| 释义 |
- Population
- Incumbents Regal and viceregal Government Parliamentary opposition Main centre leaders
- Events
- Arts and literature Music Radio Film
- Sport Chess Cricket Golf Horse racing Harness racing Lawn bowls Rugby union Rugby league Soccer
- Births January February March April May June July August September October November December Exact date unknown
- Deaths January–March April–June July–September October–December
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}{{Year_in_NZ|1926}}The following lists events that happened during 1926 in New Zealand. PopulationA New Zealand census was held in March 1926. | Male | Female | Total |
|---|
| Usually resident population | 716,310
(51%) | 687,330
(49%) | 1,403,640 |
|---|
| Overseas Visitors | 3,333 | 1,167 | 4,500 |
|---|
| Total | 719,643 | 688,497 | 1,408,140 |
|---|
IncumbentsRegal and viceregal- Head of state - George V
- Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO [1]
GovernmentThe 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued with the Reform Party governing. - Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Reform Party)
- Prime Minister - Gordon Coates.
- Minister of Finance - William Nosworthy, succeeded by William Downie Stewart
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - William Nosworthy (Reform)
- Chief Justice — Sir Robert Stout then Sir Charles Skerrett
Parliamentary opposition- Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party) [2]
Main centre leaders- Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
- Mayor of Wellington - Charles Norwood
- Mayor of Christchurch - John Archer
- Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley
Events - Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visited New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research established
- Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
- Ash eruption of Red Crater, Mount Tongariro
- Dr Leonard Cockayne publishes the first part of Monograph on New Zealand beech forests, which argued that the forests could be managed with a rotation of 80–120 years, but warned about overgrazing by deer.[3][4]
- 15 April: By-election in Eden, won by Rex Mason (Labour). As a result, Labour became the dominant party in opposition, with 12 seats compared to the Liberals' 11.
- 15 November: The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as an independent country.
- 3 December: Nine miners died in an explosion in the Dobson coal mine near Brunner
Arts and literatureSee 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books MusicSee: 1926 in music RadioSee: Public broadcasting in New Zealand FilmSee: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 films SportChess- The 35th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title.[5]
Cricket- New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six.
Golf- The 16th New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.[6]
- The 8th National Amateur Championships were held at Mirimar [7]
- Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) - 9th title
- Women: Mrs E.G. Kerr
Horse racingHarness racing- New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri (2nd win)[8]
- Auckland Trotting Cup – Talaro[9]
Lawn bowlsThe national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[10] - Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club)
- Men's pair champions – W.R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
- Men's fours champions – J.D. Best, H.G. Siedeberg, F. McCullough, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club)
Rugby union- 1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
- Ranfurly Shield - held by Hawkes Bay for the full season.
Rugby league- The New Zealand national rugby league team toured Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales
- The NZRU took legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national Rugby League team.
Soccer- 1926 Chatham Cup won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
- Provincial league champions: [11]
- Auckland: Tramways
- Canterbury: Sunnyside
- Hawke's Bay: Whakatu
- Nelson: Athletic
- Otago: HSOB
- South Canterbury: Colmoco
- Southland: Ohai
- Taranaki: Auroa
- Waikato: Huntly Thistle
- Wanganui: Woollen Mills
- Wellington: Hospital
Births{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}January- 3 January
- Marie Clay, literacy researcher
- David Spence, mathematician
- 6 January – Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator
- 10 January – Jim Eyles, archaeologist
- 11 January – Mary Rouse, cricketer
- 19 January – Peter Cape, musician
- 20 January – Tui Uru, broadcaster, singer
- 29 January – Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher
February- 3 February - Guy Ngan, artist
- 7 February – Graham Latimer, Māori leader
- 13 February – Lloyd Berrell, actor
- 14 February – Sheila Natusch, naturalist, writer, illustrator
- 20 February – Ted Meuli, cricketer
March- 13 March – June Litman, journalist
- 19 March – Noel Bowden, rugby union player
- 24 March – Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer
- 27 March – Harry Tapping, cricketer
April- 11 April – Vivienne Boyd, community leader
- 12 April – Hoani Waititi, Māori community leader
- 14 April – Barbara Anderson, writer
- 18 April – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, sprinter
- 22 April – Arthur Eustace, track and field athlete, coach and administrator
May- 6 May – Colin Webster-Watson, sculptor, poet
- 9 May – Robin Cooke, jurist
- 15 May – Lyall Barry, swimmer, schoolteacher, local historian
- 19 May – Nancy Adams, botanist, botanical artist, museum curator
- 23 May – John Hollywood, cricketer
- 27 May – Gordon Leggat, cricket player and administrator
June- 7 June – John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist
- 11 June – Louise Sutherland, cyclist
- 17 June – Don Rowlands, rower, rowing administrator, businessman
- 18 June – Joe Walding, politician, diplomat
- 19 June
- Rod Coleman, motorcycle racer
- Barrie Hutchinson, water polo player, rugby union player and administrator, politician
- 23 June – Jim Barnden, boxer
- 24 June – Graham Liggins, medical scientist
- 25 June – June Schoch, athlete
- 29 June – James K. Baxter, poet
July- 5 July – Trevor Davey, politician
