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- Incumbents Regal and viceregal Government and law Opposition Leaders Main centre leaders
- Events
- Arts and literature Music
- Sport Athletics Chess Cricket Golf Horse racing Harness racing Thoroughbred racing Season leaders (1896/97) Lawn Bowls Polo Rowing Rugby union Shooting Soccer Swimming Tennis
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Year in NZ|1897}}The following lists events that happened during 1897 in New Zealand. IncumbentsRegal and viceregal- Head of State — Queen Victoria
- Governor — The term of David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow as Governor ends on 8 February. He is succeeded on 9 August by Sir Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly
Government and lawThe 13th 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 — Richard Seddon
- Chief Justice — Hon Sir James Prendergast
Opposition LeadersSee: Category:Parliament of New Zealand, New Zealand elections Main centre leaders- Mayor of Auckland — Abraham Boardman followed by Peter Dignan
- Mayor of Christchurch — Henry Joseph Beswick followed by Walter Cooper
- Mayor of Dunedin — Hugh Gourley followed by Edward Bowes Cargill
- Mayor of Wellington — Francis Bell
Events - 3 May: Margaret Cruickshank becomes New Zealand's first registered woman doctor.[1]
- 14 May: Pigeon post is introduced between Auckland and Great Barrier Island.
Arts and literatureMusicSportAthletics[https://web.archive.org/web/20081018150249/http://www.athletics.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=973 National Champions, Men] Arthur Holder is the first athlete to win four titles at a single championships (he is also second in the 100 yards).[2] - 100 yards — Alfred J. Patrick (Wellington)
- 250 yards — Arthur H. Holder (Wanganui)
- 440 yards — Arthur H. Holder (Wanganui)
- 880 yards — James McKean (Auckland)
- 1 mile — James McKean (Auckland)
- 3 miles — E. Reynolds (Auckland)
- 120 yards hurdles — Arthur H. Holder (Wanganui)
- 440 yards hurdles — Arthur H. Holder (Wanganui)
- Long jump — Leonard Cuff (Canterbury)
- High jump — C. Laurie (Auckland)
- Pole vault — tie Jimmy Te Paa (Auckland) and Hori Eruera (Auckland)
- Shot put — Timothy B. O’Connor (Auckland)
- Hammer throw — J. Callender (Auckland)
ChessNational Champion: R.J. Barnes of Wellington.[3] CricketGolfThe National amateur championships were held in Auckland [4] - Men — D. Pryde (Hutt)
- Women — L. Wilford (Hutt)
Horse racingHarness racing- Auckland Trotting Cup (over 2 miles) is won by Awahuri [5]
Thoroughbred racing- New Zealand Cup — Waiuku
- New Zealand Derby — Multiform
- Auckland Cup — Antares
- Wellington Cup — Strath Braan
Season leaders (1896/97)- Top New Zealand stakes earner — Multiform
- Leading flat jockey — R. Derrett
Lawn BowlsNational Champions[6] - Singles — W. McLaren (Kaitangata)
- Pairs — W. Cowie and W. Thomson (skip) (Dunedin)
- Fours — H. Nalder, W. Thomas, R. Struthers and H. Thomson (skip) (Christchurch)
Polo- Savile Cup winners — Manawatu
RowingNational Champions (Men) - Single sculls — C. Chapman (Wairewa)
- Double sculls — Wairewa, Little River
- Coxless pairs — Picton
- Coxed fours — Queen’s Dr, Port Chalmers
Rugby union- 1897 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
Provincial club rugby champions include: see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand ShootingBallinger Belt — Private A. Ballinger (Wellington Guards) SoccerProvincial league champions:[7] - Auckland: Auckland United
- Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
- Wellington: Wellington Swifts
SwimmingNational Champions (Men) - 100 yards freestyle — T. Wauchop (Canterbury)
- 220 yards freestyle — W. Stratton (Canterbury)
TennisNational Championships - Men's singles — J. Marshall
- Women's singles — Kathleen Nunneley
- Men's doubles — H. Parker and C. Gore
- Women's doubles — Kathleen Nunneley and T. Trimmell
Births- 28 January: Howard Kippenberger, soldier.
- 23 March: Leslie Andrew, soldier.
- 10 August: Maurice Brownlie, rugby union player.
- 2 December: Rewi Alley, writer, educator, friend of China.
- 3 December: John Buckland Wright, engraver and book illustrator.
Deaths- 21 May: Abraham Boardman, Mayor of Auckland.
- 23 September: Henry Fish, politician
- 27 September: John Lillie Gillies, politician.
- (in England, no date) Charles John Taylor, 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|last=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|title=Margaret Cruickshank|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/margaret-cruickshank|accessdate=24 April 2011}}
2. ^Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications. {{ISBN|1-86956-044-2}}
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=13 February 2009}}
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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