of Wesleyan minister Joshua Hocken, and educated at Woodhouse ...

, collector and bibliographer. * 1 June: Richard Reeves, politician. * 16 July: Richard Hobbs, politician. * 27 November: Richard Oliver, politician

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