1902 in New Zealand

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See also: 1901 in New Zealand, other events of 1902, 1903 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leader 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Rugby 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1902 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Edward VII
• Governor-General - Earl of Ranfurly

[edit] Government

The Liberal Party was re-elected and formed the 15th New Zealand Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - George O'Rorke
• Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon

[edit] Opposition Leader

Leader of the Opposition -

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - TBD
• Mayor of Hamilton - Robert William Dyer
• Mayor of Wellington - TBD
• Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
• Mayor of Dunedin - TBD

[edit] Events

See 1902 , 1902 in politics , 1902 in science , Category:1902 in Australia , 1902 in Australia , 1902 in music , 1902 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:2002

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1902 in art, 1902 in literature, Category:1902 books

[edit] Music

See: 1902 in music

[edit] Film

See: Category:1902 film awards , 1902 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1902 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1902 in sports , Category:1902 in sports

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

• The NZRFU decided upon a challenge format for the Ranfurly Cup competition. The trophy arrived from Britain and turned out to be a shield.
• 13 September: The Ranfurly Shield first awarded to Auckland in recognition of their unbeaten record for the season.

[edit] Births

• 8 May: Curly Page, cricketer
• 13 June: Gordon Minhinnick, cartoonist
• 3 July: Jack Newman, cricketer
• 16 June: Clarence Beeby, educationalist

• (in Paris): Louise Henderson, painter

Category:1902 births

[edit] Deaths

• 3 December: Robert Lawson, architect

Category:1902 deaths

[edit] See also