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- Incumbents Regal and viceregal Government and law Parliamentary opposition Main centre leaders
- Events
- Arts and literature Music
- Sport Athletics Chess Cricket Golf Horse racing Harness racing Thoroughbred racing Season leaders (1894/95) Lawn Bowls Polo Rowing Rugby union Shooting Soccer Swimming Tennis
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
- External links
{{year in NZ|1895}}The following lists events that happened during 1895 in New Zealand. IncumbentsRegal and viceregal- Head of State — Queen Victoria
- Governor — David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow
Government and lawThe 12th New Zealand Parliament continues with the Liberal Party in power. - Speaker of the House — Sir Maurice O'Rorke
- Prime Minister — Richard Seddon
- Minister of Finance — Joseph Ward
- Chief Justice — Hon Sir James Prendergast
Parliamentary oppositionLeader of the Opposition — William Russell.[1]Main centre leaders- Mayor of Auckland — James Holland
- Mayor of Christchurch — Thomas Gapes followed by Walter Cooper
- Mayor of Dunedin — Henry Fish followed by Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales
- Mayor of Wellington — Charles Luke
Events - July: The Waikato Advocate is published in Cambridge.[2] It merged with the Waikato Times in 1896.
- 12 August: Minnie Dean hanged for murder (the only woman to be executed in New Zealand).
- Undated
- New Zealander Alexander von Tunzelmann becomes the first person to set foot on Antarctica, at Cape Adare
Arts and literatureMusicSportAthletics[https://web.archive.org/web/20081018150249/http://www.athletics.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=973 National Champions, Men] - 100 yards — Alfred J. Patrick (Wellington)
- 250 yards — L. Broad (Canterbury)
- 440 yards — W. Low (Otago)
- 880 yards — W. Low (Otago)
- 1 mile — A. Davies (Auckland)
- 3 miles — A. Bell (Manawatu)
- 120 yards hurdles — W. Martin (Auckland)
- 440 yards hurdles — F. Harley (Wellington)
- Long jump — J. Ryan (Hawkes Bay)
- High jump — H. Bailey (Wanganui)
- Pole vault — H. Kingsley (Wanganui)
- Shot put — Charles M. Louisson (Canterbury)
- Hammer throw — Charles M. Louisson (Canterbury)
ChessNational Champion: W. Mackay of Wellington.[3] CricketGolf- National amateur champion (men) — G. Gossett (Christchurch)[4]
- National amateur champion (women) — Mrs ? Melland
Horse racingHarness racing- Auckland Trotting Cup (over 2 miles) is won by Old Judge [5]
Thoroughbred racing- New Zealand Cup — Euroclydon
- New Zealand Derby — Euroclydon
- Auckland Cup — Anita
- Wellington Cup — Mahaki
Season leaders (1894/95)- Top New Zealand stakes earner — Mahaki
- Leading flat jockey — R. Derrett
Lawn BowlsNational Champions[6] - Singles — W. McLaren (Kaitangata)
- Pairs — R. Struthers and W. Barnett (skip) (Christchurch)
- Fours — H. Reid, A. Tapper, A. McDonald and T. Sneddon (skip) (Kaituna)
Polo- Savile Cup winners — Manawatu
RowingNational Champions (Men) - Coxed fours — Queen’s Dr, Port Chalmers
- Coxless pairs — Union, Christchurch
- Double sculls — Union, Christchurch
- Single sculls — J. McGrath (Dunedin Amateur)
Rugby unionProvincial club rugby champions include: see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ShootingBallinger Belt — W. Ballinger (Petone Rifle Club) SoccerProvincial league champions:[7] - Auckland: Auckland United
- Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
- Wellington: Wellington Swifts
SwimmingNational Champions (Men) - 100 yards freestyle — L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
- 220 yards freestyle — L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
- 440 yards freestyle — L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
- 880 yards freestyle — L. Leo (New South Wales, Australia)
TennisNational Championships - Men's singles — J. Hooper
- Women's singles — K. Hitchings
- Men's doubles — R. Harman and F. Wilding
- Women's doubles — C. Lean and E. Black
Births- 5 January: Eruera Tirikatene, politician.
- 2 February: Ethel Gould, politician (MLC).
- 1 April: Alexander Aitken, mathematician.
- 2 June: George Jobberns, academic.
- 6 August: Cyril Brownlie, rugby union player.
- 23 August: Thomas Ashby, mayor of Auckland
- 3 October: Ernest Toop (in England), politician, mayor of Wellington
- 16 October: Keith Caldwell, WWI flying ace.
- 9 December: Whina Cooper, Māori leader.
- 23 December: Nola Luxford, Hollywood actress.
Deaths- 14 July: Ernest Gray, politician and farmer.
- 7 September: Walter Mantell, scientist and politician.
See also- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References- General
- Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. {{ISBN|1-86958-879-7}}
- Specific
1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ — Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|archive-date=17 October 2008|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/Waikadvo/waikadvofront.htm|title=Waikato Advocate|publisher=Cambridge Museum}} 3. ^List of New Zealand Chess Champions {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm |date=14 October 2008 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en|title=Men's Golf — National Champions|work=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand|editor1-last=McLintock|editor1-first=A. H.|publisher=Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|year=1966|accessdate=2009-02-13}} 5. ^Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm |date=17 June 2009 }} 6. ^As the New Zealand Bowling Association at this time consists entirely of South Island clubs, the first truly "national" championships are not deemed to have begun until 1914. 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nzchamp.html|title=New Zealand: List of champions|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|year=1999}}
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