- 14 July – Patricia Woodroffe, fencer
- 22 July – Ron Russell, politician
- 23 July – Tom O'Donnell, medical practitioner and academic
- 31 July – Don Donnithorne, architect
August- 10 August – Edwin Carr, composer
September- 10 September – Jack Somerville, lawn bowls player
- 11 September – Joe Schneider, rower
- 17 September – William Lunn, rugby union player
- 22 September – Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest
- 29 September – Vivienne Cassie Cooper, planktologist, botanist
October- 4 October – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
- 13 October – George Gair, politician, diplomat
- 16 October – Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator
- 28 October
- Doug Anderson, rugby league player
- Merwyn Norrish, diplomat
- 31 October – Stanley Dallas, recording engineer, radio technician
November- 3 November – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop
- 7 November – Graeme Allwright, singer-songwriter
- 20 November – Tom Newnham, political activist
December- 1 December – Barry Dallas, politician
- 5 December – Derek Turnbull, athlete
- 7 December – Jack Kelly, rugby union player, schoolteacher
- 13 December – Dave Batten, athlete
- 14 December – Alan Rowe, actor
- 15 December – Ron Bailey, politician
- 18 December – Jock Aird, association footballer
- 20 December – John Holland, athlete
- 23 December – Peter Iles, cricketer
- 24 December – Jimmy Edwards, rugby league player
- 25 December – Colin Chambers, swimmer
- 30 December – Richard Farrell, pianist
Exact date unknown- Bernard Diederich, writer, journalist, historian
- Friedrich Eisenhofer, architect
- George Johnson, artist
- Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic
{{Div col end}}Deaths{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}January–March- 19 January – Helen Stace, school matron (born 1850)
- 8 February – John Graham, politician (born 1843)
- 14 February – Ellen Hewett, writer (born 1843)
- 27 February – James Palmer Campbell, politician (born 1855)
- 1 March – John Barton Roy, politician (born 1854)
- 13 March – Mere Rikiriki, Māori prophet (born {{circa}}1855)
- 15 March – Charles Blomfield, artist (born 1848)
- 22 March – Louisa Baker, journalist, novelist (born 1856)
April–June- 14 April – Hans Madsen Ries, Lutheran pastor, politician (born 1860)
- 17 April – Andrew Graham, politician (born 1843)
- 26 April – Bobby Leach, thrillseeker (born 1858)
- 1 May
- William John Geddis, politician (born 1860)
- Isabella May, temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer (born 1850)
- 24 May – William Morley, Methodist minister, historian (born 1842)
- 28 May – Frederick Liggins, cricketer (born 1873)
- 5 June – Elizabeth Gard'ner, home science teacher and administrator, writer (born 1858)
- 8 June – David Goldie, politician, mayor of Auckland (1898–1901) (born 1842)
- 13 June – Gottfried Lindauer, painter (born 1839)
- 15 June – William Belcher, trade union leader (born {{circa}}1860)
July–September- 18 July – Archibald Cargill, cricketer (born 1853)
- 1 August – Sophia Anstice, dressmaker, draper, businesswoman (born 1849)
- 13 August – Te Mete Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor (born {{circa}}1836)
- 18 August – Grace Neill, nurse, social reformer (born 1846)
- 3 September – John McCombie, gold prospector, mine manager (born 1849)
- 8 September – Hugh Lusk, politician (born 1837)
October–December- 1 October – Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
- 9 October – Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905–09) (born 1868)
- 18 October – Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
- 26 October – Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
- 7 November – Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
- 7 December – Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
- 12 December – Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
- 22 December – Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
- 23 December – Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
- 28 December – Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)
{{Div col end}}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
References1. ^Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=6 April 2008|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}}
3. ^{{cite journal|title=Monograph on New Zealand beech forests|year=1926|journal=N.Z. State Forest Serv. Bull|issue=4|last=Cockayne|first=Leonard}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/sbs/newzealandplants/new-zealand-plants-timeline/1900-to-1949.cfm|title=New Zealand plants - timeline - 1900 to 1949|publisher=University of Auckland, School of Biological Science|access-date=2 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135450/http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/sbs/newzealandplants/new-zealand-plants-timeline/1900-to-1949.cfm|archive-date=21 July 2011|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
5. ^List of New Zealand Chess Champions {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm |date=14 October 2008 }}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm|title=PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open|publisher=The Sports Network|year=2005|accessdate=25 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525235454/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e%2Fscores%2Farchive_05%2Fholden-preview.htm|archive-date=25 May 2011|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{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}}
8. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm |title=List of NZ Trotting cup winners |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm |archive-date=22 February 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
9. ^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 }}
10. ^{{cite book |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=A.H. |editorlink=Alexander Hare McLintock |chapter=Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/bowls-mens-outdoor/page-5 |accessdate=6 June 2018 |year=1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}
11. ^{{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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